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DGOnline Newsletter
Volume 2: January 2007
Welcome to the new 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:
-- dg.o 2007 Conference "Bridging Disciplines and Domains"
-- Institute on International Digital Government Research Announced
-- Notes from the Field: e-Government at HICSS Conference in Waikiloa, Hawaii
-- Articles and Reports of Interest
-- Conferences and Calls for Papers
-- Grant Opportunities
dg.o 2007 Conference "Bridging Disciplines and Domains"
Interview with Conference Committee Co-Chairs
“Bridging Disciplines and Domains” is the focus of this year’s dg.o 2007 conference to be held May 20 to May 23 in Philadelphia at the Sheraton Society Hill. This year’s conference Co-chairs Judy Cushing, Evergreen State College, and Theresa Pardo, University at Albany/SUNY, are particularly focused on interdisciplinary and cross-cutting approaches both in research papers presentions and in the panels, posters and demo sessions. Best paper awards will go to the highest quality papers that most fully represent this cross-cutting focus for exemplary digital government research.
The dg.o annual conference is a unique opportunity for academics, researchers and practioners to meet and engage with each other in a variety of ways - through panel discussions, plenary sessions and particularly through poster and demo sessions. “This is a very dynamic event,” says Theresa, “where people are talking, discussing, learning, very involved, I don’t see this level of interaction at other conferences. This is unique.”
The evidence of success for this conference is the continuing diversity of the U.S. and international participation. This year, delegates from China and Korea will join already sizeable Eurpoean and U.S. contingents. With an objective of bringing people together and “Bridging the Domain” the dg.o conference continues to evolve and attract attention as a leading international digital government conference.
The conference is being held at the Sheraton Society Hill, Phildelphia, PA - May 20-23, 2007. For more information on the conference themes and features, see the call for papers.
Important Dates
| February 12, 2007: | Extended deadline for student research papers only |
| February 15, 2007: | Notification for regular research papers, panel sessions, and pre-conference tutorials and workshops. |
| February 26, 2007: | Deadline for submitting posters, Birds of a Feather sessions, and systems demonstrations. |
| March 21, 2007: | Notification for above. |
| May 20 -23, 2007: | Conference |
Institute on International Digital Government Research Announced
July 8-14, 2007, New York City
Doctoral students from around the world who are interested in international digital government research are invited to apply to participate in a week-long, intensive residential program focused on ways to advance, study, and understand digital government research in an international context.
The Institute is organized around the theme of “the city” as a coherent unit of government that operates within a larger world. It includes both academic activities and practical field visits. The faculty team comprises internationally known researchers from a variety of prominent academic institutions as well as senior government officials from the City of New York.
The Institute is hosted by the Center for Technology in Government at the University at Albany/SUNY and supported by the US National Science Foundation.
Application deadline is April 1, 2007. To learn more about the Institute and get an application packet, visit: www.ctg.albany.edu/projects/dgi.
Notes from the Field:
"e-Government at HICSS Conference in Waikiloa, Hawaii "
The 40th annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences took place from January 3-6. This conference provides a unique environment for researchers as well as practitioners in the information, computer and system sciences to share ideas, techniques and applications. The e-government track has become one of the largest and most successful parts of the conference.
Jochen Scholl, assistant professor in the University of Washington’s Information School is the chair of the E- Government Track at the conference as well as a board member of the DGSNA. A major objective of the HICSS and the E-Gov Track is to attract the leading research in the respective fields of system sciences. According to Jochen, “We have observed a tremendous increase in paper quality over the years resulting in a high conversion rate from HICSS conference submissions into journal papers and book chapters, over 50 percent.”
This year 35 high-quality e-gov papers from researchers all over the world were accepted. The award for best paper was won by Eric Welch and Sanjay Pandey from the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Kansas, titled "Multiple Measures of Website Effectiveness and Their Effect on Service Quality in Health and Human Services Agencies". Eric, pictured above with Jochen and Conference Chair Ralph Sprague, is the Co-chair of the DGSNA Liaison committee. The runner-up paper, "Information Privacy and Trust in Government: a Citizen-based Perspective from New Zealand", was written by Rowena Cullen and Patrick Reilly of the University of Wellington.
New this year was a well attended, full-day symposium on e-government. At this symposium, the best papers of the three leading e-gov conferences (HICSS, dgo, and DEXA/EGOV) from previous years were presented, along with an international workshop focused on research needed to move e-government into the future.
The conference overall consisted of advanced seminars, tutorials, workshops, open forums, task forces, and the daily presentation of accepted manuscripts which emphasized interdisciplinary research. Gilman Louie, Alsop Louie Partners, gave the plenary lecture “The Venture Capital Approach to Finding and Driving Innovation”, and the distinguished guest lecture was given by Hal Abelson, Professor Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, titled “Universities, the Internet and the Information Commons”.
Articles and Reports of Interest:
Web Advances Have International Consequences. The World Wide Web Consortium will hold a symposium next month to discuss issues that apply to e-government worldwide.
www.fcw.com/article97361-01-16-07-Web&egovnewsletter=yes
E-Gov Initiatives First.Gov changes its name to USA.gov to be easier to find.
www.usa.gov/Federal_Employees/USA_Buzz/Newsletter_0123.html#egov
Over 500 U.K. Government Websites Set to Close to make assess to information easier for citizens and businesses.
The new Federal CIO Council Strategic Plan 2007 - 2009.
www.cio.gov/documents/CIOCouncilStrategicPlan2007-2009.pdf
Conferences and Calls for Papers:
Journal of Information Technology and Politics (JITP)
“Understanding eParticipation”
Deadline: February 1, 2007
Contact: Ann Macintosh – mailto: A.Macintosh@napier.ac.uk
Ake Gronlund - mailto: ake.gronlund@esi.oru.se
International Journal of Electronic Government Research
Special Issue on E-Government in Developing Countries
Deadline: April 15, 2007
Contact: Mila Gasco mila_gasco@yahoo.es
Eastern European eGov Days 2007
April 11-13, 2007
Prague, CZ
TED Conference on E-Government: Enhancing Public Administration Back Offices
April 25-27, 2007
Olten, Switzerland
www.international.fhso.ch/ted/ted
5th International Conference on Politics and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications
PISTA 2007
Orlando, Florida, USA July 12-15, 2007
Extended Call for Paper Deadline: February 22, 2007
Contact: www.cyber-inf.org/pista2007
eChallenges e-2007 Conference & Exhibition
The Hague, The Netherlands October 24-26, 2007
Call for Paper Deadline: February 28, 2007
Contact: www.echallenges.org/e2007/default.asp?page=c4p
European Group for Public Administration
Permanent Study Group on Informatization in Public Administration
Madrid, Spain September 19-22, 2007
Call for Paper Deadline: March 31, 2007
Contact: Albert Meijer a.j.meijer@uu.nl
Frank Bannister Frank.Bannister@tcd.ie
Conference: www.egpa2007.com
6th International EGOV Conference 2007
Regensburg, Germany September 3-7, 2007
Call for Paper Deadline: February 15, 2007
Contact: www.egov-society.org/
NASCIO Mid Year Conference May 1-4, 2007
Chantilly, Virginia
NASCIO Annual Conference September 30-October 3, 2007
Tucson, Arizona
9th Public Management Research Association (PMRC) Conference
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona October 25-27, 2007
Call for Paper Deadline: March 30, 2007
Contact: k.cook@gmail.com
Grant Opportunities:
NSF: Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) 06-535
Full Proposal: April, 2007
nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=CISE
NSF: Human and Social Dynamics: Competition for FY 2007 (HSD) 06-604
Full Proposal: January 23, 2007
Full Proposal: February 7, 2007
Full Proposal: February 21, 2007
nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=CISE
NSF: Cyber Trust (CT) 06-500
Full Proposal: November 14, 2007
nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=CISE
NSF: Science of Design (SoD) 07-505
Full Proposal: February 5, 2007
nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=CISE
NSF: Human and Social Dynamics:
Competition for FY 2007 (HSD) 06-604
Full Proposal: February 7,2007
Full Proposal: February 21, 2007
nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=SBE
NSF: Innovation and Organizational Change (IOC) 06-610
Full Proposal: February 2, 2007
nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=SBE
NSF: Integrative Graduate education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT) 07-540
Prelininary Proposal: April 5, 2007
Full Proposal: October 5, 2007
nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=SBE
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