UIPA.org

What is the Uniform Information Practices Act?

Everyone has the right under the Uniform Information Practices Act to ask for and receive access to information from public agencies concerning government operations.

What does this site do?

This site publishes public records requests and replies so that others do not have to ask for the same information and replies can be scrutinized by the public.

Frequently Asked Questions

Successful Requests

• PGV NSP-0008-02-N issued in November, 2022
  to Clean Air Branch, DOH (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 4 days, 5 hours ago

• Communications regarding Empty Homes Tax
  to Department of Budget & Fiscal Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request Successful, 4 days, 18 hours ago

• Mountain West records
  to University of Hawaii (State of Hawaii)
  Request awaits classification, 1 month, 3 weeks ago

• Puna Geothermal Venture Application to Modify their Noncovered Source Permit
  to Clean Air Branch, DOH (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 2 months, 3 weeks ago

• Production and Injection Reports for Puna Geothermal Venture
  to Department of Land & Natural Resources (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 2 months, 3 weeks ago

• Geographic exemption breakdown
  to Department of Education (State of Hawaii)
  Request partially successful, 4 months, 1 week ago

• UIPA for geographic exceptions
  to Department of Education (State of Hawaii)
  Request partially successful, 4 months, 2 weeks ago

• Public Records Request
  to Department of Health (State of Hawaii)
  Request awaits classification, 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Unsuccessful Requests

• Report from Ernst & Young - vacant homes tax
  to Department of Budget & Fiscal Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Information not held, 1 month, 2 weeks ago

• MPD NextRequest Contract
  to Maui Department of Finance (County of Maui)
  Information not held, 4 months, 4 weeks ago

• List exempt charitable properties
  to Department of Budget & Fiscal Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Information not held, 7 months, 2 weeks ago

• Request Government Record: BOE Procedures to Address Petitions from the Public
  to Department of Education (State of Hawaii)
  Information not held, 10 months, 1 week ago

• Hawaii Attorney General Assistance to Department of Health Re Puna Geothermal Ventures
  to Department of the Attorney General (State of Hawaii)
  Request refused, 11 months, 2 weeks ago

• Applications for Elections Commission Chair vacancy
  to Office of Elections (State of Hawaii)
  Response overdue, 1 year, 5 months ago

• BPro Contracts
  to State Procurement Office (State of Hawaii)
  Information not held, 1 year, 7 months ago

• Election records deemed “critical infrastructure”
  to Office of Elections (State of Hawaii)
  Request refused, 1 year, 7 months ago