Guidance and Training

UIPA

• FAQs: Basic Q&A on access to government records
  
• UIPA Guide:
  • Open Records: Guide to Hawaii's Uniform Information Practices Act
    (pdf, print in landscape) - January 2013
  • Open Records: Guide to Hawaii's Uniform Information Practices Act COVER PAGE
    (pdf) - January 2013
• Disclosure of personnel records (pdf)
  (revised, effective September 7, 2011)
  
• Disclosure of agency records and information to auditors (pdf)
  
• Waiver of fees in the public interest (pdf)
  
• OIP's Informal Guide to Processing Large or Complex UIPA Record Requests (January 18, 2012)
  

SUNSHINE LAW

Guide to the Sunshine Law:

• Open Meetings: Guide to "The Sunshine Law" for State and County Boards
  (pdf, print in landscape) - January 2013
• Open Meetings: Guide to "The Sunshine Law" for State and County Boards COVER PAGE (pdf) - January 2013

• Open Meetings: Guide to "The Sunshine Law" for Neighborhood Boards
  (pdf, print in landscape) - January 2013
• Open Meetings: Guide to "The Sunshine Law" for Neighborhood Boards COVER PAGE
  (pdf) - January 2013
  

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Agenda Guidance for Sunshine Law Boards (November 2011) (pdf)

This guidance is intended to provide boards with a model for crafting a good, informative agenda for meetings.

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Quick Review:
Sunshine Law Meeting Notice Requirements (November 2012) (pdf)

For boards subject to the Sunshine Law, Part I of Chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), here is a quick review of the Sunshine Law’s notice requirements for public meetings. This short guide summarizes the content and filing requirements for public meeting notices, contains helpful practice tips, and provides links and contact information for additional help in complying with the Sunshine Law.

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Quick Review:
Sunshine Law Requirements
for Meeting Minutes (December 2012) (pdf)

For boards subject to the Sunshine Law, Part I of Chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), here is a quick review of the Sunshine Law’s requirements for meeting minutes. Like the earlier Quick Review on Sunshine Law meeting notice requirements (see What’s New for November 14, 2012), this short guide summarizes the content and other requirements for public meeting minutes, contains helpful practice tips, and provides links and contact information for additional help in complying with the Sunshine Law.

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Forms for Boards:

• Public Meeting Notice Checklist (rev 9/08) (MS Word)
• Public Meeting Notice Checklist (rev 9/08) (pdf)
  

  Request for OIP's Concurrence for a Limited Meeting (11/11) (pdf

To view training videos and training guides related to the open meetings and open records laws, follow this link.