CTG's research on local e-government and its "Tools of the Trade" was taken on the road in Spring 2002 with presentations at the New York State Town Clerks Association meeting in Saratoga Springs, the Local Government Information Technology Directors Association Annual Conference in Lake George, the Dg.O 2002 National Conference on Digital Government Research in Redondo Beach, Ca., and the Local E-Government in Wisconsin: Enhanced, Efficient, Effective, and Electronic conference in Madison, Wis.

During the University at Albany's Spring Semester, CTG Research Director Anthony Cresswell co-taught a course (INF 702) on Information Theory in the Information Science Doctoral Program. CTG Director Sharon Dawes taught PAD 550, Government Information Strategy and Management in the Public Administration Program.

Derek Werthmuller and Donna Canestraro presented to the University at Albany chapter of American Society of Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).

Jochen Scholl attended the Third European Conference on Organizational Knowledge Learning and Capabilities in Athens, Greece, where he presented a paper entitled "Dynamics in the Development of the Firm's Dynamic Capabilities."

Sharon Dawes and Anthony Cresswell attended a National Science Foundation (NSF) Workshop in New Orleans and joined other investigators in discussing research regarding multidisciplinary collaboration.

In Wenatchee, Wash., Sharon taught an executive seminar in government information strategy for the Cascade Center at the University of Washington.

Sharon Dawes and Derek Werthmuller attended the PACI Alliance "All-Hands Meeting" at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. CTG is the government outreach partner for the Partnership. PACI, the Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure, is an important initiative of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Sharon presented preliminary results of the Granting Organization of the Future project to the federal Interagency Electronic Grants Committee and chaired a special meeting of the Partnership for Intergovernmental Innovation in which experienced intergovern- mental leaders shared their observations and lessons for success.

As a member of the advisory board of the project to review the National Historical Publications and Records Commission's (NHPRC) electronic records research agenda, Theresa Pardo met with fellow board members in St. Paul, Minn., in a meeting hosted by the Minnesota Historical Society.

Sharon Dawes and Meghan Cook also took part in the 2002 Digital Government Research conference, Dg.O, which focuses on the NSF digital government research program. As part of the event, they participated in a panel devoted to ways to engage government agencies in DG research.

Derek Werthmuller and Jim Costello presented CTG's XML presentation, "XML: A New Web Site Architecture" to three groups: the NYS Webmasters Guild in April, and the 32nd Annual Interdepartmental Committee on Electronic Data Processing (ICEDP) Conference, and University at Albany, Digital Library Steering Committee, in June.

Sharon presented testimony to the New York City Council Committee on Information Technology in Government about current best practices and future needs to reach the next level of e-government performance.

Project Associate Mark LaVigne brings the knowledge and perspective of CTG's "Models for Action" tools to the National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Committee (NEC3) where he is serving as co-chair of its e-records sub-group. The group anticipates the release of its e-records publication in early 2003.

Meghan Cook continued our local e-government outreach at the NYS Conference of Mayors Annual Conference in Saratoga Springs, and at a conference entitled E-Government Records Solutions for Today and Tomorrow in Austin, Texas.

Sharon Dawes participated in an expert panel advising the US General Accounting Office on a management study of IT training for the federal workforce.

Anthony Cresswell organized a workshop on strategic planning methods for the Strategic Planning Steering Committee for New York State Criminal Justice Information Integration.