ICTs in Government
Call for Papers
Submission deadline: February 1, 2015
ICT in Government
Track of the
2015 International Conference on Information Resources Management
Theme: Realizing the Digital Enterprise
May 18-20, 2015 - Delta Ottawa City Centre Hotel
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Track Chairs
Marie Anne Macadar, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)/Brazil,
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Maria Alexandra Cunha, Pontifical Catholic University of Parana (PUCPR)/Brazil,
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Makoto Nakayama, DePaul University/USA,
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Important Dates (New!!)
Submission deadline: February 1, 2015
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: March 12, 2015
Final Submission due date for accepted papers: March 25, 2015
Early Registration deadline: April 5, 2015
Conference Website:
www.conf-irm.org Submission website: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=18573
TRACK COVERAGE
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are playing increasingly transformative roles in
Government. Through e-Government portals and associated initiatives, citizen-centric services are
now more accessible. The ICT in Government track invites papers covering a wide array of topics in
these areas including but not limited to: Design, Assessment, Review and Management of ICT; ICT
Strategic and Policy issues; and emerging roles and potential impact of ICT on Government.
RECOMMENDED TOPICS:
This track encourages the submission of research papers, research-in-progress papers, teaching
cases, and panel proposals in the following ICT application domains (but not limited to):
Emerging ICT in government at the federal, state and municipal levels
Social media use and impact for government organizations
Security and privacy protection in egovernment systems
Could-based e-government systems
Disaster recovery and ICT governance
Meta-analyses of ICT literature on government
Citizen participation and responsive
engagement
Impact of ICT on transparency and
equity
Election and voting
Delivery of governmental services
Transformation of government organizations
Electronic records and legacy paper records
Policy making and management through IT
ICT issues in developing countries
Submission Types and Guidelines
Full Length Submissions
Submissions must be no more than 12 pages, including references, appendices and title page. All submissions must
follow the submission template specifications. Submissions must be original, and previously unpublished, conceptual
or empirical research manuscripts. Papers that are highly rated by the reviewers will be considered for publications in
selected journals. The paper that best represents, in terms of quality and suitability, the theme and ideals of the
conference will be awarded the "Best Paper Award" during the conference.
Research-in-Progress Submissions
Submissions of no more than 7 pages. All research-in-progress submissions will be published in the proceedings as
short papers.
Teaching Cases
We welcome submissions of teaching cases. The cases should be based on real situations and targeted at specific
learning objectives. Cases should be no more than 12 pages and must be accompanied by instructor teaching notes
(not included in the 12 pages). The teaching notes will not be published.
Panel and Tutorial Submissions
Submissions of not more than 3 pages: Proposals should include objectives, topics to be covered and full details of all
presenters. Method of presentation is at the submitter's discretion; however, the submitter has the responsibility for
providing his/her own panel members. All accepted proposals will appear in the conference proceedings.
Important Announcements
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The number of submissions by an author (including joint authorship) is strictly limited to a maximum of two.
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Authors of accepted papers (at least one person per submission) and all panel members and tutorial presenters
MUST register AND attend the conference.
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Submissions of ALL TYPES must be received by the above deadlines.
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While the primary language of the conferences is English, papers in French will also be accepted. The ICT in Latin
America and the Caribbean track will accept papers in Portuguese and Spanish, as well as English.
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Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings in their entirety upon payment of registration
fees. Papers accepted and presented at the conference will also be placed in the AIS e-Library. Papers not
presented at the conference, for any reason, will not be included in the AIS e-Library.
Organizing Committee
Honorary Chair
Izak Benbasat, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Conference Co-Chairs
Gerald Grant, Carleton University, Canada
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Sherif Kamel, American University - Cairo, Egypt
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Program Co-Chairs
Cesar Alexandre de Souza, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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Khaled Hassanein, McMaster University. Canada
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Publications and Proceedings Chair
Lech Janczewski, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
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