A Step Beyond Research: Fostering IT Innovations in Government was a workshop that involved 32 scholars from Europe and North American in an exploration of the issues and opportunities for applied research to support IT innovation in government. The October 1997 invitational workshop focused on sharing ideas to improve the value of information technology (IT) research to government practitioners. It also sought to establish and strengthen communication and collaboration among government IT researchers. This report is a summary of the discussions that took place during the workshop.