Governments across the world face an increasing range of problems, not least the need to be accessible anytime, anywhere, by anyone. As citizens become more computer literate, so their expectations of public service provision rise and demands for e-Government grow. It is more and more common in the so called “developed” nations to be able to access a wide range of facilities from registrations of births and deaths to registrations of cars without having to leave your desk, but the success of these encounters varies greatly.

Alongside the rise in e-Government provision comes a greater interest in the study of e-Government, from both a practical and a theoretical point of view. As controversy rages around issues such as e-Voting and identity cards, so academics and practitioners pick up the gauntlet of supporting or attacking these issues. Service providers too have their opinions to share. Much time and money is being spent in considering the best way forward and in examining what has been done well and what lessons can be learnt when things go wrong.

This conference aims to bring evidence of the research being undertaken across the globe to the attention of co-workers and the wider community.

The advisory group for ICEG 2006 therefore invites submissions of papers on both theory and practice in respect of the conference themes outlined below, from academics, government departments and practitioners in the public and private sector. The conference, to be held in Pittsburgh on the 12-13 October 2006, is also seeking case studies and reports of work-in-progress. Topics may include, but are not limited to:

Applications of e-Government

§         New ideas for improving Public Service efficiency and effectiveness

§         The case for e-Government – health, education, homeland security, etc.

e-Democracy and e-Voting

§         How technology can improve the democratic process

§         ICT and the case of deliberative democracy

§         Citizenship

§         How can e-Voting be made to work

§         Risks and advantages from e-Voting

Measuring e-Government performance

§         Economics of e-Government

§         Can benchmarking indicators be effective

§         What are the benefits of e-Government and how can these be measured

o         Innovative Organisational Change

§         Citizen to Government relationships, including citizen–centric services 

§         Interoperability frameworks (National, Transnational)

§         Private-public partnerships

§         Identity management – including authentication, trust and privacy

§         Cyber-security

§         Organisational culture

§         Skills development and leadership models

Community engagement and economic development

§         Community networks and civic participation

§         Entrepreneurship and/or business applications

Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the Electronic Journal of e-Government (EJEG) www.ejeg.com

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Dan Remenyi

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Submission details:

Abstract details:  In the first instance, an abstract only is requested. This should be a minimum of 100 and no more than 300 words and must include up to five keywords and key phrases to be received by 5 May 2006 (please note that the deadline has been extended). Abstracts must include the proposed title for the paper, the full names (first name and surname, not initials), postal addresses and email addresses of all authors and a telephone number for at least one contact author. Please indicate clearly if the contact author is not the lead author.

Submission:        By form submission online

Full paper:           Only required when the abstract has been selected and not to be more than 5,000 words including abstract, keywords and references (the Harvard referencing rules need to be followed). Submission date will be no later than 14 June 2006. Papers should be submitted as word attachments, by email, to the conference manager Sheila Forde

Important information:

• The selection panel of the conference committee will consider all abstracts received by the submission deadline to ensure that the proposed paper is relevant to the Conference. 

• The authors of abstracts that describe a relevant paper will receive a notification of abstract selection.

• All full papers will be double-blind reviewed by members of the conference committee to ensure an adequate standard, that the proposed subject of their abstract has been followed, that the paper is of a suitable length, the standard of English is adequate and the paper is appropriately referenced.

• For authors whose first language is not English we request that you have your work proofread preferably by a native English speaker (or at least a fluent English speaker – papers may be rejected due to a poor standard of English) prior to submission.

• Papers that are accepted will be published in the conference proceedings providing at least one author registers and presents the work at the Conference (see the registration section of the conference website for more information about registration).

• Due to the large number of papers expected for this conference, the committee only allows an author to present one paper. Therefore if multiple papers are accepted for presentation different co-authors need to present each paper.

Important dates:
Abstract submission deadline:  extended to 5 May 2006  
Notification of abstract acceptance:  19 May 2006
Final copy of full paper due:  14 June 2006
Notification of paper acceptance (with possible changes): 26 July 2006
Final paper submission:  9 August 2006

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