[ecrea] CFP - dg.o 2014

Call for Papers
dg.o 2014
15th Annual International Conference on
Digital Government Research
Open Innovations and Sustainable Development in Government:
Experiences from around the World

Centro de Investigacin y Docencia Econmicas (CIDE)
Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes, Mexico
Wednesday Saturday, June 18-21, 2014

Submission deadline February 1st, 2014

Home page: http://dgsociety.org/conference/2014
General inquiries: (dgo2014 /at/ easychair.org)
Twitter: @DGSociety, #dgo2014

Paper submissions: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2014


Governments around the world are embracing different open innovations to 
foster sustainable development such as open government, policy 
informatics, smart technologies, semantic technologies, web services 
applications, open and transparent government, social media, crowd 
sourcing, data integration, visualizations, analytics, new collaboration 
models and practices, data sharing, computing infrastructure models, and 
cyber-security.

With the idea of exploring these experiences in the public sphere, the 
Digital Government Society (DGS) announces the 15th Annual International 
Conference on Digital Government Research - dg.o 2014. The dg.o 
conferences are an established forum for presentation, discussion, and 
demonstration of interdisciplinary e-Government and political 
participation research, technology innovation, applications, and 
practice. 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.
• A showcase of 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.

Democracy today faces unprecedented opportunities and challenges. New 
technologies provide citizens, governments, industry and 
non-governmental organizations with the opportunity to redefine the 
relationship between government and the public that they serve, create 
innovative and 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 raises a number of policy, 
technology, and governance challenges. This year, the conference program 
will focus on research and practice related to big data, open 
innovations, sustainable development in governments and non-profit 
organizations. The availability of large quantity of data, growth in 
computing power, and advanced analysis and presentation tools have given 
rise to new opportunities for developing pol
i
cy instr
uments and creating public-private partnerships to improve government 
services as well as to create new, innovative practice. Furthermore, the 
combination of new technology, policy tools, collaborative governance 
and innovative practices could play transformational roles in fostering 
sustainable development around the world.

Submissions addressing this theme could include but are not limited to: 
big data, open government, sustainable development, policy informatics, 
smart technologies for governments, semantic technologies for 
e-government, web services applications, open and transparent 
government; social media and public participation; effective use of 
social media by governments, citizens and organizations; crowd sourcing 
for government decision making; transformative government; models of 
collaboration among government, industry, NGOs, and citizens; data 
integration, visualizations, and analytics for government decision 
making or public collective problem solving; agile and flexible 
government; financial/economic/social policy making; policy and 
governance issues that enable, facilitate, and promote smart government; 
government productivity and effectiveness; service quality and 
customer-centric e-Government; social and health infrastructure; global 
government collaboration models and practi
c
es; infr
astructure for data sharing among government agencies or 
non-governmental organizations or citizens groups; 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 and private and public participation in 
governance.

In addition, we welcome submissions from the broader domain of digital 
government research. We invite completed research papers, papers 
describing management and practice, policy and case studies, 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.

Accepted papers are published in the ACM Proceedings Digital Library, 
and selected papers will appear in leading journals such as Government 
Information Quarterly and Information Polity.

The conference has six thematic tracks, which accept full research 
papers as well as management case studies and policy papers (see below 
for paper submission types), and one track for panel proposals. Each 
track has two co-chairs who are responsible for managing the submission 
and review process for their track. The conference also accepts work in 
progress and short descriptions of applications on any topic. We also 
welcome proposals for workshops and tutorials, which can be submitted 
directly to the Easychair system. Feel free to get in contact with any 
track chairs for guidance.

Track 1. Social Media and Government
Track chairs: Andrea Kavanaugh and Rodrigo Sandoval
The use of social media has been growing rapidly and globally. 
Governments at all levels have been using these media for public 
administration and for outreach to citizens. Citizens, businesses and 
voluntary associations have been using them to share information, ask 
questions, and to collaborate on problem solving in neighborhoods, 
states, industries and nations. The growing use of social media has 
created new challenges and opportunities for all users, e.g., changes in 
regulations and policies, marketing, and more diverse perspectives and 
feedback. However the staggering number and diversity of messages and 
topics generated is difficult to process and make sense of, not only on 
a day-to-day basis, but also during crises. Social media have also 
offered broader, more diverse participation in collective problem 
solving and governance. This track welcomes research and practice papers 
addressing a range of similar or related topics on social media analysis 
on content, metrics,
c
ase stud
ies or theoretical models to advance this area of research.

Track 2. Transformation and Open Government
Track chair: Marijn Janssen, Natalie Helbig and Vishanth Weerakkody
Many governments are working toward a vision of government-wide 
transformation that strives to achieve an open, transparent, accountable 
government while providing demand-driven services. To be successful in 
this vision fundamental changes are necessary in practice and new 
research that examines governments as open systems seeking participation 
and interaction with their environment is needed. The track solicits 
papers addressing the issue of public sector transformation between 
government and the environment.

Track 3. Emerging Topics
Track chairs: John C. Bertot, Paul Jaeger and Chris Reddick
The continual development of new technologies, big data applications, 
policies, and management practices keep digital government research and 
practice in a state of perpetual evolution. This evolution also provides 
governments with ways in which to cultivate innovative, smart, and 
transformational government services. The Emerging Topics track seeks 
submissions that provide insights into emerging digital government 
research and practice.

Track 4. Organizational Factors, Adoption Issues and Digital Government 
Impacts
Track chair: Chris Hinnant and Lei Zheng
Public organizations employ information and communication technologies 
(ICT) to facilitate communication and transactions with many 
stakeholders such as residents, private sector businesses, non-profit 
organizations, and other government agencies. While recent digital 
government research has often focused on understanding the external 
impacts of ICT adoption by government, the adoption and implementation 
of new ICT by public organizations is influenced by organizational 
factors such as the availability of resources (i.e. funding, 
technological knowledge, and personnel), leadership, and the 
organizations technological culture. This track solicits research that 
examines the organizational factors that influence the adoption and 
implementation of new ICT as well as the impact of new ICT on the 
organizational processes, effectiveness, and innovativeness of public 
organizations. Research in this tract may examine the adoption, use, and 
organizational impacts of a variety of inno
v
ative te
chnologies and practices including but not limited to social media 
technologies, citizen-centric technologies, virtual collaborative work 
practices, and technologies that facilitate the collection and analysis 
of large data sets. Furthermore, the tract is also interested in the 
adoption of innovative policies or practices that seek to facilitate the 
strategic use of ICT by public organizations.


Track 5. Smart Cities, Smart Citizens and Smart Government
Track chair: Soon Ae Chun and Sehl Mellouli
Cities, governments and citizens face the challenging issues of 
sustainability as the existing infrastructure systems are quickly 
surpassed by growing populations, heightened demands for services and 
resources, and growing interdependencies of different systems. The 
concept of smart cities, smart governments and smart citizens is to 
utilize technology to create innovative solutions to the quality of life 
and sustainability and achieve not only the operational efficiencies but 
also transforming policy development and governance. This track aims to 
facilitate theoretical, empirical and technical discussions on 
approaches towards the smart government, smart cities, smart community 
and smart citizens. Topics include but not limited to the technical and 
policy innovations in the area of energy, transportation, health, 
education, public safety, buildings, urban planning, environment, 
business, cyber security and privacy, and others.

Track 6. Panels
Track chairs: Teresa Harrison and Juan Manuel Gomez-Reynoso
Panel proposals may address themes or topics related to any of the 
tracks for the conference. Additionally, we welcome panel proposals that 
put a spotlight on practice and application. Proposals from 
practitioners at all levels of government featuring experiences with, 
perspectives on, and evaluations of digital government practice are 
encouraged. Individuals interested in submitting panel proposals are 
invited to consult the panel co-chairs about their ideas prior to 
developing their submissions.

IMPORTANT DATES
February 1, 2014 - Papers, workshops, tutorials, and panel proposals due 
(For panel proposals, please send expressions of interest in proposing a 
panel earlier, if possible, to Teresa Harrison ((tharrison /at/ albany.edu))
March 15, 2014 - Application deadline for 2014 Doctoral Colloquium
March 15, 2014 - Papers, workshops, tutorials, and panel proposals 
notifications
March 30, 2014 - Posters and demo proposals due
April 15, 2014 - Camera-ready manuscripts due
April 15, 2014 - Acceptance notifications
May 5, 2014 - Conference hotel block closes - make your bookings before 
this deadline!
May 20, 2014 - Early registration closes!
June 18-21, 2014 - Dg.o 2014 conference!

SUBMISSION TYPES AND FORMATS
Research papers (maximum of 10 pages)
Management, Case Study, or Policy papers (maximum of 6 pages)
Panel descriptions (maximum of 4 pages)
Posters (maximum of 2 pages)
System demonstrations (maximum of 2 pages)
Pre-Conference tutorial proposals (maximum of 2 pages)
Pre-Conference workshop proposals (maximum of 2 pages)
Doctoral colloquium application (maximum of 10 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 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 in 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 included 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 for 
it to be included in the proceedings.

Submissions are through: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2014

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.

Panels (maximum 4 pages)
Proposals should include information about 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 proposal 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 with a table and an easel. Selected poster 
submissions may be asked to give an oral presentation in the conference 
sessions.

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 with 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.

Pre-conference Tutorials (maximum 2 pages)
dg.o tutorials are half- or full-day presentations that offer deeper 
insight into e-Government research, practice, research methodologies, 
technologies or field experience. In particular, tutorials are intended 
to provide insights into good practices, research strategies, uses of 
particular technologies such as social media, and other insights into 
e-Government that would benefit researchers and practitioners.

Pre-conference Research or Management Workshops (maximum 2 pages)
We invite workshop proposals on any e-Government research or management 
topic. Workshops are half- or full-day events intended to offer 
interactive sessions, in which the workshop host and participants 
discuss and engage in activities designed to facilitate joint learning 
and further exploration of a particular subject. Individuals proposing 
workshops will assume the responsibility of identifying and selecting 
participants for the workshop and for conducting workshop activities.

Doctoral Colloquium (maximum 10 pages, not including references, tables 
and figures)
The Doctoral Colloquium is a highly interactive full-day forum in which 
Ph.D. students meet and discuss their work with each other and with 
senior faculty from a variety of disciplines associated with digital 
government research. The colloquium is planned for Wednesday June 18, 
2014. PhD students can submit papers describing their planned or 
in-progress doctoral dissertation covering any research areas relevant 
to digital government. Ideally, student participants will have completed 
one or two years of doctoral study or progressed far enough in their 
research to have a structured proposal idea and perhaps some preliminary 
findings, but have not reached the stage of defending their 
dissertations. We expect students at this stage of study will gain the 
most value from feedback on their work and from the more general 
discussions of doctoral programs and scholarly careers. See the detailed 
announcement for complete information on the colloquium and how to 
submit an application.
M
aterial
provided in applications to the doctoral colloquium will not be 
published in the proceedings. However, we encourage students to submit 
finished research to one of the paper tracks or as a poster or demo.

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
All accepted 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 System 
demonstrations. Papers that reflect the theme of the conference, form 
E-Government to Smart Government, 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.

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
The dg.o 2014 conference management team includes:

Conference Co-chairs:
Scott Robertson, University of Hawaii
Gabriel Puron-Cid, Centro de Investigacin y Docencia Econmicas

Program Chairs:
J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Centro de Investigacin y Docencia Econmicas
Jing Zhang, Clark University.

Track Chairs:
Andrea Kavanaugh, Virginia Tech
Chris Hinnant, Florida State University
Chris Reddick, University of Texas San Antonio
John Bertot, University of Maryland College Park
Lei Zheng, Fundan
Marijn Janssen, Delft University
Natalie Helbig, Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany
Paul Jaeger, University of Maryland College Park
Rodrigo Sandoval, Universidad Autnoma del Estado de Mxico
Sehl Mellouli, Laval University
Soon Ae Chun, City University of New York
Vishanth Weerakkody, Brunel University

Panel Chairs:
Teresa Harrison, University at Albany
Juan Manuel Gomez-Reynoso, Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes

Workshop and Tutorial Chair - Soon Ae Chun, City University of New York

Poster and Demo Chair - Gabriel Puron Cid, CIDE

Doctoral Colloquium Chairs:
J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Centro de Investigacin y Docencia Econmicas
Marijn Janssen, Delft University
Soon Ae Chun, City University of New York
Sharon Dawes, Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany
Bjrn Niehaves, Hertie School of Governance


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