Office of Information Practices

The state Office of Information Practices thanks all open government advocates and agencies and wishes you a new year filled with joy, good health, and lots of Sunshine!  Hau’oli Makahiki Hou!    

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Name of Private Investigator Not in Agency Records

The state Office of Information Practices (OIP) has delayed completing its summary of FY 2014 annual results of the UIPA Record Request Log in order to give agencies the opportunity to correct obvious mistakes in how they are entering data in their Logs.  OIP has been reviewing each agency’s Log and informing the departments of ...
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Since the start of FY 2015 in July, the state Office of Information Practices (OIP) has issued two new formal opinions and four informal opinions.  While the two formal opinions were previously described in the November 26, 2014 What’s New article, the four informal opinions are summarized below.  Summaries of all informal opinions and the ...
Read More FOUR NEW INFORMAL OPINIONS

The state Office of Information Practices has posted on oip.hawaii.gov its Annual Report for FY 2014.  While the attached report is based on OIP’s performance through the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2014, the summaries of court cases monitored by OIP during the year were updated to be as timely as possible and ...
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Judges' Birthdays

The first appeal from a decision by the state Office of Information Practices (OIP), using the appeal process added to the law in 2012, was filed by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Board of Trustees (OHA).  The complaint to initiate a special proceeding was filed in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit on December 5, ...
Read More OHA APPEALS OIP DECISION OF ITS SUNSHINE LAW VIOLATION