1. EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS
HONOLULU
LINDA LINGLE
GOVERNOR
August 30, 2010
Via Email (mlevine@civilbeat.com)
Mr. Michael Levine
Honolulu Civil Beat
Re: Further Response to Government Records Request
Dated August 3, 2010
Dear Mr. Levine:
This responds to your email to Ms. Rachel Zane dated August 24, 2010.
Enclosed is a log of the documents that fail within the scope of your
request but have been withheld and the grounds for withholding them.
With respect to information that may be disclosed under Haw. Rev. Stat.
§ 92F-12(a)(14), the Governor’s Office does not maintain that information. Your request
for that information should be directed to the employee’s employer. Thus, to the extent
that you seek information disclosed under Haw. Rev. Stat. § 92F- 12(a)(14) for any
judges currently sitting on the bench, your request should be directed to the Judiciary.
In response to your question concerning the Governor’s position on
whether revealing other communications with the Judicial Selection Commission
would frustrate a legitimate government function, that is not a basis on which some of
the documents you requested have been withheld. As stated above, information that
may be disclosed under Haw. Rev. Stat. § 92F-12(a)(14) is not within the custody of the
Governor’s Office and as a result, the Governor’s Office cannot produce it. With
respect to the documents that have been withheld, as stated on the enclosed log, those
documents have been withheld on the .ual privacy and confidentiality
pursuant to Haw. Rev. Stat. § 92F-14’
Enclosure
2. LOG OF DOCUMENTS WITHELD
DATE DOCUMENT REASON WITHELD
Undated Applicant Summary — Lisa M. Raw. Rev. Stat. § 92F-14(b)(4);’
Ginoza Rule 5, Sect. Two. A., Judicial
Selection Commission Rules
2
Undated Applicant Summary The— Same as above.
Honorable Sabrina
Shizue McKenna
Undated Applicant Summary Steven
— Same as above.
Mansanobu Nakashima
Undated Applicant Summary Karen
— Same as above.
Tooko Nakasone
Undated Applicant Summary Michael
— Same as above.
Ken Tanigawa
Undated Applicant Summary The— Same as above.
Honorable Robert Mark Browning
Undated Applicant Summary The— Same as above.
Honorable Colette Y. Garibaldi
Undated Applicant Summary Sherri-Ann
- Same as above.
L. Iha (Chun)
Undated Applicant Summary Lanson
— Same as above.
Keola Kupau
Undated Applicant Summary Dean E.
— Same as above.
Ochiai
Undated Applicant Summary The— Same as above.
Honorable Bode Amilale Uale
Undated Applicant Summary Jeannette
— Same as above.
Holmes Castagnetti
Undated Applicant Summary Catherine
— Same as above.
Haunani Remigio
Undated Applicant Summary The— Same as above.
Honorable Faauuga L. To’oto’o
Undated Applicant Sunimary The
— Same as above.
Honorable Bert Isao Ayabe
Undated Applicant Summary The— Same as above.
Honorable Daniel Robert Foley
1
Pursuant to Raw. Rev. Stat. § 92F-14(b)(4), individuals have a significant privacy interest in
information in their personnel file or application or nomination for public employment or
appointment to a governmental position.
2
5, Section Two, A. of the Judicial Selection Commission Rules provides that all
commission records shall be confidential.
3. Undated Applicant Summary — The Same as above.
Honorable Katherine Grace
Leonard
Undated Applicant Summary — The Same as above.
Honorable Craig Hiroyuki
Nakamura
Undated Applicant Summary — The Same as above.
Honorable Richard Wayne Pollack
Undated Applicant Summary — The Same as above.
Honorable Mark Ellis
Recktenwald
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