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Opinion Letter No. 94-08
May 12, 1994
Assistant Police Chief Exam Questions Confidential
Exam and interview questions asked of candidates for
promotion to assistant police chief are
protected from public disclosure under the UIPA’s "frustration
of a legitimate government function"
exception because the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) will likely
reuse the questions. In contrast,
the rating guidelines used to make the promotion must be made public
because no UIPA exceptions
apply. In the applications of the unsuccessful candidates for promotion,
all information that would
result in the "likelihood of actual identification" of
these candidates must be kept confidential for
privacy reasons. On the other hand, application information —
name, education, training and current
position at HPD — about the candidate selected for the promotion
must be made public. The score
worksheets must also be made public after the candidates’
names are deleted.
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