The GovDelivery Outreach and Impact Awards honor the best in public sector digital communications

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WASHINGTON -- (Business Wire)

Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) was presented the GovDelivery Outreach and Impact “Collaborator” award recognizing excellence in digital communications for the Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP). PSP provides truck and bus companies with secure, instant access to commercial drivers’ safety history records. Drivers can also use PSP to access their own records at any time. Since the program’s inception in 2010, FMCSA has partnered with NIC Technologies to manage all aspects of PSP service delivery, including communications, outreach, website development, and customer support.

“The PSP communication and outreach teams do an excellent job providing news and information about the PSP program to the industry,” said Elizabeth Pemmerl, NIC Technologies’ General Manager. “We are pleased to have the program recognized with this special award.”

The PSP team generates email campaigns, provides free webinars, offers ‘WhosOn’ online chat assistance for PSP users, and collaborates frequently with other organizations to increase awareness of the PSP program. As a result, program enrollment has increased 1,800 percent since it launched in 2010. In less than five years, the program has grown to over 40,000 unique users.

According to a study released by FMCSA in 2013, PSP has positively impacted the safety of America’s roadways. The study shows that carriers using PSP have, on average, decreased crash rates by 8 percent, and driver out-of-service (OOS) rates by 17 percent. It is estimated that in the 12 months studied, 863 crashes and over 3,500 driver OOS incidents were prevented by the carrier group that used PSP. The results of the study can be found at: http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/51000/51200/51258/13-003-PSP-Safety-Impact.pdf.

About GovDelivery’s Outreach and Impact Awards

Designed to honor the best in digital communication in the public sector, the Outreach & Impact Awards recognize organizations using digital communications to drive public engagement and action, increasing mission value. The “Collaborator” award is presented to the organization that best collaborates with others in the public sector to reach more people and incite action. Additional information can be found at: http://www.govdelivery.com/resources/outreach-and-impact-awards.

About PSP

The Pre-Employment Screening Program offers motor carriers and commercial drivers access to drivers’ roadside inspection and crash histories. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration service is managed in partnership with NIC Technologies via a unique no-cost contract. For details on the Pre-Employment Screening Program and how carriers, hiring companies and drivers can participate, visit http://www.psp.fmcsa.dot.gov.

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” five times, most recently ranked at No. 11 (2013), and the company has been included four times on the Barron’s 400 Index. Additional information is available at http://www.egov.com.

Contacts:

NIC Technologies
Elizabeth Pemmerl, 703-841-6360
General Manager
epemmerl@egov.com

Source: NIC Technologies