[ecrea] 2012 Digital Government Society Conference

Preparations for the 2012 Digital Government Society Conference (dg.o 2012)

are underway, and we would welcome your participation in the conference.
This marks the 13th annual conference, demonstrating a strong and vibrant
international community of research and practice. Taking place at the
University of Maryland College Park June 4-7, 2012, the conference will
bring together e-Government researchers and practitioners to explore cutting
edge research and best practices regarding e-Government initiatives.

Each year the conference combines:

*	Presentations of effective partnerships and collaborations among
government professionals and agencies, university researchers, relevant
businesses, and NGOs, as well as grassroots citizen groups, to advance the
practice of e-Government.
*	Presentations and discussions on new research on e-Government as an
interdisciplinary domain that lies at the intersections of information
technology research, social and behavioral science research, and the
challenges and missions of government.
*	Practice regarding e-Government projects, implementations, and
initiatives that bring together the research and practitioner communities,
demonstrate the effectiveness and/or challenges of e-Government, and offer
best practices.


Governments today face unprecedented opportunities and challenges. New
technologies provide governments with the opportunity to redefine the
relationship between government and the public that they serve, create
innovative public services, provide customer-focused services, encourage
transparency, promote participatory democracy, facilitate the co-design of
services, form new partnerships in service delivery, streamline operations
and reduce costs, and build trust in government. But harnessing and
implementing technologies effectively raise a number of policy, technology,
and governance challenges. This year, the conference program will focus on
the ways governments and the e-Government research community can work
collaboratively to leverage information and communication technologies as
part of innovative and dynamic approaches to creating and implementing high
quality, efficient, and effective e-Government.

Research, practice, and collaboration submissions addressing this theme
could include but are not limited to: social media and public participation
in digital government; effective use of social media by governments; crowd
sourcing for government decision making; transformative government; open and
transparent government; models of collaboration among government, industry,
NGOs, and citizens; data integration, visualizations, and analytics for
government decision making; agile and flexible government;
financial/economic/social policy making; government productivity and
effectiveness; service quality and customer-centric e-Government; social and
health infrastructure; global government collaboration models and practices;
infrastructure for data sharing among government agencies; computing
infrastructure models, cyber-security and project management; IT-enabled
government management and operations, and interest in program execution; IT
and tools to support government security; and methods to measure and
evaluate success in e-Government.

In addition, we welcome submissions from the broader domain of e-Government
research. We invite completed research papers, papers describing management
and practice, policy, and case studies, student research papers, on-going
research posters, and live demonstrations that demonstrate the use of
technology to promote innovative e-Government services. We particularly
encourage submissions on interdisciplinary and crosscutting topics. We also
encourage the submission of suggestions for panels, and pre-conference
tutorials and workshops.

We hope to see you in Maryland in June 2012.

Kind regards,

John Carlo Bertot, President-Elect and Conference Chair
Hans Jochen Scholl, President

More specific conference details are below.

13th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o
2012)
Bridging Research and Practice
University of Maryland, College Park MD
Monday- Thursday, June 4-7, 2012
Website (under development):http://dgo2012.dgsna.org
<http://dgo2012.dgsna.org>
General inquiries:(dgo2012 /at/ easychair.org)<mailto:(dgo2011 /at/ easychair.org)>
Paper submissions:http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2012
<http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2012>




Important Dates:

Jan 22, 2012                Papers, doctoral colloquium papers, workshop,
tutorial, and panel proposals due
March 7, 2012 Paper, doctoral colloquium, workshop, tutorial, and panel
acceptance notifications
Mar 16, 2012   Poster and demo proposals due
Mar 30, 2012   Camera-ready manuscripts due
April 6, 2012               Poster and demo acceptance notifications

May 4, 2012                Early registration closes
Jun 4-7, 2012  dg.o 2012 conference



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