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GUIDANCE: Q&A and guidance letters.

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

• FAQs: Basic Q&A on access to government records
  
• 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)
  
• QUICK TIP: Responding to a Personal Record Request (April 2013)
  
  
  
  
  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
    
    

  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.

  Public Meeting Notice Checklist (July 2003):
  Notice Checklist (MS Word)
  Notice Checklist (pdf)