Track: Electronic Government
Minitrack: E-Policy, Law, and Governance

E-Policy, Law, and Governance focuses on the development, utilization, and expansion of information and communications technologies (ICT). We are especially interested in papers examining the creation and implementation of public policies and laws, as well as how these technologies impact and influence governance systems and public institutions. While ICTs offer a means to increased efficiency and effectiveness, these technologies must be tempered by concerns of equity, privacy, and access.

Topics and research areas include, but are not limited to:
* Public policy/e-policies issues and their analysis associated with digital divide; ICT standards; diffusion and adoption of ICT; and the role of ICT in public administration at the local, state, and national level.
* E-governance associated with legal and policy implications of inter-organizational and public-private sector systems for government service delivery and includes transparency, trust and legitimacy concerns, as well as issues of accountability, responsiveness, and authority.

Co-chairs:
Rowena Cullen (Primary Contact)
School of Information Management
Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 600 Wellington 6024, New Zealand
Phone:  +64-4-463-5788
Email: rowena.cullen@vuw.ac.nz  

Jay Kesan
College of Law
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. Champaign, Ill 61820, USA
Phone +1-217-333-7887
Email: kesan@uiuc.edu

Stuart W. Shulman
School of Information Sciences
University Center for Social and Urban Research
University of Pittsburgh
121 University Place, Ste 600 Pittsburgh PA 15260, USA
Phone: +1-412-624-3776
Fax: +1-412-624-4810
Email: Shulman@pitt.edu