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NFOIC Members

Honolulu Community-Media Council
P.O. Box 22415
Honolulu, HI 96823-2415
Contact: Beth-Ann Kozlovich, Chair
Phone (808) 222-3035
http://www.mediacouncil.org/
E-mail emailbkoz1@aol.com

Open Government Coalition of Hawaii
500 Ala Moana Boulevard, No. 7-210
Honolulu, HI 96813
Contact: Stirling Morita, Night Editor, Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Phone (808) 529-4747
E-mail smorita@starbulletin.com

QUICK FOI INFORMATION

Open Meetings Law Haw. Rev. Stat. §92-1 et seq.
Closed: To consider personnel information relating to those applying for professional or vocations licenses; hiring or firing of an employee; labor negotiations; property negotiations; attorney consultation; misconduct investigations; and public safety or security. State boards and commissions may meet in private if no commitment to vote is made or sought; also can meet with the governor as long as it does not relate to a quasi-judicial matter.

Open Records Law Haw. Rev. Stat. §91-1 et seq.
Exempt: Medical, psychiatric, or psychological information; criminal investigations; social services or welfare benefits information; personnel files; fitness to be granted a license; and personal recommendations and evaluations.

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII

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CONTACTS

• Office of the Attorney General
• 425 Queen Street
• Honolulu, HI 96813
• Phone (808) 586-1282
• http://www.state.hi.us/ag/

• State Bar Association
• 1132 Bishop Street, Suite 906
• Honolulu, HI 96813
• Phone (808) 537­1868
• Fax (808) 521­7936
• http://www.hsba.org/
• E-mail wpooh@pixi.com

• Office of Information Practices, State of Hawaii
• No. 1 Capitol District Building
• 250 S. Hotel Street, Suite 107
• Honolulu, HI 96813-2831
• Contact: Leslie Kondo, Director
• Phone (808) 586-1400
• Fax (808) 586-1412
• http://www.hawaii.gov/oip/

• State Sunshine Chair
• Stirling Morita
• Honolulu Star-Bulletin
• 3054 AlaPona Place, #806
• Honolulu, HI  96818-1615
• Phone (808) 529-4755
• Fax (808) 529-4750
• E-mail spj@flex.com

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FORM LETTERS

• The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
• 1101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1100
• Arlington, Virginia 22209
• Phone (800) 336-4243 or (703) 807-2100
• E-mail rcfp@rcfp.org
• FOI Letter Generator

• Student Press Law Center
• 1101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1100
• Arlington, Virginia 22209
• Phone (703) 807-1904
• E-mail splc@splc.org
• Request Letter Generator

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PUBLICATIONS

Mass Communication Law in Hawaii by Jeffrey Portnoy, New Forums Press, Stillwater, OK 1994, 134 p.
Price: $14.95 plus $1.50 shipping Format: Softcover, 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 in.
Order from:
New Forums Press
1018 So. Lewis Street
Stillwater, OK 74074
Phone (405) 372-6158

Open Government Guide from the
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

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