Informal Opinions – UIPA Opinions

U Memo 19-7 March 5, 2019 Request for Proposal Information Designated as Confidential The Department of Taxation (TAX) issued a request for proposals for a tax modernization project.  After the proposals were opened and an award was made, the winning...

U Memo 19-6 February 1, 2019 EEOC Complaints Filed against the City and County of Honolulu Louis Kealoha and Katherine Kealoha (collectively Complainants) had filed complaints with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the City of Honolulu (City)...

U Memo 19-5 December 27, 2018 Complaint of Unlicensed Practice Requester sought records of a closed complaint to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Regulated Industries Complaints Office (RICO), filed by a third party, which had alleged the...

U Memo 19-4 November 23, 2018 No Duty to Search for Records That Do Not Exist Requester sought a decision as to whether the Department of Public Safety (PSD) properly responded to his request for his Prescriptive Plan Update and...

U Memo 19-3 September 14, 2018 Information Related to Paid Informants Not in Agency Records Requester sought a decision as to whether the Maui Police Department (POLICE-M) properly responded when it stated that it does not maintain records that are...

U Memo 19-2 August 31, 2018 Employee Names In U-Memo 19-2, OIP determined that the names and respective job titles of government employees are always public under section 92F-12(a)(14), HRS, even if the County had previously disclosed exact salaries, rather...

U Memo 19-1 July 13, 2018 Reasonableness of Search Requester sought access to copies of “public records that have been sent to or received from the Federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation” by the Kauai County Clerk.  The Clerk’s Office...

U Memo 18-14 June 29, 2018 Traffic Incidents Reported to DOT Requesters sought copies of records of all incidents reported by the public or law enforcement for the intersection of “Saddle Road” and the entrance to Mauna Kea State Park...

U Memo 18-13 June 29, 2018 Adequacy of Search for Employment Records Requester sought a decision as to whether the Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) at the University of Hawaii at Hilo (UHH) properly responded to his...

U Memo 18-12 June 28, 2018 Interview Materials Requester sought a decision as to whether the Department of Budget and Finance (B&F) properly denied under Parts II and III of the UIPA his request for interview materials used in the...