The Office of Information Practices (OIP) often receives reports of virtual meetings being derailed by “zoom bombers” who disrupt board business by sharing inappropriate, offensive, or hate content, loud or inappropriate noises, or filling the chat with offensive comments or...
Read MoreThe Office of Information Practices (OIP) administers the Sunshine Law, part I of chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), which applies to all Hawaii state and county boards. Boards subject to the Sunshine Law are generally required to hold open...
Read MoreThe Office of Information Practices’ 2025 Annual Report has been posted. Last year’s highlights include the following accomplishments: OIP resolved 96% of the 1,922 formal and informal cases filed in FY 2025 within the same year. Of the 1,695 informal cases constituting...
Read MoreUpdated reference materials: OIP has updated its UIPA Index and Sunshine Law Index, which allow key word searches for OIP’s formal opinions by subject matter, and its Table of Statutes that are found on its Opinions page to include its...
Read MoreOctober 13, 2025, is a paid federal holiday (Columbus Day), but state and county agencies do not have a paid day off (Discoverers’ Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day are both statutorily recognized on the second Monday in October, but not...
Read MoreThe Office of Information Practices recently issued one formal opinion and six informal opinions under the Uniform Information Practices Act, chapter 92F, Hawaii Revised Statutes (UIPA), and Sunshine Law, part I of chapter 92, HRS. The summaries of the opinions...
Read MoreThe Office of Information Practices (OIP) would like to remind boards about the Sunshine Law’s requirements for setting time limits on oral testimony. Boards may set reasonable time limits on oral testimony under section 92-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), which...
Read MoreThe Office of Information Practices (OIP) has updated its Sunshine Law training materials to reflect these new laws: Act 169 (SB 1651 CD1) changes section 92-7.5, HRS, regarding deadlines for board packets. A board using a board packet must now...
Read MoreThe Office of Information Practices (OIP) would like to remind agencies who have not already submitted their FY 2025 UIPA Record Request Logs and FY 2025 Checklist that they were due to OIP from the agency’s Log Coordinator on July...
Read MoreWith the end of FY 2025, it is time for all Hawaii State and county agencies to start a new UIPA Record Request Log for FY 2026. The Office of Information Practices (OIP) would like to remind agencies to close...
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