The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) issued four new informal opinions, involving Hawaii’s Uniform Information Practices Act (UIPA), Chapter 92F, HRS, or the Sunshine Law, Part I of Chapter 92, HRS. Summaries of the informal opinions can be accessed via the Informal Opinion letters page at oip.hawaii.gov and complete copies are provided upon request ...
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The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) reminds Sunshine Law boards that two 2023 laws, Act 019 and Act 125, added new Sunshine Law requirements effective July 1 and October 1, 2023. Act 019 (SB 1513), which went into effect on July 1, requires a board to report its discussion and any final action it ...
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With the end of FY 2023, it is time for all state, county, and independent agencies to start a new UIPA Record Request Log for FY 2024. The Office of Information Practices (OIP) would like to remind agencies to close out their FY 2023 Log and start a new FY 2024 Log for record requests received from July ...
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The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) issued three new formal opinions, all of which involved Hawaii’s Uniform Information Practices Act (UIPA), Chapter 92F, HRS. The full opinions can be accessed via the Formal Opinion Letters page at oip.hawaii.gov and are briefly summarized as follows. OIP Op. Ltr. No. F23-03: This opinion resolved three consolidated ...
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The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) greatly appreciates the Legislature’s confidence in our office and its generous support for the establishment of two new positions at OIP: a sixth staff attorney and one legal assistant. Pending legislative passage tomorrow and Governor Green’s approval of the budget bill, HB 300, HD 1, SD 1, CD ...
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Read More THE FACTS ABOUT RECORD REQUEST FEES AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST WAIVER Civil Beat has published a number of subjective opinion pieces about the record request fee caps and public interest waivers in HB ...
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Read More THE FACTS ABOUT THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES Despite the important role the Office of Information Practices (OIP) plays for Hawaii’s open record and open meeting ...
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The 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 ...
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The 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 ...
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