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Utah.Gov: Most Honored State Government Website in Nation Date : 11/17/2011 @ 10:46AM
Source : Business Wire
Stock : Utah Interactive (EGOV)
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Utah.Gov: Most Honored State Government Website in Nation

Today : Friday 18 November 2011
Governor Gary R. Herbert offered his congratulations to the Utah Department of Technology Services (DTS) and Utah Interactive for the 16 national and international awards the official state website, Utah.Gov, has received this year.

“Utah.Gov is repeatedly recognized as the leading state e-government solution in the nation, including its unprecedented haul of 16 awards in 2011,” said Governor Herbert. “Utah.Gov is known not only for its aesthetics, but for its functionality, providing Utahns easy access to nearly 1,000 state services. I appreciate the efforts of DTS and Utah Interactive in making state government more efficient and more responsive to citizen needs, and I congratulate them for their well-deserved recognition.”

Awards received by Utah.Gov in 2011 include the Best in Class Interactive Media Award from the Interactive Media Council. Other Best in Class winners included major multinational companies like Kodak, Microsoft, and Samsung, as well as the official website of the nation of Australia. Utah.Gov also won the 2011 W3 Gold Award, which honors creative excellence on the web and is judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts. In total, Utah.Gov has won 85 national and international awards and accolades.

Utah.Gov was completely redesigned this year to further streamline access to online services, simplify navigation, and enhance the user experience. Since the redesign, Utah.Gov has seen an eight percent increase in site visits. With 1.3 million unique visitors per month, Utah.Gov has more visitors per capita than any other state website.

To find out more information about Utah.gov visit:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/UtahGov

Facebook: http://www.utah.gov/facebook/

RSS feeds: http://www.utah.gov/connect/feeds.html

Utah blogs: http://www.utah.gov/blogs/

About Utah.gov

Utah.gov is the entry point to over 1,000 online services and benefits over 2.7 million residents in the State of Utah. Utah.gov provides citizens and businesses with more convenient options for interacting with government. Through Utah.gov, citizens can find public meetings, renew their vehicle registration, buy a hunting and fishing license, register a business, find a transparent state budget, and much more. In 2010 alone, Utah.gov received an unprecedented 15 awards making it the nation’s most honored state website. Utah.gov is the official Web portal for the State of Utah (http://www.Utah.gov). It was ranked first in the nation in the Center for Digital Government’s 2009 Best of the Web competition. It is managed and operated without tax funds through a public-private partnership between the state and Utah Interactive, the Salt Lake City-based official eGovernment partner for the state of Utah. Utah Interactive is part of eGovernment firm NIC’s family of companies.

About NIC

NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) is the nation's leading provider of government Web sites, online services, and secure payment processing solutions. The company's innovative eGovernment services help reduce costs and increase efficiencies for government agencies, citizens, and businesses across the country. The NIC family of companies provides eGovernment solutions for more than 3,000 federal, state, and local agencies across the United States. Additional information is available at http://www.egov.com.



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