*** Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do *** ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 12:36:52 -0500 From: Ari Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Seeking Submissions for E-Government Briefing Book - Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee E-Government Task Force Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee E-Government Task Force Briefing Book Submissions Guidelines ****PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY UNTIL FEBRUARY 28, 2001 DEADLINE**** In March, the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee E-Government Task Force plans to release a briefing book and CD-ROM to the members of the Caucus http://www.netcaucus.org/members/ and the Caucus Advisory Committee. The goal of this briefing book is to compile a vast array of writings on the different E-Government topics and, in doing so, further define this relatively new issue area educating Members of Congress and others in the process. The Task Force will accept submissions -- according to the Guidelines below -- until Wednesday, February 28th. Submissions are open to any organization or entity, however, please realize that submissions that do not meet the Guidelines may not be accepted, particularly as the deadline draws near. *** Guidelines for briefing book submission *** 1) Each submission must be tailored to a specific section of the briefing book based on the outline below. Specifically, the submission must address the issue in the context of e-government (for example, a paper on workforce issues in high tech generally would not be acceptable, but a sub-section on unique challenges facing governments probably would be). Briefing Book Outline Introduction * The Purpose of Transforming Government The Mandate for e-Government * crisis of trust in Gov't (accountability) * coming generation of digital youth * public demand * cost-savings Elements of Transformation: * leadership * strategic investment * collaboration * civic engagement (e-democracy) Challenges and Opportunities: * workforce issues * cost structures (investment now, savings later) * privacy * security * interoperability * records management * permanent availability and preservation * access * digital divide * education/marketing * competition/collaboration * intergovernmentalism (local/state/federal/international) You MUST indicate the appropriate category when submitting. If you have one document covering many categories you have three options: 1) keep it whole and submit it in the "introduction category" if appropriate; 2) break it into pieces yourself; or 3) make a request that it remain whole within a category with pointers from others. Because of the heavy demand and tight schedule, we cannot promise that requests will be met and we may even have to edit documents if they contain information irrelevant to the outline. 2) Please send materials in a word processing format (e.g. MS Word [preferred], Wordperfect, plain text). Faxes, hard copies and .pdf documents (Adobe Acrobat) will NOT be accepted. 3) Materials MUST include header information. Please indicate: * the organization that is submitting * comments and requests with the contact person of that organization with their phone number/email. 4) Email all submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Example Submission Submitting Organization: Agency for E-Government Contact: John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Paper name: E-Government and the Digital Divide Category: Challenges and Opportunities | Digital Divide Format: MS Word (attached) Document Name: divide.doc 5) The Task Force plans to notify submitters of the status of your submission by mid-March. -- ------------------------------------ Ari Schwartz Senior Policy Analyst Center for Democracy and Technology 1634 I Street NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20006 202 637 9800 fax 202 637 0968 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cdt.org ------------------------------------ *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To unsubscribe instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. ***
