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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>Since the mid 1990s ICT has played an important role in incrementally changing and shifting traditional and bureaucratic government models into e-government structures where services are more conveniently delivered according to customers’ needs. E-government implementation efforts have now evolved from basic information provisioning to more integrated service offerings in most countries. Similarly, many researchers have proposed various stages of e-government development; these revolve mainly around four phases, which are web presence, interaction, transaction and transformation (or t-government). Having successfully e-enabled front office and customer facing processes during early e-government efforts, most countries are now working toward reengineering and e-enabling back office processes and information systems to facilitate citizen centric e-government services (i.e. t-government), which is considered the highest level of maturity for e-government programmes. T-government encompasses redefining the delivery of government services by providing a single point of contact for citizens and businesses that enables government transparency. Also, from a demand perspective, extensive efforts are required to increase citizens’ awareness about the transformation of the delivery of government services and their online availability akin to ubiquitous mobile commerce. In order to prevent a digital divide in terms of using e-government services, it is also necessary that citizens from all segments of society are equipped with basic ICT skills as well as private and or public access to high speed internet connections (i.e. through the use of broadband connections at home or in public places). The aforementioned issues may seem obvious; nonetheless, we believe that they are critical challenges to various governments’ plans for diffusion as well as citizens’ adoption of e-government services. Subsequently, there are also many technical, organizational, managerial and socio-economic challenges for successful implementation and adoption of e-government, which needs attention from various stakeholders including researchers and policy makers. The aim of this mini-track is to provide a common platform for discussion and presentation of original research highlighting issues related with technical, organizational, managerial and socioeconomic aspects of e-government implementation and adoption from both the government’s and citizen’s perspective. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>The mini-track welcomes papers on topics such as (but not limited to):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>The development, implementation, control and maintenance of e-government <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>Transformational government projects<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>Different process, information systems and technology integration approaches<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>used in e-government and t-government projects<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>Enterprise architecture at various levels of government<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>IT-Governance, integrated service delivery and reengineering of the public sector<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>Barriers to awareness, adoption and diffusion of e-government services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>Barriers to implementing transformational stage e-government (or t-government)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>Evaluation of case studies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>Technology alignments in e-government and t-government<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>Innovative applications and best practices in e-government and t-government<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>Overview studies; development within countries, policies, infrastructure facilities<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>and comparative studies (comparing countries)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>Role of high-speed internet in encouraging adoption and diffusion of e-government<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>Role of socio-economic determinants in encouraging adoption and diffusion of e-government services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>Policy and strategy to create and disseminate successful e-government services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>E-government and digital divide<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>Social Media usage by government to engage its citizenry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>Mobile application access to and usage of e-government services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>Big data awareness among government IT staff as well as usage of tools and techniques for analysis <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Bold","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Bold","serif";color:black'>Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Bold","serif";color:black'>January 5, 2015 Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2015 begin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Bold","serif";color:black'>February 25, 2015 AMCIS Manuscript submissions close for authors <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Bold","serif";color:black'>May 5, 2015 Final decisions on AMCIS 2015 program are made <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Bold","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Bold","serif";color:black'>Mini-Track Chair<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Bold","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Bold","serif";color:black'>Brandis Phillips, Email: bphillip@ncat.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>School of Business & Economics, North Carolina A & T State University, US<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times-Roman","serif";color:black'>Phone: 336-285-3375<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><br><b>NOTICE: 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