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DGOnline Newsletter
Volume 10: September 2007
Welcome to dgOnline, the electronic newsletter of the Digital Government Society of North America. dgOnline is a monthly summary of news and events of interest to the DG community. To submit material for inclusion in future issues, please contact Denise Dreany
In this issue:
-- Report on European EGov Conference
-- Call for Candidates Now Open
-- Articles and Reports of Interest
-- Conferences and Calls for Papers
Report on European EGov Conference
From September 3-7, participants from over 34 countries convened in Regensburg, Germany's best-preserved medieval city, for the
New this year was the Rene Wagenaar Outstanding Paper Awards. "Innovation Processes in the Public Sector - New Vistas for an Interdisciplinary eGovernment Research", written by Dr. Björn Niehaves, won the award for the most out-of-the-box and forward-looking idea and concept, which has a potential to become a new ground-breaking innovation in eGovernment research and/or implementation. The Second award was presented to Rahul De for "Antecedents of Corruption and the Role of e-Government systems in Developing Countries" for a concept or solution with the highest potential to materialize, be implemented, and impact eGovernment implementations and applications.
The Conference's focus is on organizational and user-related issues which lead from research to practice in e-governance. Some of this year's workshops and sessions included:
- Status of E-Government Around the World
- E-services with a Citizen Focus, literacy and Inclusion
- Research Foundations and Frameworks
- Democracy and Participation
- Mobile Government
- Exploitation of GIS
The Proceedings of the conference are available at: www.amazon.com/Electronic-Goverment-International-Conference-Proceedings/dp/3540744436. The conference is the annual research event of the European EGov Society.
Call for Candidates Now Open
The call for nominations for DGSNA leadership positions is now open. Anyone interested in running for office or anyone wishing to nominate a candidate should contact Sharon Dawes, Chris Hinnant, or Lester Diamond of the Nominating Committee. We welcome candidates from government and NGO's, as well as academics, and from all three countries in North America. We also welcome additional volunteers for the Nominating Committee.
The slate of candidates will be on view on the DGSNA website beginning October 15. Voting will begin online November 15 and will close December 15, 2007. The newly elected Officers and Board Members will be announced in the December dgOnline, and they will begin their terms on January 1, 2008.
Important Dates:
September 15 - October 15: Candidate nomination process
October 15: Nomination process ends
October 15- November 15: Candidate Slate on view
November 15: Begin voting
November 15- December 15: Voting
December 15: Voting ends
January 1, 2008: Elected Officers' Board Members' terms begin
Articles and Reports of Interest:
University Researchers Analyze China's Internet Censorship System
This article in Government Technology describes a system developed by UC Davis and the University of New Mexico called ConceptDoppler that can act as a weather report on changes in Internet censorship in China.
Homeland Security Releases National Response Framework for Public Comment
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the draft of the revised National Response Framework (NRF), successor to the National Response Plan, for a 30-day public comment period.
Scientists Use the "Dark Web" to Snag Extremists and Terrorists Online
The National Science Foundation reports on a project by a digital government research team from the University of Arizona that uses cutting edge technology and novel approaches to identify and track terrorists on the web.
CIO Council to Join Government 2.0 Research Project
Dot Gov Buzz announces the federal CIO Council's plan to participate in a global research project to identify and analyze emerging opportunities to harness new social networking models to transform the public sector.
Conferences and Calls for Papers:
Calls for Papers
Call for Volume Chapters and Reviewers
Advances in Management Information Systems (AMIS)
Volume on Electronic Government: Information, Technology and Transformation
Dr. Hans J. Scholl, AMIS EG Volume Editor
Deadline: September 30, 2007
Contact Dr. Hans J. Scholl
International Journal of Electronic Democracy Special Issues – Call for Papers:
Democratic Internet - Foundations, Ideas, Approaches, and New Perspectives www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=641
Deadline: October 15, 2007
Free/Libre and Open Source Software as a Foundation for E-Democracy
www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=642
Participation in Democracy for All - the Society of Active Citizens, an E-Democracy Primer
www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=643
2nd International Conference on Legal Security and Privacy Issues in IT Law - Call for Papers
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, December 5-7, 2007
Deadline: October 27, 2007
Third Annual iSchools Conference - Call for Papers
Futures: Systems, Selves, Society
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, February 28-March 1, 2008
Deadline: October 29, 2007
The Georgetown Public Policy Review - Call for Papers
2008 Edition - Democracy in Practice: Campaigns, Elections, and Voters
Deadline: November 1, 2007
Contact: Betsey G. Hawkins
CfP ICTTA 08
Damascus, Syria, April 7-11, 2008
Deadline: November 25, 2007
www.conferences.enst-bretagne.fr/ictta
dg.o 2008 "Partnerships for Public Innovation"
9th Annual International Conference on Digital Government
Hilton Bonaventure Hotel, Montreal Canada, May 18-21, 2008
Deadline: December 1, 2007
www.dgo2008.org/images/pdfs/cfpdgo2008_v18.pdf
Conferences
1st International Conference on Methodologies, Technologies and Tools Enabling E-Government (MeTTeGo7)
Camerino, Italy, September 27-28, 2007
www.conferences.cs.unicam.it/metteg07/
3rd International Conference on E-Government (ICEG) 2007
University of Quebec at Montreal
Montreal, Canada, September 27-28, 2007
www.academic-conferences.org/iceg/iceg2007/iceg07-home
NASCIO Annual Conference
Tucson, Arizona, September 30-October 3, 2007
www.nascio.org/events/2007Annual
i-Society 2007
International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2007)
Merrillville, Indiana, U.S., October 7-11, 2007
9th Public Management Research Association (PMRC) Conference
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, October 25-27, 2007
http://www.pmranet.org/conferences/ProConf.html
eChallenges e-2007 Conference & Exhibition
The Hague, The Netherlands, October 24-26, 2007
www.echallenges.org/e2007/default.asp?page=c4p
ICEGOV 2007
International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance
Macao SAR, China, December 10-13, 2007
41st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 41)
Big Island, Hawaii, January 6-10, 2008
Grant Opportunities:
Information and Intelligent Systems: Advancing Human Centered Computing, Information Integration and Informatics, and Robust Intelligence
Proposal Deadline for Medium Projects: October 23, 2007
Proposal Deadline for Large Projects: November 19, 2007
Proposal Deadline for Small Projects: December 10, 2007
www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_keynsf07577
Cyber Trust (CT) 06-500
Full Proposal: November 14, 2007
www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=CISE
Broadening Participation in Computing (BCP) 07-548
Full Proposal: May 21, 2008
www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=CISE
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