Call for Participation

"Integrating Information Technology and Social Science
Research for Effective Government"

The 7th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research is a forum for the presentation and discussion of interdisciplinary research on digital government and its applications in diverse domains. Interested participants are invited to submit research papers, system demonstrations, posters, and proposals for tutorials and workshops for dg.o 2006.

The conference will focus on:

  • Research on digital government as an interdisciplinary domain that encompasses inquiry at the intersections of computing research, social, political, and behavioral science research, and the problems and missions of government agencies

  • Unique partnerships of university researchers and government partners

  • Project highlights and outcomes of digital government research

Submission Deadlines

Camera Ready Upload Deadline: March 03, 2006

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Submissions may address any aspect of digital government research including, but not limited to the following:

  • IT-Enabled Government Operations: Evaluation of IT adoption in government; Information technology adoption in government; Information technology tools for government planning; Integration of data and services; Interoperable data, networks and architectures; Long-term preservation and archiving of government information; Security, privacy, and information assurance.

  • Citizen Interaction: Privacy and trust; Public participation in democratic processes; Transparency and usability; Universal access to information and services.

  • IT Research: Collaboration tools; Cyberinfrastructure for digital government domains; Digital libraries & knowledge management; Geographic information systems; Information integration; Interoperable data, networks and architectures; Large scale data and information acquisition and management; Modalities, multimedia, and human computer interface; Software engineering for large-scale government projects; Technology transition & transfer; The semantic web; The grid.

  • Social Science Research: Digital democracy and governance; Government processes and decision-making; Organization and management; Public policy issues and implications.

  • Government Application Domains: Criminal justice and law enforcement; Crisis management, emergency response, and homeland security; Ecosystems informatics for decision-making; Electronic grants administration; Environmental management; Electronic rulemaking; Federal statistics; Health and human services; National and international digital government efforts and cooperation; National infrastructure for community statistics; Transportation systems & urban planning.

CONFERENCE SUBMISSION TYPES

  • Research papers (maximum of 10 pages).
     These report innovative Digital Government research results, in the form of a formal scholarly paper. Relevance to digital government should be made explicit. Authors must identify the research topic(s) being addressed by the paper to assist the program committee in the review process.

  • System Demonstrations (maximum of 2 pages) of digital government projects.
    One of the highlights of dg.o conferences is the demonstration sessions, held in special sessions to the accompaniment of good food. We invite short papers outlining a system demo. We encourage demos that accompany papers or project highlights (in which case, please submit both a system demo description and a paper or project highlight). Each demo station will have a table, an easel, and Internet access.

  • Posters (maximum of 2 pages) of digital government projects.
    Poster abstracts are meant to describe research contributions less substantial or complete than those described in research papers. Posters prepared for the conference proper should measure approximately 36" x 48."

  • Student research papers (maximum of 10 pages).
    Research papers on any aspect of digital government that are authored by students alone should be submitted to the Student Session. Papers accompanied by system demonstrations are particularly welcomed; in this case, please submit both a paper and a demo submission. Student papers will be evaluated by the students organizing the student session and activities. The session will also include time for a discussion of graduate student issues.

  • Birds-of-a-Feather proposals about a topic of general interest
    (maximum of 2 pages).
    We invite short descriptions of themes for the Birds-of-a-Feather session, a set of roundtable discussions about relevant topics. This session serves to introduce people and support the formation of nationwide communities of people with like interests.

  • Tutorials (maximum of 1 page)
    dg.o tutorials, first introduced at dg.o 2005, are half-day presentations offering deeper insight into the scientific and government domains, research topics or methods, technologies or field experience of veteran Digital Government researchers.

  • Research Workshops (maximum of 2 pages).
    dg.o International Research Workshops, first introduced at dg.o 2005, are half-day pre- and post-conference meetings for researchers starting or advancing multi-country projects. The dg.o 2006 Program Committee invites proposals on any topic of shared interest among digital government researchers in different countries. Of particular relevance are topics of interest to researchers and government officials in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and the European Union.

  • Project Highlights (maximum of 2-pages for project summaries and 8-10 MS PowerPoint)
    A project highlight submission consists of a two-page summary of the project plus a presentation consisting of eight to ten slides. NSF PI’s might want to consult the FAQ for NSF PI’s http://www. dgrc.org/dgo2006/projecthighlights/PH_faq.jsp.

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SUBMISSION METHOD

The online submission system (http://www.ctg.albany. edu/conference/dgo/) must be used for all conference submissions (research papers, posters, system demos, project highlights and Birds-of-a-Feather proposals). After submission, you will be able to use the system to track the progress of your paper through the review process, and to read comments made by the reviewers upon acceptance or rejection of your submission by the program committee. There are several deadlines associated with dg.o 2006. There will be NO EXCEPTIONS to these deadlines.

If your research paper, poster, demonstration, project highlight, or Birds-of-a-Feather proposal is accepted for the conference, you will be granted access to the system once again. You must make final revisions based on the recommendations of the reviewers and the program committee. Finally, you must submit a camera-ready copy of your work to the online submission system.

FORMAT: Final, camera-ready copy is required by NO LATER THAN MARCH 3, 2006.

All research papers, system demo abstracts, poster abstracts and project highlight abstracts must follow file format requirements of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM):

Authors MUST use ACM's SIGS "proceedings" templates for use in either Microsoft Word or LaTeX2e - Strict Adherence to SIGS style, which can be downloaded here: http://www.acm .org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html.

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CONTACTS

For up-to-date conference information please visit the conference Web site at http://www.dgrc.org/dgo2006/.  For detailed inquiries please send an e-mail to info@dgrc.org or contact one of the individuals listed below.

General Conference Co-Chairs: José A. B. Fortes, University of Florida, fortes@ufl.edu; Ann Macintosh, Napier University, A.Macintosh@napier.ac.uk

Program Co-Chairs: Judith Cushing, The Evergreen State College, judyc@evergreen.edu; Theresa Pardo, Center for Technology in Government, University Albany/SUNY, tpardo@ctg.albany.edu

Workshop and Tutorial Chair: Stuart Shulman, University of Pittsburgh, shulman@pitt.edu

Birds-of-a-Feather Chair: J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Center for Technology in Government, University Albany/SUNY, jgil-garcia@ctg.albany.edu

System Demonstration and Poster Session Co-Chairs: Peggy Agouris, University of Maine, peggy@spatial.maine.edu; Eduard Hovy, Digital Government Research Center, University of Southern California, hovy@isi.edu

Finance Chair: Yigal Arens, Digital Government Research Center, University of Southern California, arens@isi.edu

Student Chair: Natalie Helbig, Center for Technology in Government, University Albany/SUNY, nhelbig@ctg.albany.edu

Government Liaison: Lawrence Brandt, National Science Foundation, lbrandt@nsf.gov

Communications and Outreach Chair: Valerie Gregg, Digital Government Research Center, University of Southern California, vgregg@isi.edu

Publicity Chair: Chrystol Koempel, Digital Government Research Center, University of Southern California, chrystol@isi.edu

dg.o 2006 Registration and Local Arrangements for dg.o 2006: Priscilla Rasmussen, Academic and Research Conference Services (ARCS), rasmusse@research.rutg