Informal Opinions – UIPA Opinions

U Memo 26-03 August 29, 2025 Airport Shuttle Contract Records Requester had previously contracted with the Department of Transportation, Airports Division (DOT) to run the Honolulu Airport’s Wiki Wiki shuttle bus (Wiki Wiki).  Requester bid on the next two-year Wiki...

U Memo 26-02 August 19, 2025 Redactions to Executive Session Minutes Requester sought an unredacted copy of the executive meeting minutes (Executive Minutes) for the Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) Board of Directors meeting on August 8, 2023.  Based on a...

U Memo 26-01 August 18, 2025 Reasonable Search for Maui Fire Relief Contracts Requester sought all state contracts pertaining to the “Maui Fires and Emergency Relief” from the Office of the Governor (GOV), although requester believed the Department of Budget...

U Memo 25-22 June 30, 2025 Proposals and Financial Records Designated as Confidential  Requester questioned whether the City and County of Honolulu, Department of Budget and Fiscal Services (B&F-HON) properly withheld financial records from six offerors and two of the...

U Memo 25-21 June 25, 2025 Roster of Graduate Assistants Requester made a record request to the University of Hawaii (UH) for a roster of graduate assistants.  UH partially granted the request but withheld information that would make it possible...

U Memo 25-20 June 4, 2025 Personal Records; Stalking Allegations  In 2022, the director (Director) of the Hawaii County Department of Parks and Recreation (Parks) appeared before the Hawaii County Board of Ethics and, according to Requester, “spewed about an...

U Memo 25-19 May 16, 2025 Request for Recording No Longer Maintained Requester asked whether the Aloha Stadium Authority Board (Authority) properly denied his request for recordings of a presentation made in executive session.  OIP found that the Authority no...

U Memo 25-18 May 7, 2025 Sensitive Location Data The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), sought an opinion on whether it may withhold “sensitive location data” under part II of the UIPA.  DLNR explained that it was developing...

U Memo 25-17 April 23, 2025 Records Related to BWC Recordings Maui Police Department Requester asked whether the Maui Police Department (MPD) properly redacted two police officers’ body worn camera (BWC) recordings from an investigation of another MPD officer’s (Officer)...

U Memo 25-16 March 21, 2025 Records Related to an Ongoing Criminal Investigation Requester sought copies of records related to a murder investigation from the Maui Police Department (MPD).  MPD denied the record request, arguing that disclosure would lead to...