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 c ommittee in the review process.

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.

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."

Birds-of-a-Feather proposals (maximum of 2 pages) About a topic of general interest
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 inter ests.

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.

International 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 sha red interest among digital government researchers in different countries. Of particular relevance are topics of interest to researchers and government officials in the U.S.A., Canada, Mexico, and the European Union.

Project Highlights (maximum of 2-pages for project summaries and 8-10 MS PowerPoint slides - No longer accepting submissions )
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 Project Highlight FAQ's.

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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-F eather 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.

Deadlines: The deadline has passed; the dg.o 2006 program review committee is no longer accepting submissions for research papers, system demonstrations and posters.

Project Highlights, International Research Workshops, Tutorials, and Student Research Papers are are due January 24, 2006. The deadline has passed; the dg.o 2006 program review committee is no longer accepting submissions.
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. NOTE: The deadline has been extended to March 6, 2006, midnight, (PST) .

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 SIG "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.

Submissions must not exceed the maximum number of pages for each type of submission, as indicated below. Please use no page numbers. Paper headers should be incorporated onto the first page of text rather than on a separate cover page. Paper titles need not include the words "System Demonstration," "Project Highlight" or other category labels, but should consist of the paper's title and authors, and their institutions and email addresses.

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