Office of Information Practices

As the COVID-19 virus has become a global pandemic and a serious threat to the health and welfare of our State’s population, the Uniform Information Practices Act (Modified), chapter 92F, HRS (UIPA), was temporarily suspended, and the Sunshine Law, part I of chapter 92, HRS, was substantially suspended, by the Supplemental Proclamation of Governor Ige dated March 16, 2020 (SP), to give government the maximum flexibility to ...
Read More OIP’S ADVICE FOR AGENCIES AND BOARDS DURING THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF THE LAWS

The Hawai’i Supreme Court issued a new opinion, which essentially held that (1) the Circuit Court did not abuse its discretion in reviewing in camera an allegedly confidential investigative report sent by the Attorney General’s Office to the Legislature, and (2) the report could not be withheld under the exception in the Uniform Information Practices ...
Read More NEW SUPREME COURT AND OIP OPINIONS ARE POSTED

As the COVID-19 virus has become a global pandemic and a serious threat to the health and welfare of our state’s population, the Uniform Information Practices Act (Modified), chapter 92F, HRS, was temporarily suspended and the Sunshine Law, part I of chapter 92, HRS, substantially suspended by the Supplemental Memorandum of Governor Ige dated March ...
Read More COVID-19 EMERGENCY MEASURES

In response to a several inquiries earlier this week, the State Office of Information Practices (OIP) has urged the Legislature to adopt an amendment to the Sunshine Law that would allow boards to take social distancing precautions during the COVID-19 emergency. This week, OIP has received many inquiries from boards regarding precautions they can take ...
Read More OIP SUPPORTS EMERGENCY MEASURES

One of the duties of the state Office of Information Practices (OIP) is to monitor and testify on legislative proposals and make recommendations to the Legislature.  OIP tracks proposals directly or indirectly affecting the UIPA, Sunshine Law, or open data issues, including proposals on other topics that have confidentiality provisions or exemptions from the UIPA ...
Read More MID-SESSION LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

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