Call for Papers

ICTs in Government

Call for Papers

Submission deadline: February 1, 2015

 

ICT in Government

Track of the

2015 International Conference on Information Resources Management

Theme: Realizing the Digital Enterprise

May 18-20, 2015 - Delta Ottawa City Centre Hotel

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Track Chairs

Marie Anne Macadar, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)/Brazil,

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Maria Alexandra Cunha, Pontifical Catholic University of Parana (PUCPR)/Brazil,

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Makoto Nakayama, DePaul University/USA,

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Important Dates (New!!)

Submission deadline: February 1, 2015

Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: March 12, 2015

Final Submission due date for accepted papers: March 25, 2015

Early Registration deadline: April 5, 2015

 

Conference Website:

www.conf-irm.org Submission website: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=18573

 

TRACK COVERAGE

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are playing increasingly transformative roles in

Government. Through e-Government portals and associated initiatives, citizen-centric services are

now more accessible. The ICT in Government track invites papers covering a wide array of topics in

these areas including but not limited to: Design, Assessment, Review and Management of ICT; ICT

Strategic and Policy issues; and emerging roles and potential impact of ICT on Government.

 

RECOMMENDED TOPICS:

 

This track encourages the submission of research papers, research-in-progress papers, teaching

cases, and panel proposals in the following ICT application domains (but not limited to):

Emerging ICT in government at the federal, state and municipal levels

Social media use and impact for government organizations

Security and privacy protection in egovernment systems

Could-based e-government systems

Disaster recovery and ICT governance

Meta-analyses of ICT literature on government

Citizen participation and responsive

engagement

 

Impact of ICT on transparency and

equity

Election and voting

Delivery of governmental services

Transformation of government organizations

Electronic records and legacy paper records

Policy making and management through IT

ICT issues in developing countries

 

Submission Types and Guidelines

Full Length Submissions

Submissions must be no more than 12 pages, including references, appendices and title page. All submissions must

follow the submission template specifications. Submissions must be original, and previously unpublished, conceptual

or empirical research manuscripts. Papers that are highly rated by the reviewers will be considered for publications in

selected journals. The paper that best represents, in terms of quality and suitability, the theme and ideals of the

conference will be awarded the "Best Paper Award" during the conference.

 

Research-in-Progress Submissions

 

Submissions of no more than 7 pages. All research-in-progress submissions will be published in the proceedings as

short papers.

Teaching Cases

We welcome submissions of teaching cases. The cases should be based on real situations and targeted at specific

learning objectives. Cases should be no more than 12 pages and must be accompanied by instructor teaching notes

(not included in the 12 pages). The teaching notes will not be published.

Panel and Tutorial Submissions

Submissions of not more than 3 pages: Proposals should include objectives, topics to be covered and full details of all

presenters. Method of presentation is at the submitter's discretion; however, the submitter has the responsibility for

providing his/her own panel members. All accepted proposals will appear in the conference proceedings.

Important Announcements

The number of submissions by an author (including joint authorship) is strictly limited to a maximum of two.

Authors of accepted papers (at least one person per submission) and all panel members and tutorial presenters

MUST register AND attend the conference.

Submissions of ALL TYPES must be received by the above deadlines.

While the primary language of the conferences is English, papers in French will also be accepted. The ICT in Latin

America and the Caribbean track will accept papers in Portuguese and Spanish, as well as English.

Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings in their entirety upon payment of registration

fees. Papers accepted and presented at the conference will also be placed in the AIS e-Library. Papers not

presented at the conference, for any reason, will not be included in the AIS e-Library.

 

Organizing Committee

Honorary Chair

Izak Benbasat, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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Conference Co-Chairs

Gerald Grant, Carleton University, Canada

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Sherif Kamel, American University - Cairo, Egypt

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Program Co-Chairs

Cesar Alexandre de Souza, University of São Paulo, Brazil

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Khaled Hassanein, McMaster University. Canada

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Publications and Proceedings Chair

Lech Janczewski, The University of Auckland, New Zealand

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