[liberationtech] Information Technology and Homeland Security Special Issue IJEP

Tue May 8 03:47:07 PDT 2012

Wow. A whole journal issue taking seriously the marketing hype about
"Homeland Security", as if it were what it claims to be instead of
simply a power grab by a bunch of tyrants. Amazing.

-Bill

On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 6:28 AM, Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> wrote:
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> From: Yosem Companys <companys at stanford.edu>
> Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 10:17:03 -0700
> To: Liberation Technologies <liberationtech at lists.stanford.edu>
> Cc: Chris Reddick <Chris.Reddick at utsa.edu>,
>        Saqib Saeed <saqib.saeed at gmail.com>
> Subject: [liberationtech] Information Technology and Homeland Security
>        Special Issue IJEP
>
> ********************* CALL FOR PAPERS *************************
>
> ** **
>
> SUBMISSION DUE DATE: *November 1, 2012*****
>
> ** **
>
> SPECIAL ISSUE ON* Information **Technology and Homeland Security*
>
> * *
>
> *International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)*
>
> ** **
>
> Guest Editors:****
>
> Prof. Christopher G. Reddick, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA  ****
>
> Dr. Saqib Saeed, Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan****
>
> ** **
>
> INTRODUCTION****
>
> Post 9/11 world has an enhanced focus on homeland security and as a result
> huge investments have been done by governments to enhance the public
> security. Advanced technological systems have been designed in countries to
> improve monitoring, security, and control against a possible terrorist
> attack. The focus of the proposed special issue is to analyze the political
> implications of technology adoption for homeland security mechanisms. The
> aim is to consider all relevant aspects of technology implications such as
> citizenb s rights and privacy. The special issue explores implications and
> issues with a view to suggesting appropriate strategies to improve the
> system design by highlighting the political implications of technology.****
>
> ** **
>
> OBJECTIVE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE****
>
> The objective of the proposed Special Issue is to highlight technology
> design implications, user experiences and political implications of
> technology usage for homeland security. Research contributions in this
> special issue will provide guidelines for government agencies to better
> understand the citizenb s perspective. The contents in this special issue
> are of interest for researchers working in the domains of information
> systems, human computer interaction, organizational science, and political
> science****
>
> ** **
>
> RECOMMENDED TOPICS****
>
> Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited
> to) the following:****
>
> ** **
>
>   - Cost benefit studies of technology adoption for homeland security ****
>   - Digital divide and technology adoption for citizen security****
>   - Global politics and homeland security****
>   - IT and effectiveness of security organizations****
>   - Limitations, challenges and barriers to ICT adoption for government
>   bodies****
>   - Political, ethical, security, privacy, and legal issues****
>   - Politics of the IT function and role in security organizations****
>   - Precision and accuracy of homeland security IT infrastructure****
>   - System design for homeland security applications****
>   - User experiences with homeland security systems (e.g., body scanners,
>   etc.)****
>
> ** **
>
> SUBMISSION PROCEDURE****
>
> Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special
> theme issue on *Information **Technology and Homeland Security on or
> beforeNovember 1, 2012.
> *All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another
> publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNALb S GUIDELINES
FOR
> MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at
> http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf.  All
> submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis.
> Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.**
>
> ** **
>
> ABOUT *International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)*
>
> The *International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)* establishes the
> foundations of e-politics as an emerging interdisciplinary area of research
> and practice, as well as offers a venue for publications that focus on
> theories and empirical research on the manifestations of e-politics in
> various contexts and environments. This journal encompasses diverse aspects
> of e-politics, including: strategy, e-commerce, decision sciences,
> marketing, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, media studies,
> communication studies, women studies, black studies, political science,
> philosophy, law, criminology, and ethics. ****
>
> ** **
>
> This journal is an official publication of the Information Resources
> Management Association http://www.igi-global.com/IJEP   ****
>
> ** **
>
> Editor-in-Chief*: *Dr. Celia Romm Livermore****
>
> Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form)****
>
> ** **
>
> PUBLISHER:****
>
> The *International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)* is published by IGI Global
> (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the b Information Science
> Referenceb  (formerly Idea Group Reference), b Medical Information Science
> Referenceb , b Business Science Referenceb , and b Engineering Science
> Referenceb  imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher,
> please visit www.igi-global.com <http://www.igi-pub.com>. ****
>
> ** **
>
> All submissions should be should be directed to the attention of guest
> editors.****
>
> ** **
>
> Prof. Christopher G. Reddick****
>
> E-mail: Chris.Reddick at utsa.edu ****
>
> University of Texas at San Antonio, USA              ****
>
> ** **
>
> Dr. Saqib Saeed****
>
> E-mail: saqib.saeed at gmail.com ****
>
> Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan
>
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