UPDATED 9/21/11 10:50 a.m.

Editor’s Note: Civil Beat has published a new list of state employee salaries, per the 2011 fiscal year. Read that story here.

Other Hawaii government agencies have tried to withhold the salaries of their employees.

But of all the state’s agencies and of all the City and County of Honolulu’s agencies, only the Police Department remains secret. The others, such as the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the city of Honolulu itself, have all ultimately acknowledged that they must comply with the law.

Civil Beat has shared the salaries of government workers because it believes that transparency in government, especially how government spends tax dollars, is critical if citizens are to be informed and provide input to their leaders on how government should operate.

That is why we have exposed overtime abuse in the city Road Division and in the state’s Public Safety Department. It is why we continue to ask questions about government spending and to seek public records to share with our readers.

Civil Beat has produced searchable databases where you can find the names, salaries and job titles of employees.

Here are links to that information.

• Civil Beat Shares Hawaii State Employee Salaries
• Civil Beat Shares University of Hawaii Salaries
• Civil Beat Shares Hawaii Legislature Salaries
• Civil Beat Shares Hawaii Health Systems Corp. Salaries
• Civil Beat Shares Department of Education Salaries
• Civil Beat Shares Hawaii State Judiciary Salaries
• Civil Beat Shares Office of Hawaiian Affairs Salaries
• Civil Beat Shares Honolulu Employee Salaries