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DGOnline Newsletter

Volume 4: March 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:

-- Registration for dg.o 2007 Conference Now Open

-- Conference Highlight: Keynote Panel on Global Climate Change

-- Meet the Panelists

-- Conference Program at a Glance

-- Articles and Reports of Iinterest
-- Conferences and Calls for Papers
-- Grant Opportunities

Registration for dg.o 2007 Conference Now Open

 dg.o 2007

Registration for the dg.o 2007 Conference Bridging Disciplines and Domains May 20-23, 2007 in Philadelphia is now open.  Early registration ends April 22.  Late registration ends May 13. 

For information on the conference and registration, please visit the conference pages on the DGSNA web site at www.dgsociety.org/conference.php

Conference Highlight:  Keynote Panel on Global Climate Change

An international panel of distinguished senior scientists and executive directors will headline this keynote panel on the important issues surrounding global climate change. 

Information technology, cross boundary data sharing, and modeling are all important tools that can help us respond to an overarching need for improved observations of global warming, including disaster warning, global land cover, sea level, drought, and air quality.   Why and how innovative computing and information technology is critical to international efforts to understand and mitigate global change will be the focus of this keynote panel.

The panelists are Robert Worrest, Chief Scientist, CIESIN, Peter van Puijenbroek, Senior Scientist, MNP, and Richard P. Hooper, Executive Director, CUAHSI.

Meet the Panelists:

Robert C. Worrest

Chief Scientist, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University

Dr. Worrest is currently on detail from the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University to the U.S. Geological Survey as Chief Scientist for the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII).  Prior to that, he was the Director of the U.S. Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO) and remains a member of the Communication Working Group of the Global Roundtable on Climate Change (Columbia University Earth Institute).

Peter van Puijenbroek

Senior Scientist, National Environmental Assessment Agency, Netherlands

Peter van Puijenbroek (MSC) is a senior scientist at the National Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP) in the Netherlands, where he specializes in water management and biodiversity of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. MNP is an independent assessment agency that functions as an interface between science and policy, supporting national and international policy makers by analyzing the environmental impact of policies and trends in society. MNP provides integrated assessments for both national and international outlooks.

Mr. van Puijenbroek’s present work centers around integrated scenario studies that interact with economic and social developments, European policy, and global effects of climate change.

Richard P. Hooper

Executive Director, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Washington, D.C.

Conference Program at a Glance:

The program for the conference is described below.  As the conference workshops and sessions are finalized further details will be added.  Please visit the conference pages on the DGSNA web site at www.dgsociety.org/conference.php for further details as they become available.

Articles and Reports of Interest:

Key findings released from inaugural survey of CIOs. "We learned a lot about public-sector CIOs, their work and the issues they face."

Agency projects for e-government to fall in 2007.  Agencies will spend $27.7 million less on e-government programs in fiscal 2007, the Office of Management and Budget reported.

Digital Prosperity.  Understanding the economic benefits of the information technology revolution from an IT perspective.

Conferences and Calls for Papers:

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

9th Public Management Research Association (PMRC) Conference

University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona October 25-27, 2007

Call for Paper Deadline:  March 30, 2007

k.cook@gmail.com

Eastern European eGov Days 2007

April 11-13, 2007

Prague, CZ

Contact: Vranova@epma.cz

International Journal of Electronic Government Research

Special Issue on E-Government in Developing Countries

Submission Deadline:  April 15, 2007

Contact:  Mila Gasco, special editor, mila_gasco@yahoo/es

3rd International Conference on E-Government (ICEG) 2007

University of Quebec at Montreal

Montreal, Canada

September 27-28, 2007

Call for Papers Deadline:  April 19, 2007

www.academic-conferences.org/iceg/iceg2007/iceg2007-call-papers.htm

TED Conference on E-Government: Enhancing Public Administration Back Offices

April 25-27, 2007

Olten, Switzerland

www.international.fhso.ch/ted/ted

1st International Conference on Methodologies, Technologies and Tools Enabling E-Government (MeTTeGo7)

Camerino, Italy

September 27-28, 2007

Call for Papers Deadline:  May 1, 2007

www.conferences.cs.unicam.it/metteg07/

NASCIO Mid Year Conference May 1-4, 2007

Chantilly, Virginia

NASCIO Annual Conference September 30-October 3, 2007

Tucson, Arizona

www.nascio.org/events

5th International Conference on Politics and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications (PISTA 2007)

Orlando, Florida

July 12-15, 2007

www.cyber-inf.org/pista2007

6th International EGOV Conference 2007

Regensburg, Germany September 3-7, 2007

www.egov-society.org/

International Journal of Electronic Democracy Special Issues:

Call for Papers Deadline:  October 15, 2007

Democratic Internet - Foundations, Ideas, Approaches, and New Perspectives http://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=641
Free/Libre and Open Source Software as a Foundation for E-Democracy

http://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=642
Participation in Democracy for All - the Society of Active Citizens, an E-Democracy Primer
http://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=643

eChallenges e-2007 Conference & Exhibition

The Hague, The Netherlands October 24-26, 2007

www.echallenges.org/e2007/default.asp?page=c4p

Grant Opportunities:

Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) 06-535

Full Proposal:  April 25, 2007

www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=CISE

Cyber Trust (CT)  06-500

Full Proposal:  November 14, 2007

www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=CISE

Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT)  07-540

Preliminary Proposal:  April 5, 2007

Full Proposal:  October 5, 2007

www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=SBE

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