In plain words: When a record is missing, this shows you how to ask for it — under each placeʻs own law — and send it back, so the gap becomes a fact on the ledger.
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Request the Record — and send it back to build govOS
Some of the most important data isn't online yet — but it is public record, and you can request it. Every government has its OWN access law and records office, so the right request is below per tenant. Copy one, file it, and when the records come back, send them here so they join the public map.
Each govOS tenant, its real access law, and where to file. (US federal records, like FEMA: FOIA — Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. §552.)
State of Hawaiʻi
UIPA — Uniform Information Practices Act, HRS Chapter 92F
file with: the agency's records officer; oversight by the Office of Information Practices (OIP)
oip.hawaii.gov
Strong open-records law; agencies must respond within ~10 business days. Campaign finance is separately public via the Campaign Spending Commission. — verify the current office/portal before filing.
file with: Office of the County Clerk / the relevant department (e.g. Public Works for permits)
mauicounty.gov · oip.hawaii.gov
Committee/Council agendas + minutes are already public on Legistar; permit CONTACTS (contractor/architect) need a UIPA request — they aren't in the public portal. — verify the current office/portal before filing.
file with: County of Hawaiʻi — the department/Clerk holding the record
hawaiicounty.gov · oip.hawaii.gov
County procurement is posted on the county's own site, not the State HANDS system — request it from the county directly. — verify the current office/portal before filing.
file with: County of Kauaʻi — the department/Clerk
kauai.gov · oip.hawaii.gov
Kauaʻi files little to the State HANDS system; county contract records must come from the county itself. — verify the current office/portal before filing.
FOIL — Freedom of Information Law, NY Public Officers Law Art. 6 (§§84–90)
file with: the agency's Records Access Officer; guidance from the Committee on Open Government
dos.ny.gov/committee-open-government
Agencies must acknowledge within 5 business days. Roll-call votes are also live via the Open Legislation API (key). — verify the current office/portal before filing.
file with: the agency's Records Access Officer via the NYC OpenRecords portal
a836-openrecords.nyc.gov
NYC has a central OpenRecords portal — file once, route to any agency. Council legislation/votes are on Legistar. — verify the current office/portal before filing.
Tokyo Metropolitan Information Disclosure Ordinance (+ Japan's Act on Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs)
file with: the Tokyo Metropolitan Government disclosure counter (Japanese)
www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp
Requests are made in Japanese; non-residents may request. The TMG has a formal disclosure-request procedure. — verify the current office/portal before filing.
Code on Access to Information (administrative code)
file with: the department's Access to Information Officer
access.gov.hk
Not a statutory FOI act but an administrative Code; departments designate an Access to Information Officer. LegCo voting results are already public (VRDB). — verify the current office/portal before filing.
file with: the specific agency (disclosure is statute-specific / discretionary)
gov.sg
HONEST NOTE: Singapore has no general public-records access law; data comes from what agencies choose to publish (e.g. Hansard, data.gov.sg) and statute-specific mechanisms. — verify the current office/portal before filing.
Zürich (Switzerland)
Federal Act on Freedom of Information (BGÖ) + Canton Zürich Information & Data-Protection Act (IDG)
file with: the federal/cantonal authority's information officer; oversight by the EDÖB (federal)
edoeb.admin.ch · zh.ch
Switzerland presumes access since 2006; cantonal IDG covers Zürich's own bodies. — verify the current office/portal before filing.
FragDenStaat.de files + publishes German FOI requests for you; Hesse has its own IFG for Land/municipal bodies. — verify the current office/portal before filing.
Loi CADA (loi du 17 juillet 1978; Code des relations entre le public et l'administration)
file with: the administration's PRADA (records officer); appeal to the CADA
cada.fr
France presumes access to administrative documents; if refused, the CADA reviews. Conseil de Paris deliberations are published. — verify the current office/portal before filing.
No comprehensive federal access-to-information statute (UAE)
file with: the specific Dubai/UAE authority; DIFC bodies operate separately
dubai.gov.ae · difc.ae
HONEST NOTE: the UAE has no general right-to-information law; access is largely discretionary or sector-specific. The DIFC financial free zone runs under its own common-law framework + data-protection law. Open data via Dubai Pulse / Bayanat. — verify the current office/portal before filing.
file with: — (financial reports are published voluntarily)
vatican.va
HONEST NOTE: there is no FOI law; the Holy See publishes audited accounts voluntarily via the Secretariat for the Economy (the figures govOS already shows). — verify the current office/portal before filing.
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Aloha. The record belongs to the people; sometimes it just has to be asked for — in the right office, under the right law. When you request a record and send it back, a “pending” becomes a fact on the ledger. Mahalo for carrying a stone.