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Call for Papers
11th International Digital Government Research Conference (dg.o 2010)
Public Administration Online: Opportunities and Challenges
Puebla, Mexico
Monday, May 17, 2010 - Thursday, May 20, 2010.
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The Digital Government Society of North America (DGSNA), with major
support from the US National Science Foundation,
presents the 11th International Digital
Government Research Conference (dg.o 2010). The
dg.o meetings are an established forum for the
presentation, discussion and demonstration of
interdisciplinary digital government research,
technology innovation, and applications.
Each year the conference combines:
* Presentations of effective partnerships among
government professionals, university
researchers, relevant businesses, and NGOs, as
well as grassroots citizen groups, to advance
the practice of digital government.
* Research on digital government as an interdisciplinary domain that
lies at the intersections of computing research,
social and behavioral science research, and the problems and missio
ns of
government.
The dg.o 2010 conference theme "Public Administration Online:
Opportunities and Challenges" focuses on open government, information
sharing, interoperability, distributed collaboration, and massive
intelligence in government areas, as well as Web 2.0, and cloud
computing. The theme encompasses issues related to the capabilities
to be provided by such environments; user interactions and
experiences with such online Digital Government resources and
environments; and, the technical infrastructure needed to support
such environments. Topics in Web 2.0 technologies, online
collaboration environments, user adoption and adaptation, and use of
cloud computing to support such environments are all relevant and
pose interesting scientific questions. At the same time, governments
around the world are being confronted with incredible challenges in
privacy and policy issues, even as there are trends and
pressures to
make these data accessible via more platforms, e.g. mobile devices.
An additional important focus area of the conference is on policy
issues related to the above topics.
The goal of this year's conference program is to encourage active
discussions between practitioners and academics in order to provide
insights into Digital Government issues leading to future
innovations. In addition, we also welcome submissions from the
broader domain of digital government research. More specifically, we
invite research papers, management, policy and case study papers,
student research papers, on-going research posters, and live
demonstrations that address the impact of public administration
online, use of cloud computing, and effectiveness of social networks
as transformative technologies for G2G, G2C, C2C, and G2B
interactions. We particularly encourage submissions on
interdisciplinary and crosscu
tting
topics addressing social computing
in the context of broad government challenges. We also encourage the
submission of panels, 'birds-of-a-feather' discussions, and
pre-conference tutorials and workshops.
While the overall conference theme this year is
"Public Administration Online", topics can also include, but are not limited,
to the following,
* Digital Government Application Domains: such as courts, crisis
management, education, emergency response,
government statistics, grants administration,
intelligence, international initiatives and
cooperation, health and human services, law
enforcement and criminal justice, legislative
systems, natural resources management, open
government (o-government), regulation and
rulemaking, security, tax administration,
transportation systems, and urban planning.
* IT-enabled Government Management and Operations: such as
cross-boundary information sharing and integration, decision
-making
processes, digital government organization and
management strategies, information assurance,
information technology adoption and diffusion,
IT and service architectures, long-term
preservation and archiving of government
information, program planning, service
integration, as well as technology transition and transfer.
* Information Values and Policies: such as accessibility, digital
democracy and governance, digital divide, openness, privacy, public
participation in democratic processes, security, transparency, trust,
and universal access to information and services.
* Information Technology and Tools to Support Government: such as
cloud computing for digital government domains;
collaboration tools; digital libraries and
knowledge management; geographic information
systems; human-computer interaction; intelligent
agents; information integration; interoperable
data, networks and architectures; large scale data and information acquisiti
on and
management; mobile government; multiple
modalities and multimedia; national and
international infrastructures for information
and communication; service-oriented
architectures; semantic web; and social
networking, mashups, and software engineering
for large-scale government projects.
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IMPORTANT DATES
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Jan 05, 2010 Papers due
Workshop, Tutorial and Panel proposals due
Feb 05, 2010 Papers: acceptance notification
Workshop Tutorial and Panel acceptance notification
Feb 15, 2010 Posters and demos due
Mar 01, 2010 Posters and demos: acceptance notification
Mar 15, 2010 Camera-ready manuscripts due
Apr. 15, 2010 Early registration due
May 17-20, 2010 dg.o 2010 Conference
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SUBMISSIONS TYPES AND FORMATS
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* Research Papers (maximum of 10 pages)
* Management, Case Study, or Policy Papers (maximum of 6 pages)
* Student Research Papers (maximum of 10 pages)
* Panels (maximum of 4 pages)
* Posters (maximum of 2 pages)
* System Demonstrations (maximum of 2 pages)
* Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions (maximum of 2 pages)
* Pre-Conference Tutorials (maximum of 2 pages)
* Pre-Conference Workshops (maximum of 2 pages)
Submissions must not exceed the maximum number of pages specified for
each type of submission in
camera-ready ACM Proceedings format (double column, single spaced
pages). Please do not use page
numbers. Paper titles should be on the first page of text, rather
than on a separate cover page.
* Research and Policy track papers will be reviewed through a double
blind review process.
Therefore, author names and contact information must be omitted
from all submissions. Authors
must identify the topic(s) being addressed by the paper to assist
the program committee in the
review process.
* All other submissions should follow the same ACM proceedings
camera-ready format with author
names on the paper.
* All accepted submissions will appear in the proceedings, and
authors are expected to present their work. At least one author for
each accepted paper must register before the camera ready version is
due in order to be included in the proceedings.
Research papers (maximum 10 pages) - blind review
These submissions report innovative digital government research
results in the form of a formal scholarly paper. Papers on any
digital government topic and all research methodologies are welcome.
Relevance to digital government problems, goals, or policies must be
explicit.
Management, case study, or policy papers (maximum 6 pages) - blind review
These submissions describe and evaluate practical digital government
projects or initiatives, discuss major policy themes, or present and
evaluate management approaches to digital government initiatives and
programs.
Student research papers (maximum 10 pages) - blind review
Digital government research papers authored solely by students should
be submitted to this track. Student papers will also receive a double
blind review organized and administered by the student program
committee.
Panels (maximum 4 pages)
Proposals should include the theme and goals of the panel, a summary
of the digital government issues or questions that the panel will
address, statements about the value of the discussion to conference
attendees and how well suited the topic is to a panel discussion. In
addition, the propos
al
should include information about the expertise
of the moderator and panelists in the selected issues. Please include
names, institutional affiliations, addresses, email, and phone
contact numbers of the contact person, moderator, and presenter(s).
Posters (maximum of 2 pages)
The poster session, held in conjunction with the system
demonstrations, allows presenters to discuss research in progress,
application projects, or government policies and program initiatives
in one-to-one conversations with other participants at the
conference. The 2-page summaries should outline the nature of the
research, policy, or project and describe why the work will be of
interest to dg.o attendees. Posters prepared for the conference
should measure approximately 36" x 48." Each poster station is
provided a table and an easel. Selected poster submissions may be
asked to give an oral presentation in the conference session
s.
System Demonstrations (maximum 2 pages)
System demonstrations are held concurrently with the poster session
to the accompaniment of good food and professional fellowship. The
2-page summaries should outline the nature of the system and describe
why the demonstration is likely to be of interest to dg.o attendees.
Demonstrations of interest include systems under development or in
active use in research or practice domains. Submissions should
include authors' names and contact information according to that
format. Each station is provided a table, an easel, and Internet
access. Monitors will be available for rent. Selected demo
submissions may be asked to give an oral presentation in the
conference sessions.
Birds-of-a-Feather Discussion Sessions (maximum 2 pages)
Birds-of-a-Feather discussions provide an opportunity for
participants to connect around selected topics. Proposals should
identi
fy the
conveners, the intended participants, and key discussion
questions. These conversations generally take place during lunch on
one of the conference days.
Pre-conference Tutorials (maximum 2 pages)
dg.o tutorials are half- or full-day presentations offering deeper
insight into the scientific and government domains, research topics
or methods, technologies or field experience of veteran digital
government researchers and practitioners.
Pre-conference Research or Management Workshops (maximum 2 pages)
We invite workshop proposals on any digital government research or
management topic. Individuals
proposing workshops will assume the responsibility of identifying and
selecting participants for the workshop and for conducting workshop
activities.
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
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* All ac
cepted
management or policy papers, research papers, student
papers, panels, posters, and
system demonstrations will be published in the printed proceedings
and included in the ACM digital library. Selected papers may be
invited for a journal special issue.
* Outstanding achievement awards will be presented in the categories
research papers,
management and policy papers, posters, and systems demonstrations.
Papers that reflect the
theme of the conference, a cross-boundary partnership linking
government, citizens and data will
be preferred. Other selection criteria include the
interdisciplinary and innovative nature of the work, its contribution
to and balance between theory (rigor) and practice (relevance), the
importance and reach of the topic, and the quality of the writing
for communicating to a broad
audience.
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CONFE
RENCE
ORGANIZATION
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Conference Chairs
Soon Ae Chun, (CSI/City University of New York)
Luis Luna-Reyes (Universidad de las Americas Puebla)
John Moses (EPA)
Program Chairs
Peggy Agouris (George Mason University)
Chaitan Baru (SDSC / UC San Diego)
Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca)
Local chairs:
Fernando Thompson de la Rosa (Universidad de las Americas Puebla)
Panel chairs:
Andrea Kavanaugh (Virginia Tech)
Norm Sondheimer (UMass Amherst)
Teresa Harrison (University at Albany, State University of New York)
Demo & poster chairs:
Andrew Philpot (ISI/USC)
Hye-Chung Kum (UNC Chapel Hill)
Cindy Ruth Pérez Díaz (Puebla State Government)
Workshop and tutorial chairs:
Jing Zhang (Clark University)
Natalie Helbig (University at Albany, S
tate
University of New York)
Student track co-chairs:
Bram Klievink (Delft University of Technology)
Janice Warner (Georgian Court University)
BOF chair:
Sehl Mellouli (Université Laval, Canada)
Publicity chairs:
Sehl Mellouli (Université Laval, Canada)
Basit Shafiq (Rutgers University)
Webmaster:
Andrew Philpot (DGRC and USC/ISI)
Registrar:
Priscilla Rasmussen (ARCS)
Sponsorship chair:
Donna Canestraro (Center for Technology in Government, University at
Albany, State University of New York)
Treasurer:
Yigal Arens (DGRC and USC/ISI)
DGSNA liaison:
Eduard Hovy (DGRC and USC/ISI)
