E-Gov Workshop

Many major universities offer workshops and seminars that broach contemporary issues in e-government by offering reviews of current research and presentations of case studies of successful implementation of e-government solutions. Here are PublicStuff, we think that Academic institutions' on going contribution to E-government is often overlooked and under utilized so we'd like to get the word out about some upcoming events.

On May 12, 2011, the Department of Public Administration in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago will be hosting the E-Government Workshop: Achieving IT Efficiencies Through Collaboration at the Hilton Lisle/Naperville in Lisle, Illinois.

According to the conference homepage, "This year's workshop will highlight ways that government agencies can achieve economies in the use of information technology through collaboration - collaboration with the private sector through cloud computing, and collaboration between levels of government through shared services arrangements."

Among the presenters will be Steven Clift - online strategist and founder of e-Democracy.org and Sam Ferguson – Schaumburg, Illinoi's first Director of Information of Technology. Schaumburg received the honor of begin chosen six years as one the top ten digital municipalities in the U.S. by the Center for Digital Government.

This workshop can fulfill the requirements for the ICMA Voluntary Credentialing Program and is an excellent foundation for the UIC e-Government online certificate program, and should be approved by any local government for in service and professional training credits.

The history section of the conference website contains files of presentations from the past two years. The 2009 theme was Beyond the Web Page and 2010 was Technology Solutions in a Time of Crisis. The 2010 plenary sessions are all available in streaming video. One particular 2010 presentation, Changing How Cities Work, is very informative and challenging with the City Manager of Dubuque, Iowa and the Sustainable Community Director of that city presenting.

Further information can also be found on the UIC E-Government Facebook page. The cost of the workshop is $109 which includes breakfast, lunch and workshop materials-- a steal, if you ask us!