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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The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) is encouraging people to provide written or oral comments, which can be done anonymously, for the October 4, 2022 meeting regarding the attached draft legislation that seeks to improve government decisionmaking. As reported in OIP’s September 16, 2022 What’s New article, the draft legislation was developed by the ...
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The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) has been diligently working with members of the Working Group (WG) convened pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution 192 (SCR 192) to develop a new statutory exception to the Uniform Information Practices Act (UIPA) that would improve government decision-making. OIP and the WG are seeking public comments on the ...
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After the State Office of Information Practices (OIP) posted its updated Sunshine Law training materials in August 2022, it was informed that the State Disability Access and Communications Board (DCAB) had approved the following new sample language to request disability accommodation, which should be used on Sunshine Law meeting notices. If you need an auxiliary ...
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The Sunshine Law is Hawaii’s open meetings law. It governs the manner in which all state and county boards must conduct their official business. The Office of Information Practices (“OIP”) has been the agency in charge of administering the Sunshine Law since 1998. The Sunshine Law is codified at part I of chapter 92, Hawaii ...
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The Act: Act 166 SLH 1975 Legislative History: HB 126 status sheet and Legislative History Testimony HB 126 JUD 2.26.75 Testimony HB 126 JUD 3.25.75
The Act: Act 92 SLH 1976 Legislative History: SB 75 status sheet and Legislative History Testimony SB 75 JUD 2.25.75
The Act: Act 212 SLH 1976 Legislative History: HB 3126-76 status sheet and Legislative History
The Act: Act 271 SLH 1984 Legislative History: (1) HB 1311 (2) Testimony HB 1311 PEG (3) HSCR 510 (4) HB 1311 HD1 (5) SSCR 731 (6) HB 1311 HD1 SD1 (7) CCR 18-84 (8) HB 1311 HD1 SD1 CD1