Utah Honored with National Innovation Award
December 04 2017 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
Utah.Gov Recognized for Excellence in Online
Citizen Experience
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers
(NASCIO) announced its 2017 Recognition Awards for outstanding
achievement in information technology in state government. Utah.Gov
online services were recognized in seven categories. NASCIO
recognizes exemplary initiatives in 11 categories.
“Providing services online is an important part of our strategy
to increase efficiency in state government,” said Mike Hussey,
Chief Information Officer for the state of Utah. “When Utah is
recognized by an organization like NASCIO, it validates our
objectives in a very satisfying way.”
Utah’s Driver License Appointment and Public Meeting Notice
Reminders were selected as the winner for Emerging and Innovative
Technologies in the public sector. The services take advantage of
Google Now to help residents of Utah improve attendance at public
meetings and driver license appointments.
“It is great to receive recognition for a wide variety of
services,” said Mike Hussey, state Chief Information Officer. “We
work hard to provide residents’ the very best online experience and
ease interactions with state government.”
This is the 29th consecutive year for NASCIO to honor
outstanding information technology achievements in the public
sector. Recipients are chosen by the NASCIO Awards Committee from a
field of more than 100 nominees. The awards were announced at the
NASCIO Annual Conference in Austin.
In addition to Utah’s win, Utah was recognized for:
- Cross-Boundary Collaboration and
PartnershipsInnovating Cloud Solutions with Cooperative Purchasing:
Finalist
- Digital Government–Government to
Business Charitable Organization Permits: Nominee
- Digital Government–Government to
Citizen Judicial Review website: Nominee
- Enterprise IT Management
InitiativesEnterprise Storage Platform: Nominee
- Improving State OperationsUtah's
Watershed Restoration Initiative: Finalist
- Open Government and Data, Information
and Knowledge ManagementDiscover: Utah's Base Map and Imagery
Services: Finalist
To learn more, visit Utah.Gov.
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http://www.utah.gov/connect/feeds.htmlUtah blogs:
http://www.utah.gov/blogs/
About Utah.Gov
Utah.gov is the entry point to over 1,000 online services and
benefits over 3 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 2016 alone, Utah.gov received 20 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
digital government partner for the state of Utah. Utah Interactive
is part of digital government firm NIC’s family of companies.
About NIC
Founded in 1992, NIC Inc. (NASDAQ: EGOV) is celebrating 25 years
as the nation’s premier provider of innovative digital government
solutions and secure payment processing, which help make government
interactions more accessible for everyone through technology. The
family of NIC companies has developed a library of more than 12,000
digital government services for more than 4,500 federal, state, and
local government agencies. Among these solutions is the
ground-breaking digital government personal assistant, Gov2Go,
delivering citizens personalized reminders and a single access
point for government interactions. More information is available at
www.egov.com.
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Officerstephanie@utah.gov
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