sentences:  It was renamed "The Digital Government Society (DGS)" on October 11, 2013.It grew out of the US National Science Foundation's CISE-based Digital Government program.The founding members include Yigal Arens at USI/Information Sciences Institute, Eduard Hovy at CMU (at USC/ISI formerly), Sharon Dawes at University at Albany, Larry Brandt at the National Science Foundation, and Valerie Gregg, also at the National Science foundation.