The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) issued two formal opinions and four informal opinions before the end of the 2024 fiscal year. The formal opinions and summaries of all these opinions can be accessed through the Opinions Page at oip.hawaii.gov and by clicking the links below. OIP Op. Ltr. No. F24-06: A requester sought ...
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With the end of FY 2024, it is time for all Hawaii State and county agencies to start a new UIPA Record Request Log for FY 2025. The Office of Information Practices (OIP) would like to remind agencies to close out their FY 2024 Log and start a new FY 2025 Log for record requests ...
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Governor Josh Green recently signed three bills amending the Sunshine Law into law, with two effective immediately and one effective on January 1, 2025. Act 011 (HB1598, HD1, SD2), which has already gone into effect, amended the Sunshine Law’s board packet provision. When a board distributes materials to the board members before a meeting for ...
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The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) issued five written opinions in March and updated the searchable subject matter indices for Uniform Information Practices Act (UIPA) and Sunshine Law cases, as well as the list of OIP’s formal opinion letters. They can be accessed through the Opinions page at oip.hawaii.gov. In OIP Op. Ltr. No. ...
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The Director of the State Office of Information Practices (OIP) will be retiring from OIP at the end of March 2024. Supervising Staff Attorney Carlotta Amerino will become OIP’s Acting Director in April. Cheryl Kakazu Park is OIP’s longest-serving Director, having been initially appointed by Governor Neil Abercrombie in April 2011 and reappointed by Governor ...
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Now that we are halfway through the 2024 legislative session, the State Office of Information Practices (OIP) is providing this update of Sunshine Law and UIPA bills that have survived and crossed over to the other chamber. Direct links to the bills are provided from the Legislature’s website at https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/. SUNSHINE LAW BILLS: HB 1597, ...
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The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) has posted three new opinions on its Opinions page at oip.hawaii.gov. In OIP Opinion Letter No. F24-04, OIP concluded that the Honolulu Fire Chief’s privacy interest did not outweigh the public interest in disclosure of his final job performance evaluations, so the Honolulu Fire Commission could not withhold ...
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Now that all bills have been introduced for the 2024 session, the State Office of Information Practices (OIP) would like to provide Sunshine Law boards with useful reminders as to how they can properly discuss legislative matters. OIP has a detailed “Quick Review: Sunshine Law Options to Address State Legislative Issues and Measures,” which explains ...
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The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) has posted on its Log Reports page at oip.hawaii.gov two new reports of the State and county agencies’ UIPA Record Request Year-End Logs for FY 2023, which show many similarities between the overall results for the State and counties. Consistent with data going back to 2015, the overwhelming ...
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The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) congratulates Maui County for leading the way to simplify and enhance the Uniform Information Practices Act (UIPA) record request process! On January 24, 2024, the County of Maui launched a new online portal for UIPA record requests at https://mauicountyhi.govqa.us/WEBAPP/_rs/. This online portal will provide a single point of ...
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