Call for Volume Chapters and Reviewers (Submission Deadline September 30, 2007)

Electronic Government: Information, Technology, and Transformation (Volume Title)


To appear as a volume within the Advances in Management Information Systems (AMIS) series published by ME Sharpe, Armonk, NY. AMIS is a series of research monographs devoted to the principal aspects of information systems with Dr. Vladimir Zwass as the series editor. AMIS is intended to become a lasting record of both the knowledge about organizational information systems and of research methods for creating new knowledge. For more information about the AMIS monograph series, please visit http://www.mesharpe.com/amis.htm.

As the volume editor, I would also like to invite you to join this reviewer team, which will meet the highest standards of academic peer reviewing. Please send contact information and a short statement of interest regarding either one or both (submission and reviewer team membership) to me (jscholl@u.washington.edu). Thank you!


Details


Electronic (or digital) government encompasses "the use of information and technology to support and improve public policies and government operations, engage citizens, and provide comprehensive and timely government services" (Scholl, 2003). Due to the complexity of the phenomena under study, the research in Electronic Government (EG) draws from many disciplines and requires collaboration across those disciplines.

 

Beyond Information Systems (IS) the disciplines and study domains significantly contributing to EG are, for example, public administration, political sciences, information science, computer science, sociology, management and organization sciences, statistics, as well as law and ethics. Distinct research and practice emphases are unfolding in EG around the world.

 

Since EG is a relatively new domain of study, the first contribution of this volume is to serve as a springboard and a steward for developing and demonstrating principles, accepted standards, and exemplars of disciplinary (e.g., IS), multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and perhaps transdisciplinary EG. The second envisioned contribution of this volume would aim at sharpening and accentuating the various topical orientations within EG through review and representation of unique and exemplary research contributions. The third (and implicit) contribution of this volume would lie in furthering the development of a worldwide academic scholarship in EG.

For this volume theoretical, empirical, quantitative, or qualitative research contributions are sought. Topics include (but are not limited to):

 

(Prospective Table of Contents)

Part I: Foundations of EG

 

§         History of EG

§         The geographically distinct emphases of EG

§         IS Perspectives on EG

§         Public Administration and Political Science Perspectives on EG

§         Information Science Perspectives on EG

§         Principles and standards of multi-/inter- and/or trans-disciplinary EG

 

Part II: Topical Orientations of EG

 

§         Policy, law, and governance regarding EG

§         Privacy in EG

§         Democracy, inclusion, voting, and participation facilitated by EG

§         Infrastructure, integration, and interoperability of EG

§         Management and organization of EG

§         Information and knowledge management in EG

§         Government services (to-business; to-citizen; & to-government)

§         Mobile government

§         Information security in EG

§         Electronic record management and document life management

§         Transnational EG


Part III: EG Case and Comparative Studies

 

§         Transnational / international level

§         National level

§         State / County level

§         Local level

 

Part IV: The Future of EG

 

§         Challenges and perspectives of undergraduate and graduate studies in EG

§         The role of information technology in changing the business of government

 


The reviewer team and I as the volume editor solicit submissions from a variety of disciplines, which engage in EG. We aspire to receive submissions, which have the capacity of serving as exemplars for single, multi-, and interdisciplinary research in EG. This volume will appeal to a scholarly and practitioner readership of very diverse disciplinary backgrounds. Hence, if you submit a manuscript, please (1) explicitly identify in an appropriate section of your contribution the criteria by which to assess your research and (2) show explicitly how the research presented in your manuscript meets those criteria. Manuscripts must address both conditions or will be returned un-reviewed to the authors.

This volume will prosper if prospective authors and the editor engage in a constructive dialogue so that the end product reflects the highest standards for work in the EG research tradition. Also, the reviewer team and I will make every effort to ensure that manuscripts receive both knowledgeable and respectful reviews.


If you are considering a submission, I strongly encouraged you to contact me early on in the development of your manuscript. This will help target the effort within the volume's context and provide feedback to you, even before the formal submission.

When submitting your manuscript, please clearly indicate that it shall be considered for the EG volume. All manuscripts must follow the AMIS guidelines for submission. For example, authors can nominate reviewers for their submission, but should avoid any nominations that would involve a conflict of interest. Further details regarding the manuscript submission process can be found on the ME Sharpe AMIS web site (at http://www.mesharpe.com/amis.htm ).

 

Inquiries are welcome regarding any submission- or review-related question. Please send your inquiries and submissions electronically to

 

Dr. Hans J Scholl

AMIS EG Volume Editor

University of Washington

jscholl@u.washington.edu

 

The deadline for submitting a manuscript to the AMIS volume on EG is September 30, 2007

However, please consider submitting your manuscript earlier. We will send out your contribution for review immediately upon receipt.


Jochen Scholl is an assistant professor in the University of Washington 's Information School . He teaches and conducts research on information management, process change, and organizational transformation in government and other organizations. He employs both quantitative computer simulation techniques and qualitative research designs. Jochen has studied the strategies, motives, and focal areas of business and process change in digital government projects as well as the current practices employed in such projects. His special interests include integration, interoperability, organizational transformation, and the strategic choices in mobile technology diffusion in digital government. He is the PI of the NSF-funded Fully Mobile City Government research project (2005 to 2008). Jochen is involved in the organization of the three major conferences on electronic or digital government. He chairs the Electronic Government Track at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). He also serves as a member of the organizing committees of dgo2006 and the DEXA/EGOV conferences. He has been engaged in the formation of the Digital Government Society of North America and was elected to the board of officers by public vote. Jochen facilitated the worldwide discussion and voting processes on both the Society's Mission Statement and its constitutions.

Reference


Scholl, H. J. (2003, 1/6 to 1/10). E-Government: A special case of business process change. Paper presented at the 36th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS36), Waikoloa , HI .

 

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