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The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) is looking ahead to great changes next year and also wants to provide you with a year-end reminder. First, OIP is very pleased to announce that it has filled its two new positions for a Staff Attorney and an OIP Legal Assistant, both of whom will be starting ...
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OIP POSTS SIX NEW OPINIONS

Posted on Nov 6, 2023 in Featured, What's New

The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) has posted six new opinions on its Opinions page at oip.hawaii.gov.  Summaries for each opinion and the full text of the three formal opinions are posted online. OIP Op. Ltr. No. F24-01 followed the analysis previously provided in OIP Op. Ltr. No. F13-01 to conclude that no Part ...
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F24-03

Posted on Nov 3, 2023 in Formal Opinions

Sunshine Law Requirements for Notice, Testimony, Executive Sessions, and Voting, and Potential Remedies

F24-02

Posted on Nov 2, 2023 in Formal Opinions

Maui County Council Members Appointed to Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board

The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) is pleased to announce that Governor Josh Green has removed the suspension of the Sunshine Law from the Second Proclamation Relating to Affordable Housing that he issued yesterday.  The Second Proclamation went into effect immediately, so all boards involved in an affordable housing project covered by the proclamation ...
Read More SECOND HOUSING PROCLAMATION REMOVES SUNSHINE LAW EXEMPTION

F24-01

Posted on Oct 16, 2023 in Formal Opinions

Closed Investigation Finding and Conclusions

The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) has received preliminary approval to hire another Staff Attorney and a Legal Assistant.  If you are a good team player and excellent writer who wants to respectfully serve the public and assist government agencies as an impartial neutral without bias regarding UIPA and Sunshine Law matters, then OIP ...
Read More OIP IS LOOKING FOR A STAFF ATTORNEY AND A LEGAL ASSISTANT

Reasonable Search for a Report 

Reasonable Search for Lease Successorship Document

Investigation Report Concerning Requester