Company Website:
http://www.RI.gov
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- (Business Wire)
The State of Rhode Island will be continuing its outsourced eGovernment
agreement with Providence-based Rhode Island Interactive, LLC. Following
a competitive bid process, the state awarded the company a three-year
contract that includes renewals, which could extend the agreement to
July 2019. The new contract went into effect on July 1, 2014 and was
approved by the Rhode Island Department of Administration.
“One of my top priorities has been to modernize state government, while
simultaneously creating a more open and transparent government,”
Governor Lincoln D. Chafee said. “Rhode Island Interactive has provided
solid support on numerous projects, including the launch of my
Transparency Portal. Our team looks forward to continuing to receive
Rhode Island Interactive’s support as we continue to build a more
efficient and open government presence online.”
As with the original contract signed in 2001, Rhode Island Interactive
will continue to provide eGovernment services using a transaction-funded
solution. This model provides eGovernment services to the state without
using appropriated taxpayer budget dollars.
“The team at Rhode Island Interactive has helped us deliver efficient
online services to the people of Rhode Island,” said Thom Guertin, Rhode
Island Chief Digital Officer. “This partnership has resulted in
thousands of e-commerce transactions to make doing business with the
State simpler and quicker for all Rhode Islanders. We look forward to
building on our success to offer new services in a streamlined fashion
to all businesses and citizens of Rhode Island.”
In its 13-year partnership with the state, Rhode Island Interactive has
worked with more than 45 state agencies, boards, commissions, and local
governments to deliver convenient online services. Currently, the
company manages over 100 interactive services through http://www.ri.gov.
A member of the NIC Inc. (NASDAQ: EGOV) family of companies, the company
has developed a variety of online services, websites, and mobile
applications for the state, including online drivers license and
registration renewals, an enterprise business tax filing system and both
salt and freshwater fishing licenses.
“For more than a decade we have worked to provide ground-breaking
eGovernment services to the people of Rhode Island,” said Harry
Herington, NIC Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. “We
will not waiver from that focus, and appreciate the continued confidence
that the state has placed in NIC.”
The RI.gov portal has been named as one of the top ten state government
websites seven times in the past eight years in the Best of the Web
awards conducted through the Center for Digital Government.
About RI.gov
RI.gov (http://www.RI.gov)
is Rhode Island's homepage and official Web site, a collaborative effort
between the state of Rhode Island and Rhode Island Interactive. The
RI.gov Web site and online services are developed and maintained by
Rhode Island Interactive, a Providence-based part of eGovernment firm
NIC’s (NASDAQ: EGOV) 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 three times on the Barron’s 400 Index. Additional information
is available at http://www.egov.com.
Contacts:
RI.gov
Nicole Scaramuzzi, 401-831-8099 x230
nicolec@egov.com
Source: RI.gov
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