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

• Request for information on playgrounds and shade structures
  to Hawaii County Department of Parks & Recreation (County of Hawaii)
  Request awaits classification, 3 weeks, 6 days ago

• Open Reccords Request [INT_#16518]
  to University of Hawaii (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 1 month ago

• 911 Records
  to Hawaii Police Department (County of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 1 month ago

• Request for information on playgrounds
  to Kauai Department of Parks & Recreation (County of Kauai)
  Request Successful, 1 month, 1 week ago

• UIPA death overpayments
  to Employees' Retirement System (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 1 month, 2 weeks ago

• Records Request: List of Pending Requests for Government Records
  to University of Hawaii (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 1 month, 3 weeks ago

• Hawaii Open Records Law Request RE: Student Health Insurance
  to University of Hawaii (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 1 month, 3 weeks ago

• Records Request: List of Pending Requests for Government Records
  to Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Unsuccessful Requests

• Request for info on playgrounds / shade structures
  to Department of Budget & Fiscal Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Information not held, 3 weeks ago

• Information on playground and shade structures built in County Parks in the last 7 years.
  to City Department of Parks & Recreation (City and County of Honolulu)
  Information not held, 1 month ago

• SHOPO Collective Bargaining Agreement
  to City Department of the Corporation Counsel (City and County of Honolulu)
  Information not held, 4 months, 1 week ago

• Request for employee compensation
  to Maui Department of the Corporation Counsel (County of Maui)
  Request refused, 5 months, 2 weeks ago

• 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 year, 1 month 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, 1 year, 2 months ago

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

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