US-China International Workshop on Digital Government Research and Practice

该奖项将支持首届中美数字政府研究与实践国际研讨会（IntDG 2006），该研讨会将于2006年10月12日至13日在中国北京举行。数字政府研究在美国正在迅速成熟。各级公共部门的各种数字政府项目也在广泛的领域积极开展，取得了重要的智力进步和实践经验。然而，数字政府研究通常局限于单个国家的背景下，导致缺乏比较和跨国理解。此外，迫切需要来自不同国家的数字政府研究人员和从业人员分享他们的发现和经验教训，并制定一套核心的共同原则和方法，以促进该领域和实践的进一步发展。这个提议的国际研讨会是美国数字政府研究界正在努力解决国际背景下出现的一些挑战的一部分。本次研讨会的具体目标有三个方面：(a)创建一个智力论坛，汇集中美两国重要的数字政府研究人员，交流研究思想，讨论新兴和未来的数字政府研究，并探索数字政府研究的国际维度；(b)促进中美两国数字政府研究人员之间的合作，促进两国研究人员、资助机构和从业人员之间的理解并鼓励他们共同努力；(c)探索两国专业数字政府协会之间的合作机会。本次研讨会的具体主题重点将包括数字城市、环境和公共卫生。该研讨会计划为期两天，演讲人来自美国和中国。中国科学院作为本次研讨会的主办单位，是本次研讨会的协办单位。

This award will support the first US-China International Workshop on Digital Government Research and Practice (IntDG 2006), October 12-13, 2006, in Beijing, China. Digital government research is rapidly maturing in the U.S. Various digital government projects at all levels of the public sector are also being actively pursued in a wide range of domains with important intellectual progress and practical lessons learned. However, digital government research has been typically confined within the context of a single country, resulting in alack of comparative and transnational understanding. In addition, there is a critical need for digital government researchers and practitioners from different countries to share their findings and lessons learned, and develop a core set of common principles and methodologies to promote the further advancement of the field and practice. This proposed international workshop is part of the emerging effort from the U.S. digital government research community to tackle some of these challenges arising in the international context. The specific objectives of this workshop are three-fold: (a) create an intellectual forum to bring together key digital government researchers in both U.S. and China to exchange research ideas, discuss emerging and future digital government research, and explore the international dimension of digital government research; (b) foster collaboration between U.S. and Chinese digital government researchers, and promote understanding and encourage joint efforts between researchers, funding agencies, and practitioners from both countries; and (c) explore collaborative opportunities between the professional digital government societies from both countries. The specific thematic emphases of this workshop will include digital city, environment, and public health. The workshop is planned as a two-day event with presenters from both U.S. and China. The Chinese Academy of Sciences, as the host of this planned workshop, is a co-sponsor and co-organizer of the event.