Company Website: http://www.SC.gov
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- (Business Wire)

South Carolina was recently awarded an “A” grade rating for their transparency in lobbying activity from the Sunlight Foundation. Few states received this “A” rating, and every state was evaluated based on the following five criteria: Lobbying Activity, Expenditure Transparency, Expenditure Reporting Thresholds, Document Accessibility, and Lobbyist Compensation. South Carolina, along with Massachusetts, received the highest attainable total score of 6.

The Lobbying and Reporting system services over 900 lobbyists and lobbyist’s principals in the state of South Carolina. All lobbyists and lobbyist’s principals are required by law in South Carolina to register with the State Ethics Commission annually and file disclosure reports electronically twice a year. This application improves government transparency by making the information immediately available to the public to query, view, download, and print. In 2014, the State Ethics Commission partnered with SC.gov to make the Public Disclosure and Accountability Reporting Application mobile-friendly. South Carolina’s electronic filing program is administered by the State Ethics Commission and was created and is maintained at no cost through a partnership between the State Ethics Commission and SC.gov.

Users can find out more about online Government services in South Carolina through:

Twitter: http://twitter.com/SCGOV

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/SCgov/12752057990

About SC.gov

SC.gov is the official website of the state of South Carolina (http://www.SC.gov) and a collaborative effort between the state and South Carolina Interactive to enable the state to conduct business online and improve public access to government information. The South Carolina Department of Administration Division of Technology Operations provides guidance to South Carolina Interactive who is responsible for operating, maintaining, and marketing SC.gov. South Carolina Interactive is part of eGovernment firm NIC’s (NASDAQ: EGOV) family of companies.

About NIC

Founded in 1992, NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) is the nation’s leading provider of official government websites, online services, and secure payment processing solutions. The company’s innovative eGovernment services help make government more accessible to everyone through technology. The family of NIC companies provides eGovernment solutions for more than 3,500 federal, state, and local agencies in the United States. Forbes has named NIC as one of the “100 Best Small Companies in America” six times, most recently ranked at No. 36 (2014), and the company has been included four times on the Barron’s 400 Index. Additional information is available at http://www.egov.com.

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Contacts:

SC.gov
Ken Oliphant, 803-771-0131
ken@portal.sc.gov
or
State Ethics Commission
Herb Hayden, 803-254-4192
herb@ethics.sc.gov

Source: SC.gov