Governor Says It Will Help Streamline Government and Make It More
User-Friendly
Company Website:
http://www.idaho.gov
BOISE, Idaho -- (Business Wire)
Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter announced today that the state of Idaho’s
official website, idaho.gov,
has a fresh, user-centric design and significantly improved
functionality.
“We want to ensure interaction with Idaho’s state government is as
pleasant and efficient as possible,” Governor Otter said. “Easy online
access to information and services that citizens and businesses need is
crucial in our increasingly digital world. I’m pleased to announce the
new website, which cost our taxpayers nothing.”
At first glance, visitors will notice that the website makeover
leverages Idaho’s beauty by prominently featuring a scenic Gem State
photo that will change seasonally. Test users preferred homepage designs
that included landscapes, rating them as easier to navigate, more
enjoyable to use, and more trustworthy.
In addition to improved visual appeal, the homepage has been
reconfigured to more nimbly accommodate the two most common tasks
performed by users: scrolling and searching.
To efficiently handle user scrolling, homepage content is divided into
groups with easily understood category titles. The most visited
services, pages, and searches are displayed for each category. This
additional context guides website visitors to the content they need.
Idaho.gov
actively measures the most popular clicks within the site and
dynamically reprioritizes content in real time. Popular links require
only one click from the homepage.
The search results page is even more robust, with content from online
services, topics, and state agency data. The search engine indexes all
Idaho state websites and Twitter feeds. In addition, the results page
remains on idaho.gov
so users still have access to the site navigation.
Since a growing number of Idahoans access the Internet primarily through
mobile devices, idaho.gov
incorporates the latest in responsive design to maintain mobile
compatibility. Additionally, the revamped site meets international
online accessibility requirements and is screen-reader compatible.
The new version of idaho.gov
is the fifth redesign in the 20-year history of the state’s official Web
presence. Idaho.gov
is managed and operated without taxpayer funds through a public-private
partnership between the state and Access Idaho, a Boise-based company.
About Access Idaho
Access
Idaho is the administrator of Idaho’s official Web portal (idaho.gov)
and provider of electronic government solutions for the state. The
network manager for the portal is Idaho
Information Consortium, a subsidiary of digital government firm NIC.
About NIC
Founded in 1992, NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) is the nation's leading provider of
innovative digital government solutions and secure payment processing,
which help make government more accessible to everyone through
technology. The family of NIC companies provides digital government
solutions for more than 4,500 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 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:
Access Idaho
Rich Steckler, 208-332-0102 x1120
rich@accessidaho.org
Source: Access Idaho
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