Office of Information Practices

With the recent deployment of the new UIPA Record Request Log to the state Executive Branch agencies and the Judiciary, OIP received several inquiries regarding whether specific types of record requests their agencies commonly receive are in fact “routine requests,” which do not need to be recorded in the Log. As the Log Instructions state, ...
Read More What are “Routine Requests” that Need Not Be Logged?

Applicability of Sunshine Law and UIPA to Hawaii Health Connector

October 22, 2012 The state Office of Information Practices (OIP) congratulates the following state employees, who were given top honors at the 2012 Governor’s Awards Program on September 28, 2012, at the State Capitol Auditorium: State Employee of the Year: Shail Ako, Accountant, Dept. of Accounting & General Services State Manager of the Year: Blayne Hanagami, Workforce Development Hawai’iBranch ...
Read More Congratulations to Outstanding State Employees!

October 15, 2012 Attorneys, don’t forget to register for this Friday’s continuing legal education course that the state Office of Information Practices (OIP) is conducting in collaboration with the Hawaii State Bar Association (HSBA) to educate attorneys about important updates in the open government laws and exciting new procedural and technological changes that will help ...
Read More OIP’s MCPE Seminar with the HSBA to Be Live Streamed on October 19

October 12, 2012 The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) will hold a public hearing to adopt new regulations in the Hawaii Administrative Rules relating to administrative appeals made to the office. The proposed rules would establish the procedures for filing appeals with OIP under (1) the Uniform Information Practices Act (Modified), HRS chapter 92 ...
Read More Public Hearing Scheduled for Proposed Rules Regarding Appeals to OIP

October 8, 2012 The state Office of Information Practices (OIP) is excited to be a part of the initial launch of the State’s new website, data.hawaii.gov, which is an important new tool that will help to transform government and increase public accessibility to public records. Instead of solely responding to requests for information, state agencies will ...
Read More State Launches New Website: Data.hawaii.gov

October 2, 2012 The state Office of Information Practices (OIP), in collaboration with the Hawaii State Bar Association (HSBA), will be conducting continuing legal education seminars in October and November, 2012, to educate attorneys about important updates in the open government laws and exciting new procedural and technological changes that will help to make Hawaii’s ...
Read More OIP to Conduct Continuing Legal Education Seminars for the Hawaii State Bar Association