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dgOnline 3.4 - July, 2004

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.

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Latest Program News:

Re-Thinking Drought Prediction
DG researchers are studying new methods of predicting dry spells with a mixture of database integration and data mining techniques.
http://digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2004/0704/0704_nebraska_heyman.jsp

Visualizing Healthy Forests
In the growing field of eco-informatics, Digital Government scientists are exploring methods and developing software tools for monitoring the health of the nation's forests.
http://digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2004/0704/0704_ecology_heyman.jsp

NEWS BEYOND DG.O:

eChallenges e-2004 Conference to Meet in Vienna
This is the fourteenth in a series of Annual Conferences supported by the European Commission, which regularly attracts over 500 delegates from commercial, government and research organisations around the world.
http://www.echallenges.org/2004/default.asp?page=home

The application form for demonstration stands and poster displays is now available at:
http://www.echallenges.org/2004/default.asp?page=exhibition1. Applications are due July 31.

:: From Government Computer News :: ( http://www.gcn.com )

Homeland Defenders Frustrated
http://www.gcn.com/23_17/news/26465-1.html

Voting Software Company Submits Code to NIST
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/26430-1.html

House Plans e-Gov Cuts
http://www.gcn.com/23_16/news/26365-1.html

Web Satisfaction Scores Rising
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/26307-1.html

Deep Web
http://www.gcn.com/23_15/news/26274-1.htmlM

DARPA Calls for Ideas on Advanced Comm Project
http://www.gcn.com/23_15/news/26274-1.html

IG: Major Weakness in HHS Financial Systems, Security Programs
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/26075-1.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)

Virtual design reality for Europe's construction industry
http://istresults.cordis.lu//index.cfm?section=news&tpl=article&ID=65301

Ê Sustainability - a virtual reality?
http://istresults.cordis.lu//index.cfm?section=news&tpl=article&ID=65558

All-seeing traffic and emergency management
http://istresults.cordis.lu//index.cfm?section=news&tpl=article&ID=65419

Prescribing the simplest solution to keep track of medication
http://istresults.cordis.lu//index.cfm?section=news&tpl=article&ID=65315

Email product sends strong message to investors
http://istresults.cordis.lu//index.cfm?section=news&tpl=article&ID=65310

Once more please, with feeling
http://istresults.cordis.lu//index.cfm?section=news&tpl=article&ID=65283

Helping save Europe's protected areas with geographic information
http://istresults.cordis.lu//index.cfm?section=news&tpl=article&ID=65269

DEADLINES OF INTEREST:

July 26: Letter of intent deadline
Computing Research Infrastructure
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04588/nsf04588.htm

July 31: System demo and poster deadline
eChallenges e-2004 Conference
http://www.echallenges.org/2004/default.asp?page=exhibition1

August 23: Full proposal deadline
Computing Research Infrastructure
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04588/nsf04588.htm

September 14, 2004: Full proposal deadline
Digital Archiving and Long-Term Preservation (DIGARCH)
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf04592

PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST:

NSF Data Brief:
Graduate Enrollment in Science and Engineering Fields Reaches New Peak; First-Time Enrollment of Foreign Students Declines
http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf04326

CTG Publishes Survey Results on DG Journal
SUNY Albany's Center for Technology in Government has released results of a survey of the Digital Government community on the need for, feasibility, and sustainability of a dedicated digital government journal.
http://www.ctg.albany.edu/publications/reports/digital_journal/digital_journal.pdf

Harvard Releases New e-Rulemaking Report
The National Center for Digital Government at Harvard's Kennedy School has released a workshop report outlining an agenda for future research on e-rulemaking.
http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2004/0504/0504_erulemaking_release.jsp

REPORT: Transportation Research Board's 2004 annual meeting
http://gulliver.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=3756

"Abrupt Climate Change: Inevitable Surprises"
Explore a web site based on a 2002 report from the National Academies' National Research Council http://dels.nas.edu/abr_clim

Use these tools on DigitalGovernment.org:
  • Research database:
    http://www.digitalgovernment.org/ProjectSearch?commonName=a&action=all
  • Library:
    http://www.digitalgovernment.org/archive/library/
  • Forums:
    http://www.digitalgovernment.org/jive/
  • Events calendar:
    http://www.digitalgovernment.org/calendar/ViewCal.html
  • Submit calendar events:
    http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/calendar_submit.jsp">

We welcome submissions of all Digital Government-related papers, material and information for inclusion in the dgOnline newsletter, and on DigitalGovernment.org.

Questions and submissions should be forwarded to:

_________________________________
::::..... mack reed
::::..... dg.o communications manager
::::..... USC Information Sciences Institute
::::..... Digital Government Research Center
::::..... 310.448.8494 ...
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