Enclosed is a call for papers for a Special Issue on New Trends in Building Digital Government in China Call for Papers in DGOV, ACM Digital Government Journal.
I'd like to think that the special issue will pay some attention to the worrisome nature of some of the systems of governance by technology that the Chinese government is currently using and pursuing. Some of the language in the call raises alarms including those bolded in the paragraph below. The first bolded area mentions *precision* social governance which is bound to elicit shivers. The second which discusses "democratic politics" seems a bit dubious considering yesterday's shutdown of Apple Daily in Hong Kong. Data intelligence technology integrates government affairs data, promotes the digital transformation of governments at all levels, and *realizes precision social governance*. Digital government is changing the traditional governance models and providing strong support for the modernization of the national governance systems and governance capabilities. *Meanwhile it also creates new opportunities, and environments for the development of democratic politics.* Some of the measures for ensuring the necessary oversight seem to be built into the process although there is some implication that a paper that was critical of the New Trends might be considered as "commentary" (via "international colleagues") as opposed to a "regular SI paper." (From full Call for Papers) Regular SI papers: Prospective authors are invited to submit their manuscripts electronically by the deadline listed above and should adhere to the ACM Digital Government: Research and Practice guidelines ( dl.acm.org/journal/dgov/author-guidelines). Please submit your papers through the online system (mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dgov) and be sure to select the "Special Issue on New Trends of Building Digital Government in China" option for the paper-type. We expect 10-15 papers to be featured in this special issue. Commentaries: In addition to full paper submissions, we invite international colleagues to submit commentaries to ensure balanced international views on Digital Government trends, and to facilitate discussions of the topics above. This submission type should be within 1,000-2,500 words. Review Process: *The submitted manuscripts will receive at least three reviews by the DGOV editorial board and other international colleagues. *The commentaries will be reviewed by two or more editorial board members. Our commentary, if any, probably belongs in the SIGCAS-talk thread. (And unfortunately it doesn't seem to be trivial to sign on to the last.) Thanks! — Doug ACM Digital Library <https://orange.hosting.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=znwrbbrs9_6-2b77fx32369dx054&;> [image: journal banner] <https://orange.hosting.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=znwrbbrs9_6-2b77fx32483ax054&;> *CALL FOR PAPERS* *ACM Digital Government: Research & Practice* *Special Issue on New Trends in Building Digital Government in China* *Guest Editors* Zhenling Liu <[email protected]>, Henan University of Technology Liang Ma <[email protected]>, School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China [image: journal cover image]The in-depth application of emerging technologies such as the Internet, big data, and artificial intelligence is bringing about a new round of digital government advancement. Data intelligence technology integrates government affairs data, promotes the digital transformation of governments at all levels, and realizes precision social governance. Digital government is changing the traditional governance models and providing strong support for the modernization of the national governance systems and governance capabilities. Meanwhile it also creates new opportunities, and environments for the development of democratic politics. The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 has strengthened the Chinese government's embrace of "using big data to improve and modernize national governance," and has advanced the development of digital government in a more comprehensive, systematic, and precise manner. This special issue will focus on the use of new technologies and new methods to create a new model of digital government to stimulate discussions and theoretical contributions by the global digital government research community. *Click here for the full Call for Papers and submission instructions.* <https://orange.hosting.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=znwrbbrs9_6-2b77fx32acd1x054&;> *Important Dates* Submissions deadline: 31 August 2021 First-round review decisions: 31 October 2021 Deadline for revision submissions: 30 November 2021 Notification of final decisions: 30 December 2021 Tentative publication: Spring 2022 For questions and further information, please write to: Zhenling Liu <[email protected]>. 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