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dgOnline 2.7 - December, 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.
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 Resarchers Pool Pollution Data Sources
With EPA and California Air Resources Board, scientists work to automate construction of a
national air quality database using natural language processing and machine translation.
http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2003/1203/1203_epa_heyman.jsp
Tracking the Unseen Perils of Wildfires
Digital Government researchers are teaming with the EPA, NASA and the U.S. Forest Service
to craft a system for tracking fire and smoke pollution's impact on air quality.
http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2003/1203/1203_firepollution_heyman.jsp
NSF/CISE Issues New Digital Government Program Announcement
After much waiting, the National Science Foundation's directorate for Computer and Information
Sciences and Engineering has issued program details, and a March 1, 2004 proposal deadline.
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04521/nsf04521.htm
ITR Solicitation Announced
The National Science Foundation has issued the Fiscal Year 2004 announcement from the
Information Technology Research for National Priorities (ITR) grant program.
http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?ods_key=nsf04012
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Detecting Terrorists and Other Hidden Groups on the Internet
http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?tip031209
NSF Announces $30 Million Program in "Cyber Trust"
http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2003/1203/1203_cybertrust_announce.jsp
NSF Launches Digital Society Research Program
http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2003/1203/1203_digsociety_announce.jsp
NSF Announces New Integration Effort for Scientific Data
http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2003/1203/1203_engineeringinfo_announce.jsp
Faster, Better, Cheaper: Open-Source Practices May Help Improve Software Engineering
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/03/pr03132.htm
NEWS BEYOND dg.o:
Keep the Web Worldly and Wide
An op-ed piece from the International Herald Tribune, by two fellows of the National Center
for Digital Government at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government
http://www.iht.com/cgi-bin/generic.cgi?template=articleprint.tmplh&ArticleId=120995
Taking Cues from Mother Nature to Foil Cyber Attacks
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and University of New Mexico are collaborating to study
"cyber-diversity" for computer systems as a way to fend off malicious viruses, worms and other cyber attacks.
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/03/pr03130.htm
From Government Computer News
IS GOVERNMENT IGNORING THE THREAT OF CYBERTERRORISM?
The government has not been taking the threat of cyberterrorism
seriously enough, according to the author of a new book on the subject.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/24156-1.html
OMB WANTS 2004 TO BE A BREAKTHROUGH YEAR FOR E-GOV
The Office of Management and Budget wants agencies to achieve
"breakthrough performance," a top administrator says.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/24325-1.html
DEBARMENT LIST PROPOSED TO GO ELECTRONIC
The Defense Department, NASA and the General Services Administration
have jointly proposed changing the Federal Acquisition Regulation to
overhaul the database that tracks companies excluded from federal
procurements.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/24324-1.html
RESEARCHER SAYS E-VOTING CAN'T BE COUNTED ON YET
Inherent flaws in complex software make electronic voting machines a
risky proposition, a researcher from Johns Hopkins University said today
at a conference in Washington.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/24327-1.html
PUBLICATION OF INTEREST:
Cyberinfrastructure and Digital Government
A white paper on the role of the NSF Digital Government Research Program
in building the national cyberinfrastructure
http://www.digitalgovernment.org/archive/library/pdf/dg_cyberinfrastructure.pdf
DEADLINES OF INTEREST:
December 4, 2003: Embedded and Hybrid Systems (EHS)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03504/nsf03504.htm
Division of Computer-Communications Research
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ccr/index.html
December 4, 2003: Communications
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/progdesc/1998/cise/4096.htm
Division of Computer-Communications Research
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ccr/index.html
December 4, 2003: Distributed Systems
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/progdesc/2003/cise/2876.html
Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/
December 19, 2003: Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03600/nsf03600.htm
Division of Information and Intelligent Systems
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis/index.html
December 19, 2003: Computer Vision
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03602/nsf03602.htm
Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/
December 19, 2003: Robotics
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03601/nsf03601.htm
Division of Information and Intelligent Systems
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis/index.html
January 2, 2004: LETTER OF INTENT DUE (OPTIONAL)
CISE Research Resources (CISE-RR)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf01100/nsf01100.html
Division of Experimental and Integrative Activities
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/eia/index.html
January 8, 2004: Digital Society and Technologies
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03611/nsf03611.htm
Division of Information and Intelligent Systems
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis/index.html
January 8, 2004: Human Language and Communication
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03613/nsf03613.htm
Division of Information and Intelligent Systems
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis/index.html
January 8, 2004: Human-Computer Interaction
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03610/nsf03610.htm
Division of Information and Intelligent Systems
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis/index.html
January 8, 2004: Information and Data Management
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04500/nsf04500.htm
Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/
January 8, 2004: Universal Access
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03612/nsf03612.htm
Division of Information and Intelligent Systems
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis/index.html
January 13, 2004: CISE Combined Research and Curriculum Development
and Educational Innovation Program
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04001/nsf04001.htm
Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/
January 21, 2004: Information Technology Workforce
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03609/nsf03609.htm
Division of Experimental and Integrative Activities
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/eia/index.html
February 2, 2004:
Quantum and Biologically Inspired Computing (QuBIC)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02017/nsf02017.html
Division of Experimental and Integrative Activities
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/eia/index.html
February 24, 2004: Information Technology Research for National Priorities
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04012/nsf04012.htm
Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/
February 27, 2004: Highly Dependable Computing and Communication Systems Research
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03557/nsf03557.pdf
Division of Computer-Communications Research
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ccr/index.html
March 1, 2004: Digital Government
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04521/nsf04521.htm
Division of Information and Intelligent Systems
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis/index.html
March 1, 2004: Visualization & Graphics
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1999/nsf98168/nsf98168.htm
Division of Advanced Computational Infrastructure and Research
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/acir/index.html
March 6, 2004: NSF Middleware Initiative (NMI)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03513/nsf03513.htm
Division of Advanced Computational Infrastructure and Research
http://www.cise.nsf.gov/acir/index.html
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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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