[Sigifp-l] GIQ Open Government special issue

[Terry Maxwell]

Government Information Quarterly is seeking scholarly manuscripts for  
a special issue on Open Government, to be published in October 2010.  
Government Information Quarterly (GIQ) is a premier cross-disciplinary  
and refereed journal that covers information and telecommunications  
policy, information management, information technology planning and  
management, and e-government practices, policies and issues relevant  
to all levels of government within the United States and abroad. For  
purposes of this special issue, “open government” is defined as the  
strategies, processes, programs, and policies that make government  
activities transparent and accessible to individuals. This includes  
specific actions and technologies that make government activity and  
decision-making available for inspection, review, and comment by  
individuals or interested organizations.
The issue seeks manuscripts that focus on local, national, and  
international policy aspects of Open Government, particularly in the  
areas of:

  Transparency.  Of particular interest are the policies, laws, and  
other governance structures that promote open, effective, and  
accountable government.
Freedom of information. Of particular interest is the use of laws  
comparable to the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (including  
electronic) or equivalent, to seek access to and the release of  
government information.
Declassification.  Of particular interest are the policies, laws, and  
other governance structures that govern the classification,  
declassification, reclassification, overclassification, and sensitive  
but unclassified content, the movement of content between these  
classifications, and the release of information to the public.
E-democracy.  Of particular interest is the relationship between the  
public and government through the use of innovative, interactive, and  
social networking technologies.
E-rulemaking.   Of particular interest is the use of digital  
technologies by government agencies in the rulemaking and decision  
making processes and how that impacts the rulemaking and decision  
making processes.
Scientific and Technical Information (STI).  Of particular interest is  
the degree to which the government “edits” or “modifies” scientific  
and technical information it produces such to support political ends  
as opposed to scientific openness and accuracy.
Government 2.0.  Of particular interest is the development, design,  
and implementation of interactive technologies by government agencies  
to develop and support user-oriented e-government applications,  
services, and resources.
Measurement and Evaluation.  Of particular interest is the development  
of measurement and evaluation tools, methods, and approaches for  
assessing “open” and “transparent” government.
Inclusive practices.  Of particular interest are the policies and  
practices that governments use to ensure equity of access to  
government information, especially digital government information.  
This includes practices that ensure access to and democratic  
participation in electronic government and governance to populations  
who may not have access to the Internet or face other challenges  
(i.e., persons with disabilities).
[Electronic] Records management. Of particular interest are the  
requirements that laws and other policy instruments (e.g.,  
Presidential Records Act), place on government agencies to manage,  
schedule, make available, and preserve their records (including  
digital content).
Privacy.  Of particular interest are the issues and challenges that  
increased access to and dissemination of government information in  
multiple formats presents government agencies – and governance  
structures, protections, and other requirements necessary to ensure  
privacy.
Sharing of Information.  Of particular interest is the degree to which  
agencies within a governmental agency are allowed to or encouraged to  
share government information and the impacts from such sharing.
Comparative Assessments.  Of particular interest is the development of  
tools that enable researchers and others to compare the openness and  
transparency of one government to other governments in light of  
different social, economic, and demographic characteristics. Included  
here are the comparative policies that examine the transnational  
issues of open government, especially as they are linked to universal  
norms of justice and human rights.
Access. Of particular interest are the policies and practices which  
allow for an informed citizenry used by government to ensure permanent  
public access to government information.

  The special issue welcomes submissions on the above and related  
topics.  Interested authors should submit a 600 word abstract to giq at umd.edu 
  by November 15, 2009.  Based on a review of the abstracts, selected  
authors will be invited to submit full manuscripts by December 1,  
2009.  Full manuscripts will be due by February 1, 2010 and will  
undergo a double-blind peer review process.  Final manuscripts will be  
due by April 30, 2009.  Submissions prior to the final dates above are  
encouraged. Manuscripts should be 20-25 pages double-spaced, and  
follow GIQ style requirements (guideline information is available at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/620202/authorinstructions 
).
  GIQ uses an online editorial system (http://ees.elsevier.com/giq/),  
for which authors will need to register to submit the full  
manuscript.  More information regarding GIQ and manuscript preparation  
is available at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/govinf.
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Government Information Quarterly is a quarterly publication of  
Elsevier Science.  The journal explores such topics as information and  
telecommunications policy; e-government; access to and use of  
government information; information technology management,  
implementation, planning,
and evaluation; information services development, management, and  
provision in a distributed networked environment; service quality  
assessment, benchmarking, and performance measurement; and governing  
and governance in a networked environment.  GIQ articles are available  
through ScienceDirect at http://www.sciencedirect.com.
John Carlo Bertot, <jbertot at umd.edu>, College of Information Studies,  
University of Maryland College Park, University serves as the journal  
editor.
Charles R. McClure <cmcclure at lis.fsu.edu>, College of Information,  
Florida State University serves as the journal associate editor.
John A. Shuler <alfred at uic.edu>, University of Illinois Chicago serves  
as journal assistant editor.
Aimee C. Quinn <aquinn5 at cnm.edu>, University of New Mexico, serves as  
journal assistant editor.
Suzanne Reinman <suzanne.reinman at okstate.edu>, Oklahoma State  
University, serves as reviews editor.


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