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

• CDC Correspondence
  to University of Hawaii (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 6 days, 15 hours ago

• Recent Informal Opinions
  to Office of Information Practices (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 1 week, 4 days ago

• Letter from Dwight Nadamoto 10-4-19
  to City Council (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request Successful, 3 weeks ago

• Seeking Public Records to TMK 2-1-049:025; 742 Queen Street in Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
  to Honolulu Fire Department (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request Successful, 1 month, 4 weeks ago

• Special Use Permit requests for Manuka Wayside Park and NAR for the period January 1, 2017 through February 14, 2020
  to Department of Land & Natural Resources (State of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 2 months, 1 week ago

• Draft Minutes from the 2/19/20 meeting
  to City Ethics Commission (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request Successful, 2 months, 1 week ago

• To: Property Management Division - re Kahua Olohu PONC property
  to Hawaii County Department of Finance (County of Hawaii)
  Request Successful, 2 months, 1 week ago, 15.00 Dollars

• Amended copy of contract with Hitachi
  to Department of Budget & Fiscal Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request Successful, 2 months, 1 week ago, 2.25 Dollars

Unsuccessful Requests

• Ethics commission meeting minutes
  to City Ethics Commission (City and County of Honolulu)
  Information not held, 2 months ago

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

• UIPA Log
  to Department of Planning (County of Maui)
  Information not held, 5 months, 2 weeks ago

• Real Property Tax Valuation Service
  to Department of Budget & Fiscal Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Request refused, 7 months ago

• DOH-County of Hawaii SRF Contracts for Naalehu Wastewater Facility for $550,000 and $6,050,000
  to Wastewater Branch, DOH (State of Hawaii)
  Information not held, 8 months ago

• contract with CoreLogic
  to Department of Budget & Fiscal Services (City and County of Honolulu)
  Information not held, 8 months, 1 week ago

• Request for contracts. correspondence reports or other records for DOFAW contact with J. Scott Waddington. or Hoomaluo LLC
  to Department of Land & Natural Resources (State of Hawaii)
  Information not held, 10 months ago

• Records for contact between Hawaii DOT and J. Scott Waddington and/or his firm, Hoomaluo LLC
  to Department of Transportation (State of Hawaii)
  Information not held, 10 months, 2 weeks ago