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As of March 2023, the State Disability and Communication Access Board (DCAB) revised its instructions for Sunshine Law boards to use on meeting notices for anyone requesting disability accommodation.  Therefore, the State Office of Information Practices (OIP) posted DCAB’s revised instructions on its Sunshine Law training materials, including the “good agenda” in the Basic Sunshine Law ...
Read More DCAB’S REVISED DISABILITY ACCESS STATEMENTS TO ADD TO MEETING NOTICES

Reasonable Search for Solid Waste Stream Records

No Duty to Search for Land Court Records

Sunshine Week is the time to get the facts about what Hawai`i’s Office of Information Practices (OIP) does to ensure public participation in State and county government via two important laws that it administers: the Uniform Information Practices Act (UIPA) mandating public access to government records, and the Sunshine Law requiring open meetings of government ...
Read More What’s Not New: OIP Works Hard to Ensure Timely Public Access to Government Records and Meetings