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

• policies regarding federal detainers / immigration holds
  to City Department of the Prosecuting Attorney (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request partially successful, 1 day, 1 hour ago

• UIPA Log
  to Department of Human Services (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 1 day, 20 hours ago

• UIPA Logs
  to Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 2 days, 23 hours ago

• MWC Conference Contract
  to University of Hawaii (State of Hawaii)
  Request partially successful, 1 week, 1 day ago

• UIPA Log
  to Department of Budget & Finance (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 1 week, 3 days ago

• UIPA Log
  to Department of Law Enforcement (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 2 weeks, 1 day ago

• UIPA Logs
  to Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 2 weeks, 2 days ago

• UIPA Log
  to Department of Environmental Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request Successful, 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Unsuccessful Requests

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

• MPD NextRequest Contract
  to Maui Department of Finance (County of Maui)
  Information not held, 5 months, 2 weeks ago

• List exempt charitable properties
  to Department of Budget & Fiscal Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Information not held, 8 months, 1 week ago

• Request Government Record: BOE Procedures to Address Petitions from the Public
  to Department of Education (State of Hawaii)
  Information not held, 10 months, 4 weeks ago

• Hawaii Attorney General Assistance to Department of Health Re Puna Geothermal Ventures
  to Department of the Attorney General (State of Hawaii)
  Request refused, 1 year ago

• Applications for Elections Commission Chair vacancy
  to Office of Elections (State of Hawaii)
  Response overdue, 1 year, 6 months ago

• BPro Contracts
  to State Procurement Office (State of Hawaii)
  Information not held, 1 year, 8 months ago

• Election records deemed “critical infrastructure”
  to Office of Elections (State of Hawaii)
  Request refused, 1 year, 8 months ago