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Welcome to the monthly newsletter for the National Science Foundation's Digital Government program. dgOnline is published for the NSF by the Digital Government Research Center at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute. http://www.dgrc.org. If you find dgOnline useful, please forward it to your colleagues. To edit your account settings, retrieve your new password or unsubscribe, please visit this page: http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/dgonline . Latest Conference News: dg.o2005 Announces International Workshops: The National Conference on Digital Government research begins Sunday, May 15 in Atlanta, GA., with a trio of International Workshops: "Operational e-Democracy Research: Cross-National, Multi-Method, Interdisciplinary Studies of Digital Government" http://dgrc.org/dgo2005/program/workshops/shulman_wrapped.jsp "Workshop on Digital Government Integration & Systems Evaluation" http://dgrc.org/dgo2005/program/workshops/macintosh_wrapped.jsp "E-Authentication Infrastructures and their Interoperability: a corner-stone for the third millennium society" http://dgrc.org/dgo2005/program/workshops/nardelli_wrapped.jsp While Feb. 18 is the submission deadline for white papers to the first two workshops, the third was just added to the program, and a deadline has not yet been set. Please note: Workshop participants who register for the conference first will get a 33% discount on workshop fees. dg.o2005 Keynote Speaker Is Confirmed: The 6th annual National Conference on Digital Government Research is to be keynoted by Neil Eisner, Associate General Counsel to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Eisner is one of the architects of the EDOCKET system and has done extensive work in the field of e-rulemaking. Tutorials to Be Offered at dg.o2005 The conference will offer five tutorials on topics of broad interest to the DG community: "Building Working Partnerships: Government and the Academy" http://dgrc.org/dgo2005/program/tutorials/shulman_wrapped.jsp "Data Confidentiality and Statistical Disclosure Limitation" http://dgrc.org/dgo2005/program/tutorials/karr_wrapped.jsp "Scientific Metadata: Making Data More Valuable" http://dgrc.org/dgo2005/program/tutorials/hutchisonkutner_wrapped.jsp "Application of Social Network Analysis in Digital Government Research" http://dgrc.org/dgo2005/program/tutorials/lazermergel_wrapped.jsp "Managing Interdisciplinary, Multi-institutional Digital Government Research" Or, Who says too many cooks spoil the soup?" http://dgrc.org/dgo2005/program/tutorials/pardocushing_wrapped.jsp Please note: Tutorial participants who register for the conference first will get a 33% discount on tutorial fees. dg.o2005 Reservation System Now Online: You may register for dg.o2005, sign up for workshops and tutorials, book hotel rooms and even reserve a computer monitor for your system demo. Register for the conference before April 1 to take advantage of special discount rates. Begin here: http://dgrc.org/register/start.jsp LATEST PROGRAM NEWS: Mr. Smith Goes Out On the Web A trio of Digital Government researchers is studying the culture, change patterns and innovation of congressional web sites to determine trends and best practices. http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2005/0205/0205_web_heyman.jsp NSF's Information & Intelligent Systems Issues New Program Announcement Details on the new program solicitation, which includes the Digital Government Research Program, may be found here: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05551 News Beyond dg.o: Voting Systems Institute Launched to Help Develop E-Voting Standards USC/Columbia's Digital Government Research Center and the Center for Governmental Studies aim to develop "Consumer Reports"-style ratings for electronic voting systems. http://digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2005/0205/0205_vsi_release.jsp UK Survey Uncovers Major New Trends in Web Use http://digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2005/0205/0205_reliability_release.jsp :: From Government Computer News :: ( http://www.gcn.com ) Critics Take Shots at Net-centric Warfare Planning http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/34963-1.html Microsoft Creates Plan for Sharing Security Info with Governments http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/34955-1.html December Deadline Set for Security Clearance Database http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/34905-1.html NARA Gives Guidance on Managing Web Records http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/34904-1.html Navy Steams Ahead with Official XML Rules http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/34900-1.html Consulting Firm Tackles Federal XML Registry http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/34898-1.html NIST Offers Some Cautions on Using VOIP http://www.gcn.com/24_2/inbrief/34860-1.html OMB Report Says A-76 Is Still Paying Off http://www.gcn.com/24_2/inbrief/34864-1.html :: From the European Union's Information Society Technologies Results newsletter :: ( http://istresults.cordis.lu/index.cfm?section=home&tpl=actions.register&Action=Subscribe&eBulletin=true) It Makes Sense to Communicate with Computers http://istresults.cordis.lu/index.cfm?section=news&tpl=article&ID=73866 Designed to Learn Faster by Better Reading Online http://istresults.cordis.lu/index.cfm?section=news&tpl=article&ID=73920 Reaching CONSENSUS in 3G Applications http://istresults.cordis.lu/index.cfm?section=news&tpl=article&ID=73829 Complex Systems, Complex Science: Meeting of Minds http://istresults.cordis.lu/index.cfm?section=news&tpl=article&ID=73851 Announcements of Interest: DEXA Issues EGOV05 Call for Papers http://digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2005/0205/0205_dexa_call.jsp Program Announcement: Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05557/nsf05557.htm Use these tools on DigitalGovernment.org:
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