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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:normal">*Apologies for cross-postings<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Call<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
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</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Proposals</span><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span lang="EN-US">dg.o<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>2026:<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>27th<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Annual<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>International<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Conference<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Digital<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>Government<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Research</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.15pt;text-align:center"><b><i><span lang="EN-US">Conference<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">Theme</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<h1 align="center" style="margin-left:.15pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US">Collaborative Digital Transformation for Public Value Creation
<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span lang="EN-US">University of Nebraska at Omaha, U.S.A. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">June </span><span lang="EN-US">2-5<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">,</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> 202</span>6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt"><a href="https://dgsociety.org/dgo-2026/">https://dgsociety.org/dgo-2026/</a></span></u></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;letter-spacing:1.55pt">
</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt">(forthcoming)</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">The Digital Government Society (DGS) announces the 27th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research - dg.o 2026, under the theme
<b>Collaborative Digital Transformation for Public Value Creation</b>.<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>The<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>dg.o<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>2026<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>hosted<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the University of Nebraska at Omaha, U.S.A., June 2-5, 2026. The dg.o conferences are an established forum for presentation, discussion, and demonstration of interdisciplinary research on digital government,
civic engagement,<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> artificial intelligence, </span>
technology<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>innovation,<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>applications,<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>practice.<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>Each<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>year,<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>conference<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>brings<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>together scholars recognized for the interdisciplinary and innovative nature of their work, their contributions to theory and practice, their focus on relevant and timely topics, and the quality of their writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1 style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US">THEME<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
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<span lang="EN-US">This dg.o 2026 theme articulates abundant opportunities of and approaches to collaborative digital transformation for the creation of public values. The advancement of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, 5G,
IoT presents governments with opportunities to transform their operations and services. Governments\u2019 utilization of these technologies has the potential of increasing service efficiency and effectiveness and transforming government structure and processes.
At the same time, governments face institutional and technological challenges to realize such transforming potential as well as unintended negative consequences of digital transformation.
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<span lang="EN-US">Public values serve as the guide and purposes of digital transformation for digital government. Generating profits and revenues is the primary motivation for technology corporations. In contrast, public values guide digital government research
and practice. These public values include, but are not limited to, effectiveness, equity, transparency, accountability, efficiency, responsiveness, fairness, etc. An enhanced understanding of how public values are created, embedded, and impacted by technology
is essential for advancing digital government research. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Digital government is the use of digital technologies for the production and delivery of public services. Such use of digital technologies is ubiquitous in all public service areas. These include functional areas such as general administrative
services, technology, finance and budgeting, and human resources. Examples of specific public service areas include technological infrastructure, public finance and budgeting, public safety, social services, etc. Digital government takes place at various levels
of governments and communities from local, state, national, to global as well as the integration of these levels in public service production and delivery.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">A collaborative approach is paramount in integration and synergy required for digital transformation. The collaboration between humans and artificial intelligence can form abundant intelligence for advancing public values. The collaboration
across units and levels of government and organizations in public, nonprofit, and private sectors advances our ability to address cross-boundary societal challenges such as sustainability, climate resilience, and public health.
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<span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:7.05pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222">The dg.o 2026 theme on Collaborative Digital Transformation for Public Value Creation connects with established tracks featured at past dg.o conferences, such as:</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#131314"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:7.05pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#131314"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Human-AI Collaboration in Public Service<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Algorithmic bureaucracy<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Application of Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Computational Methods for Data-driven governance<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Beyond Bureaucracy & e-Anarchy: Self-Governance of the Public Sphere and Innovative Use of Technology by Civil Society<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Collaborative intelligence: humans, crowds, and machines<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Comparative AI Policy and Governance<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Computational methods for data-driven governance<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Cybersecurity concerns and solutions in the age of Internet of beings<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Data-driven services in government for evidence-based policy and Public Value<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Digital Democracy & AI<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Digital Government and Sustainable Development Goals<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Digital Government Cybersecurity Management: Paradoxical Tensions and Responsible Innovation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Digital Government Ecosystem Cases: Collaboration for enhancing transformative innovations and overcoming challenges<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Digital Government for Stronger Society<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Digital Government Platform and Core Public Values<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Digital Government Practitioner Track<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Digital Government: Bachelor and Master Student Track<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Digital Government, solidarity and social cohesion<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Digital Transformation in governments<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Digital Transformation in Subnational Governments<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Exploring the impact of open government initiatives: transparency, participation, and governance transformation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Generative Artificial Intelligence in Government<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Government Cyberinfrastructure and Platforms for Discovery and Innovation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">GovTech and Digital Autonomy<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Citizen Engagement Through Digital Government<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Information processing and governance in the digital era<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Legal Informatics \u2013 Foundations and Applications<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Organizational Factors, Adoption Issues and Value Creation of Digital Government<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Re-imagining flexible work in the public service: the shift to remote and hybrid offices.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Smart Cities for Social Cohesion<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Smart cities: people-centric innovations in the era of citiverse<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Social Media and Government - Democratic challenges, regulation, uses of platforms, and actors\u2019 behavior<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Sustainable and Ethical Public Service Co-Creation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoBodyText" style="color:#131314;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:-10.95pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Sustainable Public and Open Data Ecosystems for inclusive and innovative Digital Government<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:25.05pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#131314"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222">We encourage past track chairs to update and submit their track. In addition, we invite new tracks to address existing and emerging research challenges related to the dg.o 2026 theme,<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>collaborative digital transformation for public value creation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222;background:aqua;mso-highlight:aqua"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222">Tracks should be related to digital government, but do not have to be limited to the conference theme.
</span><span lang="EN-US">Track proposals will <span style="color:#222222">be selected based on the reputation of the track chairs in the proposed field, successful track performance in the past, novelty, coherence of the topics covered in alignment with the
digital government themes that are of interest to the research and practitioner communities. We also welcome new tracks that were not featured in the past.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="mso-margin-top-alt:13.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">SUBMISSION<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>INSTRUCTIONS<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>AND<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">FORMATS:</span><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222">Submit track proposals to Yu-Che Chen </span>
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:(ychen@unomaha.edu"><span style="color:#222222">(</span>ychen@unomaha.edu<span style="color:#222222">),</span></a><span style="color:#222222"> Jing Zhang
</span><a href="mailto:(JIZhang@clarku.edu"><span style="color:#222222">(</span>JIZhang@clarku.edu<span style="color:#222222">),</span></a><span style="color:#222222"> Tomasz Janowski
</span><a href="mailto:(tomasz.janowski@pg.edu.pl"><span style="color:#222222;letter-spacing:-.1pt">(</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">tomasz.janowski@pg.edu.pl</span><span style="color:#222222;letter-spacing:-.1pt">), and Jooho Lee (</span>jooholee@unomaha.edu<span style="color:#222222;letter-spacing:-.1pt">).
</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Submission<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>your<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>track<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>proposal<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>should<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>complete<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>proposal template attached.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<h1 style="mso-margin-top-alt:3.85pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">Track Proposal Submission and decision deadlines:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#333333">September 19, 2025: Track proposals due<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#333333">September 26, 2025: Acceptance notification for tracks October 3, 2025: First call for papers for all tracks
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Track chair eligibility: at the time of the track proposal, the chairs should be reminded of the following eligibility criteria for acceptance.
<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-left:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222">The track chairs are responsible for the following conference organization activities:</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Attend the online monthly organization meetings</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Promote the track continuously during the Call for Papers, seeking a good number of quality submissions</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Monitor the submitted track papers and oversee the review of the submitted papers</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Propose to accept/reject papers for the track</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Communicate with the Program Chairs and Program Committee Members</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Support Program Chairs on the session plan</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Chair the track sessions</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Select and nominate papers from the track for the best paper award</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Support the identification of good papers to be invited to special issues in partner journals</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Register and attend the conference.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="margin-left:17.95pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#333333">Opportunities for Journal Special Issues<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:17.95pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#333333">Track chairs may be able to edit a special issue based on their track papers. Some possible venues include but not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Government Information Quarterly</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Digital Government: Research and Practice</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">International Journal of E-Government Research</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Information Polity</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">International Journal of E-Planning Research</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">We look forward to receiving your proposals.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222">Jing Zhang, Clark University, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222">Yu-Che Chen, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222">Tomasz Janowski, Gda\u0144sk University of Technology, Poland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222">Jooho Lee, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="PT-BR" style="color:#222222">Flavia Bernardini, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:#222222">Taehee Kim, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, South Korea<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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