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

• Hawaii Open Records Law Request RE: Student Health Insurance
  to University of Hawaii (State of Hawaii)
  Request partially successful, 4 weeks, 1 day ago

• DigDeep contract deliverable list that was due in September 2020
  to Hawaii County Department of Environmental Management (County of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 2 months, 1 week ago

• P3 bids for rail City Center Guideway & Stations, Pearl Highlands Parking Garage & related O&M
  to Department of Budget & Fiscal Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request Successful, 2 months, 2 weeks ago

• Seeking Public Records to TMK 2-7-035:083; 2848 Date Street, Honolulu, HI
  to Honolulu Fire Department (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request Successful, 2 months, 3 weeks ago

• Bond Proceeds
  to Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request Successful, 3 months, 1 week ago

• September 11, 2020 Defender Council Meeting
  to Office of the Public Defender (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 3 months, 1 week ago

• Response from County of Hawaii Department of Environmental Management to NAV/RFI Ref# 09005EBT.20 (09/09/2020)
  to Department of Health (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 4 months, 2 weeks ago

• petition 2020/ZBA-100
  to Department of Planning & Permitting (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request Successful, 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Unsuccessful Requests

• Records and other documentation of the requests by three Naalehu properties for connection to the County of Hawaii sewer system
  to Hawaii County Department of Environmental Management (County of Hawaii)
  Information not held, 5 months, 2 weeks ago

• OEQC records of their COVID procedures designed to allow HRS 343 access/comment on filed EA/EIS documents
  to Office of Environmental Quality Control (State of Hawaii)
  Information not held, 7 months, 2 weeks ago

• SRF EAD records for the COH Cesspool Conversion loan
  to Department of Health (State of Hawaii)
  Request asleep, 8 months, 2 weeks ago

• Oceanit contract for Ala Wai Flood Mitigation
  to Department of Budget & Fiscal Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Information not held, 8 months, 2 weeks ago

• Ethics commission meeting minutes
  to City Ethics Commission (City and County of Honolulu)
  Information not held, 11 months, 1 week ago

• OCS Letter 5/24/84
  to City Office of Council Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request asleep, 1 year, 2 months ago

• UIPA Log
  to Department of Planning (County of Maui)
  Information not held, 1 year, 2 months ago

• Real Property Tax Valuation Service
  to Department of Budget & Fiscal Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request refused, 1 year, 4 months ago