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Not that e-democracy will take us to full employment, but here are a few jobs in our field in the U.S. and in Scotland. Steven Clift P.S. Remember DO-CAMPNET <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/do-campnet>? I know of at least one participant who share her knowledge and perspective which led to a great job offer. Sharing your knowledge on various DO online forums can lead to unexpected good things. 1. AOL Government Guide Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 18:17:19 EST (clip) Government Guide is looking for a 40 hour a week on-site contractor (AOL in Dulles, VA) to create and update creative programming of government websites and information (polls, quizzes, feature packages, highlights). This person will do both daily and long term content development as well as internal promotion of Government Guide and the related products to other AOL TW channels and properties. This person will also oversee development of online community (message boards, chats, etc.) in GovGuide. I need someone who is a strong writer, extremely creative, a good networker and familiar with government. The ideal person will be flexible, adaptive and good with follow thru. A journalistic background and/or online experience would be ideal, but not mandatory. Those interested should send a resume and their idea of what four links they would put up on the www.governmentguide.com main screen that demonstrate relevance to the day's news, the current season (tax, student loan or congress session) or some new or interesting government content people may not know about. Address to James Vaughn at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pay is $25/hr. Thanks for your consideration! James Vaughn AOL - Government Guide 2. International Teledemocracy Centre From: http://www.teledemocracy.org/news/RecruitmentFeb02.htm The SMARTGOV project is a Governmental Knowledge-Based Platform for Public Sector Online Services funded by the EU IST Framework V programme. The Centre's research will focus on investigating and constructing new process models to enable public administrations to exploit the benefits of intelligent transaction services and to develop frameworks that support the acceptance of these services, focusing on issues of privacy and trust. Both posts are fixed-term until 31 January 2004. Research Fellow (1A) £25,456 pa (fixed point) You will have extensive experience and a higher-level degree qualification relating to modelling and knowledge management, and experience of qualitative field research. You will take a leading role in designing e-government methods to facilitate the uptake of electronic public services. Working in a stimulating environment, you will be an enthusiastic individual. Experience of ICT in government and an interest in intelligent applications would be especially advantageous. You will be capable of independent research and publication. Research Associate (1B) £19,681 pa (fixed point) With a degree in computer science or a related subject, you should have experience of work in a research environment. You will be familiar with web-based technologies, XML and Xforms. Collaborating with other members of the team on organisational and user modelling, you will help specify the Smartgov platform. You will also contribute to evaluation of the platform in a number of government organisations, and assist with the writing of project deliverables and their publication on a web archive. E-democracy Youth Channel for Scotland project, funded by Young Scot, is due to start in February and will last 12 months in the first instance. The project aims to design, manage and evaluate an e-democracy channel for the national youth information portal in Scotland. The research focuses on the innovative application of technology to encourage and support young people's participation in democratic decision-making. Research Associate (1A) £21,503 pa (fixed point) Taking a leading role in designing e-democracy tools to motivate and engage young people, you should have a Higher level degree in a Social Science related subject and experience of qualitative field research and web-based applications. Working at the leading edge of e-democracy research and development, you will be an enthusiastic individual comfortable working with young people. A good communicator, you should be able to work on your initiative. Knowledge of web-based discussion forums and experience of e- government would be especially advantageous. For all posts: please apply by CV, including the names and addresses of two referees, to Cheryl Thomson, Faculty of Engineering & Computing, Napier University, 10 Colinton Road, Edinburgh, EH10 5DT, tel: 0131-455 2602 or email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Closing date 18 February 2002. Please read the further particulars . Download word documents by selecting the post's title or contact Cheryl Thomson. ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To unsubscribe instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. ***
