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Opinion Letter No. 92-13
August 13, 1992
Audio Tape Recording of Public Meeting
The State Office of Veterans Services (OVS) must disclose
the audio tape recording of a public
meeting held by the State Commission on Memorials for Veterans of
the Korean and Vietnam
Conflicts (Commission). The OIP determined that the audio tape recording
of the Commission’s
public meeting is a "government record" under the UIPA
and that none of the exceptions to required
disclosure applies to this government record. Also, section 92F-12(a)(16),
Hawaii Revised Statutes, expressly requires an agency to make available
for public inspection and copying "[i]nformation contained
in or compiled from a transcript . . . of a proceeding open to the
public." Therefore, upon receiving a request for the disclosure
of the audio tape recording of the Commission’s meeting, the
OVS cannot fulfill its obligations by merely disclosing the written
meeting minutes.
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