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DGOnline Newsletter
Volume 5: April 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:
-- Before and After the Conference
-- Articles and Reports of Interest
-- Conferences and Calls for Papers
Register Now!
dg.o 2007 The online registration and hotel reservation systems are up and running for the dg.o 2007 Conference, Bridging Disciplines and Domains. To register online for the conference visit the registration web site before May 13. Visit the conference pages for full event information.
An International Focus
dg.o 2007 is attracting attendees from as far away as China and South Korea. Jiajun Ning, Chief Engineer, State Information Center along with two colleagues, Min Zhou, Deputy Director, Department of Public Technology Service and Shiyang Yu, Division Chief, Strategic Research, all from Beijing, will be traveling to Philadelphia to learn what other governments have experienced in practicing e-government and to meet potential partners for collaboration.
Mr. Yu, pictured at left, who took part in drafting the 5-year informatization, e-commerce and e-government plan for China for 2006-2010, says, "During the drafting of these documents, many officials and specialists became interested in knowing more about what was happening outside of China." dg.o2007 is an opportunity for China to keep pace with developments in other countries and to share ideas with participants who have experience in e-government.
Issues of international interest will be addressed by a number of panels at the conference including:
- International Developments in Digital Government: Research Perspective
- Building a Sustainable International Digital Government Research Community
- Benchmarking and Measuring Digital Government: Lessons from the EU Experience.
Through workshops, panels, and plenary discussions, dg.o 2007 provides ample opportunity for attendees to connect with other researchers and government manages from around the world to share ideas, methodologies and concerns, and to find opportunities for collaboration.
Before and After the Conference
On Sunday, May 20 all conference attendees are welcome to attend one full day or two half day workshops, which are included in the registration fee. The workshops offer a variety of topics:
- Analyzing eParticipation Contributions
- Classifying Interagency Information Sharing Initiatives for Research About Practice
- Sharing Doctoral Experiences in Digital Government Research
- Computer Science and Social Science: Dual Perspectives on Interdisciplinary Research in E-Government.
Two tutorials, Application of Social Network Analysis in Digital Government Research, and Exploring Digital Preservation: Notes for Practice and Research, will also be held on Sunday.
On Wednesday afternoon, after the Closing Plenary, a number of special field trips are being organized in and around Philadelphia. These trips will offer opportunities to get inside city government programs like Wireless Philadelphia and SEPTA Mass Transit, as well as opportunities to visit businesses like Avencia. Registration for these trips will be available online soon.
Award Nominations Sought
IBM and the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government have announced the creation of a $100,000 award program to recognize the world's most transformative government programs.
Nominations for this award will be accepted until April 30, 2007.
Articles and Reports of Interest:
NIST to decide on standards for e-records
NIST will determine whether to make standards developed by the E-Records Management e-government project a government wide requirement, or just a matter for guidance.
World's Most Innovative Countries
Now it's the turn of governments to nurture and strengthen these collaborative market structures by instituting forward-looking public policies.
The fourth annual OMB report to Congress on the progress of the E-Government Act of 2002 notes that Federal agencies are improving dissemination of and access to government information for the public.
Conferences and Calls for Papers:
1st International Conference on Methodologies, Technologies and Tools Enabling E-Government (MeTTeGo7) – Call for Papers
Camerino, Italy, September 27-28, 2007
Deadline: May 1, 2007
www.conferences.cs.unicam.it/metteg07/
NASCIO Mid Year Conference
Chantilly, Virginia, May 1-4, 2007
International Conference on Information Society - Call for Papers
(i-Society 2007)
Merrillville, Indiana, October 7-11, 2007
Deadline: May 31, 2007
E-Government Track – Call for Papers
41st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 41)
Big Island, Hawaii, January 6-10, 2008
Deadline: June 15, 2007
5th International Conference on Politics and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications (PISTA 2007)
Orlando, Florida, July 12-15, 2007
6th International EGOV Conference 2007
Regensburg, Germany, September 3-7, 2007
European Group for Public Administration Conference
Madrid, Spain, September 19-22, 2007
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/iceg2007
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
NASCIO Annual Conference
Tucson, Arizona, September 30-October 3, 2007
9th Public Management Research Association (PMRC) Conference
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, October 25-27, 2007
http://www.pmranet.org/conferences/ProConf.html
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:
US National Science Foundation
Cyber Trust (CT) 06-500
Full Proposal: November 14, 2007
www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=CISE
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