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TRENTON, N.J. -- (Business Wire)
The Department of Environmental Protection’s WARN NJDEP mobile device
app, launched late last year, has been awarded an AVA Digital Gold Award
from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals,
Commissioner Bob Martin announced today.
“On behalf of all of our staff who are out in our communities every day
protecting the environment, we are very pleased to have been recognized
for developing this innovative app, which allows residents to report
nonemergency environmental issues directly from their Smartphones or
other mobile devices,” Commissioner Martin said. “This app is a
demonstration of the Christie Administration’s ongoing efforts to engage
the public as partners in strong environmental protection.”
The AVA Digital Awards is an international competition that recognizes
outstanding achievement by creative professionals involved in the
conceptualization, direction, design and production of media that
utilize digital arts, technology and information to engage target
audiences.
The WARN NJDEP mobile app, launched this past November, complements the
DEP’s telephone hotline, 877-WARNDEP (877-927-6337), which has
been in operation for many years. The app can be downloaded through
Google Play, the Apple app store and the Microsoft app store. Enter WARN
NJDEP in the search bar.
The app is not intended for reports of life-threatening and/or
environmental emergencies. These should be reported by calling 9-1-1,
local police or the DEP’s hotline. Also, the app is NOT to be utilized
by regulated entities as an acceptable method for fulfilling
notification requirements to the DEP.
Examples of nonemergency incidents that may be reported through the app
include improper storage or disposal of waste and other materials, odor
complaints, smaller sewage leaks, smoke and dust complaints, underground
storage tank incidents, and wetlands or stream encroachment issues.
The app allows users to provide essential information on the type of
environmental incident, the date and time of the incident, whether it is
ongoing, and a brief description of what happened. The app utilizes GPS
technology for pinpoint location of environmental incidents and allows
users to submit photos as part of their reports to the DEP.
Users may provide their contact information, although they may choose to
report incidents anonymously, as has been the case for years through the
DEP hotline number system. The app provides a one-touch link allowing
the user to call the DEP’s Communications Center and directly speak to a
dispatcher, if that is the user’s preference.
The DEP’s Communications Center is staffed 24 hours a day, every day of
the year and receives some 100,000 calls annually on a wide range of
incidents, such as nuisance wildlife complaints, wildfires, hazardous
material releases, and wetlands and other land-use violations. The
center works to assign cases within the DEP or to appropriate county and
local agencies.
For more on the awards program, visit: www.avaawards.com
The WARN NJDEP mobile app is a product of a partnership between the
state of New Jersey and the New Jersey Information Division of NICUSA,
Inc. New Jersey Information Division of NICUSA, Inc. is the official
eGovernment partner of the state of New Jersey, helping New Jersey
government entities Web-enable their information services.
About NIC
Founded in 1992, NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) is the nation's leading provider of
innovative 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:
New Jersey Information Division of NICUSA, Inc.
Casey
Faiman, 609-422-5959
General Manager
casey@egov.com
Source: New Jersey Information Division of NICUSA, Inc.
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