演讲一

Maximizing Value, Minimizing Risk:

Making Smart Information Technology Choices in Government

Theresa A. Pardo

Center for Technology in Government

演讲二

Digital Government Research and International Community Building:

A U.S. Perspective

Valerie Gregg

Digital Government Research Center

University of Southern California/Information Sciences Institute

时间：2007年4月19日9:00-11:30

地点：玉泉校区外经贸大楼107

                                                           浙江大学劳动保障与公共政策研究中心

                                                                                     浙江大学公共管理学院

学者简介

Theresa A. Pardo

Center for Technology in Government

www.ctg.albany.edu

Theresa A. Pardo (M.S., Ph.D. University at Albany, State University of New York) is Deputy Director of the Center for Technology in Government located at the University at Albany. At the Center, Dr. Pardo works with a variety of government, corporate and university partners to lead applied research projects on the policy, management, and technology issues surrounding information and information technology use in the public sector. Dr. Pardo has written over 70 articles, research reports, book chapters and case studies focusing on IT innovation in the public sector, cross-boundary information sharing, trust and knowledge sharing, preservation of government records in digital form, and digital government research methods.

Dr. Pardo’s research has been funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Library of Congress, and the U.S. National Archives and Administration, among others. Projects funded by the NSF include one focused on the use of information and information technology in the governmental response to the World Trace Center attacks of September 11, 2001. Current work funded by NSF is focused on the development of models of the social and technical processes of cross-boundary information integration in public health and public safety. Her research includes a two year effort on behalf of the Library of Congress focused on building capability for the preservation of government information in digital form. Her most recent grant-funded effort is as co-chair of an international digital government working group focused on building a North American research agenda for comparative and transnational digital government.

Dr Pardo is a member of the faculty of the Rockefeller College of Public Administration and Policy and the College of Computing and Information at the University at Albany. She is one of the developers of the highly ranked Government Information Strategy and Management curriculum at Albany. This program focuses on the policy, management and technology dimensions of information and technology use in the design and delivery of government programs. Dr. Pardo also regularly provides training for government executives. Recent trainings include programs for the United Nations, the Instituto Nacional De Administracao Publica, Portugal, the U.S. Federal Government Office of Personnel Management, The New York State Public Management Intern Program, and the New York State Professional Development Program.

Dr. Pardo is currently a member of the editorial board of Government Information Quarterly among others and is serving as conference co-chair for the 2007 International Digital Government Research Conference as well as a mini-track chair for the egovernment emerging technologies track of the Hawaiian International Conferences on System Sciences (HICSS). She is also a member of the advisory board for the Program in Financial Market Regulation at the University at Albany and of the Expert Working Group for the EUReGov project. This project is financed by the eGovernment Unit of the European Commission (EC) and was set up to support the EC in designing a strategy for the development of innovative adaptive eGovernment services for the citizen in 2010 and beyond.  Dr. Pardo can be reached at tpardo@ctg.albany.edu or by phone at 518.442.3892.

Valerie Gregg

Digital Government Research Center

University of Southern California/Information Sciences Institute

www.dgrc.org

Valerie Gregg is Assistant Director for Development at the University of Southern California/Information Sciences Institute's Digital Government Research Center.  She is Secretary of the Digital Government Society of North America.  She is Co-PI on two United States National Science Foundation (NSF) awards: "Building a Sustainable International Digital Government Research Community" and "The First US-China International Workshop on Digital Government Research and Practice".  Valerie serves on a US National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council-Computer Science and Telecommunications Board study panel charged with evaluating the Social Security Administration's E-Government Strategy.  Prior to working in academia, she had a 30-year career in public service at the US Federal government level.  For eight years, she was the US NSF Program Manager for the Digital Government Research. She has been on the conference committee for the annual International Conference for Digital Government Research (dgo) since its inception in 2000.  Prior to working at NSF, Valerie worked for twenty-two years at the United States Census Bureau as a program manager in various aspects of the decennial census.  She was a member of the Joint Ventures Project with the Census Bureau, and her work included demonstrating cost efficient delivery of public data and developing data applications for the Internet.  Valerie also served as Chair for the Interagency Task Force responsible for design, development and management of the  award winning "one-stop" shopping for Federal statistics Internet  

site (http://www.fedstats.gov).