Hotel and Payment Information: 2021 Open Government Conference

Hotel Information

Lodging and parking is available at the The University of Texas at Austin AT&T Hotel and Conference Center located at 1900 University Avenue in Austin, Texas.

Hotel rooms in the conference room block are available at $141. per night and will be offered on a first come-first served basis. Overnight parking is also available.

To reserve a hotel room at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center, please click here.
Please use this link to book a hotel room so you can get the per diem room rate. Please do not call the hotel directly to book a hotel room in the room block. You can book a room at the venue but it will be outside of the room block and you will be required to pay the regular rate. If you book a hotel room at the regular rate, we will not be able to transfer your reservation to the room block. There is a two room limit for hotel rooms per person. Please do not book a hotel room to hold it for someone. Please pay for your hotel room(s) when you make the room reservation(s). All AT&T hotel refund and cancellation policies will apply.

If you are not able to reserve lodging at the AT&T Hotel and Conference center, overflow hotels are available. Click here for a list of overflow hotels that are within walking distance to the conference. We do not have room blocks set up at the overflow hotels, but you may be able to get a state room rate if you ask for it. You must show state identification to get the per diem rate, if applicable.

Masks are not mandatory, but we would like you to wear one while you are inside the venue and at the conference. This event will be set up tp accommodate for social distancing and restrooms and common areas are sanitized per hotel requirements. View AT&T Hotel and Conference Center safety plans here.

Payment Information

Our office would like to receive registration fee payments two weeks before the actual conference date. If this is not possible, a walk up payment will be accepted at the sign-in desk on day one of the conference.

We accept check, money order, purchase order (PO) or interagency transaction vouchers (ITV). Credit cards are not accepted.

All payment vouchers must made payable to "Office of the Attorney General' and include

All participants invoice/reference numbers
OAG vendor ID number 33023023022018
OAG federal ID number 74-6000057
RTI number 800281 SC988.

Include a copy of the invoice and a list of the participants/reference number(s) with your payment if applicable.

All forms of payment must be mailed to:

Office of the Attorney General
Conference unit, MC 027
P.O. Box 12548
Austin, Texas 78711-2548

Cancellation Policy
If you need to cancel for any reason you must 1.) log in to your registration using your password to cancel, 2.) call the conference unit at (512) 475-4600 and 3.) email your cancellation notification to conferences@oag.texas.gov. Cancellation requests must be received up to one week before the actual conference date. If you don’t let us know that you are not coming to the conference, your name will stay on the roster. If you don’t sign in, we will mark you as a no-show, and the no-show policy will apply. Registration refunds can be given only if you call and email your notification one week before the actual conference date.

Sending a Substitute Policy
If you need to send a substitute in your place for any reason you must call the conference unit at (512) 475-4600 and email your request to conferences@oag.texas.gov. You must notify us to cancel your registration and provide the name of the person that is taking your place. Substitution requests must be received up to one week before the actual conference date. If you don’t let us know that someone else is coming in your place, your name will stay on the roster. If you don’t sign in, we will mark you as a no-show, and the no-show policy will apply. Substitutions can only be made up to one week before the actual conference date. Request for substitution one week before conference will be evaluated on a case-by case basis.

No-show Policy
All no-shows, and those who do not call and email to cancel their registration will be required to pay the full registration fee. If you don’t let us know that you are not coming to the conference, your name will stay on the roster. If you don’t sign in, we will mark you as a no-show, and the no-show policy will apply. Failure to pay the registration fee in this situation may jeopardize your opportunity to attend OAG conferences in the future.

Refund Policy
Refunds are not given to no-shows or those who do not call and email to cancel their registration one week prior to the conference. All requests for refunds are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.