Researchers interested in ICT in government, or “Electronic Government” researchers, study the use of information and technology in the context of public policy making (electronic governance, open government, transparency, and digital divide/s), government operations (transformation, management, organization, infrastructure, interoperability, insider threats, and security), citizen engagement (e-participation, transparency, collaboration, and digital democracy), e-Government-related education, and government services (including using social media and social networking). The HICSS e-Government track has been a hotbed for groundbreaking studies and new ideas in this particular research domain. Many studies first presented here were developed further and then turned into publications at top journals. Ten minitracks cover the full spectrum of research avenues of electronic government including minitracks dedicated to emerging topics, open government, and social media and social networking, or, most recently, insider threats. The HICSS e-Government Track has assumed an excellent reputation among e-Government scholars. Several times it has been ranked the academically most rigorous research conference on e-Government in the world. The E-Government Track is in the top 2 of HICSS tracks with the lowest acceptance rate and the highest average per-session attendance. Minitracks are dedicated to the following topical areas:

* Cloud Infrastructures and Interoperability
* E-Government Education
* Emerging Topics
* Policy, e-Governance, Ethics, and Law
* Infrastructure Security
* Insider Threats (Modeling, Detection, and Mitigation)
* Open Government and Participation
* Services and Information
* Social Media and Social Networking
* Transformational Government

Please see http://faculty.washington.edu/jscholl/hicss46/ for more information. You might also be interested in a short history of the e-Gov Track at HICSS: http://faculty.washington.edu/jscholl/hicss_history.html

Important Deadlines

June 15: Authors submit full papers by this date, following the Author Instructions.

All papers will be submitted in double column publication format and limited to 10 pages including diagrams and references. HICSS papers undergo a double-blind review (June 15 – August 15).

August 15: Acceptance notices are sent to Authors. At this time, at least one author of an accepted paper should begin visa, fiscal & travel arrangements to attend the conference to present the paper.

September 15: Authors submit Final Version of papers following submission instructions posted on the HICSS web site. At least one author of each paper must register by this date with specific plans to attend the conference.

October 2: Papers without at least one registered author will be pulled from the publication process; authors will be notified.

For more information, please see http://faculty.washington.edu/jscholl/hicss46/

or

http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/46tracks.htm#EGOV

Please remember: June 15 is a sharp deadline.

Call for Attendance: Electronic Government Track at HICSS45.

Some facts to know about HICSS:

(1) HICSS is one of the truly interdisciplinary and integrated conferences, which focuses on the use of information technology in organizations. HICSS clusters 10 research tracks and a number of research themes, which cut across those tracks (for example, security).

(2) HICSS has a long and amazing academic tradition–its 45th occurrence in 43 years makes this conference unique. Over 75,000 pages of proceedings have been accumulated over those years and belong to the treasures of the IEEE library. HICSS has a reputation to present research frontiers, or cutting edge research as some like to say. Many new developments have been discussed at HICSS for the first time. On average, one of two HICSS papers develop into a journal paper. HICSS is the highest ranked interdisciplinary conference in information and systems sciences. The HICSS proceedings are in the top 2 percent of hits and downloads of all 8,600 IEEE conferences.

(3) The HICSS e-Government Track has an excellent reputation among e-Government scholars. Several times it has been ranked the academically most rigorous research conference on e-Government in the world. The E-Government Track is in the top 2 HICSS tracks with the lowest acceptance rate and the highest average per-session attendance. Having a paper accepted at the e-Gov Track at HICSS means something. See a short history of the e-Gov track at HICCS.

(4) For the fifth time in a row, HICSS will give the e-Government community the opportunity to conduct a full day symposium. The symposium is developing into a major community event at the very beginning of each calendar year. Here is where the community celebrates the best papers of the past year from around the world. Here the community presents and discusses new trends in its study domain.