A core aspect of CTG’s mission is to take an active role in the community of researchers and managers engaged in building and sharing knowledge about information technology (IT) innovation in government. We accomplish this, in part, through our participation in local, national, and international academic and professional conferences. In addition, staff are involved in workshops, panels, and advisory boards at all levels of government and internationally to explore and advise on key issues such as intergovernmental relations, electronic records management, project management, and technology and public policy.

The following is a list of the venues where staff participated as speakers or presented research papers and project findings in 2007, along with the advisory and editorial boards and study panels on which CTG representatives served.

CONFERENCES

International

20th Bled e-Conference
Bled, Slovenia

DEXA eGovernment Conference
Regensburg, Germany

eChallenges 2007
The Hague, The Netherlands

40th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
Big Island, Hawaii

International Conference on Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2007)
Macau, China

ICEGOV 2007
CTG was co-organizer of the 1st International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV 2007) in Macao SAR, China. This partnership with the United Nations University International Institute for Software Technology (UNU-IIST) and the UN Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology (APCICT) attracted practitioners, developers, and researchers from government, academia, industry, and non-governmental communities worldwide. Participants came together to share the latest findings in the theory and practice of Electronic Governance and to discuss their specific experiences and concerns.

Sharon Dawes, CTG senior fellow, served as general co-chair and gave one of three invited talks on Advancing E-governance: Connecting Learning and Action. Theresa Pardo, CTG deputy director, served as program co-chair and was co-coordinator of a tutorial and workshop on organization and management with Yuanfu Jiang from the National School of Administration, P.R. China.

8th International Digital Government Research Conference (dg.o 2007)
Digital Government Society of North America
Philadelphia, PA

The Shifting Sands of Public Service Delivery: People, Partnerships and Performance
Institute of Public Administration of Canada Nova Scotia, Canada

National

2007 APSA Annual Meeting
American Political Science Association
Chicago, Illinois

Virtual Town Hall Technical Conference
www.virtualtownhall.org

Regional

Government Technology Conference (GTC) East 2007
Albany, New York

New York State

Telecommunications Reliability in the Information Capital of the World Conference
New York Telecommunications Reliability Advisory Council Columbia Institute for Tele-Information at Columbia Business School
New York, New York

Information Technology & the Technology Transfer Process: A Holistic Perspective
Novartis
New York, New York

New York State Local Government IT Directors Association Fall Conference
Corning, New York

Research Seminars, Workshops, and Panels

Authentic Legal Information in the Digital Age: A National Summit
American Association of Law Libraries
Schaumburg, IL

China E-Government Forum
National School of Administration
Beijing, China

E-government in a Global Context
The NYS Forum
Albany, New York

Best Practices for Developing IT Skills Seminar
The NYS Forum
Albany, New York

Information Strategy and Management Seminars
New York State Public Management Intern Program
Albany, New York

Digital Preservation: Records Management in the Electronic Age
Pennsylvania State Association of Township Secretaries and the Shippensburg University Institute of Public Service
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

Electronic Records Management Workshop
South Dakota State Archives and State Library
Pierre, South Dakota

Electronic Records Management Workshops
Brian Burke, senior program associate at CTG, conducted two workshops in 2007 to help state and local governments with strategies for improving the management and preservation of government information in digital form. The first was sponsored by the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Secretaries and the Shippensburg University Institute of Public Service. CTG developed the workshop for the Institute for Municipal Secretaries, Clerks and Administrators and Master Municipal Clerk Academy, with nearly 30 government managers from approximately 30 different local governments in Pennsylvania participating. The second was held in Pierre, South Dakota and included staff from approximately 20 South Dakota state government agencies and was sponsored by both the State Archives and State Library under a National Historical Publications and Records Commission grant.

7th Global Forum on Reinventing Government: Building Trust in Government Capacity Development Workshop on Managing Knowledge
United Nations Online Network in Public Administration and Finance
Vienna, Austria

Business Continuity Planning for Research Organizations
Annual Research Colloquium
University at Albany, State University of New York
Albany, New York

Study Panels, Advisory Committees, and Working Groups

Working Group on Electronic Rulemaking
American Bar Association

Board Member, Officer, and Sponsorship Committee
Digital Government Society of North America

EUReGOV Expert Working Group
European Commission Information Society & Media Directorate

Nominations and Election Committee
European eGovernment Society

Advisory Committee
Government Technology Conference (GTC East)

Study panel on IT Management at the USDA Forest Service
National Academy of Public Administration

Advisory Committee on Electronic Records Archive
National Archives and Records Administration

Business and Operations Advisory Committee
National Science Foundation

Proposal Review Panel on Information Security
National Science Foundation

Strategic Alliance Action Team
New York State CIO Council

Academic Advisory Group
New York State Commission on Local Government Efficiency and Competitiveness

Project Management Steering Committee
The NYS Forum

Local Government Committee
New York State Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination

New York State Telecommunications Reliability Advisory Council
New York State Public Service Commission

Academic Advisory Committee Financial Markets Regulation Program
University at Albany, State University of New York

Academic Advisory Committee
University at Albany, State University of New York

University Governance Council
University at Albany, State University of New York

University Selective Investment Committee
University at Albany, State University of New York

Conference Leadership
Co-Chair
HICSS Egovernment Symposium
40th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
Big Island, Hawaii

Mini-Track Co-Chairs
– Egovernment Emerging Topics
– E-Government Organization and Management
– E-Policy, Law, and Governance
40th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
Big Island, Hawaii

General Co-Chair
International Conference on Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2007)
Macau, China

Program Committee Co-Chair
International Conference on Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2007)
Macau, China

Conference Co-Chair
The 8th International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o)
Digital Government Society of North America
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chair, Poster and Demo Sessions
The 8th International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o)
Digital Government Society of North America
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Editorial Boards
Government Information Quarterly
International Journal of Electronic Governance (IJEG)
Information and Communication Technologies for Human Development
Journal of Information Technology and Politics
Transforming Governance: Politics, People, and Processes

Research Discussions @ CTG

Research Discussions take an informal look at research-in-progress on a variety of government IT topics.

Copyright for Scholarly Authors: What Are Our Rights and Should We Keep Them?
Lorre Smith, librarian for Digital Library Initiatives, University at Albany

Development of e-Government in China
Yu Shiyang, division chief of the Informatization Institute, State Information Center in Beijing, China

Fundamental Research of e-Government Management Theory and Approaches
Zhang Pengzhu, Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China

Lessons of Disaster: How Can We Learn from Disaster Experience?
Tom Birkland, associate professor of Public Administration and Policy and director of the Center for Policy Research, University at Albany, SUNY

Presentation on the Center for the Transfer of Open Technologies and Best Practices (CETRATEC)
Carlos Mondragon, chief of staff to the Governor of Michoacán, Mexico
Martin Levenson, IT advisor to the Governor of Michoacán, Mexico