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

• 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, 1 week, 1 day ago

• petition 2020/ZBA-100
  to Department of Planning & Permitting (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request Successful, 1 week, 4 days ago

• Naalehu Wastewater System contracts, invoices and payments for 6/1/2019 through 6/30/2020
  to Hawaii County Department of Environmental Management (County of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 1 week, 5 days ago

• Corporation Counsel Opinion 86-28
  to City Department of the Corporation Counsel (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request Successful, 1 week, 6 days ago

• Records of USBR Title XVI Feasibility Grant
  to Hawaii County Department of Environmental Management (County of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 2 weeks, 3 days ago

• DOH Notice of Apparent Violation (NAV) sent to County of Hawaii DEM-WWD on September 9, 2020
  to Department of Health (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 2 weeks, 5 days ago

• The State of Hawaii Department of Health September 9, 2020, Notice of Apparent Violation (NAV) to the County of Hawaii Wastewater Division records
  to Hawaii County Department of Environmental Management (County of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 3 weeks, 6 days ago

• Informal Decisions
  to Office of Information Practices (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 1 month, 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, 1 month, 1 week 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, 3 months ago

• SRF EAD records for the COH Cesspool Conversion loan
  to Department of Health (State of Hawaii)
  Request asleep, 4 months ago

• Oceanit contract for Ala Wai Flood Mitigation
  to Department of Budget & Fiscal Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Information not held, 4 months, 1 week ago

• Ethics commission meeting minutes
  to City Ethics Commission (City and County of Honolulu)
  Information not held, 7 months ago

• OCS Letter 5/24/84
  to City Office of Council Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request asleep, 9 months, 4 weeks ago

• UIPA Log
  to Department of Planning (County of Maui)
  Information not held, 10 months, 2 weeks ago

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