Achieving over one million downloads, the wildly popular MD Practice
Driving Test is a free and convenient tool to prepare future drivers for
the knowledge test.
Company Website:
http://www.maryland.gov/Pages/default.aspx
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- (Business Wire)
Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration's (MVA) mobile
MD Practice Driving Test was recently honored with a 2016 Gold
Horizon Interactive Award in the Mobile Apps for Education category.
Winners of the Horizon Award are recognized worldwide on a global stage
as the top designers and developers of websites, mobile apps, videos,
and more.
Now in its 15th season, the Horizon Interactive Awards has
become one of the most prestigious awards in the field of interactive
and creative media. The international competition recognizes outstanding
execution of industry trends and those who are able to stay on the
cutting edge of technology while maintaining a high bar for interactive
design. This year there were over 1,200 entries from around the world
including 40 of the 50 United States and 20 countries including:
Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Hong Kong, Ireland,
Italy, Malaysia, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka,
Taiwan, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, and Uruguay.
Achieving over one million downloads, the wildly popular Maryland
Practice Driving Test is a free and convenient tool to prepare future
drivers for the knowledge test required to obtain a Maryland driver’s
license. The mobile app generates a random series of 25 questions in
either English or Spanish. Users can repeat the test as often as they
like. The app also integrates with social media channels, providing
users the option to post scores to Facebook and Twitter or email scores
to parents and friends.
The Maryland Practice Driving Test mobile apps are available to download
for free, on the iTunes and Google Play app stores. They can also be
accessed through the state’s official website, www.Maryland.gov,
or MVA’s website, http://www.mva.maryland.gov/mobile/.
The Maryland Practice Driving Test mobile apps were developed at no cost
for the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration by NIC Inc., through the
self-funded digital government services contract with the State
Department of Information Technology (DoIT).
The Horizon Interactive Awards holds the competition each year with the
winners being announced the following April. For more information visit
the Horizon Interactive Awards online: www.horizoninteractiveawards.com.
About NIC Maryland
NIC
Maryland builds, operates, maintains, and markets the official
website of the state of Maryland, www.maryland.gov
and its digital government services. NIC Maryland is a collaborative
public/private partnership managed by the Department of Information
Technology (DoIT) and NIC Maryland. NIC Maryland helps Maryland state
and local government entities web-enable their services and operates
without tax funds through a self-funded digital government services
contract. NIC Maryland has developed over 100 digital government
products and services for the state of Maryland since the contract was
awarded in August 2011.
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 13,000 digital government services
for more than 5,500 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:
NIC Maryland
Janet Grard, 443-924-7405
jgrard@egov.com
Source: NIC Maryland
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