Office of Information Practices

The state Office of Information Practices (OIP) is pleased to announce that it will be conducting a free continuing legal education program on Friday, March 4, 2016, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., which is being sponsored by the Government Lawyers’ Section (GLS) of the Hawaii State Bar Association and will offer 1.5 hours of CLE credits to GLS members.

OIP Director Cheryl Kakazu Park and Staff Attorney Jennifer Brooks will be presenting the program entitled “How to Respond to a Public Records Request” and will include the following topics:  recognizing a records request; deadlines for requests; using OIP’s “UIPA Record Request Log;” identifying records responsive to the request; completing the notice to requester; exceptions to disclosure; fees; and interagency requests.

The program will be presented live at the City’s Mission Memorial Auditorium in Honolulu.  The presentation can also be viewed on the neighbor islands at the following locations: 

Maui:
Office of Corporation Counsel
200 South High Street, 3rd Floor Conference Room
Wailuku, Hawaii  96793

Kauai:
Civil Defense Conference Room
3990 Kaana Street
Lihue, Hawaii  96766

East Hawaii:
Office of the Prosecuting Attorney
655 S. Kilauea Avenue
Hilo, HI  96720

West Hawaii:
Office of the Prosecuting Attorney
81-980 Halekii St., Ste. 150
Kealakekua, HI  96750

Seating is limited, so please register soon for this CLE program at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S59N8GX.  If there are specific questions about the UIPA that registrants would like OIP to address, please include them on your registration form by February 29, 2016. 

***For questions about registration and CLE credits, please contact [email protected].