Digital Government Society of North America
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The Digital Government Society of North America or DGSNA is an international, nonprofit, professional society devoted to advancing democratic digital government via research, policy, and best practice, in the countries of Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

History and purpose

The organization was founded in 2005. It grew out of the US National Science Foundation's CISE-based Digital Government program. The current president of the DGSNA is Eduard Hovy, who succeeded the founding president Sharon Dawes.

Society's mission

The Society is a global multi-disciplinary organization of scholars and practitioners engaged in and committed to democratic digital government. Digital (or electronic) government fosters the use of information and technology to support and improve public policies and government operations, engage citizens, and provide comprehensive and timely government services. DGS equips its members with a professional support network focused on both scholarship and effective practices that nurture technical, social, and organizational transformation in the public sector. The society welcomes members from all sectors, endorses diverse, multi-, and interdisciplinary research undertakings relevant to both theory and practice, and strongly encourages practitioner-researcher exchanges at local, regional, national, and international levels.

Activities

Every year, the DGSNA hosts dg.o, the International Conference on Digital Government Research. The dg.o 2008 meeting will be held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

References

• About the Society

External links

• DGSNA website
• Current and past dg.o conferences