Folks, I am writing to you to announce the launch of the Journal of Information Technology & Politics, (www.jitp.net) and to invite the members of the list interested in this subfield to join our reviewer and editorial board database by completing a brief web survey at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=90162489434 If anyone has already completed a variant of this survey (under the auspices of seeking feedback on what was then the Journal of E-Government) there is no reason to complete the survey again. We have ~200 completed surveys and a very large and growing database of potential reviewers. There is considerable excitement amongst this group about the direction of this journal. We plan to use a tailored database to make sure JITP reviewers get only the articles they really want to review and at a rate that is set by each reviewer. We are also building a sizable full editorial board out of this reviewer database. It includes graduate students making a mark and planning a career in ITP studies. If people are interested in the governance of JITP, they should take 10 minutes visit the survey, or else e-mail me directly to tell me about your ideas and interests relating to JITP. Thanks, Dr. Stuart Shulman Editor, JITP -- _____________________________________________ Dr. Stuart W. Shulman Assistant Professor School of Information Sciences Graduate School of Public and International Affairs Senior Research Associate and QDAP Director University Center for Social and Urban Research University of Pittsburgh 121 University Place, Suite 600 Pittsburgh, PA 15260 412.624.3776 (v) 412.624.4810 (f) http://shulman.ucsur.pitt.edu/ _____________________________________________