Informal Opinions – UIPA Opinions

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...

U Memo 22-03 June 16, 2022 Inmate Release Information Requester sought a decision as to whether the Department of Public Safety (PSD) properly denied two requests for records under the UIPA.  Her first request was for the “names of 2018...

U Memo 22-02 May 31, 2022 Workplace Nonviolence Complaint Requester sought from the University of Hawaii (UH) a copy of a workplace nonviolence complaint (the Complaint) made against her, which the UH denied on the basis that the investigation into...

U Memo 22-01 December 15, 2021 Reasonable Search for Records that Don't Exist A record requester (Requester) made a request to a Senator’s office for a copy of a written request by the Senator to the Department of the Attorney...

U Memo 21-5 April 15, 2021 Emails; Investigation Records This opinion consolidated two appeals from the same requester of responses by the Department of Education (DOE) to two separate record requests.    The first appeal asked whether DOE properly denied access...