COGEL Connect

Who is invited:

All COGEL members are invited. Please sign in before completing your registration.

When will the event be held:

The event will be on May 18th at 3:00-4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time / 12:00-1:00 PM Pacific Time.

Where will the event be held:  

The event will be held virtually over Zoom.

Is there a charge for this event:  

Attendance is free of charge for COGEL members.

May 18th: FOI Roundtable

This will be a roundtable discussion of FOI developments since the 2022 COGEL conference.

About The Facilitators

Bryan McHale is the Compliance Supervisor at the City of Philadelphia Board of Ethics, working with filers of campaign finance, lobbying, and financial disclosure forms.  He has previously worked with the US Census Bureau and the Internal Revenue Service.

Justin Gordon is the chief of the Open Records Division of the Office of the Attorney General of Texas. Previously, he was an assistant general counsel in the General Counsel Division of the Office of the Governor of Texas. Before joining the governor’s office, Justin served as a senior attorney and a drafting attorney in the Open Records Division of the Office of the Attorney General of Texas.  Justin earned a B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin in 2002 and a J.D. from Baylor Law School in 2005.