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dgOnline 3.0 - March, 2004

Welcome to the monthly newsletter for the National Science Foundation's Digital Government program. dgOnline is published for the NSF by the Digital Government Research Center at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute. http://www.dgrc.org.

If you find dgOnline useful, please forward it to your colleagues.

To edit your account settings, retrieve your new password or unsubscribe, please visit this page: http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/dgonline .


Latest Program News:

dg.o2004 Online Registration Now Open:
Notifications are due to go out next week to authors who submitted papers, system demo abstracts and posters to the National Conference on Digital Government Research. You may register and pay for the conference online (and make hotel reservations) here:
http://www.dgrc.org/register/start.jsp

Learning from Government's Response to the West Nile Virus
DG researchers are using New York State's experiences to create a theoretical model of the ways in which governments integrate information systems - and how this process can be improved.
http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2004/0304/0304_westnile_heyman.jsp

Can Digital Government Support Its Own Journal?
Yes - and researchers are eager to contribute, but also urge publication of special DG-related issues of established journals, according to a recent survey by the Center for Technology in Government.
http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2004/0304/0304_ctg_heyman.jsp

MapStats Serves Up Rich, Fine-Grained U.S. Data
The joint FedStats/HUD/Census project offers web users access to more than 1,000 datasets on crime, population, income, employment and even temperature for U.S. cities as small as 25,000 people - and "micropolitan" regions that are even smaller.


NEWS BEYOND DG.O:

Rita Colwell Leaves National Science Foundation
Arden Bement Jr., director of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology and a former professor at Purdue University, has stepped in as acting director. More on Colwell's tenure and departure may be found here:
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/newsroom/pr.cfm?ni=43

NSF: Cyberinfrastructure Poised to Revolutionize Environmental Sciences and Other Disciplines
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/newsroom/pr.cfm?ni=42

Center Announces "Best of the Web" Awards for State, County, Local e-Gov Efforts
http://www.centerdigitalgov.com/center/bestofweb03.php

National Academy of Engineering Awards Prizes for Pioneering Research
Alan C. Kay, Butler W. Lampson, Robert W. Taylor and Charles P. Thacker will share the Charles Stark Draper Prize for their development of the world's first practical networked personal computers in the mid-1970s. http://www.nae.edu/nae/awardscom.nsf/weblinks/NAEW-4NHML8?OpenDocument

Frank S. Barnes will receive the Bernard M. Gordon Prize for pioneering an interdisciplinary telecommunications program that produces leaders who bridge engineering, social science and public policy. http://www.nae.edu/nae/awardscom.nsf/weblinks/DWHT-4UJPVA?OpenDocument

From Government Computer News:

E-Gov Act Implementation Picking Up Steam
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/25233-1.html

New Registry Organizes Architecture Components
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/25077-1.html

Government Moves Toward Standards for Unified Security
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/25064-1.html

NMCI Leaders Point to Progress
http://www.gcn.com/23_4/news/25021-1.html

OMB Snaps Purse Closed on New IT for 18 Agencies
http://www.gcn.com/23_4/news/25006-1.html

DEADLINES OF INTEREST:

March 15, 2004: FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE
Emerging Models and Technologies for Computation (EMT)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04530/nsf04530.htm

March 31, 2004: CENTER-SCALE PROPOSALS
Cyber Trust
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf04524

April 1, 2004: PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Sixth International Conference on E-Commerce (ICEC04)
http://www.icec04.net

April 14, 2004: FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE
Research in Networking Technology and Systems
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04540/nsf04540.htm

April 27, 2004:
National Telecommunications and Information Administration Technology Opportunities Program
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/top

May 17, 2004: FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE
Partnerships for Innovation
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04556/nsf04556.htm

June 7: FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE
International Research Network Connections (IRNC)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04560/nsf04560.htm

OPENINGS OF INTEREST:

Director, Center Focused on International Governance, University at Albany, SUNY
The Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy invites nominations and applications of individuals to lead a center focused on the development of institutions of governance in emerging democracies.
More: http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2004/0304/0304_opening_suny.jsp

Research Officers, National Research Council of Canada
http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2004/0304/0304_opening_nrc.jsp

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We welcome submissions of all Digital Government-related papers, material and information for inclusion in the dgOnline newsletter, and on DigitalGovernment.org.

Questions and submissions should be forwarded to:

_________________________________
::::..... mack reed
::::..... dg.o communications manager
::::..... USC Information Sciences Institute
::::..... Digital Government Research Center
::::..... 310.448.8494 ... mack@isi.edu
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