Utah.Gov Takes MobileWebAwards Top Honors Two Years in a Row

Company Website: http://www.utah.gov
SALT LAKE CITY -- (Business Wire)

The Web Marketing Association recently recognized Utah Hunting and Fishing as the Best Government Mobile Application. Designed to improve hunters and anglers outdoor experience, the app demonstrates the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and Utah.Gov’s leadership in creating superior online solutions that improve the lives of its citizens. This marks the second year in a row a Utah.Gov mobile application has been recognized as best in class with a MobileWebAward. Last year Utah.Gov’s OnTime public transportation vehicle tracking application won the award.

“It is an honor to receive such a prestigious award,” said Greg Sheehan, director of the Division of Wildlife Resources. “Utahns are showing more interest than ever in mobile sites and applications and we are happy to be recognized for our efforts to lead the way in providing convenient solutions for hunters and anglers.”

The MobileWebAward recognizes excellence in the exploding world of mobile application development. The competition honors the people and organizations responsible for developing some of the most effective mobile websites and mobile apps on the Internet.

You can download the app for free on iTunes and Google Play.

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About Utah.Gov

Utah.Gov is the entry point to over 1,000 online services and benefits over 2.7 million residents in the State of Utah. Utah.Gov provides citizens and businesses with more convenient options for interacting with government. Through Utah.Gov, citizens can find public meetings, renew their vehicle registration, buy a hunting and fishing license, register a business, find a transparent state budget, and much more. In 2014 alone, Utah.Gov received 16 awards making it the nation’s most honored state website. Utah.Gov is managed and operated through a public-private partnership between the state and Utah Interactive, the Salt Lake City-based official eGovernment partner for the state of Utah. Utah Interactive is part of eGovernment firm NIC’s 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” 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:

Division of Wildlife Resources
Mark Hadley, 801-538-4737
Public Information Officer
markhadley@utah.gov
or
Utah Interactive
Sara Watts, 801-983-0275
General Manager
swatts@utahinteractive.org

Source: Utah.Gov