The Electronic Government Track consists of eight minitracks:

• E-Government Emerging Topics
• E-Democracy
• E-Government Information Security
• E-Government Architecture, Infrastructure, and Interoperability
• E-Government Organization and Management
• E-Government Services and Information
• E-Policy, Law, and Governance
• Mobile Services and Technologies in Government


• Information Technology for Development
  Note: This Minitrack is hosted within the Organizational Systems and Technology Track.

This year also features the 2nd Annual Symposium of the Global Electronic Government Research and Practice Community

You can also find a short history of the E-Government track at HICSS at http://faculty.washington.edu/jscholl/Resume/ HICSS_SH_EGOV.html

Over the past several years, the emergent study domain of electronic Government (e-Government, e-Gov) research (EGR), also referred to as digital government, has produced a rapidly increasing number of academic and practitioner contributions at HICSS and other leading conferences and journals around the world.

Electronic Government is distinct from “e-Business” or “e-Commerce.” Though at first glance the e-Gov initiatives as well as the underlying technologies in government practice may resemble the former, the agenda for EGR has turned out to be different and, maybe, even more complex than the former. Also, the implementation of Electronic Government appears to follow very different priorities and requirements, as do the organizational and political implications of Electronic Government, which may have even more far-reaching impacts than those of the private sector.

EGR is also distinct from traditional research agendas such as Public Management Information Systems (PMIS), Management Information Systems (MIS), or traditional Information Systems Research (ISR) in that it employs deliberately broader, pluralist, multidisciplinary, and interdisciplinary approaches drawing upon knowledge developed in various contributing fields ranging from public administration, political sciences, organization sciences, information science, sociology, computer science and engineering, psychology, communication, education, business administration, economics, and others. In EGR, we find the full spectrum of sciences from hard-pure, over hard-applied and soft-pure, to soft-applied, and also methods from purely qualitative to purely quantitative as well as novel multi-method approaches.

• HICSS papers must contain original material not previously published, nor currently submitted elsewhere.
• Consult the conference website (www.hicss.hawaii.edu) for the listing and description of Minitracks for HICSS-41.
• (optional) Contact the Minitrack Chair(s) by email for guidance and verification of appropriate content.
• Do not submit the manuscript to more than one Minitrack Chair. If unsure of which Minitrack is appropriate, submit abstract to the Track Chair for guidance.
• HICSS will conduct double-blind reviews of each submitted paper.
• Submit full paper according to detailed instructions found on the Peer Review System website.

HICSS conferences are devoted to advances in the information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. Invited papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Submissions undergo a double-blind peer referee process and those selected for presentation will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Submissions must not have been previously published.

Ralph Sprague, Conference Chair

Email: sprague@hawaii.edu

Sandra Laney, Conference Administrator

Email: hicss@hawaii.edu

Eileen Robichaud, Track Administrator

Email: eidennis@indiana.edu

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