Utah.Gov Recognized for Excellence in Online Citizen Experience
Company Website:
http://utah.gov
SALT LAKE CITY -- (Business Wire)
The National
Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) announced
its 2017 Recognition Awards for outstanding achievement in information
technology in state government. Utah.Gov
online services were recognized in seven categories. NASCIO recognizes
exemplary initiatives in 11 categories.
“Providing services online is an important part of our strategy to
increase efficiency in state government,” said Mike Hussey, Chief
Information Officer for the state of Utah. “When Utah is recognized by
an organization like NASCIO, it validates our objectives in a very
satisfying way.”
Utah’s Driver License Appointment and Public Meeting Notice Reminders
were selected as the winner for Emerging and Innovative Technologies in
the public sector. The services take advantage of Google Now to help
residents of Utah improve attendance at public meetings and driver
license appointments.
“It is great to receive recognition for a wide variety of services,”
said Mike Hussey, state Chief Information Officer. “We work hard to
provide residents’ the very best online experience and ease interactions
with state government.”
This is the 29th consecutive year for NASCIO to honor outstanding
information technology achievements in the public sector. Recipients are
chosen by the NASCIO Awards Committee from a field of more than 100
nominees. The awards were announced at the NASCIO Annual Conference in
Austin.
In addition to Utah’s win, Utah was recognized for:
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Cross-Boundary Collaboration and Partnerships
Innovating Cloud
Solutions with Cooperative Purchasing: Finalist
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Digital Government–Government to Business
Charitable
Organization Permits: Nominee
-
Digital Government–Government to Citizen
Judicial Review
website: Nominee
-
Enterprise IT Management Initiatives
Enterprise Storage Platform:
Nominee
-
Improving State Operations
Utah's Watershed Restoration
Initiative: Finalist
-
Open Government and Data, Information and Knowledge Management
Discover:
Utah's Base Map and Imagery Services: Finalist
To learn more, visit Utah.Gov.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UtahGov
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/utahgov/
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 3 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
2016 alone, Utah.gov received 20 awards making it the nation’s most
honored state website. Utah.gov is managed and operated through a
public-private partnership between the state and Utah Interactive, the
Salt Lake City-based official digital government partner for the state
of Utah. Utah Interactive is part of digital government firm NIC’s
family of companies.
About NIC
Founded in 1992, NIC Inc. (NASDAQ: EGOV) is celebrating 25 years as the
nation’s premier provider of innovative digital government solutions and
secure payment processing, which help make government interactions more
accessible for everyone through technology. The family of NIC companies
has developed a library of more than 12,000 digital government services
for more than 4,500 federal, state, and local government agencies. Among
these solutions is the ground-breaking digital government personal
assistant, Gov2Go, delivering citizens personalized reminders and a
single access point for government interactions. More information is
available at www.egov.com.
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Contacts:
Utah Interactive
Sara Watts, 801-983-0275
General
Manager
swatts@utahinteractive.org
or
Department
of Technology Services
Stephanie Weteling, 801-538-3284
Public
Information Officer
stephanie@utah.gov
Source: Utah.gov
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