| From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E4lki=E4_Matti_PAKK?=" Matti.Malkia@pakk.poliisi.fi | Date: 5 Jul 2004 16:55:00 +0300 | Subject: CFP: Encyclopedia of Digital Government

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******************************************************** Call for Articles ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DIGITAL GOVERNMENT http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/ISI/EnDigG/ ********************************************************

Public administration, public governance and=20public sector organizations all over the world face a major challenge. The application of new knowledge and new digital technologies are transforming the ways in which public administrations are organized, governed and how they work to serve their citizens and interact with various stakeholders.

The Encyclopedia of Digital Government will be an important new publication documenting the current trends and developments, challenges, and future prospects of digital government or e-government at different institutional levels and in different parts of the world. It will provide a broad basis for understanding the issues, technologies, theories, applications, opportunities, and challenges faced by public administrations and public organizations today in their quest for better, more effective, and more citizen-oriented government.

The Encyclopedia of Digital Government=20(in one or two volumes) will feature short articles (1,500-3,500+ words) authored by leading experts offering in-depth descriptions of key issues, terms and concepts related to different areas in digital government. In addition, the encyclopedia will provide a compendium of terms, definitions and explanations of concepts, models, and acronyms.

This important new publication will circulate worldwide among academic and professional institutions and will be instrumental in providing researchers, scholars, students and professionals access to the latest knowledge on digital government.

Invited Submissions:

To ensure that this publication has the most current and relevant information possible, we are asking experts, practitioners and scholars well known for their particular area of research, to contribute short articles on suggested topics (see the web site at http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/ISI/EnDigG/) or other related topics in their area of interest.

Individuals interested should submit an email to either of the editors listing name, affiliation and background information plus one or more topics on which a short article could be contributed. A brief description of the suggested article is appreciated. We encourage potential contributors to consider also topics not included in our list of topics, especially if the topic is related to the area of their special expertise. If any of the proposals is closely related to a previously published article, we ask contributors to include the reference in the message.

Proposals will be accepted based on pertinence criteria and topic balancing needs. First selections will be made between 15th and 20th July 2004 and announced soon after. After that new proposals will be processed once a=20month.

Upon acceptance of the proposal, contributors will have two to three months to prepare their article including 7-10=20related terms and their appropriate definitions. Guidelines for preparing your contributions, a suggested list of topics and a sample article can be found at http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/ISI/EnDigG/

All contributions will undergo a peer-review process upon receipt. The book will be published by Idea Group Inc. (http://www.idea-group.com/) and is tentatively scheduled for publication in late 2005.

Inquiries and Submissions should be forwarded to:

Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko Department of Local Government Studies, FIN-33014 University of Tampere, Finland Email: Ari-Veikko.Anttiroiko@uta.fi; Tel.: +358-3-215 7009

or

Matti M=E4lki=E4 The Police College of Finland, P.O. Box 13, FIN-02151 Espoo, Finland Email: Matti.Malkia@pakk.poliisi.fi; Fax: +358-9-8388 3500

Further details and updates to the CFP can be found at: http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/ISI/EnDigG

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