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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">[Apologies for cross-postings]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">CALL FOR PAPER ABSTRACTS <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Panel Session: The Role of e-Government in Administrative Reform: Towards New Forms of Governance, Democracy, and Accountability?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">November 1 2013: Closing date for abstract submissions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">November 25 2013: Authors notified of outcome of their abstract submission<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">April 9-11 2014: IRSPM 2013 conference in Ottawa, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">PANEL DESCRIPTION <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In the last decades, governments around the world started to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to improve various forms and aspects of government and governance. For instance, e-Government solutions
have been introduced as a critical enabler for administrative reform in order to achieve better governance, more transparency, better quality services, and greater citizen involvement in the decision-making process.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Various ambitious demands placed on the design and delivery of 21st century government not only raise questions around how governments manage and implement seemingly competing interests in ICT-enabled administrative reform
initiatives, but also if, and if so how and to what extent, the administrative reform objectives have been achieved through e-Government. Moreover, high expectations around ICT-enabled 'transformational' changes within the public sector and in its external
relationships also leads to the question to what extent new forms of governance, democracy and accountability are emerging from the application and use of e-Government, and what the implications are for public management.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This panel intends to further explore these important issues around the role and actual outcomes of e-Government in administrative reform initiatives, and the implications for public management. It invites both theoretical
and empirical papers that contribute to the existing body of knowledge around the role of ICTs in improving governance, accountability and democratic institutions in the public sector. Papers abstracts should include a short description of the topic, the research
question(s) and method, and an indication of the research findings. Accepted papers for this panel will be considered for possible publication in the International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR; www.igi-global.com/ijepr).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Miriam Lips - Affiliation: School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington (miriam.lips@vuw.ac.nz)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">David Spacek - Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University (david.spacek@econ.muni.cz)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Tino Schuppan - The Institute for eGovernment (schuppan@ifg.cc)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Carlos Nunes Silva - Institute of Geography & Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon (cs@campus.ul.pt)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Theresa Pardo - Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany (tpardo@ctg.albany.edu)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">2014 IRSPM CONFERENCE SITE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.irspm.net/conferences.html <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Visit IRSPM on Facebook<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.facebook.com/IRSPM <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Dr. J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, MPA<br>
Research Director<br>
Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany, SUNY<br>
187 Wolf Road, Suite 301, Albany, NY 12205<br>
Tel.: (518) 442-5389 or 442-3892<br>
E-mail: jgil-garcia@ctg.albany.edu<br>
www.ctg.albany.edu<br>
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Author of the book "Enacting Electronic Government Success: An Integrative Study of<br>
Government-wide Websites, Organizational Capabilities and Institutions"<br>
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:ES-MX"><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2015-6" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2015-6</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:ES-MX"><br>
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Full Professor, Public Administration Department (on Sabbatical)<br>
Director of the Journal “Gestion y Politica Publica”<br>
Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE)<br>
Carretera Mexico-Toluca No. 3655, Col. Lomas de Santa Fe,<br>
C.P. 01210, Mexico, D.F., MEXICO<br>
Tel.: </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:ES-MX"><a href="tel:%2B52%2055%205727-9800%2C%20Ext.%202311" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">+52 55 5727-9800, Ext. 2311</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:ES-MX">,
2213, 9825<br>
E-mail: </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:ES-MX"><a href="mailto:joseramon.gil@cide.edu" target="_blank" title="blocked::mailto:joseramon.gil@cide.edu"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext">joseramon.gil@cide.edu</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:ES-MX"><br>
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