[dgOnline] - The Monthly Newsletter of Digital Government Research - November, 2005

Fri Nov 18 15:11:57 PST 2005

dgOnline 4.9 - November, 2005

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Latest dg.o2006 Conference News:

2nd Call for Participation - Dg.o2006
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"Integrating Information Technology and
Social Science Research for Effective Government”

San Diego, California, May 21-24, 2006

Submission deadline is December 5, 2005
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The 7th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research  
is a forum for
the presentation and discussion of interdisciplinary research on  
digital government and its
applications in diverse domains. Interested participants are invited to  
submit research
papers, system demonstrations, posters, and proposals for tutorials and  
workshops for
dg.o2006. Learn more

Call for Participation - dg.o2006
Tutorials and International Research Workshops
http://www.dgrc.org/dgo2006/papers/cfp.html

Interested participants are invited to submit research papers, system  
demonstrations,
posters, and proposals for tutorials and workshops for dg.o2006 Learn  
more

What are dg.o2006 Tutorials?
Tutorial submission deadline is January 24, 2006
http://www.dgrc.org/dgo2006/papers/tutorials.html

Dg.o Tutorials, first introduced at dg.o2005, are half-day  
presentations offering deeper
insight into the scientific and government domains, research topics or  
methods, technologies
or field experience of veteran Digital Government researchers.

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DG Research Helps Predict Urban Growth
Computer simulation may also help with disaster and re-building  
scenarios
By Karen Heyman
http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/stories/2005/1105/ 
1105_borning_heyman.jsp

Borning says you can think of UrbanSim as "SimCity: Professional  
Edition." In several
ways, it is like the popular computer game, although he confesses,  
without Godzilla. But
what it lacks in city-squashing monsters, it makes up for in a  
sophisticated ability to model
  potential growth scenarios decades into the future, with real cost  
numbers. Unlike the game,
where changing one key variable, like raising taxes, can cause the  
Sim-citizens to revolt,
UrbanSim looks at the complicated interplay of realistic decisions  
based on data from
local and regional government agencies including transportation  
networks, census data, parcel
ownership data, employment data, economic data, and environmental data,  
including buildable
versus non-buildable land.

A Special NSF Report: Understanding Disasters
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/disasters/index.jsp

Without a comprehensive understanding of disasters, it is impossible to  
prepare
for them. Knowledge is critical, whether for determining how weather  
systems
develop, estimating the path of volcanic debris, recognizing triggers  
before
a ground-shaking seismic event, or even gauging how an individuals  
decisions
  from a utility employee to a public official can put entire  
communities at risk.

NSF Initiates Comprehensive Strategic Planning Process

NSF's Cyberinfrastructure Council has initiated a comprehensive  
strategic planning
process to guide the agency's investments in cyberinfrastructure - the  
IT-based
infrastructure increasingly essential to progress in science and  
engineering.
The agency’s plans are being developed in a document entitled NSF’s
Cyberinfrastructure Vision for 21st Century Discovery.

NSF invites community comments on the current draft of this document,  
which is
available at http://www.nsf.gov/od/oci/CI-v40.pdf .

Comments should be provided via email to: ciinput at nsf.gov.

Future drafts of the document will be released as the agency’s plans  
are shaped by
community input, and as new chapters are developed.
NSF plans to release the first complete version of this living document  
in the Spring of 2006."

The GENI Initiative
http://www.nsf.gov/cise/geni/

The Directorate for Computer and Information Science and  
Engineering(CISE)
is planning an Initiative called Global Environment forNetworking  
Investigations
  or GENI to explore new networking capabilities that will advance  
science and
stimulate innovation and economic growth. The GENI Initiative responds  
to
an urgent and important challenge of the 21st Century to advance  
significantly
  the capabilities provided by networking and distributed system  
architectures. 

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
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NSF Announces Small Grants for Exploratory Research
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05053/nsf05053.jsp

In light of the recent hurricane Katrina, the Human and Social Dynamics  
priority
area (HSD) announces that it will accept Small Grants for Exploratory  
Research (SGER)
proposals. (For additional information about SGER proposals, see the  
Grant
Proposal Guide, Section II.D.1.)

Researchers interested in submitting SGER proposals to HSD should  
contact one of
the following Program Directors, PRIOR TO SUBMISSION, to discuss their  
ideas.

News Beyond dg.o:

Small, Unmanned Aircraft Search for Survivors in Katrina Wreckage
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=104453&org=NSF&from=news

Communications Networks Fail Disaster Area Residents
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/31/ 
AR2005083102656.html?referrer=emailarticlepg

Technology to assist with the NO disaster: A Disaster Map 'Wiki' Is Born
http://www.wired.com/news/hurricane/0,2904,68743,00.html

LA. homeland chief pushes new communications system
http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/091005/new_communication001.shtml

First Responders' As First Priority
http://counterterror.typepad.com/the_counterterrorism_blog/files/ 
TechDaily91205FirstResponders.doc

U.S. Lacks Unified Emergency Radio System
http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2005/050913-emergency-radio.htm

Crisis Communications Network Criticized FCC Chairman Urges More
Mobile, Rugged System as Firms Prepare for Rita
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/22/ 
AR2005092202160.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy

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*	Research database:  
http://www.digitalgovernment.org/ProjectSearch?commonName=a&action=all
*	Library: http://www.digitalgovernment.org/library/library/
*	Forums: http://www.digitalgovernment.org/jive/
*	Events calendar:  
http://www.digitalgovernment.org/calendar/ViewCal.html
*	Submit calendar events:  
http://www.digitalgovernment.org/news/calendar_submit.jsp
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http://www.digitalgovernment.org/collaborate/communities/index.jsp

We welcome submissions of your news tips, Digital Government-related  
papers, material
and information for inclusion in the dgOnline newsletter, and at  
DigitalGovernment.org.

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Questions and submissions should be forwarded to:

Chrystol Koempel, M.A.
DGRC Public Affairs/Media Officer
Digital Government Research Center
USC Information Sciences Institute
310-448-8419 ... info at dgrc.org
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