Informal Opinions – UIPA Opinions

UIPA Memo Decision 10-2 August 19, 2009 Investigation Reports A member of the public asked whether the Department of Education (“DOE”) properly denied his request for DOE’s records pertaining to his civil rights complaints on behalf of his son, under...

UIPA Memo Decision 10-1 August 18, 2009 Investigative Records of Grounding of USS Port Royal The Sierra Club asked whether the Department of Land and Natural Resources (“DLNR”) properly denied their request for “any and all documents including, without limit, journals,...

U Memo 10-1July 8, 2009Judges' Financial Disclosure Statements OIP was asked whether the financial disclosures each state judge must file annually in the supreme court clerk’s office pursuant to Rule 15 of the Rules of the Supreme Court (the “Judges’...

UIPA Memo Decision 09-14 April 29, 2009 Payroll Records A member of the public asked whether Waters of Life Charter School (“WOLCS”) properly denied his request for the payroll records of WOLCS from 2003 to the time of his request...

U Memo 09-7April 21, 2009Police Chief's Evaluation A member of the public asked whether the current Honolulu Police Chief’s past performance evaluations and goals must be provided to a requester under part II of the UIPA. OIP found that because...

U Memo 09-6April 7, 2009Candidate's Financial Disclosure Statement An attorney asked whether a financial disclosure statement filed with the Maui County Board of Ethics (“Board”) by a candidate for Maui County elective office (“candidate financial disclosure statement”) is open to...

UIPA Memo Decision 09-13 March 16, 2009 Hawaii Superferry Records A newspaper reporter asked whether the Office of the Governor properly withheld certain records under the UIPA in response to the reporter’s request for records concerning the Hawaii Superferry. Specifically,...

U Memo 09-5January 29, 2009Inmate Inspection of Records Before Payment of Copying Fees An inmate asked whether the Department of Public Safety (“PSD”) must allow him to inspect the copies of government records he requested before requiring him to pay...