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REFEREED PUBLICATIONS Balda, D., S. Bartczak, R. A. Syler, A. R. Heminger, “A Descriptive Case Study of Electronic Records Taxonomy Development at the Central Intelligence Agency”, Proceedings of the Association for Information Systems Conference of the Americas (AMCIS), August 2007 Harp, D., S. Bartczak, T. Peachey, and A. Heminger, “An Assessment of Topic Areas Covered in KM Journals”, Proceedings of the Information Resource Management Association, May 2007 Budai, Kevin G., Alan R. Heminger, and Summer Bartczak, “Assessing a Knowledge Management (KM) Project Selection Framework”, Proceedings of the Southern Association for Information Systems (SAIS), March 2007 Heminger, A. R. and D. M. Kelley, “Assessing the Digital Rosetta Stone Model for Long-Term Access to Digital Documents”, Journal of Management Information Systems, Vol 21:4, (Spring 2005) pp 11-35 Kelley D. M., and A. R. Heminger, “A Delphi Assessment of the Digital Rosetta Stone Model”, Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-37), January 2004 Kolekofski, K. E. and A. R. Heminger, “Beliefs and Attitudes Affecting Intentions to Share Information in an Organizational Setting”, Information and Management, Vol 40:6 (2003) pp 1-12 Heminger, A. R., and R. Kitchen, “An Investigation of Organizational Culture Factors That May Influence Knowledge Transfer”, Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-36), January 2003. Bower, W. D., and A. R. Heminger, “Development of a Strategic Decision Framework for Identifying and Selecting Knowledge Management Projects”, Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-35), January 2002. Heminger, A. R., and S. B. Robinson “The Digital Rosetta Stone: A Model for Maintaining Long-term Access to Static Digital Documents”, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Vol 3:2, (2000) pp 1-26 Heminger, A. R., and J. B. Ireland, "Planning for Long Term Access to Digital Documents: An Initial Investigation", Proceedings of the Association for Information Systems Conference of the Americas (AMCIS), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 1999. Heminger, A. R., and S. B. Robertson, "The Digital Rosetta Stone: A Model for Maintaining Access to Digital Data Over Time", Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-31), January 1998. This paper won the award for outstanding paper in the Digital Documents Track Heminger, A. R., and C. E. LeMaire, “Supporting Worldwide Logistics for the Air Force Security Assistance Center with the World Wide Web”, Proceedings of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, August 1997 Tung, L. L. and A. R. Heminger, "The Effects of Dialectical Inquiry, Devil's Advocacy, and Consensus Inquiry Methods in a GDSS", Information and Management, Vol. 25, no.1 (July 1993) pp 33-42 Dennis, A. R., A. R. Heminger, J. F. Nunamaker, Jr. and D. R. Vogel "Bringing Automated Support to Large Groups: The Burr-Brown Experience", Information and Management, (1990), Vol. 18:3, pp 111-121 "Electronically Supported Communities: Reflections and Speculations", with B.E. Wynne, Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-23), January 1990. Nunamaker, Jr., J. F., D. R. Vogel, W. Martz, A. R. Heminger, R. Grohowski, and C. McGoff "Experiences at IBM with Group Support Systems: A Field Study", Decision Support Systems 5, (1989) pp 183-196 ********************************************************************************* OTHER TECHNICAL, JOURNAL, AND CONFERENCE PAPERS, BOOK CHAPTERS: Dynamic Response Logistics: Changing Environments, Technologies, and Processes, research paper presented to Air Force 2025, with C. M. Brandt, C. J. burke, K. W. Currie, T. L. Pohlen, and D. K. Vaughn, August 1996 “The Group Research Laboratory for Logistics: Development and first use of a group support system facility within the Air Force environment”, with Capt. K.E. Moen and Dr. M. Wolfe, Armstrong Laboratory Technical Paper (AL/HR-TP-1994-0032) November 1994 “Design Considerations for Franktalk: A Distributed Group Support System”, with K. E. Moen and M. Wolfe, Armstrong Laboratory Technical Paper (AL/HR-TP-1994-0023), October 1994 "A Role for Distributed Group Support Systems (DGSS) in Support of Multi-national Group Work", The Institute for Management Science/Operation Research Society of America National Conference, Detroit, October 1994 "Groupware: Lessons from the Field -- Process Gains Versus Process Losses", with Kim Wheatley, Groupware '92, San Jose, California, August 1992 "Discretionary Databases as Social Dilemmas", with Terry Connolly, and B. K. Thorn. In Liebrand, W. B. G., Messick, D. M. & Wilke, H. A. M. (eds): Social Dilemmas: Theoretical Issues and Research Findings, Oxford: Pergamon, 1992 Heminger, A. R., P. A. Hommel, and J. A. Bergman, "Considerations for Using an Expert System in the Guardianship Process for Adults", Information Services and Use, Vol. 12 (1992) pp 9-22 "The Effects of Dialectical Inquiry, Devil's Advocacy, and Consensus Inquiry Methods in a GDSS Environment: A Study in Progress", with L.L. Tung and J. Hoffer, Twenty-second Annual Meeting of the Midwest Decision Sciences Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 1991 "Comments: A System to Support Distributed Group Meetings", with J.S. Valacich, Twenty-second Annual Meeting of the Midwest Decision Sciences Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 1991 "Operational Use of an Electronic Meeting System (EMS) Facility at the Indiana Institute for the Study of Developmental Disabilities", presented at TIMS/ORSA National Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 1990 "Assessment of the Impact of GDSS tools in a Field Setting", presented at the Doctoral Consortium, ICIS Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, December 1987 "Data Bases as Public Goods", with T. Connolly, and B. Thorn, presented at SPUDM International Conference, Cambridge, England, August, 1987 ********************************************************************************* THESES ADVISED: Heath Van Horn, Mathew J., “An Analysis of the Balance of Management, Technical and Leadership Progression Through the Three USAF Officer Tiers”, March 2007 Koehler II, John M., “Information Management Principles Applied To The Ballistic Missile Defense System”, March 2007 Scurlock, Antonio J. R., “Strategic Planning to Conduct Joint Force Network Operations (NETOPS): A Content Analysis of NETOPS Organizations Strategic Plans”, March 2007 Budai, Kevin G., “Assessing the Usefulness of the Decision Framework for Identifying and Selecting Knowledge Management Projects”, March 2005 Rammel, Amy M., “Assessing the Usefulness of Using Visualization Tools to Investigate Hidden Patterns within Insider Attack Cases”, March 2005 Orlovsky, James R., “Identifying similarities and differences between public and private sector information resource management”, June 2004 Cole, Pamela J., “The United States Marine Corps data collaboration requirements: Retrieving and integrating data from multiple databases”, March 2004 Fitzgerald, David C., “An exploratory analysis of factors affecting participation in Air Force Knowledge Now communities of practice”, March 2004 Hamilton, Brian K., “Empowering Marine Corps system administrators: A taxonomy of training”, March 2004 Hinrichsen, Peter L., “An exploration of cultural factors affecting use of communities of practice”, March 2004 Kubinsky, Joseph S., “Securing the air force network: Issues concerning time compliance network order (TCNO) deployment”, March 2004 Scott, Kelvin B., “An analysis of factors that have influenced the evolution of information assurance from World War II through Vietnam to the present”, March 2004 Ray, A. Dan, “Analysis of the theoretical relationships between work exhaustion, job satisfaction, and turnover intention of Air Force information Systems Managers”, March 2003 Case, David A., “Antecedents and outcomes of end-user computing competence”, March 2003 Phillips, Jeffrey, “Incorporating Organizational Culture into a Decision Framework for Identifying and Selecting Knowledge Management Projects”, March 2003 Gustafson, Yashua W., “An Exploratory Study of the Air Force’s Technical IT Infrastructure Flexibility”, March 2002 Drollette, Edward H. “Six Years After Its Passage, What Has Been the Impact of the Clinger-Cohen Act on the U.S. Air Force?”, March 2002 Ladd, Darin A., “An Investigation of Organizational Culture Factors that May Influence Knowledge Transfer”, March, 2002 Reynolds, Kevin A., “Going the Distance with Distance Learning: An Analysis of Motivational Factors that Influence E-Learning Course Completion Rates”, March 2002 Bower, William D., “Development of a Decision Framework for Knowledge Management Projects”, March 2001 Daigle, Richard C. “An Analysis of the Computer and Network Attack Taxonomy”, March 2001 Kelley, Don M. “A Delphi Assessment of the Digital Rosetta Stone Model”, March 2001 Kitchen, Robert C., “Why Didn’t You Tell Me?: Toward Building A Model Of Why Information Is Not Shared Well In Organizations”, December 1999 Cunningham, Frank “Through The Network Barrier: Providing Network Connectivity Between The Air Force Medical Community And Its Commercial Partners”, December 1999 Ireland, Jonathan B., “Assessing Air Force Major Command Awareness Of And Plans For Dealing With The Impact Of Technological Obsolescence On Long-Term Storage And Retrieval Of Digital Information”, March 1999 Santos, Ricardo F. G., “A Methodology To Apply Business Process Reengineering Within The Brazilian Aeronautical Ministry”, March 1999 Hartzell, Tom, “Strategic Planning Within the Department of Defense: A Focus on Strategic Hierarchical Consistency”, September 1998 Hollman, Ryan, “A Descriptive Study of Information Operations and Information Warfare Awareness in the United States Air Force”, September 1998 Kolekofski, Keith E., “Get Your Hands Out of My Drawers: A Survey of Information Ownership and Stewardship”, December 1997 (One of two Norton Pride in Excellence Award winners, a school-wide award for outstanding theses) Peifer, Kenneth V., “Criterion-Based Congruence Analysis of Information Warfare Policy and Doctrine for the United States Air Force”, December 1997 (One of two Norton Pride in Excellence Award winners, a school-wide award for outstanding theses) Cullen, Hope D., “Assessing the Quality of Decision Outcome in Group Decision System Support and Traditional Groups”, December 1997 Bridgewater, Loring G., “Equality of Influence in GDSS Decision-Making”, December 1997 Himebrook, Leslie F., “Information to Be Gathered During Information Warfare Attack: An Analysis and Model”, December 1997 Robertson, Steven B., “Digital Rosetta Stone: A Conceptual Model for Maintaining Long-Term Access to Digital Documents”, December 1996 Rogers, Lori A., “Exploring the Policy Issues of Electronic Freedom of Information Act Requests through the Use of the Government Information Locator Service”, December 1996 Quintero, Pamela E., “Internet Use Patterns, Acceptance Levels, and Policy Recommendations: An Information Technology Infusion Approach to the Internet and the United States Air Force“, December 1996 Plant, Trevor, Royal Australian Air Force, “Whose Information is it Anyway? An Argument for Information Stewardship”, December 1996 Gwartney, Floyd A., “Assessing User Requirements for an Automated System to support Programmed Depot Maintenance through Use of a Rapid Prototype in a Group Support System Environment”, September 1996 Giddings, Francis M., “Cross Service Application of a Government Concept of Operations (GCO) Generator in Support of an Air Force Joint Continuous Acquisition and Life Cycle Support (JCALS) Implementation”, September 1996 LeMaire, C. E., “The Warehouse Information System (WINS): An Architectural Design For an Information System Employing the World Wide Web to Enhance Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Excess Inventory Management”, December 1995 ********************************************************************************* AIR FORCE AND DEFENSE RELATED RESEARCH AND CONSULTATION: “Identification and Selection of Subject Matter Experts”, for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), December 2006 “Strategic Information Direction”, for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), April 2006 “Analysis of Air Force Materiel Command Ebusiness Initiatives”, for Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC/CV), April 2006 “Investigation of the Vulnerabilities of Aggregated GeoBase Information: A Threat-Based Perspective”, for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD-ATL), September 2004 “Electronic Records Management”, for the Office of the Chief Information Officer of the U. S. Air Force, September 2004 “Enterprise Resource Management”, for the Office of the Chief Information Officer of the U. S. Air Force, May 2004 “U.S. Air Force Server Consolidation Initiative: An Analysis”, for AFMC/SC, October 2001 Alternative Strategies for Server Consolidation, Air Force Materiel Command, Chief Information Office, June-September 2001 Development of Strategic Information Plan, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), Hurlburt Field, 11-13 March 2001 “Air Force Institute of Technology Academic Library Information Systems Architecture, Capabilities, and Processes”, Unpublished Report, January - March 2001 “AFIT/RRD Registration Processes”, Unpublished Report, September 2001 Use of smart card technologies within the Air Force, July – September 2000 Future Roles and Responsibilities of the Kirtland Air Force Base Chief Information Officer, March – June 2000 Developed career-long learning plan for Air Force Communications and Information Center, October – December 1999 Evaluated meta-data standards Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy Directorate (AFRL/DE) and National Air and Space Administration (NASA), July-August 1999 Developed web portal design for Air Force Communications and Information Center to provide ongoing professional contact among the Comm/Info career field, April-June 1999 Facilitated development of strategic planning for Air Force Materiel Command, Public Affairs Office (AFMC/PA), September 1998 Facilitated development of plans for improving retention of key employees for Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), September 1998 Evaluated security issues regarding information posted on website, for Directed Energy Directorate (AFRL/DE), June-August 1998 Management Information Systems curriculum reviewer for Defense Leadership and Management Program (DLAMP); represented the Air Force on a task force to create curricula for the DLAMP program, January 1998 Consultant to Major Shared Resource Center (MSRC) on assessment of first year of operation, October - December 1997 Consultant to Air Force Materiel Command Chief Information Officer (CIO) on information needs for AFMC Headquarters, July - October 1997 Consultant to Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) on information needs for new organizational structure, July - September 1997 Consultant to Air Force Materiel Command, Installation and Services IPT on reengineering of I & S services, January–August 1997 Consultant to Air Force DMSP Office to develop global strategy to resolve longstanding dispute between the Air Force and major contractor for satellite system, February 1997 Consultant to Air Force Materiel Command Lean Logistics Office on reengineering project, January-June 1997 Consultant to Air Force Materiel Command HR Independent Products Team on the development of a unified set of human relations processes, January 1997 Consultant to Air Force Materiel Command, Science and Technology Mission Element Board on the process of creating a single Air Force laboratory, November 1996 – June 1997 “The Air Force Institute of Technology: Information Needs and Capabilities” Air Force Technical Paper, (AFIT/LA-TP-1996-0001) June 1996 Facilitated meeting for USAF/SC on accession criteria for new communications officers, at the Pentagon, December 1996 Developed and narrated video on the use of the Internet for research to be used at Air Command and Staff College, and throughout libraries of Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, September 1996 Presentations to Air University, Air Command and Staff College, and Squadron Officers School, Maxwell Air Force Base, on use of the Internet for research, July 1996 Served as member of writing team for Logistics 2025 paper, February-June 1996 Facilitated development of strategic plan for IS/COE, Gunter Air Force Base, May 1996 Consulted with Air Education and Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, on Information Strategic Planning issues, May 1996 Consulted with Air Force Institute of Technology Plans and Programs Office (AFIT/XO) and Air Force Institute of Technology, Communications and Information Office (AFIT/SC) develop information strategic planning process, April 1996 Conducted a two-day strategic planning session for Air Force Institute of Technology Registrars Office (AFIT/RR), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Mar 1996 Consultation to Air Force Institute of Technology Registrars Office (AFIT/RR) on strategic planning process, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, March-December 1996 Facilitated a Strategic Planning process for Air Force Institute of Technology Communications and Information Office (AFIT/SC), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, October 1995 Facilitated a Strategic Planning process for the Human Systems Center (HSC) at Brooks AFB, San Antonio, July-October 1995 Facilitated a Strategic Planning process for Air Force Information Management Office (SAF/AAI), Pentagon, July 1995 Strategic Planning preparation for Air Force Information Resource Management field, Randolph AFB, December 1994 Consulted on design for use of the Internet to support worldwide logistics for Foreign Military Sales customers of the Air Force Security Assistance Center (AFSAC), March-December 1995 Consulted with AFMC/HQ on organizational stress investigation, February-March 1995 Consulted on use of group support systems to support strategic planning, AFMEA, Randolph AFB, December ,1994 Provided consultation to Air Force Materiel Command Headquarters (AFMC/HQ) business process reengineering (BPR) team on issues regarding the reengineering of headquarters processes. September-December 1994 Consulted with Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) teams to develop Baldridge self-assessments, June 1994 - September 1994 Consulted with Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) management team to develop ASC core values for Lt. Gen. James A. Fain, March 1994 ********************************************************************************* PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS: Heminger, Alan R. “The role of Knowledge Management in the future of the Air Force”, presented to Knowledge Management Division of the Air Force CIO Office, 25 Apr 2002. Heminger, Alan R. “The role of AFIT Information Resource Management education in the 33S career field”, presented to Mr. John Gilligan, Air Force Chief Information Officer, AF-CIO Office, Washington D.C., 7 Nov 2002. Track chair at IASTED Collaborative Technologies Symposium (CTS 2000), October 2000. Subject Matter Expert for Defense Leadership and Management Program (DLAMP). Observed and evaluated DLAMP class held at George Mason University, 5-6 April 2001 “The Role of Information Resource Management in the career of the Comm-Info Officer of the Air Force of Tomorrow”, Presented at Keesler Air Force Base to students of Advanced Comm-Info Training, 19 July 2001. Heminger, Alan R., and Maj David Biros, “The AFIT Information Resource Management and Information Systems Management Programs”, briefed to Mr. John Gilligan, SES, Deputy Chief Information Officer, 11 July 2001 Maintaining Long Term Access to Digital Documents, Faculty Colloquium, Air Force Institute of Technology, January 1998 Support for management planning, Joint Program Planning Session, December 1997 Use of Group Support System to enhance group work, workshop for Defense Financial Accounting System, November 1997 Information Resource Management support for MIS, Air Force Materiel Command, Chief Information Officer, September 1997 IDEF Modeling, lecture at University of Dayton, School of Business, Nov 1996 Using the Internet for Research, workshop at Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, July and September 1996 Business Process Reengineering workshop at Air Force Materiel command, Business Process Reengineering Office, March 1996 Practical applications of GroupSystems at GroupSystems Users Group, January 1996 Using Technology to support logistics planning, workshop for Society of Logistics Engineers, Indianapolis, Indiana, December 1995 Strategic planning workshop at Air Force Materiel Command Headquarters, November 1995 Using the Internet for research, workshop for Society of Logistics Engineers, February 1995 Using computer support for group work, working session at The Institute for Management Science/Operation Research Society of America National Conference, Detroit, October 1994 Using technology to support group work, lecture presented at the University of California, Berkeley, July 1992 Facilitated focus group on the use of groupware, Groupware '92 Conference, San Jose, California, 1992 Strategic planning using group support systems, workshop at Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, VA, September 1991 Using group support systems to enhance group work, workshop at Exxon Corp., Houston, TX, July 1991 Practical applications of group support systems, presented at the Twenty-second Annual Meeting of the Midwest Decision Sciences Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 1991 Consultant to Thomson Electronics Corporation on strategic planning, December 1990 Consultant to CACI, Inc. on the use of group support systems, November 1990 Presentation on the use of technology to enhance the educational experience, Conference on Collaborative Learning in Higher Education, Indiana University, October 1990 Consultant on the use of group support technology for Armstrong Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, September 1990 Led workshop on the use of group support technology for Indiana University Office of Financial Management, July-August 1990 Consulted on issues of guardianship of the elderly for the Institute for Social Gerontology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 1990 Presented paper on the use of group support technology at the University of Minnesota Management Information Systems Department, October 1989 Presented a workshop on the use of group support technology at Purdue University, March 1989 Presented workshop on the facilitation of meetings in a group support system environment, IBM, Manassas, July 1988 Facilitated strategic planning session for Burr-Brown Inc., January 1988 Consulted with IBM Corporation on the use of group support technology, Owego, New York, 1987-1988 ********************************************************************************* SELECTED OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Created and managed the Collaboration Center, a Group Support Research Center at the Air Force Institute of Technology. The facility is actively used for both research and operational purposes, 1996-1999. Visiting Scientist at Armstrong Laboratory's Logistics Research Division at Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton Ohio, June 1993 - August 1994 Co-founder and principal of APT Systems, Inc., a company created to develop and market group support system products and services, 1991 - 1996 Originator and manager of program to develop Comments, a group support system (GSS) designed to support both local and distributed groups, 1990 - 1991. Co-designer of Comments Consultant to the United States Air Force Armstrong Laboratory, Logistics Research Division, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on the development and use of Group Support Systems, March 1990 - May 1993 Consultant to Exxon Corporation on use of computer technology to support group work, 1990 - 1991 Program Director of the Computer-Based Organizational Support, (CBOS), program for the Institute for the Study of Developmental Disabilities, an institute affiliated with Indiana University, January, 1989 - June, 1990