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

• Current rail ridership
  to Department of Transportation Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request Successful, 3 weeks, 4 days ago

• Foodborne illness
  to Department of Health (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 1 month, 2 weeks ago

• Location of Puna Geothermal Hydrogen Sulfide Perimeter Monitors
  to Department of Health (State of Hawaii)
  Request partially successful, 2 months ago

• Taxicab licenses
  to Department of Customer Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request partially successful, 3 months ago

• UIPA request for current ridership
  to Department of Transportation Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request Successful, 4 months, 1 week ago

• Taxicabs
  to Mass Transit Agency (County of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 4 months, 1 week ago

• Bus fleet inventory
  to Department of Transportation Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request Successful, 4 months, 3 weeks ago

• Spreadsheet of main breaks
  to Honolulu Board of Water Supply (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request awaits classification, 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Unsuccessful Requests

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

• BPro Contracts
  to State Procurement Office (State of Hawaii)
  Information not held, 2 months, 3 weeks ago

• Election records deemed “critical infrastructure”
  to Office of Elections (State of Hawaii)
  Request refused, 2 months, 3 weeks 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, 7 months, 2 weeks ago

• Privacy Act and FOIA
  to Office of Planning, Policy and Program Development, DOH (State of Hawaii)
  Information not held, 7 months, 3 weeks ago

• Request for Kaalualu Road survey records conducted to discover any dangerous conditions from 2019 to 2023
  to Hawaii County Department of Public Works (County of Hawaii)
  Information not held, 9 months ago

• Batch summary reports from the ballot scanners for the 2022 General Election
  to Office of Elections (State of Hawaii)
  Request refused, 1 year ago

• Honolulu County 2022 General Election Places of Deposit Employee Manual or Training Material(s)
  to Office of the City Clerk (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request refused, 1 year, 1 month ago