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

• Informal Decisions
  to Office of Information Practices (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 2 weeks, 2 days ago

• Informal Opinions
  to Office of Information Practices (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 3 weeks, 5 days ago

• County of Hawaii Wastewater Spill Reports from January 1, 2019 to August 18, 1010
  to Wastewater Branch, DOH (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 1 month, 1 week ago

• REQUIREMENTS FOR HAWAIIAN HAWK NEST SURVEY PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION IN MARCH
  to Department of Land & Natural Resources (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 2 months ago

• Record for grant/loan consultant "Deep Dig"
  to Hawaii County Department of Environmental Management (County of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 2 months, 2 weeks ago

• CDC Correspondence
  to University of Hawaii (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 2 months, 3 weeks ago

• CWSRF records for County of Hawaii Cesspool Conversion loan of $8,363,773
  to Department of Health (State of Hawaii)
  Request partially successful, 3 months ago, 170.00 Dollars

• Oceanit contract
  to City Council (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request Successful, 3 months, 1 week 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, 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, 2 months, 1 week ago

• SRF EAD records for the COH Cesspool Conversion loan
  to Department of Health (State of Hawaii)
  Request asleep, 3 months, 1 week ago

• Oceanit contract for Ala Wai Flood Mitigation
  to Department of Budget & Fiscal Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Information not held, 3 months, 1 week ago

• Ethics commission meeting minutes
  to City Ethics Commission (City and County of Honolulu)
  Information not held, 6 months ago

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

• UIPA Log
  to Department of Planning (County of Maui)
  Information not held, 9 months, 2 weeks ago

• Real Property Tax Valuation Service
  to Department of Budget & Fiscal Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request refused, 11 months, 1 week ago