Office of Information Practices

The Director of the state Office of Information Practices (OIP), Cheryl Kakazu Park, was the guest of Senator Russell Ruderman on the Ruderman Roundtable to discuss what OIP does and the results of the FY 2016 UIPA Log Reports.  The 30-minute interview was live streamed on March 14, 2017, and can be accessed by linking to ...
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This week is “Sunshine Week,” a national celebration of access to public information, and the state Office of Information Practices (OIP) is contributing to greater government transparency and accountability by posting online two new reports summarizing the data provided by all state and county agencies on their UIPA Logs for FY 2016. FY 2016 was the ...
Read More OIP’S REPORTS SUMMARIZING FY 2016 LOGS

Next week is “Sunshine Week,” a national celebration of access to public information. To kick it off, a short interview of the Director of the Office of Information Practices (OIP) will be aired on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. on ‘Olelo’s Channel 53.  Director Cheryl Kakazu Park was interviewed by Lyla Berg for ...
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Today is the deadline for the first cross-over of bills to the non-originating body.  Of the important open government legislation being tracked by the Office of Information Practices (OIP), the following bills that may impact the Uniform Information Practices Act (UIPA) or the Sunshine Law are still alive and have already crossed over to the other ...
Read More FIRST CROSS-OVER OF BILLS UPDATE

As part of its training duties, the state Office of Information Practices (OIP) today posted a new “Quick Review:  Roundtable Discussions with Multiple Board Subject to the Sunshine Law.”  This advisory provides tips on how multiple boards may comply with the Sunshine Law’s requirements when their members participate together in a roundtable meeting, symposium, or ...
Read More NEW QUICK REVIEW ON ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS BY MULTIPLE SUNSHINE LAW BOARDS