FAQ
When, for workshop: Thursday, March 8 and Friday, March 9, 2001, in Chicago, Illinois
Where, for workshop:
Chicago Hilton and Towers, 720 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. (877) 865-5320,
toll free.
(Downtown Chicago near the lakefront, museums, etc.)
How much, for hotel:
$149 room workshop rate.
($149 covers both Wednesday 3/7 and 3/8 sleepovers, assumes departure
is 3/9/00.)
How much, for workshop: $125, invited participants will be notified how to make payment.
Who can attend:
Approximately 70 persons, including presenters of papers, by invitation.
Invitations will be issued based upon a submitted paper, or by
direct initiative of the program co-chairs.
What will they do?
Begin the preparation of a working document for NSF on electronic government,
with a focus on urban and regional applications.
When, for papers:
Papers Due
01/05/01
Acceptance Notice
01/29/01
Final Copy Due
02/28/01
How, for papers:
Papers accepted in Word or PDF format. Submit 8 ~12 page
(double-spaced with brief references at the end) discussion
paper addressing one of the four topic areas.
The paper should make a case for the diffusion and use
of an application, originality of the e-gov idea,
or implications of legal/critical issues.
Where, to submit papers: Workshop
Co-Chairs and John Bertot
fletcher@umbc.edu, lvaughn@uic.edu, mjcbertot@lis.fsu.edu
Where, background
This workshop is a follow-up, but with a specifically urban and regional
focus,
for papers
to the 1998 NSF Workshop reported in --
"Some Assembly Required: Building a Digital Government for the 21st Century”
--
http://www.ctg.albany.edu/research/workshop/dgfinalreport.pdf
What, are the GCUs?
The Great Cities Universities Consortium is comprised of seventeen larger
urban
universities, and is committed to engaged research, teaching, and public
service with their surrounding neighborhoods, regions, and governments.
The
name "Great Cities" was borrowed from the Great
Cities Initiative at the University
of Illinois at Chicago. Members of the consortium are:
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cleveland State University
University of Houston
Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
University of Memphis
University of Missouri -- St. Louis
City University of New York -- City College
Virginia Commonwealth University
University of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
University of Cincinnati
Georgia State University
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Massachussets at Boston
University of Missouri -- Kansas City
University of New Orleans
Portland State University
Wayne State University
Do I have to be from
No.
a GCU to present a
paper?