*{Strongly recommended}* *E-Policy, Law, and Governance* http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_42/minitracks/eg-elg.htm E-Policy, Law, and Governance focuses on the development, utilization, and expansion of information and communications technologies (ICT). We are especially interested in papers examining the creation and implementation of public policies and laws, as well as how these technologies impact and influence governance systems and public institutions. While ICTs offer a means to increased efficiency and effectiveness, these technologies must be tempered by concerns of equity, privacy, and access. *Topics and research areas include, but are not limited to:* * *Public policy/e-policies issues and their analysis* associated with digital divide; ICT standards; diffusion and adoption of ICT; and the role of ICT in public administration at the local, state, and national level. * *E-governance* associated with legal and policy implications of inter-organizational and public-private sector systems for government service delivery and includes transparency, trust and legitimacy concerns, as well as issues of accountability, responsiveness, and authority. *Co-chairs:* Rowena Cullen (Primary Contact) School of Information Management Victoria University of Wellington PO Box 600 Wellington 6024, New Zealand Phone: +64-4-463-5788 Email: rowena.cullen@vuw.ac.nz Jay Kesan College of Law University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. Champaign, Ill 61820, USA Phone +1-217-333-7887 Email: kesan@uiuc.edu Stuart W. Shulman School of Information Sciences University Center for Social and Urban Research University of Pittsburgh 121 University Place, Ste 600 Pittsburgh PA 15260, USA Phone: +1-412-624-3776 Fax: +1-412-624-4810 Email: Shulman@pitt.edu (ps. HICSS is quite fun; great biking and snorkeling) http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=891DFFEB19D3A640 -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman Director, Sara Fine Institute School of Information Sciences Director, Qualitative Data Analysis Program University Center for Social and Urban Research http://qdap.ucsur.pitt.edu University of Pittsburgh 121 University Place, Suite 600 Pittsburgh, PA 15260 412.624.3776 (v) 412.624.4810 (f) http://shulman.ucsur.pitt.edu Editor, Journal of Information Technology and Politics http://www.jitp.net