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<p class=MsoNormal><st2:citation w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[Apologies for
cross-postings]</span></font></st2:citation><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>CALL FOR PAPER ABSTRACTS - DUE OCTOBER 1, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Panel Sessions on: Supporting Public Policy and
Governance: The Emerging Role of Policy Informatics <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>http://www.irspm2013.com/sites/default/files/panely/P47_-_SupportingPublicPolicyandGovernance-TheEmergingRoleofPolicyInformatics.pdf<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-- Theresa A. Pardo (Center for Technology in
Government, Public Administration and Policy, <st1:PersonName
ProductID="University at Albany" w:st="on">University at <st1:City w:st="on">Albany</st1:City></st1:PersonName>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region>) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-- J. Ramon Gil-Garcia (Centro de Investigacion y <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Docencia Economicas</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region></st1:place>) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-- Natalie Helbig (Center for Technology in
Government, Public Administration and Policy, <st1:PersonName
ProductID="University at Albany" w:st="on">University at <st1:City w:st="on">Albany</st1:City></st1:PersonName>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region>) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-- Marijn Janssen (<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Delft</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of Technology, The <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:place></st1:country-region>) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-- Yushim Kim (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Arizona
State University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>)
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PANEL DESCRIPTION<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Open data strategies are being adopted worldwide as
part of national and international reforms that focus on the intensive and
creative use of information and technology to improve policy-making and
governance. These efforts cross various policy areas including education,
public health, transportation, environmental stewardship, economic
development, and many other areas. The explosive growth in data, computational
power, and technological capabilities has created both new challenges for
practice and new tools for research. Policy informatics is an emerging
area that explores how information technologies and computational
modeling techniques (such as agent-based, system dynamics, data
visualization or social network modeling) can support policy making and
governance. A basic assumption in policy informatics is that more intensive and
creative use of information and technology can improve policy-making processes
and lead to better policy choices, especially under conditions of high
complexity. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The complexity of public problems has not changed,
what has changed is our ability to obtain information, to manipulate it, and to
disseminate it. This panel welcomes contributions that use tools and techniques
that investigate the non-linear relationships and complexity inherent in
intractable public policy issues and management dilemmas to better understand
the impacts and consequences of technological, political, policy, and
managerial choices. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>E-MAIL ABSTRACTS AND QUESTIONS TO: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Theresa A. Pardo - tpardo@ctg.albany.edu <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>J. Ramon Gil-Garcia - joseramon.gil@cide.edu<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>HOW TO SUBMIT ABSTRACT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Link to "guidelines for abstracts":<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>http://www.irspm2013.com/sites/default/files/Guidelines/IRSPM_2013_GuidelinesForAbstracts.pdf<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>KEY DATES & DEADLINES<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1 October 2012 - Closing date for abstract
submissions<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>30 November 2012 - Authors notified of outcome of
their abstract submission<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10 March 2013 - Closing date for paper upload, online
registration closes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10 - 12 APRIL 2013 - IRSPM 2013 CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2013 IRSPM CONFERENCE SITE<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>http://www.irspm2013.com/<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Ramon<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>=<br>
Dr. J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, MPA<br>
Associate Professor, Public Administration Department<br>
Director, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Data</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for Applied Research in Social
Sciences <br>
<br>
Author of the book "Enacting Electronic Government Success: An Integrative
Study of<br>
Government-wide Websites, Organizational Capabilities and Institutions"<br>
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2015-6">http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2015-6</a><br>
<br>
Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE)<br>
Carretera Mexico-Toluca No. 3655,<br>
Col. Lomas de <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Santa Fe</st1:place></st1:City>,<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">C.P.</st1:City> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">01210</st1:PostalCode>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region></st1:place>, D.F.<br>
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">MEXICO</st1:place></st1:country-region><br>
Tel.: +52 55 5727-9800 Ext. 2311<br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:joseramon.gil@cide.edu"
title="blocked::mailto:joseramon.gil@cide.edu">joseramon.gil@cide.edu</a><br>
<a href="http://www.cide.edu">www.cide.edu</a></span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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