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

• Oahu Street Sweeping Schedule
  to Department of Transportation (State of Hawaii)
  Request awaits classification, 1 month, 4 weeks ago

• Honuakaha Limited Partnership
  to Hawaii Community Development Authority (State of Hawaii)
  Request partially successful, 2 months ago

• Honuakaha Limited Partnership ~$800k Delinquency to Honuakaha AOAO
  to Hawaii Community Development Authority (State of Hawaii)
  Request partially successful, 2 months, 3 weeks ago

• Public Records Request
  to Solid & Hazardous Waste Branch, DOH (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 4 months, 4 weeks ago

• Irwin-Hodson contract for license plate production
  to Department of Budget & Fiscal Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request Successful, 4 months, 4 weeks ago

• Request for Puna Geothermal Venture Production and Injection records Jan-March 2024
  to Department of Land & Natural Resources (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 6 months, 1 week ago

• Public Records Request
  to Maui Department of Environmental Management (County of Maui)
  Request Successful, 6 months, 1 week ago

• Contract Document Request: # 95941Pesticide and herbicides
  to University of Hawaii (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Unsuccessful Requests

• MPD NextRequest Contract
  to Maui Department of Finance (County of Maui)
  Request awaits classification, 3 weeks, 6 days ago

• List exempt charitable properties
  to Department of Budget & Fiscal Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Information not held, 2 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, 5 months ago

• Hawaii Attorney General Assistance to Department of Health Re Puna Geothermal Ventures
  to Department of the Attorney General (State of Hawaii)
  Request refused, 6 months, 1 week ago

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

• BPro Contracts
  to State Procurement Office (State of Hawaii)
  Information not held, 1 year, 2 months ago

• Election records deemed “critical infrastructure”
  to Office of Elections (State of Hawaii)
  Request refused, 1 year, 2 months ago

• Non 501(c)(3) Properties with exemptions under Sec. 8-10.9
  to Department of Budget & Fiscal Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Information not held, 1 year, 6 months ago