Hi all - for the past several years I've been one of the faculty members in a week-long summer institute for PhD students interested in research in digital government (or e-goverment if you prefer). It was in New York City in 2007, Manchester in 2008, and it will be in Seattle this summer, June 21-27. See http://www.ctg.albany.edu/institute There is considerable interest among the students coming this summer in applications in the developing world, and I wanted to check whether there are UW folks working on projects that might be of particular interest to the group -- we could arrange a presentation, a field trip (well, to someplace in Seattle or environs), or an activity - let me know. Also, applications for student spots are closed now -- but we may well be able to slip a UW grad student or two in still -- let me know also if you're interested in that. Thanks! Alan