Open Government set out to fundamentally transform the administrative paradigm and relationships of government stakeholders.  Open Government practice and research is concerned with addressing the continuing challenges of enhancing access to public information, increase stakeholder participation, being responsive and aware of citizens' concerns, keeping up with new technologies, and promoting a culture of openness that engages stakeholders and the public.

During a daylong meeting, open government stakeholders will discuss issues such as the challenges of implementing and managing open government initiatives, the acceptance of open government initiatives by both government agencies and citizens, case studies of successes and lessons learned, open government in developing economies, and where they see open government going in the future from the perspectives of their localities. We will evaluate the impact of and the transformation brought about by open government including quantitative and qualitative assessments. Citizens who have themselves used ICTs to influence government will also provide their experiences and perspectives on the usefulness of ICTs and their idea of open government initiatives in the future.

Attendees will participate in discussion and workshop sessions to identify common issues and opportunities for research-practice collaborations.

The symposium complements the paper sessions of the HICSS E-Government Track.

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Lemuria Carter, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the department of Accounting at North Carolina A & T State University. Here research explores the impact of technology on government-to-citizen interactions, the impact of Internet voting on political participation, and the impact of technology diffusion on societal norms.  She has published in several top-tier journals in the field of Information Systems including, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Communications of the ACM, Information Systems Journal, and Information Systems Frontiers.  Dr. Carter has also served as e-government track and mini-track chair at several international conferences including, Americas Conference on Information Systems and the Hawaiian International Conference on Systems Sciences.