icegov2012 proceedings

Foreword
The 6 th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, ICEGOV2012, was held in Albany, New
York, United States (US) from October 22-25, 2012. It was hosted by the Center for Technology in Government, University at
Albany, State University of New York under the patronage of the United States National Archives and Record Administration.
The conference was supported by the Center for Electronic Governance of the United Nations University - International Institute
for Software Technology (UNU-IIST), Macao SAR, which is the ICEGOV Series Organizer.
The ICEGOV (International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance) series focuses on the use of
technology to transform relationships between government and citizens, businesses, civil society and other governments
(Electronic Governance). Established in 2007 by the Center for Electronic Governance, UNU-IIST, the series looks beyond the
traditional focus on technology-enabled transformation in government (Electronic Government) towards new forms, new
paradigms, and new foundations for technology-enabled governance, collaboration and sustainable development. ICEGOV is a
forum where researchers and practitioners meet to test theories, share insights and report their experiences. It facilitates networkand
capacity-building through a diversity of presentation formats. The conference also provides a unque developmental
opportunity for participants from developing countries, nations in transition, United Nations agencies, and from a range of
governmental and non-governmental organizations. Since its establishment, the series has traveled the globe from Macao SAR
(ICEGOV2007), to Cairo (ICEGOV2008), Bogota (ICEGOV2009), Beijing (ICEGOV2010), Tallinn (ICEGOV2011), and now
to Albany (ICEGOV2012); with each edition generating significant local interest and stakeholder engagement.
Continuing the ICEGOV tradition, ICEGOV2012 featured a rich academic, capacity-building and network-building program of
keynote lectures, tutorials, doctoral colloquium, plenary sessions, thematic sessions, paper sessions, poster session and discussion
panels. All these session were built on the contributions from researchers and practitioners from around the world. Individuals
from over 60 countries were involved in the preparations for ICEGOV2012, as authors, reviewers or committee members. The
2012 edition provided a unique forum for rich interactions between digital government researchers in the United States and North
America and peers from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.
The conference featured three keynote lectures by distinguished experts who offered government, academic and international
perspectives on Electronic Governance. David Ferriero, the Archivist of the United States, National Archives and Records
Administration, presented the first keynote. Nigel Shadbolt, Co-founder of the Open Data Initiative, Professor of Artificial
Intelligence at the University of Southampton, and Head of the Web and Internet Science Group, presented the second keynote
on Open Data Ecosystems. The third keynote was presented by Dr. Beth Simone Noveck, former United States Deputy Chief
Technology Officer on the Future of Governance in the Digital Age.
Seven tutorials were provided as part of the conference exploring areas such as Contests and Prizes in the Age of Social Media,
Digital Curation for Public Sector Professionals, Open Data, Fraud Detection using Modeling and Simulation for Practice and
Research, Public Value Assessment of Open Government Efforts, and Smart Cities, Smart Government: A Research and Practice
Consortium..
Six plenary sessions were organized on topics including: Value Creation through Open Data Ecosystem moderated by Alex
Howard from O’Reilly Media; Open Government: Vision, Value and the Way Forward moderated by Chris Vein, US Deputy
Chief Technology Officer; Information Stewardship: Policy Foundations for Open Government moderated by Miriam Nisbet,
Director of the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS), US National Archives and Records Administration; Smart
Innovation for Sustainable Urban Growth and Development moderated by Meghan Cook, Program Manager, Center for
Technology in Government; Women and ICTs: Access and Empowerment moderated by Dina Refki, D.A., Executive Director
for the Center for Women in Government & Civil Society, University at Albany; and Celebrating 20 Years of UNU-IIST: A
Conversation about the Future of Government in the Digital Age moderated by Tomasz Janowski, Senior Research Fellow, IIST
Center for Electronic Governance.
An interactive Doctoral Colloquium was co-organized by Elsa Estevez, UNU-IIST Center for Electronic Governance, Macao
SAR and Lei Zheng from Fudan University, China providing doctoral students from different countries and disciplines an
opportunity to discuss a variety of themes related to electronic governance research and topics and issues associated with their
dissertation research and career plans. The colloquium included a keynote presentation from Wojciech Cellary, Professor and
Head of Department of Information Technology, Poznan University of Economics and a representative of Elsevier on how to
publish scholarly articles.
Eight thematic sessions were organized by invited experts from academia, government, industry, non-governmental organizations
(NGO), the World Bank, the United Nations, and New York State Government. Each session drew attention to specific electronic
governance concerns in a particular country or on an issue of particular topical interest.. These sessions cover the following
topics.
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