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Co-Directors: Yigal Arens USC / Information Sciences Institute Judith Klavans Columbia University

Co-Directors: Yigal Arens USC / Information Sciences Institute Judith Klavans Columbia University. Why a Center ?. Direction Coordination Visibility Sustainability. DGRC Technical Goals. Conduct and support research in key areas of information systems Develop standards/interfaces

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Co-Directors: Yigal Arens USC / Information Sciences Institute Judith Klavans Columbia University

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  1. Co-Directors: Yigal ArensUSC / Information Sciences Institute Judith Klavans Columbia University

  2. Why a Center? • Direction • Coordination • Visibility • Sustainability

  3. DGRC Technical Goals • Conduct and support research in key areas of information systems • Develop standards/interfaces • Develop infrastructure • Build pilot systems • Collaborate closely with government information providers and users

  4. DGRC Development Plans • Seeding by CU and ISI • ~$1M/yr initially from DG Program • Six PI’s (8%), 1 p/t programmer, 3 students • Additional projects funded by BLS, EIA • ~$3M/yr funding with incorporation of additional or separately funded efforts • ~$5M/yr total will provide for significant impact on government systems • Expand government applications as funding develops Time Today

  5. The Magazine of Digital Government Research http://www.dgrc.org/dg-online DGRC Community Building • NSF-sponsored DG workshop and conferences (2000, 2001, 2002) • Expanded PI workshop, now conferences • Collaboration workspace • In the process of being expanded • Newsletter:

  6. DGRC Growth • Initial Technical Core with Additions SGER Transportation NSF Phase I EIA CU NSF Phase II ISI BLS SGER Privacy

  7. DGRC Composition • So far, primarily computer scientists • User interfaces, information integration, databases, natural language processing, information security, data mining, … • Recently also: Human factors • Soon to include: Social sciences

  8. Computer Science Librarians Psychologists Social Scientists Business School and so on DGRC Growth SGER Transportation NSF Phase I EIA CU NSF Phase II ISI BLS SGER Privacy

  9. DGRC - Center Goals • Direction - pursue a common direction across disciplines • Coordination -work with a range of institutions (.edu, .gov, .com, .org) • Visibility - across sites and disciplines • Sustainability

  10. For More Information • Visit http://www.dgrc.org • Read DG Online newsletter • Ask for report of last year’s dg.o2000 digital government workshop • Request report of this year’s dg.o2001 when it comes out • Look for next year’s dg.o2002

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