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Schweik appointed associate director of National Center for Digital Government

Charles SchweikCharles Schweik, associate professor of Natural Resources Conservation and Public Policy, has been appointed associate director of the National Center for Digital Government (NCDG).

The NCDG is an National Science Foundation National Center housed in the Center for Public Policy and Administration. The NCDG works to build global research capacity, advance practice, and strengthen the network of researchers and practitioners engaged in building and using technology in government.

Schweik’s current research investigating open source programming and open content collaboration will continue under the NCDG, as will his co-directorship of the Open Source Computing Laboratory. Schweik’s experience with public-sector information technology and internet-based collaboration will help to extend the social science research capacity of the NCDG and expand the center’s reputation for producing quality research around digital government.

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National Center for Digital Government

August 22, 2006.

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