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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Please consider submitting a paper to the AMCIS 2015 E-government Track.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The conference will be held August 13 – 15, 2015 at the El Conquistador Resort in Puerto Rico. <SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The conference website is </SPAN></FONT></FONT><A href="http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/"><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/</FONT></A><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">.<SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Important Dates<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>January 5, 2015<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2015 begin<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>February 25, 2015 <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>AMCIS Manuscript submissions close for authors <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>May 5, 2015<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Final decisions on AMCIS 2015 program are made <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Track Description</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=xgo style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: auto 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT size=3><TT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Emerging from e-business ideas in the late 1990s, e-government is seen as a concept </SPAN></TT><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman">that is focused on fully exploiting these advancements unlike any other initiative seen before in the public sector. </FONT></SPAN><TT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Initially viewed as an alternative service delivery mechanism, e-government is now considered as a key enabler of public sector transformation for effective governance, transparency and accountability and citizen participation in democratic processes and policy making. E-government influences every aspect of daily life and covers a broad range of topics from service delivery to constituent participation and technology adoption to electronic governance. While many countries have implemented exemplary strategies that have enabled them to realize such benefits, others have struggled to cope with the diversity and complexity of implementation as well as adoption and diffusion challenges that e-government presents to the public sector. Although acknowledged as one of the most significant research themes to have emerged in the last decade, e-government has at times struggled to find its own niche in terms of theoretical relevance. It is often viewed as stemming from the IS field and in this respect, e-government has continued to have a major impact on IS theory and practice. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Track Co-Chairs</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><TT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Lemuria Carter</SPAN></TT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">, </SPAN>North Carolina A&T State University<SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">, </SPAN>Ldcarte2@ncat.edu<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Swansea University, <SPAN lang=NL style="mso-ansi-language: NL">ykdwivedi@gmail.com<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=NL style="mso-ansi-language: NL">Marijn Janssen, </SPAN>Delft University of Technology, m.f.w.h.a.janssen@tudelft.nl<SPAN lang=FR style="mso-ansi-language: FR"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Vishanth Weerakkody, Brunel University, <SPAN lang=FR style="mso-ansi-language: FR">Vishanth.Weerakkody@brunel.ac.uk</SPAN><TT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 6pt 0in"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 6pt 0in"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Mini-Tracks:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 12pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>o</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Vikas Jain<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 12pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>o</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Uthayasankar Sivarajah,Vishanth Weerakkody, Ramzi El-Haddadeh, Zahir Irani, Habin Lee<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 12pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Framing Public Sector Big Data<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 12pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>o</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Anne L. Washington, Laurie A. Schintler, Connie L. McNeely <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 12pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>o</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Julia Kroenung, Satish Krishnan<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 12pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>E-Government Policy / Policy Informatics<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 12pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>o</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Laurence Brooks, Natalie Helbig, Marijn Janssen<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 12pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>·</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>From Implementation to Adoption: Challenges to Successful E-government Diffusion<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 12pt 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=3>o</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Brandis Phillips, Vishanth Weerakkody,Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Lemuria Carter<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">More detailed conference information is available at: </FONT><A href="http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/"><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/</FONT></A><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><o:p></o:p></P><BR><BR>Sincerely, <BR><BR>Lemuria Carter, <BR>Interim Associate Dean, School of Business and Economics<BR>Associate Professor, Department of Accounting and Finance<BR>North Carolina A & T State University <BR>1601 East Market Street <BR>Greensboro, North Carolina 27411 <BR>Phone: 336-285-3337<BR>Fax: 336-256-2274 <BR>Ldcarte2@ncat.edu </DIV><BR><BR><FONT color=#990099>-----Forwarded by Lemuria D Carter/NCAT on 12/08/2014 12:06PM -----</FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">To: <aisworld@lists.aisnet.org><BR>From: "Brandis Phillips" <BPHILLIP@NCAT.EDU><BR>Sent by: "AISWorld" <AISWORLD-BOUNCES@LISTS.AISNET.ORG><BR>Date: 12/08/2014 09:39AM<BR>Subject: [AISWorld] AMCIS 2015 Mini-Track Call for Papers - From Implementation to Adoption: Challenges to Successful E-government Diffusion<BR><BR><!--Notes ACF
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: "><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; 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>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: "><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; 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>
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<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; 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: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; 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: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: black"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times-Roman','serif'; COLOR: black">Evaluation of case studies<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times-Roman','serif'; COLOR: black">and comparative studies (comparing countries)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-AUTOSPACE: "><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; 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: "><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; 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: "><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times-Bold','serif'; COLOR: black">May 5, 2015 Final decisions on AMCIS 2015 program are made <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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