Informal Opinions – UIPA Opinions

U Memo 20-1 August 28, 2019 Tax Revenue Estimate Records Requester sought “the worksheets, assumptions, estimates, and calculations for tax revenue estimates” used by the State Department of Taxation (TAX) in its legislative testimony.  The recently issued OIP Opinion Letter...

U Memo 19-16 June 28, 2019 Oaths of Office Requester asked the Judiciary for Judiciary staff attorneys’ oaths of office.  The Judiciary advised Requester that it did not maintain responsive records that were subject to the UIPA because the oaths...

U Memo 19-15 June 28, 2019 Judges’ Pension Information Requester sought records relating to two judges' “IRA’s and pensions with financial institutions or national banking associations.”   The Employees' Retirement System (ERS) denied access and advised Requester that it did not...

U Memo 19-14 June 26, 2019 Financial Disclosure Statements Requester made a UIPA request to the City and County of Honolulu Ethics Commission (Ethics Commission) for all financial disclosure forms or related documents filed by its former Executive Director and...

U Memo 19-13 June 6, 2019 Investigation Report Denied in Its Entirety During an investigation, the Department of Agriculture (DOA) could properly withhold all records of the investigation if: a) a law enforcement proceeding is pending or prospective, and b)...

U Memo 19-12 May 22, 2019 Attorney-Client Privilege and Reasonable Search OIP concluded that emails and summaries/tables between the County of Kauai’s Mayor, including his policy team (MAYOR-K), and the Kauai County Attorney and a Deputy County Attorney, relating to...

U Memo 19-11 May 17, 2019 Ombudsman Investigation File Requester sought “any and all information, notes, final reports, conversations . . ., and any other . . . information” regarding his complaint to the Ombudsman and the Ombudsman’s investigation of...

On July 22, 2019, this opinion was withdrawn because the issues are moot.

U Memo 19-9 March 27, 2019 Sufficiency of Search for Records A law firm (Requester) made a request to the City and County of Honolulu Department of Facility Maintenance (MAINT-HON) for public records pertaining to any alleged or investigated law...

U Memo 19-8 March 11, 2019 Emails Containing Attorney-Client Privileged Information The Maui Planning Commission (PLAN-M) partially denied a request for records to or from PLAN-M related to a petition filed by another individual requesting a PLAN-M granted access to...