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2003
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Scientist, Politician, and Bureaucrat Subcultures as Barriers to Information-Sharing in Government Agencies
This paper is based on an exploratory, interdisciplinary study of issues related to information-sharing within and across three public agencies. We build on Schein’s (1996) work...
David B. Drake, Marianne J. Koch, Nicole Steckler
DGO
2003
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Extending Metadata Definitions by Automatically Extracting and Organizing Glossary Definitions
Metadata descriptions of database contents are required to build and use systems that access and deliver data in response to user requests. When numerous heterogeneous databases a...
Eduard H. Hovy, Andrew Philpot, Judith Klavans, Ul...
DGO
2003
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Coastal Mapping and Change Detection Using High--Resolution IKONOS Satellite Imagery
Shoreline mapping and shoreline change detection are critical in many coastal zone applications. This paper presents results of the semi-automatic mapping of a coastal area of Lak...
Kaichang Di, Ruijin Ma, Jue Wang, Ron Li
DGO
2003
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E-Government in the Arabian Gulf: A Vision toward Reality
This paper presents a review of the e-government initiatives in the Arabian Gulf countries that form the Gulf Cooperation Council, GCC. Throughout the region, extensive efforts ar...
George K. Kostopoulos
DGO
2003
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Free-link Topology Navigation on Statistical Table Objects: Metadata Schema and User Interface
A table object, defined and described in XML, is treated as the basic unit in a free-link topology that enables multiple inheritances for each node. In this paper, a novel table n...
Xiangming Mu, Gary Marchionini
DGO
2003
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Reducing Storage Costs for Federated Search of Text Databases
In environments containing many text search engines a federated search system provides people with a single point of access. When search engines are managed by independent organiz...
Jie Lu, Jamie Callan
DGO
2003
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Crime Data Mining: An Overview and Case Studies
The concern about national security has increased significantly since the 9/11 attacks. However, information overload hinders the effective analysis of criminal and terrorist activ...
Hsinchun Chen, Wingyan Chung, Yi Qin, Michael Chau...
DGO
2003
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The role of a search agent for disenfranchised users
Connected Kids project is about developing a searchable database system for the disenfranchised people of the city of Troy, New York. The various events and programs for the young...
Mousumi Chatterjee, Sibel Adali
DGO
2003
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Turning to Digital Government in a Crisis
Sharon S. Dawes, Bruce B. Cahan, Anthony M. Cressw...
DGO
2003
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The GovStat Statistical Interactive Glossary
The GovStat Statistical Interactive Glossary (SIG) is intended to allow users of federal statistical agency websites to look up meanings of statistical terms they encounter on the...
Ron T. Brown, Jesse Wilbur, Stephanie W. Haas, Mar...