Should We Hire Him?

My Alma mater, Heinz College @ Carnegie Mellon University- before it used to be called the Heinz school, and recently received the title of College- anyway, they have been looking for a new dean for quite some time now. Yesterday, I received an update of the hiring process from the selecction committee regarding the application of Mr. John Leslie King's candidacy.

Mr. King has been teaching at University of Michigan for a long time, and has climbed the ladder there, academically and administratively. Now he aspires to the be dean of one of the finest public policy schools in the country and dear to me. His resume is pretty extensive and impressive, however, to me, he fits the same old mold of former deans at my Alma mater. The selection committee at the Heinz College, comprised of faculty, staff, students, and community members, in the end will have the final decision on the selection of the new dean. Hopefully, they select somebody that reflects the new changes taking place in America....

Given the nature of the school, I thought I share the news with you to obtain feedback from your perspective on this issue. Below is Mr. King's resume, and if after reviewing his resume, you'd like to leave your two cents on whether Heinz College should hire him or not, you are more than welcome to do so.

RESUMÉ

JOHN LESLIE KING January, 2008

3042 Fleming Administration Building
503 Thompson Street
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1340
tel: 734-764-2571
fax: 734-764-4546
email: http://us.mc541.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jlking@umich.edu
web: http://www.si.umich.edu/~jlking

GENERAL INFORMATION
Personal
Born: August 22,1951
Citizenship: United States

Education

Ph.D. Administration, Graduate School of Administration, UC Irvine, 1977.
M.S. Administration, Graduate School of Administration, UC Irvine, 1974.
B.A. Philosophy, UC Irvine, 1972.

Academic and Related Work Experience

Vice Provost for Academic Information, University of Michigan, 2006-present
Dean, School of Information, University of Michigan, 2000-2006.
Professor, School of Information, University of Michigan, 2000-present
Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, 2005
Senior Science Advisor, National Science Foundation, 2003-2008.
Canon Visiting Professor, Nanyang Business School, Singapore, 2000.
Professor, Information and Computer Science (75%) and Graduate School of Management (25%), and Research Computer Scientist, Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO), University of California, Irvine.1988-2000. (Associate 1984-1988; Assistant 1980-1984.)
Vice-Dean, Graduate School of Management, UCI, 1997-98. Responsible for academic programs and personnel.
Interim Dean, Graduate School of Management, UCI, 1997.
University Librarian (Interim),October, 1991-July, 1992. (In charge of all library activities at the UCI Campus; budget of $13 million and over 200 staff.)
Marvin Bower Fellow and Visiting Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration,1989-90.
Chair, Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine.1984-1989. (Dean position for the program that became the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.)
Associate Research Specialist, Public Policy Research Organization, University of California, Irvine. 1976-1980
Lecturer, Graduate School of Administration, University of California, Riverside. 1977-1978
Administrative Analyst, Public Policy Research Organization, University of California, Irvine, 1974-1976.

Professional Honors

IFIP Silver Core Award, 1999
Fellow of the Association for Information Systems, 2005
Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies, Germany, 2005
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2007

UNIVERSITY TEACHING AND SERVICE
University Courses Taught
Introduction to computing and programming
Doctoral proseminar in information and computer science
Social and organizational issues in computing
Management information systems
Decision support systems
Advanced information technologies for management
Information, control, and management
Economics of computing
Management of computing
Technology, administration, and public policy
Managerial finance
Fiscal and budgetary management
Foundations of research in computer science
Research methods
Information and control

Other Teaching Service

Fulbright Distinguished Chair, Frankfurt University, Spring 2005
Canon Visiting Distinguished Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2000
International Conference on Information Systems Doctoral Consortium Faculty, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1997, 1998
Academy of Management OCIS Doctoral Consortium, 2004
Executive Education, Duke University Fuqua School of Business, 1995-1997.
All Scandinavia Ph.D. doctoral consortium, Copenhagen, 1996.
Executive Education Program, University of California, Berkeley, 1992- 1998.
Executive Education Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1994-1996.
All-Finland Ph.D. Information Systems program, 1994-95.
Institut Theseus, Sophia Antipolis, France, 1992-1999.
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration Doctoral Program, 1990.



University Service – University of Michigan
Advisory Board Member, Phoenix Memorial Energy Institute, 2006-2008
Academic Planning Group, 2000-2007
Steering Committee, National Center for Institutional Diversity, 2003-2007.
Presidential Task Force on Multidisciplinary Teaching, 2004.
Advisory Committee on Institutional Diversity, 2004.
Law School Dean Search Committee, 2003
EVP-CFO Search Committee, 2002-2003
Executive Board Member, Institute for Social Research, 2001-2005
U-M Representative, Board of the Michigan Virtual University, 2001-2005
Interim Director, U-M Media Union, 2000-2003
Media Union Executive Committee, 2000-2005
Co-Chair, President’s Information Revolution Commission, 2000-2001

University Service - UCI

Information and Computer Science Department – department executive committee; space planning; assisted in coordinated experimental research grant proposals; extramural relations committee; elected representative to Academic Senate; Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies; Department Chair.
Graduate School of Management– chair of the PhD committee; computing support; personnel committee; Faculty Board; Interim Dean and Vice Dean; Taco Bell Chair search committee.
UCI campus –Parking and Transportation Advisory Committee; Council of Deans and Directors; Chair of Electrical Engineering Search Committee; Executive Vice Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Academic Computing; Chair, Council for Interschool Curricula; Chief Executive Roundtable; Executive Committee of Chief Executive Roundtable; Executive Vice Chancellor Search Committee; Vice Chancellor of Research Search Committee; Dean of Extension Search Committee; Committee on Privilege and Tenure3; Senate Committee on the University Library; Committee on Planning and Budget; Biological Sciences Dean Search Committee; University Librarian Search Committee; Joint Administration/Senate Task Force on Informatics at UCI; Committee on Academic Personnel (university promotion and tenure committee).
UC System –University-wide Committee on Planning and Budget; Member of University-wide Task Force on the Future of the UC Libraries; Member of the System-wide Library and Scholarly Information Committee; Chair, University-wide Committee on Libraries; Life Sciences Informatics Working Group.

Professional Affiliations

American Library Association (ALA)
Association of Library and Information Science Educators (ALISE)
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Association for Information Systems (AIS)
The Institute for Management Sciences and Operations Research (INFORMS)
The Academy of Management (AOM)

Professional Service
Vice Chair, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy, 1980-84.
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS): Member, Executive Committee,1982-1985; 1989-1991; Pro gram Co-Chair of ICIS, Tucson, AZ, December. 1985; Member of Faculty, ICIS Doctoral Consortium in Pittsburgh, PA, 1987 and in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1980;Chair of the Doctoral Consortium for ICIS in New York City,1991; Member of Program Committee for ICIS in Dallas, 1992.
International Federation of Information Processing Societies (IFIP):Program Committee, First International Conference on Governmental and Municipal Information Systems, Budapest, Hungary, September, 1987; Vice Chair, IFIP Working Group on Governmental and Municipal Information Systems,1989-2000
Computer Supported Cooperative Work Conference (CSCW): Member, Program Committee for CSCW in Toronto, 1992, in Chapel Hill NC in 1994, in Cambridge MA in1996; Member of Doctoral Colloquium Faculty, CSCW Boston in1996.
European Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Conference (ECSCW): Member of ECSCW Program Committee in Amsterdam, May, 1991; in Stockholm, 1995; in Manchester UK in 1997; US Publicity Liaison for ECSCW in Milano, September, 1993.
Member, Program Committee, ACM Conference on Organizational Computing Systems, Milpitas, CA, November, 1992.
Invited participant, Initial Organizing Workshop on "Quality and Organizational Transformation," National Science Foundation, September,1993.
Invited participant, NSF/MIT//OECD Workshop on the Productivity Impacts of Information Technology Investments, Charleston, SC, November, 1993.
Member, Board of External Examiners, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 1994-98.
Nominator, The Japan Prize,1995 - 2007
Nominator, The Kyoto Prize, 1995 – 2007
Nominator, Nobel Prize in Economics, 1996 – 2007.
Group-97 Conference, member, Program Committee, 1996-97
Committee on Intermodal Transport Policy Options, National Research Council, Transportation Research Board,1996-97.
Committee on Enabling Transportation Research, National Research Council, Transportation Research Board, 1998-99.
Steering Committee, National Science Foundation Workshop on Digital Government, 1998-99.
Committee on Enabling Transportation Research, National Research Council, Transportation Research Board, 1998-99.
Carnegie Mellon University External Advisory Board for the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, 1997-present.
Selection Committee for the LEO Award, Association for Information Systems, 2001-2003, 2007-2009.
Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2001-2004.
Research Advisory Panel, Copenhagen Information Technology University, 2002-2007.
International Advisory Committee for the College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University, 2002-2007.
Executive Committee of the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 2002-2005.
Advisory Committee of the Human Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2002-2004.
Advisory Committee for the Directorate of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, United States National Science Foundation, 2002-2007.
Committee on Securing the Freight Transportation System Information Infrastructure, National Research Council, 2002-2003.
Government Affairs Committee, Computing Research Association, 2002-2007 (Chair 2005-2007).
Board of Directors, Computing Research Association, 2003-2005
External Reviewer, Copenhagen Business School, 2004
Chair, Deans and Directors Group of ALISE, 2004
Member, Association for Information Systems Blue Ribbon Panel on the future of the Information Systems field, 2003-2004
Advisory Committee for the Directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, United States National Science Foundation, 2004-2007 (Liaison to CISE AC)
International Advisory Committee, Dubai University College, 2005-2007.
Member, President’s Committee of Visitors, University at Albany, SUNY 2006.
Chair, Committee of Visitors Review of the Division of Social and Economic Sciences, Directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation, 2007.
Member, Computing Community Consortium Council, 2006-8.
Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure, United States National Science Foundation, 2007- (Liaison to SBE-AC)
Member, Council of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC), 2007-2010.
Chair, Committee of Visitors, Office of Cyberinfrastructure, NSF, April 2008.

Editorial, Referee and Review Experience

Co-Editor with Kalle Lyytinen, Special Issue on Standard Making, Management Information Systems Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 2, September 2006.
Co-Editor with Kalle Lyytinen, Special Issue on the Cellular Revolution, Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 26, No. 3-4, April-May, 2002.
Editor-in-Chief, Information Systems Research, The Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), 1993-1998.
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Information Infrastructure and Policy IOS Press, 1989-2002.
Editorial Board, Information Polity: The International Journal of Government and Democracy in the Information Age, IOS Press, 2002-present.
International Editorial Advisory Board, Organization Science, The Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS).1994-present.
Editorial Board, Journal of Organizational Computing, 1990-present.
Editorial Board Advisory Group: Information Systems Frontiers: A Journal of Research and Innovation, Kluwer, 2002-present
Associate Editor, ACM Computing Surveys, 1989-1997.
Editorial Board, Journal of Strategic IT, Butterworth,1991-present.
Editorial Board, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 1991-present.
Editorial Board, Journal of Information Systems Management, 1986-1992.

Have reviewed for:

ACM Computing Surveys
ACM Transactions on Office Information Systems
Administrative Science Quarterly
Communications of the ACM
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Harvard Business Review
IEEE Software
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Information Systems Research
Journal of Communication
Journal of Strategic Information Technology
Journal of Technology Transfer
Management Information Systems Quarterly
Management Science
Organization Science
Public Administration Review
Sloan Management Review
Technology Review
Telecommunications Policy
Academic Press
Addison-Wesley Press
Harvard Business School Press
Richard D. Irwin Publishers
Jossey-Bass Publishers
McGraw Hill Publishers
MIT Press
Oxford University Press
National Science Foundation
National Research Council
Leverhulme Trust
Social Science Research Council
US-Japan Foundation
Markle Foundation
Hong Kong Research Council
Danish National Research Council
Canadian Social Science Research Council
Duke University Press
Consulting Experience (partial list)

IBM Corporation
Ford Motor Company
ING Netherlands
City of Seattle
Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle
City of Minneapolis
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Maricopa County, Arizona
City of Omaha, Nebraska
US Department of Justice
National Science Foundation
Butler Cox, Ltd. Consultancy
CSC-Index
Mercer Management Consulting
KPMG Global Advisory Services
CSA-Peugeot/Citröen
Japan-America Institute of Management Science
City of New Orleans
City of Bellevue, Washington
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
National Research Council
Transportation Research Board
General Electric, Canada
Los Angeles Superior Court
State Justice Institute
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

RESEARCH
Experience and Support

Co-Principal Investigator, "High Level Requirements." Supported by the US National Science Foundation. September 1998-August 2001. $50,000.
Co-Principal Investigator, "Advanced Logistics and Non-Integrated Process Coordination." Supported by UCI-GSM Corporate Partners. July 1997-June 1999, $15,000.
Co-Principal Investigator, “Standardization and the Making of Information Infrastructure: The Case of Mobile Telephone Standards. Supported by the Academy of Finland. January 1998-December, 1999. Support of 1.4 million Finmarks (approximately USD 400,000).
Principal Investigator, "Computation and Social Systems: Synthesis and Directions." Supported by the US National Science Foundation. September 1998-August 1999, $125,000.
Co-Principal Investigator, "Computerization in the Criminal Courts." Supported by the State Justice Institute through the Los Angeles County Superior Court, March 1998-September, 1999, $25,000.
Co-Principal Investigator, “Technology Policy and The Diffusion of Computing: A Study in Asia-Pacific Nations. Supported by the US National Science Foundation. January 1993-August 1999, $499,000. Supplemental support from corporations in amount of about $100,000.
Co-Principal Investigator, "Institutional Opportunities and Constraints on the Further Development of the Information Revolution," Supported by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, January - December, 1996, $8,000.
Investigator, “Learning By Doing in DRAM Manufacturing: A Study of Japanese and Korean Systems of Innovation.” Doctoral research support for Jeffery Young Kim, UC Pacific Rim Research Initiative, June 1996-June 1998, $25,000.
Principal Investigator, "The Great Reversal: Information and Transport Technology in the Intermodal Vision," supported by the National Research Council, October 1995 - April 1996,$8,000.
Co-principal Investigator," Information Technology and Coordination in Advanced Integrated Manufacturing Environments," supported by the National Science Foundation, October 1990 - September, 1993. $450,000.
Principal Investigator, NSF travel grant for US Participants to, and Co-Organizer of, an international workshop on "Information Technologies and New Economic Growth Opportunities for the 1980's," held in Tokyo, Japan, September 11-21, 1988. Co-sponsored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the UCI Department of Information and Computer Science, the University of Warwick, the University of Mastrich, and Gakshuin University.
Co-Principal Investigator on "The Evolution of Computing in City Governments," supported by the National Science Foundation. July, 1986-June 1989. Support of $525,000.
Co-Principal Investigator on "Information Technology and Government in the Pacific Area Nations ," supported by the University of California Pacific Rim Research Initiative .July 1986-1989. Support of $150,000. Additional support from IBM World Trade Corporation.
Co-Principal Investigator on "Research Study of the Future of Local Government and Intergovernmental Information Systems," supported by the International Business Machines Corporation. July, 1983-December 1985. Combined cash and equipment support of approximately $750,000.
Co-Principal Investigator on "Longitudinal Study of Computers in Cities." Support from the National Science Foundation, 1982-1985. Support of $185,000.
Co-Principal Investigator on "Preliminary Assessment of Computer Assisted Conference Rooms," supported by the Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung, Bonn, W. Germany. July, 1983- October, 1983. Support of$10,000.
Co-Principal Investigator on "Cooperative Research on Transfer of Planning Models in German and American Federal Governments" supported by the Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung (Institute for Mathematics and Data Processing, Federal Republic of Germany), 1980-1983. Support of $129,000.
Principal Investigator on "Microprocessor Applications for Improving Energy Productivity," for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1981. Support of $5,000.
Co-principal Investigator on "Information and Reporting for Local Government Fiscal Management" supported by the Municipal Finance Officers Association under a grant from the National Science Foundation, 1980. Support of$3,600.
Principal investigator on "Privacy and Equity Impacts of Electronic Funds Transfer Systems," for U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment, 1980. Support of$14,000.
Co-principal investigator on "Comparative study of computer policies and impacts in U.S., Western European, Canadian, and Japanese cities" supported by the National Science Foundation, 1978-1979. Support of $150,000.
Associate research specialist on a special evaluation project sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to assess a set of recommendations made by a panel of the National Academy of Sciences. Support of$35,000.
Associate research specialist on "Evaluation of information technology in local government" supported by the National Science Foundation, 1974-1978. Support of $1.2million.
Research assistant on "Evaluation of policy related research on municipal information systems" research project supported by the National Science Foundation,1973-1974. Support of $149,000.

PUBLICATIONS

Books and Monographs, Co-Authored and Edited

1. Information Systems: The State of the Field, with K. Lyytinen (eds.). London: John Wiley and Sons, 2006.
2. Managing Information Systems: Change and Control in Organizational Computing, with K.L. Kraemer, D. Dunkle, and J.P. Lane. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1989.
3. Datawars: The Politics of Modeling in Federal Policymaking, with K.L. Kraemer, S. Dickhoven, and S. Fallows. Columbia University Press,1987.
4. The Dynamics of Computing, with Kenneth L. Kraemer. 1985, Columbia University Press. Reviewed by R. Zmud, ACM Computing Reviews.
5. Computers and Local Government, Volume 1: A Manager's Guide, with Kenneth Kraemer. New York: Praeger, 1977.
6. Computers and Local Government, Volume 2: A Review of Research, with Kenneth Kraemer. New York: Praeger, 1977
7. Computers, Power, and Urban Management: What Every Local Executive Should Know, with Kenneth Kraemer. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage Publications,1976.
8. Computers in Local Government: Police and Fire. (Co-edited with Kenneth L. Kraemer). Pennsauken, NJ, 1981.
9. Computers in Local Government: Public Works and Water Systems. (Co-edited with Kenneth L. Kraemer). Pennsauken, NJ, 1981.
10. Computers in Local Government: Urban and Regional Planning. (Co-edited with Kenneth L. Kraemer). Pennsauken, NJ, 1980.
11. Computers in Local Government: Finance and Administration. (Co-edited with Kenneth L. Kraemer). Pennsauken, NJ, 1979.
12. An Analytic Overview of Urban Information Systems in the United States with Kenneth Kraemer. Laxenburg, Austria: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Research Monograph RM-77-22, 1977.

Articles, Book Chapters, Conference Papers, and Other Publications.

13. “Going Critical: Perspective and Proportion in the Epistemology of Rob Kling,” with J. Grudin and S. Iacono. The Information Society, Vol. 23, No 4., 2007, pp. 251-262.
14. “Leveraging Information Technology To Mobilize Agents Of World Benefit,” with M. Avital, K. Lyytinen, M.D. Gordon, E. Granger-Happ, R.O. Mason and R.T. Watson. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Vol. 19, 2007, pp. 567-588
15. “Epistemic Infrastructure in the Rise of the Knowledge Economy. With M. Hedstrom. In Kahin, B. and Foray, D. (Eds), Advancing Knowledge in the Knowledge Economy. Cambridge, MIT Press, 2006, pp. 113-134.
16. “Modern Information Infrastructure in the Support of Distributed Collective Practice in Transport. Journal of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Vol. 15, Nos. 2-3, June, 2006, 111-121.
17. “Information Technology and Administrative Reform: Will the Time After E-Government Be Different?” with K. Kraemer. International Journal of E-Government Research, 2005.
18. “Automotive Informatics: Information Technology and Enterprise Transformation in the Automobile World.” With K. Lyytinen. In W. Dutton, B. Kahin, R. O’Callaghan, and A. Wycoff, Transforming Enterprise, MIT Press, 2005, 283-312.
19. “A Common Information Space in Criminal Courts: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) Case Management Systems” with M. Elliott. Proceedings of the 28th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, January 3-6, 2005.
20. “Nothing at the Center: Academic Legitimacy in the Information Systems Field” with K. Lyytinen. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. Volume 5, No. 6, June, 2004, pp. 220-246.
21. “Reach and Grasp” with K. Lyytinen, Management Information Systems Quarterly, Volume 28, No. 4, December 2004.
22. “Business on the Plain of Hate: Blurring Virtual and Real in MMORPG E-Commerce.” With M.D. King. Short Paper, Human Computer Interaction Consortium, Feb. 5-9, 2003.
23. “Diffusion and Impacts of the Internet and E-Commerce
 in the United States of America: Results from an industry survey," with V. Fomin, K. Lyytinen, and S. McGann. Forthcoming, Communications of the Association for Information Systems.
24. “Information Environments: Organizational Context of On-Line Information Use.” With R. Lamb and R. Kling. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, forthcoming, 2003.
25. “On The LAM: Libraries, Archives, and Museums in the Creation and Sustainment of Knowledge Communities.” With M. Hedstrom. Invited paper for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris. 2003.
26. “A Representation Scheme for Analyzing IT and Organizational Dependency,” With J. Tillquist and C. Woo. Management Information Systems Quarterly, Volume 26, Number 2, June 2002, pp. 91-118.
27. "Around the cradle of the wireless revolution: the emergence and evolution of cellular telephony. With Kalle Lyytinen. Telecommunications Policy, 26:3-4, 2002, 97-100.
28. "Ma Bell's orphan: US cellular telephony, 1947-1996." With Joel West. Telecommunications Policy, 26:3-4, 2002, 189-203.
29. "Large Scale Requirements Analysis as Heterogeneous Engineering," With M. Bergman and K. Lyytinen. In Social Thinking - Software Practice, C. Floyd and R. Klischewski, Eds. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2002.
30. “Large Scale Requirements Analysis Revisited: The need for Understanding the Political Ecology of Requirements Engineering” with M. Bergman and K. Lyytinen. Requirements Engineering. 7:3, 2002,152-171
31. "Large Scale Requirements Analysis as Heterogeneous Engineering," With M. Bergman and K. Lyytinen. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems. (In Press)
32. “Managing Distance Over Time: The Evolution of Technologies of Dis/Ambiguation. With R. Frost, in Hinds, P. and Kiesler, S. Distributed Work. MIT Press, 2002, pp. 3-26.
33. “PSA and PORTNET.COM – Competing on Complexity.” With Leow, D., Neo, B.S., and Applegate, L. Harvard Business School teaching case, 2001.
34. "Boundary Instances in Heterogeneous Engineering Teams: Trouble Management in the DRAM Manufacturing Process." With J.Y. Kim. Neale, M.A., Mannix, E.A., and Griffith, T.L. (Eds.) Research on managing groups and teams: Technology, Vol. 3. JAI Press: Stamford, CT 2000.
35. “Digital Network Infrastructures, Legitimation Processes, and the Coming Transformation of Normal Science Institutions.” Prepared for the ESF-IIASA-NSF Workshop on “Building the Virtual House of Solomon: Digital Collaboration Technologies, the Organization of Scientific Work, and Economics of Knowledge Access. Laxenburg, Austria, December 3-5, 1999.
36. “Science, Information Technology, and the Changing Character of Public Policy in Non-Point Source Pollution.” With D. Corwin. In Corwin, D. L., K. Loague and T. R. Ellsworth. Application of GIS, Remote Sensing, Geostatistics, and Solute Transport Modeling to the Assessment of Non-Point Source Pollution in the Vadose Zone. American Geophysical Union, 1999.
37. Rigor and relevance: careers on the line. With Lynda Applegate. Management Information Systems Quarterly. Volume 23, No. 1, March, 1999, pp. 17-18.
38. “Information Technology and the Establishment and Maintenance of Civil Society.” With. K.L. Kraemer. In Snellen, I.T.M., and W. van de Donk, Public Administration in an Information Age. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 1998, pp. 509-523. (This is an expanded version of part of the paper noted below.)
39. “Computer and Information Technologies: Impacts on the Organization of Enterprise and the Establishment and Maintenance of Civil Society.” With K.L. Kraemer. In Fostering Research on the Economic and Social Impacts of Information Technology. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1998, pp. 188-210. (50%)
40. "Grey Market Science: Research Libraries, Grey Literature, and the Legitimation of Scientific Discourse in the Internet Age." With J. Gelfand. Prodeedings of the NSF-IEEE Workshop on Socioeconomic Dimensions of Electronic Publishing, Santa Barbara CA, April 23-25, 1998.
41. “Network Management.” With T. Morgan. In Dorf, R., Encyclopaedia of Technology Management. CRC Press, 1998, pp. 11:11-11:22.
42. “The Rise And Fall Of Netville: Institution, Infrastructure, and The Saga Of A Cybserspace Construction Boomtown In The Great Divide.” With R. Grinter and J. Pickering. In Kiesler, S. (ed.) Culture of the Internet. Ehrlbaum Publishers, 1997, pp. 3-34.
43. "Crisis in the Case Research Crisis: Marginal Diminishing Returns to Scale in the Quantitative-Qualitative Research Debate." With L. M. Applegate. Proceedings of the IFIP 8.2 Conference on Qualitative Research in Information Systems, Philadelphia PA, May 31-June2, 1997. Published on the World Wide Web.
44. “The Great Reversal: Information and Transportation Infrastructure in the Intermodal Vision.” With R. Alt and P. Forster. Proceedings 12: National Conference on Developing a Research Framework for Intermodal Transportation. TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1997, pp. 31-53.
45. “Cross-Disciplinary, Social-Context Research.” In More than Screen Deep: Toward Every-Citizen Interfaces to the Nation's Information Infrastructure. Washington DC: National Academic of Sciences Press, 1997, pp. 174-179.
46. “Hardwiring Weak Ties: Interorganizational Computer-Mediated Communication, Occupational Communities, and Organizational Change.” With J. Pickering. In Fulk, J. and G. DeSanctis (eds.) Communication Technology and New Organizational Forms. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, forthcoming. (A version of this paper originally appeared in a special issue of the journal Oragnization Science ; see below.)
47. “Addressing and the Future of Communications Competition.” With A. Andeen. Information Infrastructure and Policy, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1998, 17-46. (Appeared originally in, Proceedings of the 1996 Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Solomons MD, May 1996.
48. Turner, C.S., D. J. Richardson, and J.L. King. “Legal Sufficiency of Testing Processes. With C. Turner and D. Richardson. “Proceedings of SAFECOMP 96, the 15th International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security. Vienna, October 23-35, 1996, 375-385.
49. “Hardwiring Weak Ties: Interorganizational Computer-Mediated Communication, Occupational Communities, and Organizational Change.” With Jeanne Pickering., Organization Science, Vol. 6, No.4, July /August 1995, pp. 479-486.
50. "Singapore Unlimited: Building the National Information Infrastructure." With Neo Boon Siong, C. Knoop, and Lynda Applegate. Harvard Business School Teaching Case, 1995.
51. "The Impact of Information Technology on City Governments in the United States." With K.L. Kraemer and J. Dedrick. Proceedings of the Conference on Urban Governments, Universite de Toulouse-Le Mirail, Tolouse, France June 7-9, 1995.
52. "Police Use of Computers." With A. Northrop and K. Kraemer. Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 23, No., 3., July 1995.
53. Information Infrastructure, National Policy, and Global Competitiveness." With K. K. Kraemer. Information Infrastructure and Policy, Vol. 4, No 1, March,1995, pp. 5-27.
54. "Reconsidering Reengineering." Strategic Information Systems, invited essay, Volume 4,No. 1, March, 1995, pp. 7-12.
55. "Singapore TradeNet: Beyond Trade Net to the Intelligent Island." With Neo Boon-Siong and L. Applegate. Harvard Business School Teaching Case N9-195-243, 1995.
56. "Sim Language. "Invited commentary on articles by Lucy Suchman and Terry Winograd. Computer-Supported Cooperative Work: an Interdisciplinary Journal, Volume 3, No. 1, 1995, pp.51-54.
57. Information Infrastructure Standards in Heterogeneous Sectors: Lessons from the Worldwide Air Cargo Community" with P. Forster. In Kahin, B. and Abbate, J.(eds.), Standards for Information Infrastructure. MIT Press, 1995, pp. 148-177.
58. “The Twilight of the Decision Support Movement: Social Segmentation and the Legacy of Infrastructure.” With J. George and K. Ruhleder. In King, D. and Blanning, R. (eds.), Artificial Intelligence in Organization, Design, Planning and Control (IEEE Computer Society Press).
59. "Where are the Payoffs from Computerization?" In Kling, R.E. (ed.), Computerization and Controversy, 2nd Edition. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1995.
60. “Problems in Public Access Policy for GIS Databases: An Economic Perspective.” In Onsrud, H. and Rushton, G.(eds.) Sharing Geographic Information, New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Urban Policy Research, 1995, pp. 255-276.
61. "Institutional Factors in Information Technology Innovation." With V. Gurbaxani, K.L. Kraemer, F.W. McFarlan, K.S. Raman, and C.S. Yap. Information Systems Research, Vol. 5, No 2, July 1994. (Earlier version appeared in proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Information Systems, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 14-16, 1990.)
62. "A revisionist view of re-engineering. In Glasson, B., Hawryszkiewycz, I.T., Underwood, B.A., Weber, R.A. (eds.)Business Process Reengineering: Information Systems Opportunities and Challenges. Amsterdam: North Holland,1994, pp. 47-56.
63. "Personal Computers and the 'Democratization' of Computing in U.S. City Governments." With D. Dunkle, J.N. Perry, and K.L. Kraemer. Informatization and the Public Sector., Vol. 3, No 2.,June 1994, pp. 115-134.
64. "Life and Death in the Borderlands." Invited commentary on "Borderline Issues: Social and Material Aspects of Design," by J.S. Brown and P. Duguid. Human-Computer Interaction, Vol. 9, No. 1.,1994, pp. 82-84.
65. "Management Policy for Greater Computer Benefits: Friendly Software, Computer Literacy, or Formal Training." With A. Northrop, K.L. Kraemer, and D. E. Dunkle. Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 12, No3., 1994, pp. 383-404.
66. "Social Analysis of Information Systems: The Irvine School, 1970-1994." With Kenneth L. Kraemer. Informatization and the Public Sector, Vol. 3, No. 2., June, 1994. pp. 163-182.
67. “Computers, Police, and the Fight Against Crime: The Ecology of Technology, Training and Use" With A. Northrop, K.L. Kraemer, and D. Dunkle. Informatization and the Public Sector, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1994, pp. 21-45.
68. "The Usefulness of Computer Based Information to Public Managers." With K.L. Kraemer, D. Dunkle, and J.N. Danziger. Management Information Systems Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 2, 1994, pp. 129-148.
69. “Women, Men and Information Technology: A Comparison of the Impacts of Computing on White Collar Workers.” With D. Dunkle, J. Danziger, and K. Kraemer. Women and Technology, Volume 4. New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1994, pp 31-62.
70. “Motivations to Innovate in Public Organizations.” With J. Perry, K.L. Kraemer, and D. Dunkle. In Bozeman (ed.), Public Management Theory, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993.
71. “Models, Facts and the Policy Process: the Political Ecology of Estimated Truth.” With K.L. Kraemer. In M.F. Goodchild, B.O. Parks, and L.T. Steyaert (eds.), Environmental Modeling with GIS, Oxford University Press, 1993, pp. 353-360.
72. "Enhancing the Quality of Computing Service: Technology, Structure, and People." With D. Dunkle, J.N. Danziger, and K.L. Kraemer. Public Administration Review, January1993.
73. “Information Systems in Manufacturing Coordination: Economic and Social Perspectives.” With R. Kling, K.L. Kraemer, J. Allen, Y. Bakos, and V. Gurbaxani. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Information Systems, December, 1992.
74. Government Policy and Information Technology in Asia-Pacific Countries: A Conceptual Overview.” With K.L. Kraemer, V. Gurbaxani, J. Dedrick, K.S. Raman, C.S. Yap. Informatization and the Public Sector. Vol. 2: 97-110,1992.
75. "Institutionalization of Technological Change: Computing Use in Municipal Governments." With K.L .Kraemer, J.N. Perry, and D. Dunkle. Informatization and the Public Sector, September, 1992.
76. "Economic Development, Government Policy, and the Diffusion of Computing in Pacific Area Nations." With K.L. Kraemer and V. Gurbaxani. Public Administration Review, February, 1992.
77. "In Search of the Knowledge Executive: Managers, Microcomputers, and Information Technology." With J.N. Danziger, K.L. Kraemer, and D. Dunkle. State and Local Government Review, September,1992.
78. "The Academic Collaboratory as a Bridge Across Space, Time and Social Worlds" With Karen Ruhleder. Journal of Organizational Computing, Vol. 1, No. 4., pp. 341-355. Presented at the Twenty-Fourth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, January8-11, 1991.
79. What's So Great About Openness? A Dialectical Assessment of the Open Systems Movement. Proceedings of NORDDATA 1991, Oslo, Norway, June, 1991.
80. "Standardization in the Information Technology Arena." With B. Ferguson and E. Shi. Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems, January, 1992.
81. "Government as the Driving Force Toward the Information Society: National Computer Policy in Singapore." With K.L. Kraemer, J. Dedrick, K.S. Raman, V. Gurbaxani, C.S. Yap. The Information Society, Volume 7, pp. 155-185,1991.
82. "Examining the Computing and Centralization Debate." With J.F. George. Communications of the ACM, Vol. 34, No. 7, July, 1991 pp.62-73.
83. "Patterns of Success in Municipal Information Systems: Lessons from U.S. Experience." With K.L. Kraemer. Informatization and the Public Sector. Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring, 1991.
84. "Forecasting, Policy-Making and Technology: An Uneasy Alliance?" With K. Ruhleder and K.L. Kraemer. Working paper, Information and Computer Science Department, University of California, Irvine, 1991.
85. "Training, Software, and Employee Background: Influences on Computer Use." Public Policy Research Organization, University of California, Irvine, California, 1990
86. Foreword" in Software Reference Guide, 1990. Washington, DC: International City Management Association.
87. "Public Managers and the Usefulness of Computer-Based Information." With J. Danziger, D. Dunkle and K. Kraemer. Proceedings of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, August 30-Sept. 2, 1990.
88. "Singapore TradeNet. "Teaching case for the Harvard Business School, with Benn Konsynski. Spring, 1990.
89. "The Economics of Unix." Information Systems Management. Winter, 1990,pp. 80-86.
90. "Social Analysis of Computing: The Irvine School, 1970-1990." With K.L. Kraemer. Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Washington, DC: IEEE Press,1990, pp. 582-590.
91. "Conceptual Foundations fort he Development of Organizational Decision Support Systems." With. S.L. Star. Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences , Washington, DC: IEEE Press, 1990, pp. 143-151. (Winner of Best Paper Award.)
92. "Payoffs from Computerization: Lessons Over Time." With A. Northrop, K.L. Kraemer, and D. Dunkle. Public Administration Review. September/October, 1990,pp. 514.
93. "Implementation of Strategic Information Systems." With K.L. Kraemer. In Laudon, K.C. and Turner, J.A. (eds.) Information Technology and Management Strategy. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall,1989, pp. 78-91
94. "Computing in Public Organizations." With K.L. Kraemer. In Ott, J.S., Hyde, A.C., and Shafritz, J.M. (eds.), Public Management: The Essential Readings. Chicago: Lyceum Books, 1990, pp.62-77. Appeared originally in Public Administration Review, November, 1986.
95. "Budgeting for the IS Function." Information Systems Management. Spring,1989, pp. 83-85.
96. "Information Resources Management in the U.S. Government: An Assessment," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. PPRO Technical Report, University of California, Public Policy Research Organization, Irvine, CA,1989.
97. "Information Resource Management: Is it Sensible and Will It Work?" With K.L. Kraemer. Information and Management, Vol. 15, 1988 pp. 7-14.
98. "Growth of Computing Over Three Decades: An Economic Assessment," with Gabriel Goren and Kenneth L. Kraemer. PPRO Technical Report, University of California, Public Policy Research Organization, Irvine, CA, 1988.
99. "Computer-Based Systems for Cooperative Work and Group Decision Making" With K.L. Kraemer. ACM Computing Surveys. Vol. 20, No. 2, June, 1988
100. "Computer Use in Municipalities: The State of the Practice." With K.L. Kraemer, D. Dunkle and J.P. Lane. PPRO Working paper, November, 1988
101. "The Changing Political Economy of Chargeout Systems." Information Systems Management. Spring, 1988, pp. 65-67
102. "The Role of Information Technology in Managing Cities." With K.L. Kraemer. Local Government Studies, March/April, 1988. Reprint of an article that appeared in the Finnish journal Hallinnon Tutkimus (Vol. 2, No. 2, 1986, pp. 275-300), and that appeared even earlier in Italian in Technologie e Sviluppo Urbano. Milano: Franco Angeli Libri, 1985, pp. 219-252.
103. "Information Resource Management in the Federal Government." With K.L. Kraemer. In Reinermann, H. (ed.) New Technologies and Management: Training in the Public Sector. Brussels: International Institute of Administrative Sciences, 1987, pp. 29-52.
104. "Economic Considerations in Networking." Information Systems Management., 4(4), Fall, 1987, pp 64-65.
105. "Investing in Alternative Computing Trajectories." Information Systems Management., 4(2), Spring, 1987, pp71-72.
106. "What's Happening in Local Governments." With Kenneth L. Kraemer, Debra Dunkle, and Joseph Lane. Government Data Systems, November-December, 1986,41-46; and January-February, 1987, 60-65.
107. "The Practical Realities of Computing in the Public Schools" in Adrianne Bank and Richard Williams, Inventing the Future: The Development of Educational Information Systems. Teachers Co llege Press, 1987.
108. "Computers and the Constitution: A Helpful, Harmful or Harmless Relationship? "With Kenneth L. Kraemer. Public Administration Review, 47(1): 93-105, 1987.
109. "Computing in Public Organizations," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Public Administration Review, November, 1986. 488-496.
110. "Telecommunications and Development: State and Local Government Policies in the United States," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Japanese monograph series Research Bulletin of the Institute for Communication Research , Keio University, Tokyo, No. 26, 1986. 1-38.
111. "Trends in Municipal Information Systems, 1975-1985,'' with Kenneth L. Kraemer, Debora Dunkle, Joseph Lane and Joey George. Baseline Data Report 18(2), 1986. Also appears in Kovacs, P. and Straub, E., Governmental and Municipal Information Systems. New York: North-Holland, 333:350,1988.
112. "The Future of Information Systems in Local Government,'' with Kenneth L. Kraemer, Debora Dunkle, Joseph Lane and Joey George. Irvine, CA: Public Policy Research Organization, 1986.
113. "The Municipal Information Systems Directory," with Kenneth L. Kraemer, Debora Dunkle, Joseph Lane. Irvine, CA: Public Policy Research Organization, 1986.
114. "Wired Cities: What Are They and What Difference Do They Make?" in William H. Dutton, Jay Blumler and Kenneth L. Kraemer, Shaping the Future of Communications: National Visions and Wired City Ventures, Boston: GK Hall and Co. 1987.
115. Review of: "Investigating the Buying Process for the Introduction of Data Processing in Small and Medium-sized Firms," by Griese, J. and Kurpicz, R., in Journal of Information and Management, 8(1), 1985, pp 41-51. Reviewed in ACM Computing Reviews, 1986.
116. "Coping With the Perils of Expanding PC Use." Information Systems Management. Fall, 1986, 66-70.
117. Review of: "Privacy, Technology, and Regulation," by Alan F. Westin, in D. Donnelly (ed.), The Computer Culture. Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Presses, 1985, pp 136-148. Reviewed for ACM Computing Reviews , July, 1986, pp 372-373.
118. "Computerized Models in National Policymaking," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Operations Research, 34(4), July-August, 1986, pp 501-512.
119. "Microcomputer Use and Policy" with Kenneth L. Kraemer, Debra Dunkle, Joe Lane, and Joey George. Baseline Data Report, 17(1), January, 1985.
120. "The Dynamics and Evolution of Computing," with Kenneth L. Kraemer, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 10(3), 1985.
121. "Artificial Intelligence and Forecasting," with J. Daniel Easterlin. Technical Report, Department of Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, 1985.
122. "Evolution and Organizational Information Systems: An Assessment of Nolan's Stage Model," with Kenneth L. Kraemer, Communications of the ACM,27(5): 466-475. Reviewed by J. Daniel Couger in Computing Newsletter 27(7): 4, March 1984. Reviewed by J. Biddle in ACM Computing Reviews, December, 1984, 586-587. Reprinted in Towards Strategic Information Systems, Vol. I, Editors Elisabeth K. Somogyi and Robert D. Galliers, Abacus Press, 1987.
123. "Information Systems and Intergovernmental Relations," with Kenneth L. Kraemer, in Trudi Miller (ed.), Public Sector Performance. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984, pp.102-130.
124. "National Policies for Local Government Computing: An Assessment of Experience in Ten OECD Countries," with John L. King. International Review of Administrative Science, 50(2), 1984: 133-147.
125. "Ideology and Use of Large-Scale Decision Support Systems in National Economic Policymaking." Systems, Objectives, Solutions. December, 1984.
126. Review of:" Effectiveness Analysis of C3 Systems," by Bouthonnier, V. and Levis, A.H., in IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, SMC-14(1), Jan/Feb, 1984, 48-54. Reviewed in ACM Computing Reviews , December, 1984, p. 585,review number 8412-1041.
127. "Successful Implementation of Large-Scale Decision Support Systems: Computerized Models in U.S. Economic Policy Making." May,1984. Systems, Objectives, Solutions.
128. "Centralized vs. Decentralized Computing: Organizational Considerations and Management Options." ACM Computing Surveys, 15(4) December, 1983, 319-345. Reviewed by A.J. Simoes in ACM Computing Reviews, December, 1984, p.588.
129. "Coming Changes in Organization of Government Data Processing," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. The Bureaucrat, Summer, 1983.
130. "Balance in an Unbalanced Environment: Individual Integrity in the Personal Data Reporting Industry," in Computers and Society, Volume 13, No. 1, Winter, 1983.
131. "Computing and Society," in Encyclopaedia of Computer Science and Engineering, Anthony Ralston, Editor. Von Nostrand, 1983,pp 381-387.
132. "Telecommunications/Transportation Substitution and Energy Conservation," Part 2, with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Telecommunications Policy, June, 1982.
133. Review of: "Communication through chargeout: a perspective for change," by Rizzuto, Ralph, in Goldberg, R. and Lorin, H., The Economics of Information Processing, Volume 2. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1982, pp. 7-15.Reviewed in ACM Computing Reviews, December,1982, review number 39,962.
134. "Social Equity and Electronic Funds Transfer." with Rob Kling and Kenneth L. Kraemer. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Information Systems, December, 1982.
135. "Local Government Use of Information Technology: The Next Decade." Public Administration Review, January/February, 1982.
136. "Organizational Cost Considerations in Computing Decentralisation," in Goldberg, R. and Lorin, H. (eds.), The Economics of Information Processing, Volume 2. New York: John Wiley and Sons,1982, pp. 68-81.
137. Review of: "What is the value of investment in information systems?" by Atlin, G.L., in Goldberg, R. and Lorin, H., The Economics of Information Processing, Volume 1. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1982, 197-195. Reviewed in ACM Computing Reviews, July, 1982, review number 39,573.
138. "Management Science and Information Systems in U.S. Local Governments," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems, Volume 1, Nos. 1 and 2,1982, pp. 7-19.
139. "The Impacts of Computer Systems on Citizens in U.S. Cities" with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Information Privacy, Vol. 3, No. 2, March, 1981.
140. "Microprocessor Technology and Energy Productivity." Paris: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1981.
141. Review of: The Cashless Society: EFT at the Crossroads, by Bequai, A., New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1981. Reviewed in ACM Computing Reviews, July, 1981, review number 38,144.
142. "Information Technology In Local Governments in the1980's" with Kenneth L. Kraemer. International Review of Administrative Sciences, March, 1981.
143. Review of: "Infological models and information systems," by Langefors, B., Information Systems, Vol. 5, No. 1.1980, pp 17-32. Reviewed in ACM Computing Reviews, May, 1981, review number 37,879.
144. "Cost as a Social Impact of Telecommunications and Other Information Technologies" with Kenneth L. Kraemer. In Moss, M. Telecommunications and Productivity, New York: Addison-Wesley, 1981.
145. "Computing Policies and Problems: Toward a Stage Theory." with Kenneth L. Kraemer, Telecommunications Policy, September, 1981.
146. "Datenverarbeitungsabteilungen als Expertenburokratien -- Analyse eines Konzeptes und empirisches Beweismaterial" (in English, "Data Processing asa Skill Bureaucracy: Analysis of the Concept and Empirical Evidence") with Kenneth L. Kraemer. In Reinermann, H.,Fiedler, H, Grimmer, K. and Lenk, K. Informatik– Fachberichte. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1981, pp.356-371.
147. "Information and Reporting for Local Government Fiscal Management" with Kenneth L. Kraemer, in Local Government Fiscal Management: An Assessment of Research ," Washington, D.C.: Government Finance Research Center, Municipal Finance Officers Association, 1981.
148. "Technologie en Organisatre van Gegevanverwerkingin de Jaren 80 bij Lagere Overheden," with Kenneth L. Kraemer, Informatie, Volume 22, No. 9, pp 568-575,1980. Published in Dutch.
149. 120. "Cost-Benefit Analysis for Decisionmaking," Journal of Systems Management, Volume 31, No. 5, 1980, pp 24-30.
150. "Current Applications of Computers in Public Finance" with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Computers in Local Government, Urban and Regional Planning. Acerbate Publishers, Pennsauken, NJ, 1980.
151. "Long Range Planning for Computer Usage" with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Computers in Local Government, Urban and Regional Planning. Auerbach Publishers, Pennsauken, NJ, 1980.
152. "Sources of Computing Capability for Local Governments" with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Computers in Local Government, Urban and Regional Planning.. Auerbach Publishers, Pennsauken, NJ, 1980.
153. "Analysing the Benefits of Computing" with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Computers in Local Government, Urban and Regional Planning. Auerbach Publishers, Pennsauken, NJ, 1980.
154. "Productivity and Computers" with Kenneth L. Kraemer, Chapter in Handbook for Productivity in State and Local Government prepared by the National Academy of Public Administration. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1980.
155. "New Findings on the Transfer of Computing Applications in Cities" with Kenneth L. Kraemer Journal of Technology Transfer Volume 4, No. 1, Fall, 1979, pp99-110.
156. "Centralization vs. Decentralisation of Computing Resources" with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Computers in Local Government, Finance and Administration. Auerbach Publishers, Pennsauken, NJ, 1979.
157. "Performing Cost-Benefit Analysis for Computing" with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Computers in Local Government, Finance and Administration. Auerbach Publishers, Pennsauken, NJ, 1979.
158. "Financial Management Systems: Independent and Integrated Designs," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Computers in Local Government, Finance and Administration. Auerbach Publishers, Pennsauken, NJ,1979.
159. "Integrated Financial Management Systems: Basic Issues," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Computers in Local Government, Finance and Administration. Auerbach Publishers, Pennsauken, NJ 1979.
160. "Integrated Financial Management Systems: Dayton Case Study," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Computers in Local Government, Finance and Administration. Auerbach Publishers, Pennsauken, NJ 1979.
161. "Centralization vs. Decentralization of Computing: An Empirical Assessment." URISA Professional Paper Series, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, Chicago, 1979.
162. "A Requiem for USAC," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Policy Analysis Volume 5, Number 3, Summer, 1979.
163. "Cost-Benefit Analysis for Computing Management" in Auerbach Information Management Series, Auerbach Publishers, Pennsauken, NJ, 1979.
164. "Problems in Urban Research and Development: The USAC Program," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. PPRO Technical Report, University of California, Public Policy Research Organization, Irvine, CA,1979.
165. "Problems in Operations Research Technology Transfer to the Urban Sector," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Working paper, Public Policy Research Organization, University of California, Irvine, CA,1979.
166. "Development of Urban Information Systems: Status and International Relevance of United States Experience," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. International Review of Administrative Sciences, Volume 44, Number 3,1978, pp. 221-232.
167. "Lassiez Innover: A Critique of Federal Government Involvement in Development of Urban Information Systems," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. The Bureaucrat, Volume 7, Number 3, 1978.
168. "Urban Information Systems in the U.S." with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Ekistics, Volume 45, No. 268, March/April, 1978, pp151-160.
169. "Cost-Benefit Analysis in Information Systems Development and Operation," with Edward Schrems. ACM Computing Surveys , March, 1978, pp 19-34. This piece has been reprinted in all or in part in the following: the Japanese computer science publication "BIT," Kyoritsu Shuppan Co. Ltd, Publishers, Tokyo, 1979; Murdick, R. MIS for Managing. Prentice Hall, New York: 1980; and Podell, H.J. and Weiss, M., Introduction to Business Data Processing IEEE Society Press, 1980; Woo, F.H., Accounting Information Systems. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1982; Laden, F.J. and Miller, E.G. Public Budgeting, Fourth Edition. New York: McGraw- Hill, 1982; Special tutorial for the National Clearinghouse for Criminal Justice, Washington, D.C.: Project Search, Inc., 1979.
170. "Local Government and Information Technology in the United States" with Kenneth L. Kraemer and James N. Danziger, in Local Government and Information Technology, Paris: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1978.
171. "EFT as a Subject of Study in Technology, Society, and Public Policy" with Kenneth Kraemer. Telecommunications Policy, Volume 2, No. 1, March, pp13-22, 1978. Republished in Colton, K. and Kraemer, K.L.(eds.), Computers and Banking , New York: Polonium Publishers, pp 3-17, 1980.
172. "Centralization vs. Decentralization of Computing: An Empirical Assessment in U.S. Local Governments." Doctoral dissertation, Graduate School of Management, University of California, Irvine. Ann Arbour, MI: University Microfilms, 1980.
173. "A Survey of Local Government EDP Practices" with Kenneth Kraemer, James Danziger, William Dutton, and Rob Kling. Governmental Finance, August, 1977, p. 42-52. 20%
174. "Towards an Agenda for EFT Research" with Kenneth Kraemer and Kent Colton. Computers and Society, Volume 8, No. 2, 1977, p. 3-11.
175. "A Critique of Federal Involvement in City Information" with Kenneth Kraemer. Government Data Systems, Volume 6, Nos. 3and 4, 1977.
176. "A Critical Assessment of Urban Technology Transfer: The case of Computing" with Kenneth Kraemer. (Published in German as "Transfer von Informations-Tecnologie: Amerikanische Erfahrungen.") Transfer Volume 4 , December, 1977 (West German journal of the applied social sciences.)
177. "An Assessment of Computer Technology in U.S. Local Government" with Kenneth Kraemer and James Danziger. Urban Systems, Volume 2,No. 2, 1977.
178. "Billing Cycles for Municipal Utilities" with John Stowe. Special Bulletin of the Municipal Finance Officers Association No. 1977A, 1977.
179. "Disclosure, Privacy, and Information Policy with Frances I. Mossman. Springfield, VA: National Technical Information Service, 1975.
180. "Methodology for Evaluation of Policy Related Research on Municipal Information Systems with Kenneth Kraemer. Springfield, VA: National Technical Information Service, 1975.
181. "Policy Concerns in Local Government: Results of a Delphi Experiment " with Kenneth Kraemer. Springfield, VA: National Technical Information Service, 1975.
182. "A Problem List of Issues Concerning Computers and Public Policy" with the other members of the Committee on Computers and Public Policy of the ACM. Communications of the ACM, Volume 17, No. 9, 1974, p.495-503.

PRESENTATIONS

Transportation Infrastructure and Distributed Collective Practice. School of Business, University of Houston, January 18, 2008.
The Future of Data Networking. Invited talk, Information Systems Research Center, University of Houston, January 17, 2008.
Colorblind. Invited keynote talk, Richard Tapia Conference on Diversity in Computer Science, Orlando FL, October 16, 2007.
Dig the Dirt: Hashing Over Hygiene in the Artifice of the Real. Invited keynote talk, IFIP TC 8.2 Workshop on Virtuality and Virtualization, Portland OR, July 30, 2007.
High-Level Requirements. Invited talk, Design Requirements Workshop, Case-Western Reserve University, June 4, 2007.
Enterprise Transformation and the Future of Higher Education. Invited talk, Canadian Association for Information Science, Montreal, May 11, 2007.
Transportation Infrastructure in Distributed Collective Practice. Invited talk, Carlson Graduate School of Management, University of Minnesota, October 13, 2007.
The Future of Data Networking. Invited talk, Management Information Systems Research Center, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, October 13, 2007.
Enterprise Transformation and the Future of Higher Education. Invited talk, Louisiana State University, April 4, 2007.
Enterprise Transformation and the Future of Higher Education. Invited talk, Copenhagen University of Information Technology, April 18, 2007.
Political, Economic and Social Dimensions of a Diverse Computing Workforce. Invited talk, American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, February 19, 2007.
Enterprise Transformation and the Future of Higher Education. Invited talk, Finnish Ministry of Education, Helsinki, February 7, 2007.
The Future of Data Networking. Invited talk, Deutsche Bank CIO Summit Meeting, Park City, UT, February 13, 2007.
Higher Education in the Aid of Developing Economies. Invited panel talk, International Conference on Information Systems, Milwaukee, WI, December 11, 2006.
Work, Technology and Organizations, Oh My. Invited keynote talk, WTO 10th Anniversary Meeting, Stanford University, CA, September 29,2006.
The Social Construction of Social Informatics. Invited Keynote talk, IFIP TC9 World Conference, Maribor, Slovenia, September 21, 2006.
The Future of US Higher Education. Invited talk, Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University, May 18, 2006.
The Future of Higher Education. Invited talk, School of Business, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, April 21, 2006.
The Future of Higher Education. Invited talk, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, April 13, 2006.
Does IT Matter? Invited talk, Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Maryland Baltimore County, March 13, 2006.
Does IT Matter? Invited talk, School of Information Management and Systems, UC Berkeley, October 24, 2005.
The Future of Higher Education. Invited lecture, Johann Wolfgang University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, July 25, 2005.
Does IT Matter? Invited lecture, University of Siegen, Siegen Germany, July 13, 2005.
Does IT Matter? Invited lecture, Information Technology University of Copenhagen, Denmark, June 27, 2005.
Does IT Matter: The Impact of Information Technology on Social Organization, and, The IS Discipline: Theoretical Core, Identity, and Legitimacy. Two invited lectures, INF-WEST PhD Summer Seminar, Tampere Finland, June 21, 2005.
Interoperability Throughout and Without Standards, and, The Ideal IS Ph.D. Student: What Is It and How Do You Find It? Two invited lectures, 11th Annual PhD Summer School, Magleaas, Denmark, May 9, 2005.
Infrastructural Frameworks for Global Knowledge: Keeping the Golden Eggs Coming. Invited panel presentation at the workshop on The Digital Divide and the Digital Commons: Toward Global Knowledge Sharing, Santa Clara University Center for Science, Technology and Society, April 21, 2005.
Everywhere is Nowhere. Invited lecture, Santa Clara University School of Business, April 20, 2005.
Does IT Matter? and, Knowledge Management and Other Useful Things to Know. Two invited lectures, Theseus International Management Institute, Nice, France, April 18, 2005.
Information Infrastructure and Enterprise Transformation. Invited lecture for the International Center, JW Goethe University, Frankfurt(M) Germany, April 13, 2005.
Does IT Matter? Invited presentation, American-German Business Club, Frankfurt(M) Germany, April 12, 2005.
Does IT Matter? Invited lecture, Weatherhead School of Management, Case-Western Reserve University, March 21, 2005.
Going Critical: Perspective and Proportion in the Epistemology of Rob Kling. Invited presentation, Conference on Computerization Movements in Honor of Rob Kling, UC Irvine, Marcy 12, 2005.
Cyberinfrstructure and Epistemic Infrastructure. Invited Keynote Talk, “Strategic Visioning for Cyberinfrastructure, Computing, and Information.” Michigan State University, February 19, 2005.
Does IT Matter? Invited Provost Distinguished Lecture, Bentley College, Boston MA, February 11, 2005.
Does IT Matter? Invited Distinguished Lecture, Computing and Information Technology Institute, Rice University, Houston TX, February 1, 2005.
Intellectual Property and Innovation. Invited talk, OECD/EC/NSF workshop on intellectual property and the knowledge economy, Brussels, Belgium, June 8, 2004.
Innovation and Adaptation in the IT Field. Invited keynote presentation, IFIP 8.5, Dublin, Ireland, May 31, 2004.
On the LAM: Cultural Institutions and Critical Infrastructure. Invited presentation, Research Libraries Group, Washington, DC., April 26, 2004.
Everywhere is Nowhere: Ubiquitous Connectivity and Transformation. Invited keynote talk at the Group 2003 conference, Sanibel Island, FL., November 2003.
Information Infrastructure in the Transformation of American Health Services. Invited keynote talk at the American Medical Informatics Association meeting, Washington, DC, November, 2003.
Automotive Informatics. Invited talk, MIT Sloan School of Management, October, 2003.
Automotive Informatics. Invited talk for Transforming Enterprise: The First International Conference on the Social Implications of Information Technology. Washington DC, January 27-28, 2003.
Scholars With Attitude: Information Systems as a Renegade Enterprise. Invited talk for the Ph.D. Project, Dallas TX, August 7, 2002.
Evolution of the Knowledge Disciplines. Invited talk, University Western Ontario Ivey School of Business, London, Ontario, April 19, 2002
Evolution of the Knowledge Disciplines. Invited talk, University of Houston School of Business, Houston TX, April 5, 2002.
Transport-Based Terrorism as Distributed Collective Practice. Invited talk, Distributed Collective Practice Workshop. University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA February 8, 2002.
Everywhere is Nowhere: Comments on Communication Ubiquity, Availability and its Consequences. Invited Keynote Talk, Human Computer Interaction Consortium, Winter Park, Colorado, January 31, 2002.
Organizational Change and Information: Comments on the Papers. Academy of Management, Washington DC., August 7, 2001
Evolution of the Information Disciplines, Invited talk, School of Business, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, May 22, 2001
The Future of Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce. Invited keynote lecture, Taiwan Society of Information Systems Research Conference, Taipei, May 10, 2001
Evolution of the Information Disciplines. Invited talk, Computer Science Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, April 19, 2001.
Commerce with an E: The Transformational Dimensions of Information Technology in Global Provisioning. Invited distinguished lecture, School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, April 12, 2001.
Evolution of the Information Disciplines. Invited talk, Weatherhead School of Management, Case-Western Reserve University, March 30, 2001.
We Were Right and They Were Wrong. Research Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Information Systems, Brisbane, Queensland, December 11, 2000.
Trends in Electronic Commerce. Canon Visiting Professor Invited Lecture, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang University, Singapore, December 7, 2000.
Evolution of the Information Disciplines. Invited talk, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, November 30, 2000.
The Politics of Complementarity: Problems in Design for the Disabled. Invited distinguished lecture, Department of Operations and Industrial Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, October 24, 2000.
Death and Transfiguration in the Automobile Industry: Institutions and Information Technology in Sectoral Conversion. Invited keynote speaker, Section on Organizational Communications and Information Systems, Academy of Management, Toronto, Ontario, August 8, 2000.
Information Technology and Supply Chain Management. Invited talk, Japan-American Institute of Management Science, Irvine California, June 12, 2000.
Information and the Future of the Air Cargo Industry.” Invited talk, Cargo Network Services Partnership Conference, La Jolla, California, May 8, 2000.
Death and Transfiguration in the Automobile Industry: Institutions and Information Technology in Sectoral Conversion. Invited distinguished lecture, Carnegie-Mellon University, May 4, 2000.
Changing Technology; Changing Circumstances: Information Technology and the Automobile Industry in the United States, 1960-2000. Invited talk, Institut Theseus, Sofia Antipolis, France, March 29, 2000.
Evolution of the Information Disciplines. Invited Distinguished Lecture, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, April 27, 2000.
High-Level Requirements Analysis. Invited talk, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, March 24, 2000.
Changing Technology; Changing Circumstances: Information Technology and the Automobile Industry in the United States, 1960-2000. Invited talk, Florida State University College of Business, February 18, 2000.
(De)Centralization as Morality Play. Invited keynote talk, The Workshop on Internet-Scale Software Technologies (TWIST-2000), University of California Institute for Software Research, July 13, 2000.
Information Technology and the New Industrial Engineering, and the Transformation of Global Provisioning. Invited keynote talk, IRIS99, The Scandinavian Research Symposium, Keruselkka, Finland, August, 1999.
High Level Requirements: A New Approach. Invited talk, Renoir Workshop on Requirements Engineering, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, August, 1999.
Frontiers of Electronic Commerce. Invited talk, Banco Bilbao Viscaya Foundation, Madrid, June, 1999.
Can Information Technology Solve the Problems of Distributed Work? Invited debate with Sara Kiesler, Center for Work, Technology and Organizations, Stanford University, June, 1999.
The Information Revolution in Air Cargo. Invited talk, CNS Global Partnership Conference, Miami, May, 1999.
Information Technology in the Thrift Industries. Invited talk, UC Berkeley Center for Executive Education, April, 1999.
Institutions and Information Technology: A Co-evolutionary Perspective from the Automotive Industry. Invited talk, University of British Columbia, March, 1999.
The Challenge of Information Systems Research. Invited talk at the ICIS Doctoral Consortium, Helsinki, Finland, December, 1998.
Information Technology in the Construction and Maintenance of Civil Society. Marti Takala Distinguished Lecture, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, October, 1998.
High-level Requirements Engineering: Perspectives and New Approaches. Invited talk, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, September, 1998.
Institutions and Information Technology: A Co-evolutionary Perspective from the Automotive Industry. University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, May, 1998.
Institutions and Information Technology: A Co-evolutionary Perspective from the Automotive Industry. PSA Peugeot-Citroen, Paris, April, 1998.
The New Industrial Engineering: A Distant Mirror for the Information Age. Invited Keynote Talk, INFORMS Computer Conference, Montreal, April, 1998.
Business Objects and Organizational Design Invited talk, Japan-American Institute of Management Science, San Francisco, CA, January 21, 1998.
Information Support for Rapid Deployment Logistics. Poster session, Organization Science Winter Conference, Keystone, CO January 3, 1998.
The Design of Information Support for Rapid Deployment Logistics. Invited talk, College of Business, Georgia State University, Atlanta, December 11, 1997.
Information Technology and the Politics of Environmental Processes. Invited Keynote Talk, American Geophysical Union Conference on Application of Information Technology to Assessment of Nonpoint Source Pollution in the Vadose Zone. Riverside, CA October 22, 1997.
High Level Requirements Analysis for Software Development. Invited Presentation, Bay Area Round Table, Palo Alto CA, October, 1997.
High Level Requirements Analysis for Software Development. Invited Presentation, Software Process Improvement Network, UCI, August 29,1997.
Multimedia Technology and Business Strategy. Invited presentation, Japan-American Institute for Management Science, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 1,7, 1997.
Crisis in the Case Study Crisis. Invited presentation with Lynda Applegate, IFIP TC8.2 International Meeting, Philadelphia, PA June 1, 1997.
Information Support for Rapid Deployment Logistics. Invited talk, Army After Next Symposium, Defense Logistics Institute, Arlington VA, May29, 1997.
Managing Information Technology in a Turbulent Environment. Invited talk to the CSC Index Director's Forum, San Francisco, CA May 9, 1997.
The Design of Information Support for Rapid Deployment Logistics. Invited talk, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Stanford University, April 11, 1997.
High Level Requirements Analysis for Electronic Commerce Support. Invited talk, Stern School of Business, New York University, February 27, 1997.
Foregrounding the Back Office: Problems of IT and HR Cultures in Organizational Strategy Making. Invited Keynote Speech, Management Support Conference '97, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Netherlands, February 6, 1997.
Institutions and the Evolution of Information Technology. Invited talk, Institut Theseus, Sophia Antipolis, France, February 3, 1997.
Information Technology and the Transformation of Transport Industries. Invited talk to the senior management of Amtrak, Washington, DC, December 19, 1997.
Electronic Commerce and the Rebirth of Soviet Central Planning. Panel talk at the International Conference on Information Systems, Cleveland, OH, December 16, 1996.
High Level Requirements Analysis. Invited talk, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, October 14, 1996.
High Level Requirements Analysis. Invited talk, Technical University of Delft, Netherlands, October 11, 1996.
Technical Perspectives in Humanistic Inquiry, and Vice-Versa. Invited talk, UC Humanities Research Institute, June, 1996.
Information technology and the Transformation of Society. Invited keynote speech to the Danish Information Processing Association, Copenhangen, May 10, 1996.
Information Technology and Business Reengineering. Invited talk, All-Denmark Information Systems Doctoral Consortium, Copenhagen, May 8, 1996.
The Challenge of Building Information Infrastructure. Keynote speech to the Information Systems subconference, INFORMS Conference, Washington DC, May 6, 1996.
High-Level Requirements Analysis. Invited talk, Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA, May 2, 1996.
Information Technology and Change in Financial Institutions. UC Berkeley Executive Development Program, April 24, 1996.
Inevitable Intermodal: Evolution of the Research Agenda. Invited talk, Washington DC, March 4, 1996.
High-Level Requirements Analysis. Invited talk, Institut Theseus, Sophia Antipolis France, January 20, 1996.
Adjusting Methods Perspectives. Organization Science Winter Conference, Snowmass Colorado, January 3, 1996.
Coping with Information Technology and Organizational Change. Duke University International Management Program, December 18,1995.
The Great Reversal: Information and Transport Infrastructure in the Intermodal Vision. Invited Keynote talk at the National Research Council Transportation Research Board workshop on Defining the Intermodal Research Agenda, Irvine California, December 12 , 1995.
Electronic Commerce in Perspective. Invited Keynote speech at the Conference on Technology and Information Marketing, Newport Rhode Island, November 6, 1995.
The Singapore TradeNet Story. The Anderson School Executive Program at UCLA, October 17, 1995.
High-Level Requirements Analysis. Invited Keynote speech, IFIP TC-2 Conference on Information Systems Development, Oslo Norway, October 15, 1996.
Information Technology and Organizational Transformation. Invited talk, Technical University of Delft, October 9,1995.
Electronic Commerce in Perspective. Invited talk at the Netherlands Conference on EDI and Electronic Commerce, Nijenrode University, October 7, 1995.
Hardwiring Weak Ties. Invited talk, Carnegie-Mellon University, August 1995.
National Policies for Information Technology Development. Invited special address, Pan-Pacific Conference on Information Systems, Singapore, July 1995.
Coping With Revolution: Information Technology and Organizational Change. Invited talk, Information Management Research Center, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, July 1995.
Institutional and Technical Factors at the Intersection of Electronic Commerce. Invited talk, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, June, 1995.
The Status of Electronic Commerce. Invited talk, University of Arizona, Graduate School of Business Administration, April,1995.
Death and Transfiguration in Cyberspace. Talk at the University of California, Berkeley, February 1995.
Institutional Factors in IT Innovation. Invited presentation, Institut Theseus, Sophia Antipolis, France, January, 1995.
Information Technology and Organizational Transformation. Invited Talk, University of Jyväskylä Finland, January, 1995.
Information Technology and Organizational Transformation. Invited talk, First Organization Science Winter Conference on New Organizational Forms, Snowmass CO, January, 1995.
"Information Technology and Organizational Transformation." Tutorial given at the International Conference on Information Systems, Vancouver, BC, December 11-15, 1994.
The Productivity Paradox in Perspective. Invited Distinguished Lecture, University of Dayton School of Business, December1994.
Multimedia: Directions and Developments. Invited lecture, Japanese-American Institute of Management Sciences, San Francisco, CA November, 1994.
Singapore's Information Infrastructure: Institutional and Technical Development. Invited keynote presentation to the National Association of State Information Executives, San Francisco, CA November, 1994.
National Information Infrastructure in the United States. Invited talk, Technical University of Monterrey, Mexico City Campus, Mexico, October 1994.
Information Technology and the Future of the Courts. Invited colloquium for Los Angeles Superior Court Judges, UCLA Andersen School of Management Executive Education Program, August, 1994.
National Information Infrastructure in the United States. Invited talk to Queensland and Australian national Government officials, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, May, 1994.
A Revisionist View of Reengineering. Invited keynote talk, IFIP TC8 Joint Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, May, 1994.
Information Infrastructure in Heterogeneous Industries: Lessons From the Worldwide Air Cargo Industry. Invitational Conference on Standards for the National Information Infrastructure. Harvard University and National Institute of Standards and Technology, Rockville, MD., May, 1994.
"Hardwiring Weak Ties: Organizational Transformation Through Changing Maintenance Costs in Social Networks." Invited talk, Free University of Amsterdam, February, 1994.
"Institutions and Information Technology Innovation." Invited talk, Institut Theseus, Sophia Antipolis, France, February, 1994.
"Hardwiring Weak Ties: Organizational Transformation Through Changing Maintenance Costs in Social Networks." Invited talk, International Symposium II: The Culture of Engineering in a Rapidly Changing World, sponsored by the Council of Grand Ecoles of France, MIT, and UC Berkeley, at UC Berkeley, November, 1993.
"Dilemmas of Technological Change and Industrial Productivity: An Analysis of the" Failed" Payoffs from Information Technology." Invited talk, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley, October 1993.
"The Productivity Paradox in Perspective." Invited talk, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Executive Program, October 1993.
"Institutions and Information Technology Innovation." Invited talk, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies, Wassenaar, Netherlands, September, 1993.
"The Productivity Perspective." Invited talk, School of Business Administration, University of Southern California, March,1993.
"The Productivity Paradox in Perspective." Invited keynote speaker at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada national meeting, Lake Louise, June,1993.
"The Future of Information Technology in Complex Organizations." Invited speaker at executive education seminars run by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, June, 1993.
“Across The Great Divide: Management and Innovation as Dialectic.” Invited keynote speaker, International Workshop on Social Science Research, Technical Systems and Cooperative Work, Ecole des Mines, Paris, March,1993.
"The Productivity Paradox in Perspective." Invited talk, School of Business Administration, University Southern California, March, 1993.
“Institutions and the Diffusion of Information Technology.” Invited lecture, Theseus Institute, Nice, France, February, 1992.
“Understanding Outsourcing.” Invited keynote presentation at“ Management Support `92,” sponsored by Erasmus University, Rotterdam, November, 1992.
“Deconstructing Software Engineering: Conceptualizing Software as Literature, Text, and Supplement.” Invited special lecture, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, November,1992.
"The Productivity Paradox in Perspective." Invited lecture at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Executive Program, October,1992.
“Changing Information Technologies: Lessons from the Pacific Rim.” Invited talk to chief executive officers, Index Foundation, Gleneagles, Scotland, October, 1992.
"The Productivity Paradox in Perspective." Invited paper presented at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, October, 1992.
“Emerging Technologies: Technical and Managerial Perspectives.” Invited talk, Nanyang Technological University, October 1992.
"The Productivity Paradox in Perspective." Invited paper presented at University Utara Malaysia Distinguished Speaker Program, Sintok, Malaysia, October 1992.
“The Future of Networking.” Invited talk, National University of Singapore, October, 1992.
"The Future of Networks." Invited talk to US-West executives and customers, Seattle and Portland, June, 1992.
"The Productivity Paradox in Perspective." Invited talk for a group of European senior executives, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, May,1992.
"Computer Supported Cooperative Work: Vectors of Development." Invited talk, Chalmers Institute of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, April, 1992.
"The Productivity Paradox in Perspective." Invited talk, Stockholm University of Business and Economics, April,1992.
"The Productivity Paradox in Perspective." Invited talk, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, March, 1992.
"The Nolan Model: A Debate." Debate with Richard Nolan regarding his Stage Model. Invited Panel, International Conference on Information Systems. New York: December, 1991.
"The MIS Field in Management Education." Invited talk, University of Colorado, Boulder, September,1991.
"The Role of Politics in Modeling for Policy Making." Keynote talk presented at the First International Workshop and Conference on Integrated Geographic Information Systems and Environmental Modeling. Boulder, Colorado, September, 1991.
"What's So Great About Openness? A Dialectical Assessment of the Open Systems Movement." Keynote talk, NORDDATA 1991, Oslo, Norway, June, 1991.
"The Emergence of High Performance Networking in the United States." Invited talk, University of Oslo and Norwegian Computing Center, Oslo, Norway, June, 1991.
"The MIS Field in Management Education." Invited talk, Norwegian Graduate School of Business, June, 1991.
"Group Decision Systems and Computer Supported Cooperative Work." Invited talk, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, May,1991.
"The MIS Field in Management Education." Invited talk, University of Calgary, March, 1991.
"The Academic Collaboratory as a Bridge Across Space, Time, and Social Worlds." Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science, Kauai, January, 1991.
Panel presentation, Information Technology and the Organization of the Future." International Conference on Information Systems, Copenhagen, Denmark, December, 1990.
"Institutions and the International Diffusion of Information Technology." International Conference on Information Systems, Copenhagen, Denmark, December, 1990.
"The Role of Government in Development of National Information Systems." Invited talk at the Hong Kong International Conference on Information Systems and Technology, September, 1990.
"Institutions and the International Diffusion of Information Technology." International Conference on Information Systems, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September, 1990.
"The Role of Government in Development of National Information Systems." Invited talk at the Hong Kong International Conference on Information Systems and Technology, September, 1990.
"Singapore's TradeNet: The Government's Role in EDI Development." Invited talk, Computer Science and Information Systems Department, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland, August, 1990.
"Construction, Re-construction, and Destruction: Deconstruction of Fundamental Concepts on Software Development." Invited keynote talk at the 13th Conference on Information Systems Research in Scandinavia, Turku, Finland, August, 1990.
"Information Technology Diffusion in Pacific Rim Countries." Invited talk, London Business School, London, August, 1990.
"The Economic Unification of the European Community in 1992: Implications For Small Countries." Invited lecture to CEO's of Israeli industries, Haifa, Israel, June, 1990.
"Emerging Information Technologies." Invited lecture to managers of computing for Israeli corporations, Haifa, Israel, June, 1990.
Invited participant, Social Science Research Council Special Workshop on Research in the Social Implications of Computerization. Palm Island, Florida, June, 1990.
"Taking Leadership in Management of Government Information Systems." Invited keynote lecture to the Nordic Kommunal Data Conference, Odense, Denmark, May, 1990.
"Managing Information Systems: The State Theory." Invited keynote lecture to the opening session of the Norwegian National Computer Show, Oslo, Norway, May, 1990
"Artificial Intelligence in the Public Service: A Review." Invited lecture to government executives and academics, Kennedy School of Government Program on Strategic Computing and Telecommunications in the Public Sector, May, 1990.
"Information Resource Management: Problems in the Concept and Implementation." Invited talk, New York State Forum on Information Management, Albany, NY, March, 1990.
"Curious Naturalists in Computingland." Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, March,1990
"National Policy for Information Technology in Developing Nations. Invited lecture for senior Indonesian government officials, Jakarta, Indonesia, March, 1990.
"National policy for effective information technology development. Invited lecture for senior Malaysian government officials, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March,1990.
"Building effective governmental information systems." Invited keynote talk, National Information Technology Conference, Singapore, February, 1990.
Panel member, "New Social Physics: Computerization and the Transformation of Organizations." Tenth International Conference on Information Systems, Boston, MA, December,1989.
"Problems with Conventional Concepts of Group and Organizational Decision Support Systems." MIT Sloan School of Management, November, 1989.
"States of Computing Management." Stern College of Business, New York University, October 1989.
"Integrating computer systems into complex organizations." Invited talk, Federal Government Computer Users Association, Washington DC, October, 1989.
"States of Computing Management: A New Theory." Talk presented at the University of Helsinki, May,1989; also presented at Turku Graduate School of Economics and Business, Turku, Finland; Svenska Kommuneforlaget, Stockholm, Sweden; Norwegian Kommuneforlaget, Oslo, Norway; Copenhagen School of Economics and Business, Copenhagen, Denmark.
"The Effect of Information Technologies on the Structure of Public Organizations." Invited talk presented to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of the Netherlands, The Hague, May, 1989.
"States of Computing Management." Invited talk, UCLA Andersen Graduate School of Management, February, 1989.
"Human-Computer Interface: Social Considerations in Design." Invited talk presented at the National University of Singapore, September, 1988.
"The Record of Government Intervention in Information Technology Initiatives." Presented at the OECD Workshop in Information Technology and New Economic Growth, Tokyo/Osaka, September, 1988.
"Human-Computer Interaction: A Social Perspective." Invited talk presented at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, September, 1988.
"Information Resource Management: Is It Sensible and Will It Work?" Invited talk presented at the First International Conference on Information Resource Management, Den Haag, Netherlands, May, 1988.
"Evolutionary Models of Change in Computing Use." Invited talk presented at the Copenhagen Graduate School of Economics and Business, May, 1988.
"Computers, Individuals, and the State." Distinguished Lectureship, University of Michigan Interdisciplinary Program on Technology and Society, February, 1988.
"Rock and Roll Will Never Die." Talk presented at the Seventh International Conference on Information Systems. December, 1987.
"Information Systems in US Local Governments: State of the Practice Report." Paper presented at the First IFIP Conference on Government Information Systems, Budapest, Hungary, September, 1987.
Invited Speaker, Second Social Science Research Council Workshop on Social Science Studies of Computing, Nag's Head, NC, June, 1987.
"Successful Implementation of Strategic Information Systems,'' with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Paper presented at 1986 New York University Symposium on Information Technology and Management Strategy, New York, May 21-23, 1986.
Co-Convenor and Co-Host (with Rob Kling and Kenneth Kraemer), UCI Invited Workshop on Computerization and Work. UCI, December, 1986.
"Computer-Based Systems for Cooperative Work and Group Decision Support," with Kenneth Kraemer. Presented at the First Computer Supported Cooperative Work Conference, Austin, TX, December, 1986.
Panel Chair and Coordinator, "Artificial Intelligence in Business: What Are the Real Possibilities?" Seventh International Conference on Information Systems, San Diego, CA, December, 1986.
"Rock and Roll Will Never Die." Paper presented at a panel titled "Back to the Future: Will There Be an International Conference on Information Systems in 1996?" Seventh International Conference on Information Systems, San Diego, CA, December, 1986. The talk presented in this panel will appear, by invitation, in Management Information Systems Quarterly.
"Successful Implementation of Strategic Information Systems,'' with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Paper presented at 1986 New York University Symposium on Information Technology and Management Strategy, New York, May 21-23, 1986.
Panel Chair and Coordinator, "The Evolution of Information Systems," Sixth Annual International Conference on Information Systems, Indianapolis, Indiana, November1985.
"Information Management Technology and Public Sector Organizations," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Invited paper at the Association for Public Policy and Management Research Conference, Washington, D.C. October, 1985.
"Public Agency Use of Decision Support Systems." Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, September, 1985.
"Projections of Information Systems Use in Public Agencies: Results of Recent Research." With Kenneth L. Kraemer. Presented at the Municipal Information Systems - Pacific Area Community (MISPAC) Symposium, Tokyo, July, 1985.
"Information Systems in the Modern City," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Presented at the Integrated Regional Information System Symposium, Tokyo, July,1985.
"The Role of Information Technology in Managing the Metropolis'' with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Presented at Projetto Milano Conference, Milan, Italy, January, 1985.
Program Co-Chairman for the Fifth International Conference on Information Systems, Tucson, December,1984.
"What We Know About Computing in Organizations," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Presented at the IBM University Study Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, October, 1984
"Artificial Intelligence and Forecasting," with J. Daniel Easterlin. Presented at the International Symposium on Forecasting, London, England, June, 1984.
Panel Coordinator, "The Impact of Emerging Public Sector Interactions on Information Technology Requirements." American Society for Public Administration National Conference, Denver, April, 1984.
"Evolution and Organizational Information Systems: Nolan's Stage Theory," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Fourth International Conference on Information Systems, Houston, December, 1983.
"Data Related Constraints in Management Research," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. American Political Science Association National Conference, Chicago, September,1983.
"Office Automation: Dealing with Organizational and Technical Change." Invited keynote presentation, National Association of Standards Laboratories National Conference, Boulder, CO, July, 1983.
"Forces Affecting the Future of Information Systems in Organizations." Municipal Information Systems -- Pacific Area Community Seminar, East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, July, 1983.
Panel Coordinator, "Evaluation of Model Use." Third International Symposium on Forecasting, Philadelphia, PA, June, 1983.
"Ideology and Model Use: Macroeconometric Models in the U.S. Federal Government." Third International Symposium on Forecasting, Philadelphia, PA, June, 1983.
Panel Coordinator, "Social Issues in Information Systems." Third International Conference on Information Systems, Ann Arbor, MI, December, 1983.
"Maintaining Equity in Electronic Funds Transfer Systems," with Rob Kling and Kenneth L. Kraemer. Third International Conference on Information Systems, Ann Arbor, MI, December, 1983.
"Findings of the Model Implementation Research Project." Institut für Plannung und Entscheidensysteme, Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung, Bonn, W. Germany, July, 1982.
"Successful Implementation of Large Econometric Models: The DRI Case." Second International Symposium on Forecasting, Istanbul, Turkey, July, 1982.
"Use of Computers in U.S. Local Governments," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Municipal Information Systems, U.S./Japan Interchange Seminar, East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, March, 1982.
"Planning and Management for Information Systems: New Thoughts on Managing Stages of Computing Growth" Conference on Computing and Information Systems for Management, Monterey, Mexico, March 26,1981.
"Organizational Cost Considerations of Computing Decentralization" for the Seminar on Economics of Information Processing, IBM Systems Research Institute, New York City, December, 1980. Also presented as an Invited Lecture, Information Systems Department, Graduate School of Management, UCLA, February 19, 1981.
"Stage Theories of Computing Growth: Results of Recent Empirical Research." School of Business Administration, University of Minnesota, October, 1980.
"The Concept of Skill-Bureaucracy in Data Processing: A Reconsideration of the Evidence," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Conference on Public Information Systems, Hoschule für Vervaltungswissenschaften, Speyer, W. Germany, June, 1980.
"Electronic Funds Transfer Systems: Important Social and Public Policy Issues." National Computer Conference, Anaheim, April, 1980.
"Cost as a Social Impact of Telecommunications and Other Information Technologies," with Kenneth L. Kraemer, presented at the conference on Telecommunications and Productivity, Graduate School of Public Administration, New York University, January 28, 1 980.
"Centralization and Decentralization Issues in Computing Management." College of Business and Public Administration, University of Arizona, Tucson, December, 1979.
"Cost-Benefit Analysis for Information Systems Development." College of Business and Public Administration, University of Arizona, Tucson, December,1979.
"Local Government Computing in the 1980's" with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Invited paper presented at the Tokyo Scientific Center, International Business Machines, Tokyo, Japan, September 28, 1979.
"Centralization of Computing in an Era of Limits." Plenary session speaker at the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association National Conference, San Diego, CA, August 6-10, 1979.
"Assessing the Interaction Between Computing Policies and Problems: Toward an Empirically Defined Stage Theory of Computing Evolution" with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Invited paper, the Irvine Research Conference on Social Impacts and of Computing, Lake Arrowhead Conference Center, California, August 5-8, 1979.
"The URBIS Project: A New Policy Research Design for Evaluating Local Programs." The Institute for Management Sciences International Conference, Honolulu, HA, June 18-22, 1979.
"Impacts of Computing on Citizens and on Personal Privacy." Invited paper presented at the Local Authorities Systems Development Center, Tokyo, Japan, June 7, 1979.
"Operations Research Technology Transfer to the Urban Sector," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. American Society for Public Administration, national conference, Baltimore, March 1979.
"A Critique of Operations Research Use in Urban Government," with Kenneth L. Kraemer. Operations Research Society of America/The Institute for Management Science, national conference, Los Angeles, November, 1978.
"An International Comparative Study of Computing in Local Governments." With Kenneth L. Kraemer. American Society for Public Administration, annual conference, Phoenix, AZ, June, 1978.
"The Role of Research and Development in Improving the Quality of Urban Life," with Kenneth L. Kraemer and David G. Schetter. Statement presented to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Scientific Planning, Analysis, and Cooperation, U.S. House of Representatives, June, 1978.
"The Present Status of Urban Information Systems in the United States" with Kenneth Kraemer. Paper presented by invitation at the Sixth European Conference on Urban Data Management, Liege, Belgium, April, 1977.
"A Requiem for USAC" with Kenneth Kraemer. Presented by invitation at the Summer Seminar of the Center for Advanced Studies, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, September, 1977.
"Managing Urban Information -- the U.S. Experience" with Kenneth Kraemer. Paper presented by invitation at the Summer Seminar of the Center for Advanced Studies, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, September, 1977.
"Lassiez Innover: A Critique of Federal Policy Toward Urban Information Systems" with Kenneth Kraemer. Proceedings of the 1976 Conference, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, August,1976.
"The URBIS Project: A Policy-Oriented Study of Computing in Local Governments" with Kenneth Kraemer. Proceedings of the 1975 Conference, the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, August, 1975.
"Cost-Benefit Analysis: A Problematic Exercise in Local Government Computing." Proceedings of the 1975 Conference, the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, August 1975.
"Information Control and Privacy." Proceedings of the 1974 Conference of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, August, 1974

ZAPATERO DICE : ''follar''

Foreign relations between Spain and Russia have never been better than today. Listen to Presidente Zapatero during a press conference last week in Spain, referring to the importance of tourism to their economy.

When you get a chance, look up the meaning of "Follar" in Spaniard slang...

A slip of the tongue happens to anyone.

Claro q si!

On the Origins of the American Financial Mess

For those of you still following and haven't given up yet on the messed up economy and want to know more about its origins( Believe me, future PhD students, scholars, and writers will have plenty of material to write about once the whole truth untangles, and more faces become household names for generations to come). Check out the following article from CNN Money on the origin of this financial mess orchestrated by Wall Street "geniuses":

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/02/magazines/fortune/cohan_houseofcards.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2009030410

Obama: US Must Improve Schools to Compete

Congrats to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for securing the appearance of President Obama. Kudos to David!

Weekend Shows

Fun stuff from the weekend shows put together by politico. Laugh your A@#$ off. I love the SNL sketch on Obama.

3/6/09: Your Weekly Address

President Barack Obama to Open US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Conference

I thought I share the following press release I received from the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce today:



For Immediate Release: Contact: Dale Crowell (202) 715-0485
March 6, 2009 dcrowell@ushcc.com
Luz Cardenas (215) 520-8850
lcardenas@ushcc.com

President Barack Obama to Open USHCC Conference

WHAT: Presidential address to the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

WHERE: USHCC's 19th Annual Legislative Conference
Marriott at Metro Center, 775 12th Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
Grand Ballroom

WHEN: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 8:30 AM

President Barack Obama will open the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's 19th Annual Legislative Conference by delivering a keynote address to the leading advocate for the nation's Hispanic-owned businesses. The speech comes at the midpoint of the president's first 100 days in office, while he continues to develop plans and take unprecedented steps to spur the nation's economic recovery. The audience will consist of Hispanic entrepreneurs, small business owners, and other community leaders.

"We are extremely honored to have President Obama open the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's Legislative Conference," said David C. Lizárraga, USHCC Board Chairman. "We are privileged to have this transformative leader come to our event and engage the Hispanic community. In the few short weeks since he assumed the presidency, President Obama has made many sweeping and necessary strides to reset the course of our nation and lead us toward full economic recovery. We still have a long way to go, but his actions since January 20th have demonstrated a clear vision and a commitment to boldly engage Hispanics. At the same time, we will use this opportunity to share with him our concerns and priorities-as business leaders, as Hispanics, and as Americans-on how we can contribute to the renewed prosperity of our nation."

President Obama's speech will kick off two full days of workshops, discussions, and meetings with a wide variety of policy and decision makers throughout the nation's capital. The conference will cover several topics that President Obama himself addressed before a joint session of Congress less than two weeks ago. Education reform, health care reform, renewable energy, and other topics top the list of concerns of Hispanic entrepreneurs and small business owners.

President Obama made U.S. history by becoming the first person of minority descent to serve as President of the United States. He has taken office during the nation's most challenging economic period since the Great Depression. His administration has taken several dramatic steps in a short period to help the nation begin its economic recovery, including a massive economic stimulus package, a revision of TARP, sweeping proposals to rebuild the mortgage market, and actions to reform both health care and education.

For a complete list of major events at the USHCC 19th Annual Legislative Conference, or for more news on the lineup of speakers and dignitaries, special events and registration information, visit www.ushcclegislative.com.

Note to Journalists: Please contact Luz Cardenas at luz@cgcimpact.com or 215-317-7775 for inquiries about media credentials. The deadline for submitting credential applications is Monday, March 9, at noon.

UPCOMING EVENTS

•Education, Immigration, Health Care, Energy Workshops - March 10, 11:30 AM - 5:10 PM
•Latina Legislative Luncheon - Tuesday, March 10, 12:40 PM-2:00 PM
•Legislative Awards Reception - Tuesday, March 10, 6:00 PM-7:00 PM
•Legislative Awards Dinner - Tuesday, March 10, 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
•Meetings on the Hill - Wednesday, March 11, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
•Luncheon on the Hill - Wednesday, March 11, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
•Reception on the Hill - Wednesday, March 11, 5:30 PM -7:30 PM

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About the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Founded in 1979, the USHCC actively promotes the economic growth and development of Hispanic entrepreneurs and represents the interests of almost 3 million Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States that generate nearly $400 billion annually. It also serves as the umbrella organization for 200 local Hispanic chambers in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico,Bolivia and Uruguay.



To visit the official site of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, click below:
http://www.ushcc.com/index.cfm

La crisis económica española obliga a familias ecuatorianas a volver a su pais

Here's an Ecuadorian immigrant who decided to return to his native Ecuador due to the harsh impact of the economic crisis in Europe.

Here in the U.S. many Latin American immigrants have been recently been shown on TV making the same decision; go back to their native countries while the economy is in recession.

LOS HISPANOS SON LOS MÁS AFECTADOSPOR LA CRISIS ECONÓMICA

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Credit Default Swaps

Putting a Human Face on the Broken Immigration System

I thought I share the following press release I received through the Latinos For Obama Newswire:


Congressman Joe Baca to Hold a Community Meeting for Families of Immigrants Saturday, March 7th 9:00am, Saint George Catholic Church 505 North Palm Avenue Ontario, California


Families United

If you are a United States citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident who fears that a family member, friend, or loved one may be at risk of deportation, U.S. Congressman Joe Baca invites you to attend a community meeting to share your story on how the deportations of a loved one has or could tear your family apart.
Achieving comprehensive immigration reform will not be easy, and it will continue to require a bipartisan effort from Congress. However, by putting a human face on the issue and addressing the harm that our broken immigration system is causing millions of U.S. citizens, we can begin to put a stop to the raids and deportation-only policies that rip our families apart.

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I also know that Rep. Gutierrez has started its own tour on this issue to put a human face on the issue of fixing the broken U.S. immigration system. Unfortunately, this issue was demonized, primarily by the GOP, when it came up for discussion in Congress in 2007.

2/28/09: Your Weekly Address

The Newseum is Awesome!

I went to the Newseum today in D.C. for the first time and I must confess it was AWESOME! They have everything you want to know about the history of news in the United States from way back in the days to contemporary online digital media. Also, check out the different shows they have in exhibit; I caught the, "Getting a feel for the News," in the Annenber theater I recommend it if you are a news junkie like me and enjoy 4D interaction, you'd love this. Also there are other shows on sports, documentaries, and plenty more to see.

So if you happen to be in D.C., you should totally consider visiting it among the many other attractions the city has to offer. The Newseum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. It is accessible by Metro and the cost is $20 bucks per person for the full day.

If you like to know more about the Newseum in D.C. Check out their website below:

http://www.newseum.org/index.aspx

Mariah Carey- You and I Live

Cool pics at the Oscars

My friend Carlos reported live from the Oscars this past weekend in Hollywood for a local channel.

Here is a link to see his photos from the Oscars:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34865222@N02/

Have as much fun watching them as I did.

Pres. Obama Address to Congress

Republican Response, Bobby Jindal

Hahaha. Gotcha!

Kudos to Mrs. Solis: New Secretary of Labor!

Former Rep. Solis was confirmed today by the U.S. Senate to be our next Secretary of Labor.

Congrats to all those Senators who championed Mrs. Solis's nomination. Of course, we need to acknowledge President Obama for having nominated her in the first place. And to all supporters out there who believe that Rep. Solis's nomination is just one more symbol representing the change in the political class of this nation we all been waiting for.

Felicidades!

To know more about our new secretary of labor, please see her profile on wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda_Solis

Barack Obama en CNN en español

I dug up this video from the campaign trail months. Senator Obama is being interviewed by Carlos Lopez from CNN en Español. Questions range from the ambivalance of the Latino vote going to him to relations with Latin American countries.

A Class Apart

The Story of Hernandez v. Texas;
A Milestone for Justice for Latinos

Watch tonight (9:00 p.m. EST) on your local Public Broadcasting Station (PBS)
FEBRUARY 23, 2009 - Tonight, the epic battle of one of the greatest legal achievements of the 20th century will be depicted on PBS. "A Class Apart" tells the story of the groundbreaking Hernandez v. Texas case, starting in Edna, Texas and going all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954. Argued weeks before the internationally famous Brown v. Board of Education case but much less known, the unanimous Hernandez decision by the U.S. Supreme Court established that Mexican Americans in Texas, while previously (and arguably) treated as "white" under the law were in reality segregated as a class apart from the white mainstream and subject to discrimination, mistreatment and disregard by Texas law, society, governmental institutions and custom.

For more information visit PBS site: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/

Oscar Winners Party at Governor's Ball

Net Neutrality Open Source Documentary

2/21/09: Your Weekly Address

Rick Santelli and the

Rick Santelli (Reporter from CNBC), came out ranting about the housing plan designed by the administration to help people save their homes all over America. Most experts out there, who understand thoroughly the issue, will tell you this whole financial debacle started with the housing market, and it will end there; stabilization of the housing market is a must.

I understand people’s frustration with government’s failure to resolve financial matters in a free market based economy, especially as complex as ours. However, the market is melting down and, alone, won’t cure itself. Even, despite the help of the TARP funds provided by the last administration last fall— which we still don’t know where it all ended up except the fact, that Wall Street execs got paid huge bonuses with it—still has not properly stabilize the financial markets.

Now given Mr. Santelli’s rant about how to save the economy, I can’t help ask myself, where was your citizenship concern when the last administration devoted billions of dollars to bail out Wall Street investment bankers? And finding afterwards, the fact of that much of this money was spent on paying bonuses to executives! Where is your sense of frustration about this, Mr. Santelli? What is your proposed solution: To let the market fix it? You know, that sounds like a very familiar rhetoric from someone else we used to call our president, and a candidate who was running for the presidency a few months ago.

I’m not buying into your supposed citizen’s concern on how to spend tax payer’s money. You are an intelligent person; you of all people should not be required to be educated on the issue! As you should know, the solution is complex and requires a multifaceted approach to the crisis. Stabilization of the housing market is vital to economic recovery. Oh yes, you have the right to be indignant about irresponsible borrowers and should even be more indignant about greedy/fraud investment bankers (Which you fail to mention), but that still is not going to solve the problem. Your proposed solution only demonstrates you have a short memory and obsolete ideas.

Now, families all across America ( I’m sure he’s gotta have somebody in his neighborhood that is under water) may or may not save their homes, but at least this plan is available to them, and aims to prevent further decline in housing values. Moreover, it will prevent millions of people from going homeless. It is more costly to this society if we allow them to go homeless. It is now their turn to get a life saver instead of Wall Street, and we should strive toward this, along with the Wall Street bail out; give this economy some solid footing to recovery from Wall Street to Main Street. It makes one wonder whether you ever think about these millions of families who are at the brink of homelessness because of being duped by irresponsible/greedy brokers? I doubt it.

Screaming from the top of your lungs from a trading floor about government spending to help millions of American homes, does not give you much credibility. It only exacerbates the problem and accurately depicts how inadequate Wall Street thinking alone represents. On the contrary, it underscores how much needed reform it requires. Your rhetoric should be seen as irresponsible, as an insult to Americans, and as hypocritical—to say the least.

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Adolfo Carrion Hired by the Administration

Hey Folks,

Today, the White House posted an announcement regarding the appointment of Adolfo Carrion to head the position of urban affairs in the new administration.

This is an important appointment, not only because the man is qualified, but more important because he understands first hand urban issues of this country; having lived and worked all his life out of the Bronx borough (See his bio below the press release).

This comes at an important time, when the WH has opened its doors to Latino groups for the first time in many years. Consequently, Latino issues will be at the forefront among many others to tackle by the new administration. This is where Mr. Carrion's experience and intelligence comes in handy to help the new administration tackles such issues.

Read below:

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release February 19, 2009

President Barack Obama Announces Key White House Posts

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, President Barack Obama announced the following White House posts: Adolfo Carrion, White House Director of Urban Affairs and Derek Douglas, Special Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs.

President Barack Obama said, "I look forward to working with these talented leaders to bring long overdue attention to the urban areas where 80 percent of the American people live and work. Vibrant cities spawn innovation, economic growth, and cultural enrichment; the Urban Affairs office will focus on wise investments and development in our urban areas that will create employment and housing opportunities and make our country more competitive, prosperous, and strong."

President Obama and Vice President Biden created the White House Office of Urban Affairs to develop a strategy for metropolitan America and to ensure that all federal dollars targeted to urban areas are effectively spent on the highest-impact programs. The Director of Urban Affairs will report directly to the president and coordinate all federal urban programs.

The following announcements were made today:

Adolfo Carrion, White House Director of Urban Affairs- Carrion has served two terms as Bronx Borough President and one term as the President of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO). As Bronx Borough President, Carrion oversaw the creation of 40,000 new units of housing in seven years, 50 new schools, $7 billion in capital and infrastructure expenditures, and over $400 million in new parks and parkland renovation. Prior to his service as Bronx Borough President, Carrion represented the 14th City Council District on the New York City Council and also served as an urban planner at the NYC Department of City Planning and a teacher in the New York City Public Schools. Carrion received his bachelors in World Religions and Philosophy from King's College in 1985 and his Masters in Urban Planning from Hunter College in 1990.

Ballad of Bernie Madoff

Thanks to this Jerk and many like him on Wall Street, the most vulnerable in our society are going through hell.

Minimum this criminal and others like him should not only get jail term, but should pay back all the $ they stole from legitimate investors.

TOS Update: The People Have Spoken!

Here's an update that was sent to users this A.M, regarding Facebook's new TOS:

I'm quoting the Message just as it was sent out to the group of "Facebook Owns You":

"OFFICIAL RESPONSE FROM FB SPOKESPERSON BARRY SCHNITT:

Hi everyone,First, I want to apologize for the delay in response. It’s been a long day with lots of interesting and constructive discussions. Second, I want to thank you for your questions and concerns. As Mark expressed in his blog post on Monday, it was never our intention to confuse people or make them uneasy about sharing on Facebook. I also want to be very clear that Facebook does not, nor have we ever, claimed ownership over people’s content. Your content belongs to you.We do need certain licenses in order to facilitate the sharing of your content through our service. That’s where the Terms of Use come in. The fact that you’ve raised the questions you have is proof that we haven’t done a good job explaining these licenses in the actual language of the document. In fact, as we were working to answer your questions, we realized the new version of the Terms might technically permit some of the hypothetical situations people have offered. I can assure you, however, that these hypotheticals aren’t ones we had in mind when writing the Terms, and that selling user information for profit or using it to advertise Facebook in some way was never part of our original intent. Assurances aren’t enough, though, and we plan to codify this in our revised Terms through simple language that defines Facebook’s rights much more specifically.In the meantime, we’ve decided to revert to the old Terms as we work to address this. Mark has explained this in more detail in another blog post (http://blog.facebook.com/), and we’ve created a group where people can provide input (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=69048030774). We hope you’ll join this group and post comments. We promise to use these comments to help construct a new Terms of Use that reflects the principles around how people share and control their information, and that’s written clearly in language everyone can understand.

I hope you don’t think your participation in this discussion was a waste of time. Honestly, your questions were very helpful to us in arriving at what we believe is the right decision. Also, I think your questions will continue to be useful as we’re crafting a new Terms.Again, thanks for the fruitful discussion and a special thanks to Anne Katherine and Julius for setting up this feedback forum. We hope you’ll all join our “Facebook Bill of Rights and Responsibilities” ( http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=69048030774 ) group and continue discussing these issues there."

So there it is. People have spoken and Facebook went back to the old TOS for the meantime. However, if I were you, I'd keep an eye on this, 'cause you never know they'll try pull another fast one like this again in the future.

FACEBOOK is trying to own YOUR content! Somebody STOP THEM!

This particular post deviates from my usual posts, but I think is important you know what’s happening with Facebook as I write this piece.

Like many of you, I signed up to use FACEBOOK and I didn’t bother to read their Terms of Service (TOS). Facebook calls theirs: Terms of Use. Well, it seems like on February 4th, when no one was watching (Sounds like Congress?) the legal team decided to alter their TOS without saying anything to users. Hahaha! They thought that there aren’t owls watching out there in the night… They thought that we weren’t going to find out what these new changes mean, but they have been exposed and is all over the web now!

According to bloggers and consumer groups out there, Facebook now reserves the right to use your content, even after you disabled your account, OMG! The owner denied this claim, but can you believe them? Especially the way it was done! Check out the following link so you can find out more about the discussion: http://consumerist.com/tag/terms-of-service/,

Also, you can read Facebook’s new TOS so you can see it for yourself:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=23aef0718c5528b7a3b070ec55e49d61&gid=50848058709#/terms.php?ref=pf

Furthermore, arm yourself and read their Privacy Settings Policy if you haven’t done it yet:

http://www.facebook.com/policy.php#

I’m no Einstein, but I think they’re up to no good, and it may be that the reason they decided to change their TOS, is to obtain more authority over your content. They didn’t before but now they can with this modification. Therefore, I’ve signed up to the following Protest group: “Facebook Owns You,” to show my discontent to this change. I suggest you join them as well to pressure the company to go back to the older version of the TOS.

Many people predict that the company will give into to public pressure to restore to the old terms given the bad publicity this news is having. I hope they do!

Who's Who Among Presidents

Here is some interesting news I received today from CSPAN: Presidential Leadership Survey on former Commander-in-Chief Leaders in the White House. I thought I share it with you.

According to 64 Presidential Historians surveyed by CSPAN, Abraham Lincoln is ranked number one as our highest leader in U.S. Presidential history; scoring 902 total points. His highest skill is performance within Context of times (97.7), and his lowest skill is Relations with Congress (78.8).

At the bottom of the ranking is President James Buchanan, being number 42 of the list, and scoring a total of 227 points. His highest scored skill is, Administrative Skills (33.4), and his lowest scored skill is, Pursued Equal Justice for All (16.2).

I've heard of some of the historians on the list before but I do not know most. See for yourself if you can recognize or heard of any of these presidential historians before by visiting the Suvey website:

http://www.c-span.org/PresidentialSurvey/default.aspx

44 Presidents by Rhythm, Rhyme, Results

Can you sing:

"44 Presidents from the Revolution to the Age of the Internet"

You got it Bro!

Salma Hayek on Letterman -

Lucky français dude!

SALMA HAYEK : Africa Mercy Mission | THE FRONTLINE

Humanitarian Soul.

2/14/09: Your Weekly Address

Inaugural Gala Election 2009 Soledad O'Brien, Jennifer Lopez, Hilda Solis et al - by Mariela Rosario

Mortgage Relief - A concerned American's solution to the mortgage melt downs

I saw this today, and thought I share it with you. Could people get behind this? or is it just another crazy idea out there...

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008)

He is now on the Latino(a)s Online Blogera!

Senator Judd Gregg Withdraws as Commerce Nominee

You can't do this Man... After all the hard work of lobbying for the job and then you go and blow it! CMON... You begged for this job.

Everyone thinks is over the Census, but I think this action was done deliberately to embarrass the President. No Love for you Mr. GOP!

Obama Pays Personal Tribute to Abraham Lincoln

Joaquin Phoenix Bizarre Letterman Appearance - Feb. 11, '09

Was it the economic recession that hit him that bad...?

I doubt it-- it's too bad to see such a great actor disappear into the night without a good explanation. God help him.

Copyright Law Center: News Headlines: Copyright Law News: Original Village People member sues group

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“Qué ha hecho el futbol por ustedes últimamente?”

I have a good friend from graduate school, who I admire 'cause he is one of those few people I know, that is so fortunate to do what he likes for living working for an NGO in Mexico. (Is that a right assessment Pete?)

However, it's so interesting right after this soccer game, unfortunately I didn’t watch, to see his post show up on his Facebook status, and I quote: "Puts it better, what has ur futbol done for you lately?" I think he should’ve put it better in Spanish since he lives in Mexico so people there can understand his perspective. I’m not saying they don’t speak English, but saying it in Spanish would resonate better with them: “Qué ha hecho el futbol por ustedes últimamente?” would’ve been a better post. I believe I do understand Pete’s perspective when he asks this.

I like both countries dearly and I'm sure he does too, since he lives there. I've traveled extensively in both countries, and I feel I know Mexico as well as I do the U.S. I have no formal ties to Mexico only those beautiful relationships I've developed with friends over the years. Having traveled so much through Latin America, I totally understand the passion that Futbol brings out in people there and all over the region. It's so symbolic, like a jewel of pride if your country beats any other country in region, and especially the U.S. So one can add salt to the wound or something like that… but I’m telling you: It feels good to many, when the U.S. loses in soccer to any country in the region.

So this comment makes me ponder (And I'm sure to many Latino/as living in the U.S. too of Mexican origin) who have lived long enough in the U.S. to see both sides of the coin—what does this futbol rivalry symbolically really means to both people? If it means anything at all to the ‘Gringos,’ since they don’t really follow futbol as much as the Mexicans do. What a simple game really means in the minds of people here and there? Whether Mexico or the U.S. wins? Does winning or losing in soccer add or take away to a long lasting history between its people?


I wish that if the people of the U.S. had the same passion over futbol as Mexican people do, they would extrapolate such sentiment and show it but in a positive way on other issues toward the Mexican people. To be able to see each other eye to eye on certain issues that are more important than futbol. I’m not saying that both nations do not see eye to eye on many issues at the intergovernmental level. But I feel that this old 20th century rivalry mentality is old and inapplicable to today’s reality. This rivalry symbolically expressed through futbol especially of the Mexican people is no longer relevant. (I think it only applies to the Mexican side in this context).

We’re so integrated today by culture, business, and technology that this old rivalry mentality doesn’t apply anymore, whether in futbol or other issues. How great could we both be, if our futbol was not just another game of rivalry, but rather a game of comradeship to bring our people closer on those issues we do not see eye to eye. I don’t know if I’m just missing totally the point here (And you can tell me if I am on my blog) but I still can’t help react to Pete’s comment on whether behind this reaction still lies a 20th century mentality? And it’s not just, who wins the soccer game… but in reality on many other issues.

So to echo my good friend Pete’s sentiment, I take the liberty to translate his comment, “Qué ha hecho el futbol por ustedes últimamente?” and better ask this question in a different way, "What have you done for your Mexican neighbor lately?" to people in this country.

Obama Townhall meeting in fort myers florida Julio Osegueda

Julio Osegueda, a young college student in Floridad, asked President Obama, about improving Julio's benefits at his current job.

Tons of Americans find themselves asking themselves the same question right now, however, Julio was lucky enough to be able to ask this question in person to the President.

Kudos to Julio!

Still Seeking a Way Out

Here's a great article on Sec. Geithner's plan from the Economist.com:

http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13095259

Help Shape Urban Policy

This is a great site to help influence urban policy-- check it out!




http://www.hiphopcaucus.org/speak-to-obama

There's Something About Mary

Reviving some good old Classics!

WORLD'S FUNNIEST COMMERCIAL - Wedding - Diet Dr Pepper

I came across this. Now this is funny! It's alway good to have humor after the last two posts.

Treasury Secretary Geithner Press conference

This is today. The current Secretary of the Treasury-- explaining how the new administration plans to repair the financial system.

Former Treasury Secretary Paulson Steps to Save Banks

This was five months ago, when the last administration came out to the rescue of financial institutions in the U.S.

Seeds...

Last week, in Washington, D.C., something very astounding occurred. Elwin Wilson, a former KKK member, apologized to the black activist, Congressman John Lewis, in a rare but welcome meeting at the congressman’s office on Capitol Hill. The story behind this notable apology can be summarized as follows: At a bus station in South Carolina in 1961, the two young men came face to face with each other for the first time. One, a member of the KKK, and the other, a young civil rights leader bent on changing the laws. The young KKK member attacked the civil rights leader and left him beaten and bloodied on the ground. 48 years later, the two men came face to face for the first time since that incident occurred. The former KKK member, Elwin Wilson now 72, traveled to Washington D.C. to personally apologize to Congressman Lewis for attacking him so viciously. At the meeting, Mr. Wilson told reporters that for years, he tried to block the memories of what happened on that day, but he just could not do it. Congressman Lewis accepted Mr. Wilson’s apology without any hesitations then told reporters, “I was very moved. He was very, very sincere and I think it takes a lot of raw courage to be willing to come forward the way he did. I think it will lead to a great deal of healing.” You can learn more about this incredible story by clicking on this link: http://www.yahoo.com/s/1026994

Now, the mere fact that such an apology occurred the way it did merits praise by itself. I see it as a true example of the type progress that is occurring in our country. It is yet more evidence of how the archaic dividing beliefs of the racial prejudices that date back to the founding of our nation are slowly receding. That is not to say that racial injustice has been completely eliminated from our society, because unfortunately such social ills are still present in our everyday reality. A look at a newspaper on any given day can provide numerous examples of the distance that we have to go before we can fully claim that racial and social injustice is truly behind us. However, the example of atonement and forgiveness that Mr. Wilson and Congressman Lewis have provided can give us hope that our exigent social situation is moving forward in a more positive direction. For me, this type of apology is akin to sowing a seed of optimism in a land soiled by the acrimony of our human nature. Yet, within this decorous act, there exists the aspiration that we can all learn from our past mistakes, correct them, and inspire others to move away from general direction that leads to such transgressions.

Within all of this, I found something that I’d like to highlight and expand upon with this group. In the interview, Mr. Wilson claims that they motivation for his CHANGE of heart came about when a friend asked him, “If you died right now, do you know where you’d go?” Mr. Wilson responded by saying, “To hell.” Mr. Wilson then goes on to say, “I just had a lot on my shoulders and in my heart. I just wanted to get right with people. It took me years to know what I did was wrong.” For me, this was one of the most interesting components of the whole story. I’ll tell you why, but first I would have to ask that you please suspend your beliefs about heaven and hell for just a few moments. Now, whether or not you can accommodate this particular request, I would just ask that you please read on at your own discretion.

Growing up as a Christian, I was taught that when one dies, their soul is judged by God based on how they lived their life on Earth. If an individual led a pious life, then they would proceed onto heaven. If they lead a nefarious life, then they go off to hell (then there is always purgatory, but for now, I’d like leave it out of this discussion). For many of us who grew up as Christians, this is the basic paradigm of the afterlife. But for a while now, I’ve been looking at things a little differently and have developed a new way of getting a handle on at this fundamental model. I imagine that you’ve heard the claim that before an individual is about to die, their whole life flashes before their eyes in an instant. With this in mind, I’ve often wondered if at the point of death (and before the soul disincorporates) the soul of the dying person reviews all of the memories of their life in order to finally determine whether that life was genuinely good or bad? Could such a re-examination be analogous to passing judgment on the soul based on the collective actions that the individual committed during their lifetime? Let me explain what I am trying to get at.

I am of the belief that one of the greatest rewards that a soul can have (beyond this physical realm) is to hold onto the collective memories of the life that it experienced during its physical existence. The account of that existence or “the story of the soul” (as I like to call it) is the individual chronicle that is the final testament of that soul’s accomplishments or cataclysms. For example, if a person lived a virtuous life full of rectitude that produced happiness and a sense of great triumph, then upon death, the soul would simply review, relive, and retire to such memories and emotions, ultimately replaying them over and over and rejoicing in a sort of "heaven" of its own making. Conversely, if one lived a corrupt life full of wickedness that produced despondency and misery, then upon death, the soul would simply review, relive, and retire to such memories and sentiment, ultimately replaying those memories over in great distress in a sort of "hell" of its own making. So under such a scenario, upon death, one’s soul is left to retire into a heaven or hell of its own creation that characterized by the actions and deeds of that person as they occurred during their life on Earth.

Now, I want to make it clear that I am not attempting to sway anyone’s religious positions. I would merely like to share a personal view with you about the power of our deeds during life and how they could play out for the soul in the greater scheme of things. To reel this back to the starting point of my essay, this is all to say that when Mr. Wilson decided that he did not want to go to hell and “just wanted to get right with people” he was correcting his past offense and bringing into being the actions that would allow for him to enter into heaven (per his religious creed). I would say that under the afterlife perspective that I just outlined to you, Mr. Wilson is creating a sort “heaven on Earth” for his soul through his current deeds because for some time now, he’s been going through a “living hell” that was a result his past affront to Congressman Lewis. It now seems that the lasting damage between Mr. Wilson and Congressman Lewis may have finally been reconciled through the heart-felt apology and act of public repentance initiated by Mr. Wilson. Congressman Lewis’s acceptance of the apology not only endorses his own goodwill, but also helps to authenticate Mr. Lewis’s contrition, as well as to complete this important lesson on the redemptive power of love.

So why did I share my thoughts with everyone on this topic? Well, I was simply inspired by two individuals who wanted to do right, and who in turn, inspired me to write. I also wanted to seriously reflect on the example that these two men provide for us. More than before, I feel that we are again becoming a great society that is slowly realigning itself with a greater sense of civility and one that is on the verge of fulfilling the promise of a better future. Don’t get me wrong, I am well aware that we still have many inequities to move past, before that better tomorrow arrives. However, it seems that some of the seeds for a greater and more just future have been planted by Mr. Wilson and Congressman Lewis. I’m hoping that we’ll have the courage and wisdom to help cultivate more such seeds throughout all of the places that we touch.

Thanks for reading this far. Please feel free to share this with anyone who would benefit from it.

Wishing you all the best,

Elvis Cordova

President Obama's first press conference - On the economy

Do you think this particular Stimulus will be enough to get this economy going? Or do you think that a few months from now, the democrats will come back again asking for another stimulus?

One More Step Closer to the Final Deal

Well, I have to retract my statement from last week on the stimulus bill-- so what's $50 billion more or less... after all, it is all going to be spent on the American people.

The Senate projects tomorrow the final vote on the stimulus. I think the majority of Americans don't care anymore how much it is, but how soon this $ is going to impact peoples' real lives.

See ya tomorrow.

Gutierrez Announces Five-Week, Fourteen-City Tour to Document Urgency for Immigration Reform in 2009

Press Release
Gutierrez Announces Five-Week, Fourteen-City Tour to Document Urgency for Immigration Reform in 2009

February 2, 2009

Media Contact: Rebecca Dreilinger (202) 225-8203FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Washington DC) Today, U.S. Representative Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) announced that he will spearhead a five-week national tour—visiting 14 U.S. cities—to document the harm caused to citizens across our nation in the absence of comprehensive immigration reform.
In an unprecedented nationwide campaign, Gutierrez has partnered with local communities and churches to hold rallies for thousands of U.S. citizens whose families have been or risk being torn apart by our broken immigration system. Many members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are also holding similar events in their districts.
"As a nation —as citizens— we cannot wait any longer for fair and just immigration reform," said Rep. Gutierrez. "Across America, parents and children, husbands and wives are being torn apart by a system that values quotas over family values and which undermines our economic security in a time of crisis. It is for this reason that U.S. citizens in each of these 13 cities are joining this campaign and standing up for real, lasting change."

When & Where:


February 27, Providence, RI
February 28, Atlanta, GA
March 1, Albuquerque, NM
March 7, Houston, TX
March 8, Phoenix, AZ
March 13 McAllen, TX
March 14, Dallas, TX
March 15, El Paso, TX
March 21, Chicago, IL
March 22, Milwaukee, WI
March 28, Tampa, FL
March 28, Orlando, FL
March 29, Miami, FL
April 4, Philadelphia, PA


Already nearly 40 evangelical church leaders, representing nearly 20,000 parishioners, have joined Rep. Gutierrez to demonstrate the vast numbers of American families—from all political backgrounds—who demand change from a legal system that undermines family values. U.S. citizens whose families have been affected will be available at each event to share their specific stories with press

Getting To Know You

See President Obama meeting the WH Press Corps.

Sunday's Show Wrap Up

This video is put together by Politico every weekend from the main U.S. TV political shows.

Click on the link below:

http://www.politico.com/largevideobox.html?id=10451303001

Enjoy!

2/7/09: Your Weekly Address

Stimulus Package: This One is Done!

This Package is DONE!


The Senate has tonight negotiated a final $780 billion dollars package(Republicans say is $1.1 trillion) economic stimulus. It was decreased by $39 billion from the original amount passed by the House. Some say, democrats agreed to concede some cuts in education from the original version and accommodate other things (Tax cuts) to gain republican support.

Now this bill will go into conference (the last phase) where details will be worked out by leaders from each party behind doors. Today’s final negotiation on the stimulus package puts an end on the legislative saga that has been taking center stage in Washington since it was publicly announce the cost of the original stimulus.

Next week, lawmakers will be watching carefully for the Treasury Secretary (Geithner) as he announces details of how to spend the remaining half (Roughly $300 billion) of TARP funds, remember, this was the first stimulus passed back in September to alleviate the economy. As you know, much of the first half went to the private capital sector(Corporate America).
Stay tune…

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Batman Running for Governor

Dear Friends:

Well, famous Hollywood actor, Val Kilmer, you must remember him from blockbusters like Batman and Heat, is pondering on the idea to run for Governor of New Mexico, according to Washington DC media pundits. Well, I don’t know much about NM politics, all I know is: Governor is a great Mexican American who ran to be president; then nominated to be our next secretary of commerce; and then we all know where that ended up…

Anyway, I guess Hollywood is trying to make a political comeback with one of their own this week. Yeap! I don’t know if you paid attention but Hollywood filmmakers were beat bad by Detroit auto-makers over hundreds of millions of dollars in tax credits during the stimulus debate earlier this week. But it is not like a surprise that a Hollywood actor would want to run for the governorship of his state. After all, remember, one of the most popular public figures of this country came from Hollywood; ended up defeating the Soviet Union; introduced Reagan-economics; and became one of the most popular presidents ever in the history of the Republic.

I love it when I see this type of news pop up in the political media class during times of a world financial mess, can you ever go wrong with one more actor in the political class of this country? I think not.

If you want to know about Mr. Kilmer, please see below the wikipedia article I dug up about him:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Kilmer

Davos Annual Meeting 2009 - World Economic Brainstorming

I thought I share this with you. Very interesting discussions took place at the World Economic Forum. This one in particular focuses on the policy reasonings behind the financial collapse of global markets.

Creative Minds at Politico

Love the stuff the people at Politico put together to make fun of all this nonsense political stuff.

Help yourself to a good laugh by clicking below:

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid5173139001?bclid=1201016315&bctid=10089120001

How the Stimulus is going to Impact your State

Today, the WH released a report on how the Stimulus Package is going to impact each individual state. To see how your particular state will be impacted by this bill, click on the links below:

The report: http://otrans.3cdn.net/45593e8ecbd339d074_l3m6bt1te.pdf

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The Fact Sheet (Identify your state): http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/White_House_Releases_Additional_State1.pdf

Attorney General Eric Holder's message to the Department of Justice

I hear he's the best at what he does. Hopefully he can bring the morale up at DOJ and start actually enforcing the laws on the books.

Buena Suerte Señor U.S. Attorney General.

Stimulus Package: What's in it?

Dear Friends:

Everyone knows the economy is been tanking for awhile, and could even get worse (God forbid it doesn’t) if the federal government doesn’t create some kind of fiscal stimulus to stimulate consumer spending, and therefore the economy.

Now, everyone argues and speculates on what is in it?(Whatever fits you best) moreover, whether the stimulus is going to revive the economy; being an independent thinker, I’ve researched for myself the topic (I’m sure you have too, and I welcome you to share on this blog to empower more people to know where your tax dollars are going). Please share with us (If you care at all) as I’m sharing with you the following links:

A break down of Aid to States:

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-STIMULUS0109.html

Coverage by the Wall street Journal on the stimulus:

http://online.wsj.com/public/page/stimulus-package.html

In the end, crafting public policies is like sausage making; no one likes to see how is done! However, I do believe everyone should have a right to know how much sausage they’re getting.

Mr. Punxsutawney Phil

Well, according to Mr. Punxsutawney Phil, we'll have six more weeks of winter, ouch! That's if you believe him.

But he didn't say how many more weeks of Recession we have left.... that's what I want to know.

Check the following site if you care to know more about it:

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/02/02/groundhog-day-2009-how-many-more-weeks-of-recession/

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Here is the official site of Mr. Punxsutawney Phil if you care to know more about him: http://www.groundhog.org/info/

Obama Calls Rooney

President Obama called the owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers to Congratulate the team on their Victory of Superbowl XLIII. Read the article below by Politico:
http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0209/politics_and_pig_skins_80ede23c-c80c-436b-ace7-76841fd23f62.html

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If you'd like to see the Official website of the Superbowl Champions, click below:
http://www.steelers.com/

Queen- We Will Rock You and We Are The Champion (Live)

Dear Cardinal Fans:

I dedicate this Queen video to all you Cardinal fans out there.
I'm sure President Obama would be Happy!

Good Game!

Let Her Go to Work!

So this past week’s beef is on the nomination process of Rep. Solis to head the department of labor. See the piece on the website, just click here.

1/31/09: Your Weekly Address