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dgOnline 2.5 - October, 2003
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.
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 Puts Eyes on a Crumbling Coastline
Ohio State University researchers are collaborating with the state's natural resource department,
parsing erosion data to predict the future shape of the Great Lakes' volatile coastlines.
http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2003/1003/1003_osu_heyman.jsp
DG Researchers Encode the Shipping Lanes
A joint U.S. Coast Guard / Arizona State AI Lab project is developing a common language to smooth
traffic for myriad vessels plying the world's waterways.
http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2003/1003/1003_miml_heyman.jsp
New DG Program Announcement in the Works
NSF/CISE regroups, putting Digital Government into the Division of Information and
Intelligent Systems. A new DG program announcement is expected in November.
http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2003/0803/0803_cise_allhands.jsp
Marchionini Earns JASIST's Best Paper Award
DG researcher Gary Marchionini of the University of North Carolina takes 2002's top honors
for his work on Web interface evolution at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2003/1003/100303_marchionini_reed.jsp
SSCORE Invites Papers on Voting Technology
Social Science Computing Review puts out a call for papers for a special issue on
voting, elections & technology
http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2003/1003/1003_sscore_call.jsp
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST:
Brown Survey Rates Major Cities' e-Government Sites
Brown University releases its annual survey of metropolitan e-government usability
http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2003-04/03-030.html
NSF Awards Extend Middleware Development Efforts in Testing, Portals and Instrumentation
$9 million in grants to the National Middleware Initiative further the National Science
Foundation's goals of building shared tools for the cyberinfrastructure.
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/03/pr0399.htm
DG Project Gives Teeth to Forensics Field
Researchers from West Virginia University, Michigan State University and the University of Miami
devise an automatic system for matching dental records.
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/03/tip030922.htm
Liberty Bell Web Portal Unites History and Technology
NSF and NPS have created a new web portal to feature the history and technology surrounding
the Liberty Bell's journey to its new home this month.
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/03/ma0341.htm
NSF Announces Three Awards to Extend the Reach of Terascale Facility
The NSF has awarded $10 million to Indiana and Purdue universities, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
and The University of Texas to enhance the capabilities of NSFÕs Extensible Terascale Facility (ETF)
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/03/pr03107.htm
OMB Issues Policies on Systems, Web Privacy
(From Government Computer News)
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/23729-1.html
Verisign Says ICANN is Stifling Net's Progress
(From Government Computer News)
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/23754-1.html
ICANN to Verisign: Stop It
(From Government Computer News)
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/23751-1.html
EVENTS OF INTEREST:
Researchers, sponsors and administrators are invited to participate in plenary discussions and poster sessions
on effective practices for facilitating interdisciplinary research. Keynote speakers include the National Science
Foundation's Rita Colwell, the Department of Energy's Raymond Orbach and the National Institutes of Health's
Lawrence Tabak. The two-day event begins on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2004 in the National Academies' Keck Center,
500 Fifth St. N.W., Washington, D.C. The pre-registration deadline is Wednesday, Oct. 15.
http://www7.national-academies.org/interdisciplinary/Convocation_web.html
PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST:
FGIPC Strategic PLanning Working Groups Report:
Major Issues Facing Government Today
http://www.fgipc.org/strategic_plan/Major_Issues_Facing_Government_Today_Working_Group_1.pdf
PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS OF INTEREST:
NSF Human Language and Communication
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03613/nsf03613.htm
NSF Digital Society and Technologies
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03611/nsf03611.htm
NSF Human Computer Interaction
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03610/nsf03610.htm
NSF Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03600/nsf03600.htm
NSF Robotics
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03601/nsf03601.htm
NSF Computer Vision
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03602/nsf03602.htm
Universal Access
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03612/nsf03612.htm
Information Technology Workforce
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03609/nsf03609.htm
Information and Data Management [nsf04500]
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04500/nsf04500.htm
Use these tools on DigitalGovernment.org:
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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