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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><div><p class=HTMLBody><a name="_GoBack"></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>********************* CALL FOR PAPERS *********************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>SUBMISSION DUE DATE: </span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>November 1, 2012</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>SPECIAL ISSUE ON<b> Information </b></span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Technology and Homeland Security<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Guest Editors:</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Prof. Christopher G. Reddick, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Dr. Saqib Saeed, Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Post 9/11 world has an enhanced focus on homeland security and as a result huge investments have been done by governments to enhance the public security. Advanced technological systems have been designed in countries to improve monitoring, security, and control against a possible terrorist attack. The focus of the proposed special issue is to analyze the political implications of technology adoption for homeland security mechanisms. The aim is to consider all relevant aspects of technology implications such as citizen’s rights and privacy. The special issue explores implications and issues with a view to suggesting appropriate strategies to improve the system design by highlighting the political implications of technology.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>OBJECTIVE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>The objective of the proposed Special Issue is to highlight technology design implications, user experiences and political implications of technology usage for homeland security. Research contributions in this special issue will provide guidelines for government agencies to better understand the citizen’s perspective. The contents in this special issue are of interest for researchers working in the domains of information systems, human computer interaction, organizational science, and political science<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>RECOMMENDED TOPICS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited to) the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Cost benefit studies of technology adoption for homeland security <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Digital divide and technology adoption for citizen security<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Global politics and homeland security<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>IT and effectiveness of security organizations<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'>Limitations, challenges and barriers to ICT adoption for government bodies<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Political, ethical, security, privacy, and legal issues</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Politics of the IT function and role in security organizations<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Precision and accuracy of homeland security IT infrastructure<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>System design for homeland security applications<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>User experiences with homeland security systems (e.g., body scanners, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>SUBMISSION PROCEDURE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special theme issue on <b>Information </b><b>Technology and Homeland Security<i> on or before</i> November 1, 2012. </b>All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at <a href="http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf">http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf</a>. All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>ABOUT </span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#333333'>International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>The <b>International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)</b> establishes the foundations of e-politics as an emerging interdisciplinary area of research and practice, as well as offers a venue for publications that focus on theories and empirical research on the manifestations of e-politics in various contexts and environments. This journal encompasses diverse aspects of e-politics, including: strategy, e-commerce, decision sciences, marketing, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, media studies, communication studies, women studies, black studies, political science, philosophy, law, criminology, and ethics. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>This journal is an official publication of the Information Resources Management Association </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>http://www.igi-global.com/</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>IJEP </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Editor-in-Chief<b>: </b>Dr. Celia Romm Livermore<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>PUBLISHER:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>The <b><span style='color:#333333'>International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)</span></b><span style='color:#333333'> </span>is published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference”, “Business Science Reference”, and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit <a href="http://www.igi-pub.com">www.igi-global.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>All submissions should be should be directed to the attention of guest editors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Prof. Christopher G. Reddick<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:Chris.Reddick@utsa.edu">Chris.Reddick@utsa.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>University of Texas at San Antonio, USA <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Dr. Saqib Saeed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:saqib.saeed@gmail.com">saqib.saeed@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>* * * * * *<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>