• Cross-boundary and transnational knowledge and information sharing networks
• Assessing the value of government information technology investments
• Government information management strategies

Brian joined the Center for Technology in Government at the University at Albany (CTG UAlbany) in 2003 and currently serves as managing director. He is responsible for operational support of CTG UAlbany's mission and the strategic goals of the University at Albany. Brian also helps develop and lead CTG UAlbany’s applied research projects. He collaborates with researchers and students and partners with governments at all levels to help develop policies, management practices, and apply information and communication technologies that improve performance and public services. 

As part of his engagement in the UAlbany community, Brian serves as vice president of the university’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. In this role, he helps identify and invite qualified UAlbany undergraduate students into the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society in the United States. Previously, Brian worked for AT&T Government Solutions in the Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense and served as an officer in the United States Air Force.

Google Scholar Profile

• Tzuhao Chen, J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, G. Brian Burke, and Derek Werthmuller. 2024. Harnessing Technology for Effective Emergency Communication: A Participatory Design Perspective. In Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 443–452. https://doi.org/10.1145/3657054.3657108
• Tzuhao Chen, J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, G. Brian Burke, Alessandria Dey, Derek Werthmuller. 2024. Characterizing technology affordances, constraints, and coping strategies for information dissemination to the public: Insights from emergency messaging in US local governments. Government Information Quarterly, Volume 41, Issue 1, 2024, 101910, ISSN 0740-624X. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2024.101910.
• Yongjin Choi, Ramon Gil-Garcia, Oguz Aranay, Brian Burke, and Derek Werthmuller. 2021. Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Evidence-Based Decision Making in Government: Random Forest and Deep Neural Network Classification for Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms in New York State. In Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 27–37. https://doi.org/10.1145/3463677.3463713.
• G. Brian Burke; Mila Gasco-Hernandez; Xiaoyi Zhao-Yerden; and J. Ramon Gil-Garcia. 2021. Enabling Smarter Communities: The Case of the Chattanooga Public Library. Center for Technology in Government. 12. https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/ctg/12.
• Lingjun Fan; J. Ramon Gil-Garcia; Yi Song; Felippe Cronemberger; Gang Hua; Derek Werthmuller; G. Brian Burke; Jim Costello; Benjamin R. Meyers; and Xuehai Hong. 2019. Sharing big data using blockchain technologies in local governments: Some technical, organizational and policy considerations. Information Polity, 24(4), 419-435. https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-190156 (Original work published 2019).

• M.A., International Relations, 2003, Creighton University
• B.A., History and Political Science, 1994, Rutgers College