Aims and Scope

Now in its 35th year, EDPACS is the world's longest running IT Audit newsletter. Published monthly, the newsletter supports the audit and control community with highly-regarded guidance in the fields of audit, control, and security. In addition, EDPACS regularly explores current and emerging issues around IT governance. The newsletter provides essential information for managing the integrity of a modern, evolving enterprise. Feature articles by leading practitioners provide advice and guidance on the issues IT auditors, information security practitioners, and other IT managers and staff face today, or will struggle with tomorrow.

EDPACS strives to provide pragmatic solutions to current issues through the publication of comprehensive articles which allow various topics to be explored “in depth”. EDPACS also covers the CISA Examination content areas:

• The IS audit process
• Management, planning, and organization of information systems
• Technical infrastructure and operational planning
• Protection of information assets
• Disaster recovery and business continuity
• Business application system development, acquistion, implementation, and maintenance
• Business process evaluation and risk management  

Submission of manuscripts

Before submission of a full-length paper, please submit an abstract and short discussion of key ideas to the editor for feedback and approval of applicability for EDPACS. All proposals and submissions should be sent by e-mail as MS-Word attachments to the newsletter editor at dswanson_2005@yahoo.com. A typical paper length is between 3,000 and 6,000 words with each figure or table counted as 300 words. Please make sure that the text is double-spaced and in 12-point Times Roman. Short bios, with contact information, for all authors should be provided at the time of submission, along with an indication of the corresponding author. Please make sure you have formatted your paper according to the newsletter's guidelines, as described below.

Format and Presentation

The newsletter only accepts paper submissions as electronic versions of Word documents. Keep acronyms and abbreviations to a minimum and define those that do appear in the text. The appropriate usage of M-dashes and N-dashes would be appreciated. Footnotes are not typically used; if you need to include them, use the endnote format. A few short quotes from the body of the paper should be hightlighted in red as possible pull quotes.

Figures, Tables, and Graphics

Upon initial manuscript submission, figures, tables, and other graphics should be included as part of the Word document. All tables and figures must be mentioned in the text of a paper, and include a caption. All illustrations must be clear enough to be read when printed in black-and-white. Upon the acceptance of a manuscript, authors will be asked to submit separate art files (not embedded in text files). Digital files are recommended for highest quality reproduction and should follow these guidelines: 300 dpi or higher, sized to fit on journal page, and EPS, TIFF, or PSD format only. Screen shots: Save original screen shot captures (not converted) in .tif or .eps format at a resolution of 300 dpi.

References

References should appear at the end of the article in APA style, except when shown otherwise in the examples listed here. Cite in text the author and date, separated by a comma, in parentheses: (Smith, 2005). Use an ampersand, rather than “and” for multiple authors. For works with more than one author, provide all author names for the first citation in the text: (King, Marks, & McCoy, 2002). Then use “et al.” for subsequent citations of the same work: (King et al., 2002).

Examples:

Journal Article: Hemphill, T. A. (2002). Electronic commerce and consumer privacy: Establishing online trust in the U.S. digital economy. Business and Society Review, 107(2), 221-239.
Book: Schwaber, K., & Beedle, M. (2002). Agile Software Development with Scrum. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Book Chapter: Luftman, J. (2003). Assessing IT-business alignment. In C.V. Brown & H. Topid (Eds.), IS management handbook (pp. 7-19). New York: Auerbach Publications.
Conference Proceedings: Schultz, A., & Hahsler, M. (2002). Software reuse with analysis patterns. In Proceedings of the 8th AMCIS, pp. 1156-1165, Dallas, TX, August 2002. Association for Information Systems.
Electronic Sources: Roberts, P. (2003, May 7). Earthlink wins $16 million in spam case. PCWorld. Retrieved October 25 2005 from PCWorld Web site: http://www.pcworld.com.

Newsletter Review Process

All papers undergo a review process by the newsletter's editor-in-chief and members of the board. Prior to publication, all accepted papers are edited for style and grammar by Taylor & Francis's editors. The author is also requested to complete a copyright form. If you plan to use graphics or tables from another publication, you must secure reprint permission from the appropriate publisher. Such permission is also needed for quotes of 50 words or more, or more than 400 words of material quoted from one source. All accepted manuscripts, artwork, and photographs become the property of the publisher.

Proofs

Page proofs are sent to the corresponding author using Taylor & Francis's EProof system. They must be carefully checked and returned within 48 hours of receipt.

Complimentary Policy

Each corresponding author will receive 5 complete copies of the issue in which the article appears. Contact the newsletter's production editor for more information about additional copies.