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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 Program News: DG Resarchers Pool Pollution Data Sources With EPA and California Air Resources Board, scientists work to automate construction of a national air quality database using natural language processing and machine translation. http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2003/1203/1203_epa_heyman.jsp Tracking the Unseen Perils of Wildfires Digital Government researchers are teaming with the EPA, NASA and the U.S. Forest Service to craft a system for tracking fire and smoke pollution's impact on air quality. http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2003/1203/1203_firepollution_heyman.jsp NSF/CISE Issues New Digital Government Program Announcement After much waiting, the National Science Foundation's directorate for Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering has issued program details, and a March 1, 2004 proposal deadline. http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04521/nsf04521.htm ITR Solicitation Announced The National Science Foundation has issued the Fiscal Year 2004 announcement from the Information Technology Research for National Priorities (ITR) grant program. http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?ods_key=nsf04012 OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST Detecting Terrorists and Other Hidden Groups on the Internet http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?tip031209 NSF Announces $30 Million Program in "Cyber Trust" http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2003/1203/1203_cybertrust_announce.jsp NSF Launches Digital Society Research Program http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2003/1203/1203_digsociety_announce.jsp NSF Announces New Integration Effort for Scientific Data http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2003/1203/1203_engineeringinfo_announce.jsp Faster, Better, Cheaper: Open-Source Practices May Help Improve Software Engineering http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/03/pr03132.htm NEWS BEYOND dg.o: Keep the Web Worldly and Wide An op-ed piece from the International Herald Tribune, by two fellows of the National Center for Digital Government at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government http://www.iht.com/cgi-bin/generic.cgi?template=articleprint.tmplh&ArticleId=120995 Taking Cues from Mother Nature to Foil Cyber Attacks Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and University of New Mexico are collaborating to study "cyber-diversity" for computer systems as a way to fend off malicious viruses, worms and other cyber attacks. http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/03/pr03130.htm From Government Computer News IS GOVERNMENT IGNORING THE THREAT OF CYBERTERRORISM? The government has not been taking the threat of cyberterrorism seriously enough, according to the author of a new book on the subject. http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/24156-1.html OMB WANTS 2004 TO BE A BREAKTHROUGH YEAR FOR E-GOV The Office of Management and Budget wants agencies to achieve "breakthrough performance," a top administrator says. http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/24325-1.html DEBARMENT LIST PROPOSED TO GO ELECTRONIC The Defense Department, NASA and the General Services Administration have jointly proposed changing the Federal Acquisition Regulation to overhaul the database that tracks companies excluded from federal procurements. http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/24324-1.html RESEARCHER SAYS E-VOTING CAN'T BE COUNTED ON YET Inherent flaws in complex software make electronic voting machines a risky proposition, a researcher from Johns Hopkins University said today at a conference in Washington. http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/24327-1.html PUBLICATION OF INTEREST: Cyberinfrastructure and Digital Government A white paper on the role of the NSF Digital Government Research Program in building the national cyberinfrastructure http://www.digitalgovernment.org/archive/library/pdf/dg_cyberinfrastructure.pdf DEADLINES OF INTEREST: December 4, 2003: Embedded and Hybrid Systems (EHS) http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03504/nsf03504.htm Division of Computer-Communications Research http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ccr/index.html December 4, 2003: Communications http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/progdesc/1998/cise/4096.htm Division of Computer-Communications Research http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ccr/index.html December 4, 2003: Distributed Systems http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/progdesc/2003/cise/2876.html Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ December 19, 2003: Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03600/nsf03600.htm Division of Information and Intelligent Systems http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis/index.html December 19, 2003: Computer Vision http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03602/nsf03602.htm Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ December 19, 2003: Robotics http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03601/nsf03601.htm Division of Information and Intelligent Systems http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis/index.html January 2, 2004: LETTER OF INTENT DUE (OPTIONAL) CISE Research Resources (CISE-RR) http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/nsf01100/nsf01100.html Division of Experimental and Integrative Activities http://www.cise.nsf.gov/eia/index.html January 8, 2004: Digital Society and Technologies http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03611/nsf03611.htm Division of Information and Intelligent Systems http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis/index.html January 8, 2004: Human Language and Communication http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03613/nsf03613.htm Division of Information and Intelligent Systems http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis/index.html January 8, 2004: Human-Computer Interaction http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03610/nsf03610.htm Division of Information and Intelligent Systems http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis/index.html January 8, 2004: Information and Data Management http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04500/nsf04500.htm Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ January 8, 2004: Universal Access http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03612/nsf03612.htm Division of Information and Intelligent Systems http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis/index.html January 13, 2004: CISE Combined Research and Curriculum Development and Educational Innovation Program http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04001/nsf04001.htm Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ January 21, 2004: Information Technology Workforce http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03609/nsf03609.htm Division of Experimental and Integrative Activities http://www.cise.nsf.gov/eia/index.html February 2, 2004: Quantum and Biologically Inspired Computing (QuBIC) http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02017/nsf02017.html Division of Experimental and Integrative Activities http://www.cise.nsf.gov/eia/index.html February 24, 2004: Information Technology Research for National Priorities http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04012/nsf04012.htm Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ February 27, 2004: Highly Dependable Computing and Communication Systems Research http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03557/nsf03557.pdf Division of Computer-Communications Research http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ccr/index.html March 1, 2004: Digital Government http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04521/nsf04521.htm Division of Information and Intelligent Systems http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis/index.html March 1, 2004: Visualization & Graphics http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1999/nsf98168/nsf98168.htm Division of Advanced Computational Infrastructure and Research http://www.cise.nsf.gov/acir/index.html March 6, 2004: NSF Middleware Initiative (NMI) http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03513/nsf03513.htm Division of Advanced Computational Infrastructure and Research http://www.cise.nsf.gov/acir/index.html Use these tools on DigitalGovernment.org:
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