1. Co-Directors: Yigal Arens USC / Information Sciences Institute Judith Klavans Columbia University

2. 2 Why a Center? Direction Coordination Visibility Sustainability

3. 3 DGRC Technical Goals Conduct and support research in key areas of information systems Develop standards/interfaces Develop infrastructure Build pilot systems Collaborate closely with government information providers and users

4. 4 Time Today DGRC Development Plans Seeding by CU and ISI ~$1M/yr initially from DG Program Six PI’s (8%), 1 p/t programmer, 3 students Additional projects funded by BLS, EIA ~$3M/yr funding with incorporation of additional or separately funded efforts ~$5M/yr total will provide for significant impact on government systems Expand government applications as funding develops

5. 5 The Magazine of Digital Government Research http://www.dgrc.org/dg-online DGRC Community Building NSF-sponsored DG workshop and conferences (2000, 2001, 2002) Expanded PI workshop, now conferences Collaboration workspace In the process of being expanded Newsletter:

6. 6 Initial Technical Core with Additions DGRC Growth NSF Phase I ISI CU NSF Phase II EIA BLS SGER Transportation SGER Privacy

7. 7 DGRC Composition Initially, primarily computer scientists User interfaces, information integration, databases, natural language processing, information security, data mining, … Recently also Human factors, cognitive psychology Soon to include: Social sciences

8. 8 Computer Science Librarians Psychologists Social Scientists Business School and so on DGRC Growth NSF Phase I ISI CU NSF Phase II EIA BLS SGER Transportation SGER Privacy

9. 9 DGRC - Center Goals Direction - pursue a common direction across disciplines Coordination - work with a range of institutions (.edu,.gov,.com,.org) Visibility - across sites and disciplines Sustainability

10. 10 For More Information Visit http://www.dgrc.orghttp://www.dgrc.org Read DG Online newsletter Ask for report of first year’s dg.o2000 digital government workshop Request report of last year’s dg.o2001 when it comes out Look for next year’s dg.o2002