The North American Digital Government Working Group (NADGWG) was formed in early 2007 by researchers and practitioners from a variety of institutions and disciplines in Canada, the United States and Mexico to advance electronic government research across geographic and political boundaries in the region. The working group members are developing a comparative and transnational research agenda targeted at questions about intergovernmental digital government initiatives in North America. This group was formed with the support of the National Science Foundation Digital Government Research Program and the home institutions of the members.

The purpose of this project was to generate a set of recommendations for enterprise IT governance in New York State government. The recommendations are based on a framework that was collaboratively developed with key stakeholders within New York State, including state CIOs, state control agencies, and the Office of the Chief Information Officer and Office for Technology (CIO/OFT). Through facilitated exercises, CTG explored two main areas of concern: (1) what value should the enhanced enterprise IT governance framework deliver to New York State and its agencies and (2) what are the necessary changes needed to achieve and sustain this value? The project produced a set of recommendations for New York State and a set of companion reports that draw on a review of IT governance experiences nationwide.

Digital government is a global phenomenon that is changing the capabilities of government, the expectations of citizens, and the nature of related scholarship. Thanks to an initiative sponsored by the US National Science Foundation, doctoral students from around the world who are interested in digital government (DG) research can apply to participate in a week-long, intensive residential program focused on ways to advance, study, and understand digital government research in an international context.

The Center for Technology in Government (CTG) in collaboration with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) is in the process of assessing the use of mobile technologies in child protective services (CPS) in New York State. This project has four phases, the first phase started in the summer of 2006 and the final phase is scheduled to be completed in January 2009.

This project is a four-year effort to develop a sustainable global community of practice among digital government researchers and research sponsors. It includes an international reconnaissance study describing the current status of digital government research, an annual research institute, a framework for several international working groups, and travel support for US investigators and doctoral students to participate actively in international conferences and workshops.

Integrating and sharing information across government settings involves complex social and technological interactions. This research begins with a study of information integration initiatives in public safety and environmental management. Based on these projects, researchers will develop and test dynamic models that explain the complex relationships between organizations and technology that can be used to inform other government information integration projects.