Inside the Governor's Mailbox
March 2008

-Ian Lind (www.iLind.net)

In early 2008, I accepted an invitation to join the Sunshine Bloggers Project in requesting email records from Gov. Linda Lingle's office. This was part of an attempt to get bloggers across the country involved in comparable requests.

The response, which was received in 30 days, included thousands of email messages on a compact disk and a printed "privilege log" listing the dates, subjects, and other information about hundreds of additional messages that were not disclosed. The legal reason claimed to justify nondisclosure was given for each message.

One warning: these pdf files are quite large, so expect delays if you have a slow Internet connection.

Have fun browsing, and please respond with descriptions of any interesting things you find among the many emails (send mail to ian(at)ilind.net).

To view email from the mailboxes of the members of Gov. Lingle's staff, just click on the appropriate link in the list of names below.

Meanwhile, here are links to entries on iLind.net as this sunshine project developed.

Request sent to Gov. Lingle's office for several days of email.

Gov's office asks for more time to respond

Response received

Privilege Log describes records withheld

The email

Alberdeston, Daniel (Boards & Commissions)

Awana, Alan

Barsatan, Eric (Boards & Commission)

Brunett, Sean

Cassel, Ashley (Lead Advance)

Castromayor, Jason (Information Systems Coordinator)

Chen, Tan Yan (Junior Policy Analyst)

Ching, Charen (Liaison Office)

Chun, Corrine (Curator, Washington Place)

Chun, Daniel (DBEDT)

Cicotello, Laurie (Communications Specialist)

DeCosta, Harold (Deputy Chief Negotiator)

Fernandez, Lisa (Assistant to the Governor)

Ferreira, Celine

Fukunaga, Barry (Chief of Staff)

Governor:

Gov Information
Gov IWLC
Gov Lingle
Gov News
Gov Policy
Gov Receptionist
Gov Hilo
Gov Kauai
Gov Kona

Hamaguchi, Lois (Communications Manager)

Heck, Corrie (Communications Officer)

Hironaka, Christine (Policy Office)

Hossellman, Chris

Kaumeheiwa-Rego, Kainoa

Kaya, George (Maui Liaison)

Kim, Loke (Governor's Scheduling Office)

Klompus, Marcia

Klompus, Lenny (Senior Advisor - Communications)

Leupold, Tom (Senior Researcher, Office of Information)

Lingle, Linda

Loop, Travis (Managing Editor, Communications)

Medeiros, Nani (Deputy Policy Advisor)

Menolascino, Justin (Boards & Commissions)

Miranda, Marc (Boards & Commissions)

Nonaka, Dylan (East Hawaii Liaison)

Odachi, Keith (Office of Collective Bargaining)

Pang, Russell (Chief of Media Relations)

Poon, Sana

Reyes, Norma (Executive Assistant, Off. of Collective Bargaining)

Shigeta, Glenn (Washington Place)

Shigeta, Gloria (Scheduling Officer)

Shinozuka, Michael

Siu, Leighton (Chief of Protocol)

Smith, Andy (West Hawaii Liaison)

Smith, Linda (Senior Policy Advisor)

Toba, Margaret (Executive Assistant to Linda Smith)

Veillard, Cathy (Policy Team)

Wasnich, Kaela

Weinert, Marsha (Tourism Liaison)

Zane, Rachel