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- THE FACTS ABOUT RECORD REQUEST FEES AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST WAIVER[This is the second article that was first offered to Civil Beat for publication, which it has not published. The conference committee will be meeting on HB 719 today at 1:30 p.m.] Civil Beat has published a number of subjective opinion pieces about the record request fee caps and public interest waivers in HB […]
- THE FACTS ABOUT THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES[On April 19, 2023, the online organization Civil Beat was given the first opportunity to provide the article below to its readers, which was not published as of the time this What’s New article was disseminated.] Despite the important role the Office of Information Practices (OIP) plays for Hawaii’s open record and open meeting […]
- OIP POSTS A NEW FORMAL OPINIONThe State Office of Information Practices (OIP) issued a new formal opinion regarding the redaction of information from the Offendertrak correctional directory maintained by the Department of Public Safety (PSD). OIP Opinion Letter No. F23-02 is now posted on the Formal Opinions page at oip.hawaii.gov. Before the appeal was filed, PSD had initially quoted a […]
- F23-02Inmate Database Information
- OIP Posts Two New OpinionsThe State Office of Information Practices (OIP) has posted the summaries of two new memorandum opinions concluding that agencies were absolved under the Uniform Information Practices Act (UIPA) from conducting searches for records that they actually knew did not exist. In U Memo 23-03, the requester sought from the Bureau of Conveyances (BOC) copies of […]
- DCAB’S REVISED DISABILITY ACCESS STATEMENTS TO ADD TO MEETING NOTICESAs 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 […]
- U Memo 23-04Reasonable Search for Solid Waste Stream Records
- U Memo 23-03No Duty to Search for Land Court Records
- What’s Not New: OIP Works Hard to Ensure Timely Public Access to Government Records and MeetingsSunshine 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 […]
- Reminder to Submit FY 2023 Semiannual Log and ChecklistCongratulations to Kauai County, Hawaii County, the Department of Accounting and General Services, and all others who have submitted their FY 2023 semiannual UIPA Record Request Logs and Checklists to the Office of Information Practices (OIP). Please remember to close out your agency’s fiscal year 2023 semiannual UIPA Record Request Log and send your semiannual […]