Informal Opinions – UIPA Opinions

U Memo 23-06 June 30, 2023 Records Relating to an Investigation Concerning Requester A former Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) employee (Requester) sought records of a consultant's investigation of internal complaints about him.  OIP found that although Requester sought his...

U Memo 23-05 June 23, 2023 Requests for Solid Waste Records A member of the public (Requester) made record requests to the County of Hawaii Department of Environmental Management (DEM-H) on June 2, 23, and 24, 2020.  DEM-H provided several...

U Memo 23-04 March 21, 2023 Reasonable Search for Solid Waste Stream Records A member of the public appealed the response by the Office of the County Clerk for the County of Hawaii (Clerk’s Office) to her request for records...

U Memo 23-03 March 15, 2023 No Duty to Search for Land Court Records Requester asked the Bureau of Conveyances (BOC) for copies of documents related to a property registered in the Land Court of the State of Hawaii (Land...

U Memo 23-02 Issued November 9, 2022 Pending Investigation The Department of Agriculture (DOA) denied access under Part III of the UIPA (Part III) to various records about certain complaints that were either filed by or against a former employee...

U Memo 23-01 Issued August 3, 2022 Reasonable Search for Records A record requester (Requester) made a request to the Reapportionment Commission (the Commission) for copies of documents that included or referenced the home addresses of currently elected members of...

U Memo 22-07 June 30, 2022 Conflicts of Interest Records Requester sought a decision as to whether the University of Hawaii (UH) properly denied in part his request for UH conflicts of interest disclosure forms and management plans for an...

U Memo 22-06 June 30, 2022 Employee Misconduct Records During Pending Investigations Requester was employed by the City and County of Honolulu, Department of Transportation Services (TRANS-HON) and filed a misconduct complaint against another TRANS-HON employee with the Equal Employment...

U Memo 22-05 June 30, 2022 Confidential Sources' Names in a Completed Investigation A former employee of the City and County of Honolulu (City) appealed the redaction of witness names from a completed investigation by the City’s Department of Human...

U Memo 22-04 June 21, 2022 Prison's Use of Force Policy A member of the public appealed the Hawaii Department of Public Safety’s (PSD) denial of her request for access to the use of force policy for a contractor-operated prison...