Official Alabama website awarded at 14^th Annual Horizon Interactive Awards Competition

Company Website: http://www.alabama.gov
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- (Business Wire)

The state of Alabama received international recognition for their website, Alabama.gov. The website received a Silver award in the Government Agency category from the Horizon Interactive Awards. The Awards program is a leading international interactive media awards competition that highlights the year’s “best of the best” in interactive media production.

“It is an honor to be selected as a first-time recipient of a Horizon Interactive award,” said Mason Tanaka, Assistant Secretary of Information Technology and Acting ISD Director. “We continually look for new and innovative ways to inform citizens as well as showcase the many services our state offers.”

Alabama.gov is the official government Web portal for the State of Alabama. Some of the newer enhancements to its design include:

• Re-organized content grouping
• Sleek and navigable design
• Enhanced menu options
• Updated social media portal

The awards are selected by an international panel of industry professionals that evaluate categories ranging from online advertising to mobile applications. The 2015 winning entries showcase the industry’s best interactive media solutions including websites, mobile applications, print media, interactive displays, public exhibits, online advertising, video, email and more.

The Alabama.gov website was redesigned at no cost to taxpayers through Alabama Interactive’s partnership with the state. The partnership allows the company to provide digital government applications and services to state agencies, boards, commissions, political subdivisions, local government agencies and quasi-government agencies within the state of Alabama. Alabama Interactive works with more than 60 state agencies, and manages more than 250 online applications through a self-funded model.

About the Horizon Interactive Awards

In its 14th year, the Horizon Interactive Awards was created to recognize excellence in interactive media production worldwide. Since 2001, the competition has received tens of thousands of entries from many countries around the world and nearly all 50 US States. Each year, those entries are narrowed down to the “best of the best” to be recognized and promoted on and international stage for their excellence. The judging process involves a blend of the Horizon Interactive Awards advisory panel, an end user panel and an international panel of volunteer judges consisting of industry professionals. Winning entries have been dubbed the “best of the best” in the interactive media industry. For more information, visit www.horizoninteractiveawards.com.

For a full listing of past awards won for Alabama.gov, click here.

About Alabama Interactive

Alabama Interactive is the official digital government solutions provider for the state of Alabama. The company builds and manages interactive government services on behalf of the state and is a wholly owned subsidiary of firm NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV).

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 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:

Alabama Interactive
Barrett Gilbreath, 866-353-EGOV
barrett@alabamainteractive.org

Source: Alabama Interactive