[AISWorld] LAST Call Dgo 2013

[Rodrigo Sandoval]

Call for Papers
dg.o 2013
14th Annual International Conference on
*Digital Government Research*
*From e-Government to Smart Government*
*Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada*
*Monday – Thursday, June 17-20, 2013*
*Submission deadline– February 1st, 2013*
*Home page: **http://dgo2013.dgsna.org*
*General inquiries: **dgo2013 at easychair.org*
*Twitter: DGSociety, #dgo2013
Paper submissions: **http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2013*****

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The *Digital Government Society (DGS) <http://dgsociety.org/>* announces
the 14th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research -
dg.o 2013. The dg.o conferences are an established forum for presentation,
discussion, and demonstration of interdisciplinary e-Government research,
technology innovation, applications, and practice. Each year the conference
combines:****

·         Presentations of effective partnerships and collaborations among
government professionals and agencies, university researchers, relevant
businesses, and NGOs, as well as grassroots citizen groups, to advance the
practice of e-Government.****

·         Presentations and discussions on new research on e-Government as
an interdisciplinary domain that lies at the intersections of information
technology research, social and behavioural science research, and the
challenges and missions of government.****

·         A showcase of e-Government projects, implementations, and
initiatives that bring together the research and practitioner communities,
demonstrate the effectiveness and/or challenges of e-Government, and offer
best practices.****

Governments today face unprecedented opportunities and challenges. New
technologies provide governments with the opportunity to redefine the
relationship between government and the public that they serve, create
innovative and customer-focused services, encourage transparency, promote
participatory democracy, facilitate the co-design of services, form new
partnerships in service delivery, streamline operations and reduce costs,
and build trust in government. But harnessing and implementing technologies
effectively raises a number of policy, technology, and governance
challenges. This year, the conference program will focus on research and
practice related to the adoption of smart technologies by governments,
citizens as well as private and non-profit organizations. More and more,
the adoption of smart technologies by individuals and organizations is
opening new opportunities for creating public-private partnerships to
improve current government services as well as to create new, innovative
ones.****

Submissions addressing this theme could include but are not limited
to: smart technologies for governments, semantic technologies for
e-government, web services applications, open and transparent government;
social media and public participation; effective use of social media by
governments; crowd sourcing for government decision making; transformative
government; models of collaboration among government, industry, NGOs, and
citizens; data integration, visualizations, and analytics for government
decision making; agile and flexible government; financial/economic/social
policy making; policy and governance issues that enable, facilitate, and
promote smart government; government productivity and effectiveness;
service quality and customer-centric e-Government; social and health
infrastructure; global government collaboration models and practices;
infrastructure for data sharing among government agencies; computing
infrastructure models, cyber-security and project management; IT-enabled
government management and operations, and interest in program execution; IT
and tools to support government security; and methods to measure and
evaluate success in e-Government.****

In addition, we welcome submissions from the broader domain of digital
government research. We invite completed research papers, papers describing
management and practice, policy and case studies, on-going research
posters, and live demonstrations that demonstrate the use of technology to
promote innovative e-Government services. We particularly encourage
submissions on interdisciplinary and crosscutting topics. We also encourage
the submission of suggestions for panels, and pre-conference tutorials and
workshops.****

Accepted papers are published in the ACM Proceedings Digital Library, and
selected papers will appear in leading journals such as *Government
Information Quarterly *and* Information Polity.*****

The conference has six thematic tracks, which accept full research papers
as well as management case studies and policy papers (see below for paper
submission types), and one track for panel proposals. Each track has two
co-chairs who are responsible for managing the submission and review
process for their track. The conference also accepts work in progress and
short descriptions of applications on any topic. We also welcome proposals
for workshops and tutorials, which can be submitted directly to the
Easychair system. Feel free to get in contact with any track chairs for
guidance.****

*Track 1. Social Media and Government*****

*Track chairs: Rodrigo Sandoval and Andrea Kavanaugh*****

Social media use in public administration has been growing rapidly around
the world. Since the launch of web 2.0 many governments and public
officials use new online tools to communicate among themselves, with other
organizations and with their constituents. This growing use has created new
challenges for government users (e.g., regulations, policies), and an
overwhelming increase in messages and other communications from citizens
that are difficult to accommodate. These outcomes have started changing
government interaction among their own personnel and with citizens and
other agencies.****

*Track 2. Transformation and Open Government*****

*Track chair: Marijn Janssen, Natalie Helbig and Vishanth Weerakkody*****

Many governments are working toward a vision of government-wide
transformation that strives to achieve an open, transparent, accountable
government while providing demand-driven services.. To be successful in
this vision fundamental changes are necessary in practice and new research
that examines governments as open systems seeking participation and
interaction with their environment is needed. The track solicits papers
addressing the issue of public sector transformation between government and
the environment.****

*Track 3. Emerging Topics*****

*Track chairs: John C. Bertot, Paul Jaeger and Chris Reddick*****

Digital government, both as an academic discipline and in practice,
continues to evolve. As new technologies, big data applications, policies,
and management practices develop; governments seek ways in which to provide
innovative, smart, and transformational government services. The Emerging
Topics track seeks submissions that provide insights into emerging digital
government research and practice.****

*Track 4. Organizational Factors, Adoption Issues and Digital Government
Impacts*****

*Track chair: Chris Hinnant and Theresa A. Pardo*****

Over the past decade, many public organizations have adopted information
and communication technologies (ICT) to facilitate communication and
transactions with many stakeholders such as residents, private sector
businesses, non-profit organizations, and other government agencies. While
recent digital government research has often focused on understanding the
external impacts of ICT adoption by government, the adoption and
implementation of new ICT by public organizations is influenced by
organizational factors such as the availability of resources (i.e. funding,
technological knowledge, and personnel), managerial leadership, and the
organization’s technological culture. This track solicits research that
examines the organizational factors that influence the adoption and
implementation of new ICT as well as the impact of new ICT on the
organizational processes, effectiveness, and innovativeness of public
organizations.****

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*Track 5. Smart Government Technologies*****

*Track chair: Soon Ae Chun, Tomasz Janowski*****

Smart government is achieved through innovation, transformation and
re-structuring in policies, strategies, and technologies to create improved
public sector process efficiency and service integration and delivery, and
to support better decision making and collaboration with the public.
Intelligent systems, new platforms for communication and collaboration,
data collection, sharing and analytics, shared services, sensors and
ubiquitous computing are all the key ingredients to transform the
government that benefit the public and business, and to improve the quality
of life. This track aims to facilitate theoretical and practical
discussions on approaches towards smart government, smart cities, smart
community, and smart citizens by technology and policy innovations in the
area of energy, transport, health, public safety, buildings, urban
planning, environment, business and others.****

*Track 6. Smart Cities and Smart Work*****

*Track Chairs: Jungwoo Lee and J. Ramon Gil-Garcia*****

World population is increasingly concentrating in cities. People work and
live in and around cities and information technologies have transformed
their lives as well as the public and private services being provided to
them. Therefore, smart cities and smart work could be considered highly
interrelated and, actually, two sides of the same coin. City administrators
are facing daunting tasks in order to accommodate emerging characteristics
of urban life and promote better quality of life and improved work life
balance, while enhancing efficiency and effectiveness of administrative
services. This track invites theoretical and empirical papers concerning
smart cities and smart work. Suggested topics include but are not limited
to the followings: smart city services, ICT driven city development,
cooperative policy development, participative governance, novel service
typologies of smart ubiquitous cities, community forums for service
development, spaces and mediated presence, smart work centers,
telecommuting, flextime, mobile work, quality of city life, work life
balance, urban mobile learning, creative cooperatives, skill changes of
labor force, and urban human capital management.****

*Track 7. Panels*****

*Track chair: Teresa Harrison, Jana Hrdinova*****

Panel proposals may address themes or topics related to any of the tracks
for the conference. Additionally, we welcome panel proposals that put a
spotlight on practice and application. Proposals from practitioners at all
levels of government featuring experiences with, perspectives on, and
evaluations of digital government practice are encouraged. Individuals
interested in submitting panel proposals are invited to consult the panel
co-chairs about their ideas prior to developing their submissions.****

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*REVISED DATES*****

   - February 1, 2013 February 15, 2013 - Papers, workshops, tutorials, and
   panel proposals due (For panel proposals, please send expressions of
   interest in proposing a panel earlier, if possible, to Teresa Harrison (
   tharrison at albany.edu) and Jana Hrdinova (jhrdinova at ctg.albany.edu)****
   - March* 15, 2013 - Application deadline for 2013 Doctoral Colloquium****
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   - March 15, 2013 March 30, 2013 - Papers, workshops, tutorials, and
   panel proposals notifications****
   - March 30, 2013 April 15, 2013 - Posters and demo proposals due****
   - April 15, 2013 April 30, 2013 - Camera-ready manuscripts due****
   - April 15, 2013 - Notification for acceptance into 2012 Doctoral
   Colloquium****
   - April 15, 2013 April 30, 2013 - Poster and demo acceptance
   notifications****
   - May* 6, 2013 - Conference hotel block closes* - make your bookings
   before this deadline!****
   - May* 15, 2013 - Early registration closes!*****
   - June 17-20, 2013 - Dg.o 2013 conference!****

*SUBMISSION TYPES AND FORMATS*****

·         Research papers (maximum of 10 pages)****

·         Management, Case Study, or Policy papers (maximum of 6 pages)****

·         Panel descriptions (maximum of 4 pages)****

·         Posters (maximum of 2 pages)****

·         System demonstrations (maximum of 2 pages)****

·         Pre-Conference tutorial proposals (maximum of 2 pages)****

·         Pre-Conference workshop proposals (maximum of 2 pages)****

·         Doctoral colloquium application (maximum of 10 pages)****

Submissions must not exceed the maximum number of pages specified for each
type of submission in camera-ready*ACM Proceedings
format<https://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates>
* (double column, single spaced pages). Please do not use page numbers.
Paper titles should be on the first page of text, rather than on a separate
cover page.****

·         Research and Policy papers will be reviewed through a double
blind review process. Therefore, author names and contact information must
be omitted from all submissions. Authors must identify the topic(s) being
addressed in the paper to assist the program committee in the review
process.****

·         All other submissions should follow the same ACM proceedings
camera-ready format with author names included on the paper.****

·         All accepted submissions will appear in the proceedings, and
authors are expected to present their work. At least one author for each
accepted paper must register before the camera ready version is due in
order for it to be included in the proceedings.****

Submissions are through: *http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2013
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*Research papers (maximum 10 pages) – blind review*****

These submissions report innovative digital government research results in
the form of a formal scholarly paper. Papers on any digital government
topic and all research methodologies are welcome. Relevance to digital
government problems, goals, or policies must be explicit.****

*Management, case study, or policy papers (maximum 6 pages) – blind review**
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These submissions describe and evaluate practical digital government
projects or initiatives, discuss major policy themes, or present and
evaluate management approaches to digital government initiatives and
programs.****

*Panels (maximum 4 pages)*****

Proposals should include information about the theme and goals of the
panel, a summary of the digital government issues or questions that the
panel will address, statements about the value of the discussion to
conference attendees and how well suited the topic is to a panel
discussion. In addition, the proposal should include information about the
expertise of the moderator and panelists in the selected issues. Please
include names, institutional affiliations, addresses, email, and phone
contact numbers of the contact person, moderator, and presenter(s).****

*Posters (maximum of 2 pages)*****

The poster session, held in conjunction with the system demonstrations,
allows presenters to discuss research in progress, application projects, or
government policies and program initiatives in one-to-one conversations
with other participants at the conference. The 2-page summaries should
outline the nature of the research, policy, or project and describe why the
work will be of interest to dg.o attendees. Posters prepared for the
conference should measure approximately 36" x 48." Each poster station is
provided with a table and an easel. Selected poster submissions may be
asked to give an oral presentation in the conference sessions.****

*System Demonstrations (maximum 2 pages)*****

System demonstrations are held concurrently with the poster session to the
accompaniment of good food and professional fellowship. The 2-page
summaries should outline the nature of the system and describe why the
demonstration is likely to be of interest to dg.o attendees. Demonstrations
of interest include systems under development or in active use in research
or practice domains. Submissions should include authors' names and contact
information according to that format. Each station is provided with a
table, an easel, and Internet access. Monitors will be available for rent.
Selected demo submissions may be asked to give an oral presentation in the
conference sessions.****

*Pre-conference Tutorials (maximum 2 pages)*****

dg.o tutorials are half- or full-day presentations that offer deeper
insight into e-Government research, practice, research methodologies,
technologies or field experience. In particular, tutorials are intended to
provide insights into good practices, research strategies, uses of
particular technologies such as social media, and other insights into
e-Government that would benefit researchers and practitioners.****

*Pre-conference Research or Management Workshops (maximum 2 pages)*****

We invite workshop proposals on any e-Government research or management
topic. Workshops are half- or full-day events intended to offer interactive
sessions, in which the workshop host and participants discuss and engage in
activities designed to facilitate joint learning and further exploration of
a particular subject. Individuals proposing workshops will assume the
responsibility of identifying and selecting participants for the workshop
and for conducting workshop activities.****

*Doctoral Colloquium (maximum 10 pages, not including references, tables
and figures)*
The Doctoral Colloquium is a highly interactive full-day forum in which
Ph.D. students meet and discuss their work with each other and with senior
faculty from a variety of disciplines associated with digital government
research. The colloquium is planned for Monday June 17, 2013. PhD students
can submit papers describing their planned or in-progress doctoral
dissertation covering any research areas relevant to digital government.
Ideally, student participants will have completed one or two years of
doctoral study or progressed far enough in their research to have a
structured proposal idea and perhaps some preliminary findings, but have
not reached the stage of defending their dissertations. We expect students
at this stage of study will gain the most value from feedback on their work
and from the more general discussions of doctoral programs and scholarly
careers. See the detailed announcement for complete information on the
colloquium and how to submit an application. Material provided in
applications to the doctoral colloquium will not be published in the
proceedings. However, we encourage students to submit finished research to
one of the paper tracks or as a poster or demo.****

*OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS*****

·         All accepted management or policy papers, research papers,
student papers, panels, posters, and system demonstrations will be
published in the printed proceedings and included in the ACM digital
library. Selected papers may be invited for a journal special issue.****

·         Outstanding achievement awards will be presented in the
categories Research papers, Management and policy papers, Posters, and
System demonstrations. Papers that reflect the theme of the conference,
form E-Government to Smart Government, will be preferred. Other selection
criteria include the interdisciplinary and innovative nature of the work,
its contribution to and balance between theory (rigor) and practice
(relevance), the importance and reach of the topic, and the quality of the
writing for communicating to a broad audience.****


*CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION*****

The dg.o 2013 conference management team includes:****

·         *Conference Chair* - Sehl Mellouli, Laval University.****

·         *Program Chairs*:****

o    Luis Luna-Reyes, Universidad de las Americas Puebla****

o    Jing Zhang Clark University.****

·         *Track Chairs*:****

o    John Bertot, University of Maryland College Park****

o    Soon Ae Chun, City University of New York****

o    Natalie Helbig, Center for Technology in Government, University at
Albany****

o    Chris Hinnant, Florida State University****

o    Paul Jaeger, University of Maryland College Park****

o    Marijn Janssen, Delft University****

o    Andrea Kavanaugh, Virginia Tech****

o    Theresa A. Pardo, Center for Technology in Government, University at
Albany****

o    Chris Reddick, University of Texas San Antonio****

o    Rodrigo Sandoval, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México****

o    Vishanth Weerakkody, Brunel University****

o    Tomasz Janowsky, Center for Electronic Governance, UNU-IIST****

o    Jungwoo Lee, Yonsei University****

o    J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas****

·         *Panel Chairs*:****

o    Teresa Harrison, University at Albany****

o    Jana Hrdinova, Center for Technology in Government, University at
Albany****

·         *Workshop and Tutorial Chair* - Soon Ae Chun, City University of
New York****

·         *Poster and Demo Chair* - Gabriel Puron Cid, CIDE****

·         *Doctoral Colloquium Chairs*:****

o    Sharon Dawes, Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany
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o    Björn Niehaves, Hertie School of Governance****

o    J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas

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