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Updated reference materials:  OIP has updated its UIPA Index and Sunshine Law Index, which allow key word searches for OIP’s formal opinions by subject matter, and its Table of Statutes that are found on its Opinions page to include its latest formal opinions.  Only formal opinions are indexed by OIP, with separate indices for UIPA ...
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October 13, 2025, is a paid federal holiday (Columbus Day), but state and county agencies do not have a paid day off (Discoverers’ Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day are both statutorily recognized on the second Monday in October, but not as state holidays).  The same is true for the annual federal Juneteenth holiday on June ...
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The Office of Information Practices recently issued one formal opinion and six informal opinions under the Uniform Information Practices Act, chapter 92F, Hawaii Revised Statutes (UIPA), and Sunshine Law, part I of chapter 92, HRS.  The summaries of the opinions can be found on the Opinions page at oip.hawaii.gov and by clicking the links below.    In OIP Op. ...
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The Office of Information Practices (OIP) would like to remind boards about the Sunshine Law’s requirements for setting time limits on oral testimony.  Boards may set reasonable time limits on oral testimony under section 92-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), which states that “boards may provide for reasonable administration of oral testimony by rule.”  HRS § ...
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Airport Shuttle Contract Records

The Office of Information Practices (OIP) has updated its Sunshine Law training materials to reflect these new laws: Act 169 (SB 1651 CD1)  changes section 92-7.5, HRS, regarding deadlines for board packets.  A board using a board packet must now make the packet available at least three full business days before the relevant meeting, and ...
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Redactions to Executive Session Minutes

Reasonable Search for Maui Fire Relief Contracts

The Office of Information Practices (OIP) would like to remind agencies who have not already submitted their FY 2025 UIPA Record Request Logs and FY 2025 Checklist that they were due to OIP from the agency’s Log Coordinator on July 31, 2025.   OIP will be issuing its annual report on State and county UIPA Logs ...
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With the end of FY 2025, it is time for all Hawaii State and county agencies to start a new UIPA Record Request Log for FY 2026.  The Office of Information Practices (OIP) would like to remind agencies to close out their FY 2025 Log and start a new FY 2026 Log for record requests ...
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