Apologies for double-postings! Dear colleagues, This message will be of interest to you, if you are interested/engaged in Digital Government/Electronic Government research: At the 2005 International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o2005) held in Atlanta, GA (May 16 to 18), a group of some 50 scholars in the field of digital government research discussed the future development of the field. For fostering digital government research and practice around the world, there was agreement that a future Digital Government Society might play an important organizational, communicative, and informational role. It was decided to explore the prospects of such a society in more detail. One initiative among others in this context was the development of a mission statement for the prospective society. A worldwide, semi-structured electronic discussion was launched and conducted over 11 weeks, which contributed to the various aspects of the envisioned society's mission. From that discussion, a short mission statement has been derived, which captures the essence of the discussions without becoming too specific or remaining too general. The voting on this proposed mission statement is the final step in the process charted out in May. If you are interested/engaged in Digital Government/Electronic Government research we invite you to comment on and vote on the mission statement. Please visit: https://catalysttools.washington.edu/tools/webq3/?sid=9502&owner=jscholl The Mission and Name Committee Sharon Dawes, Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany (sdawes@ctg.albany.edu) Enrico Nardelli, NESTOR, University of Roma "Tor Vergata" (nardelli@nestor.uniroma2.it) Jochen Scholl,, The Information School, University of Washington (jscholl@u.washington.edu)