South Carolina Secretary of State Wins International Award
May 08 2018 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Secretary of State Mark Hammond recognized for
innovative customer service with state-of-the-art online filing
system for businesses
The South Carolina Secretary of State (SOS) has won the 2018
International Association of Commercial Administrators (IACA) Merit
Award for the Online Business Entities Filing, Search and Document
Retrieval System. The IACA Merit Award recognizes jurisdictions who
have developed innovation through the implementation of a new or
improved product or service. Each submission was scored on the
following areas: Effectiveness, Originality, Significance,
Transferability, and Lessons Learned.
“Now the Secretary of State’s Office can receive electronic
filings for over 200 corporate applications anytime,” said South
Carolina Secretary of State Mark Hammond. “This user-friendly
process accelerates creating a new business or making changes to an
existing business, providing accessibility to the office at all
times of the day. South Carolina is committed to being on the
forefront in the creation of new technology to increase
efficiencies in an ever-changing global economy where business is
transacted around the clock.”
The Business Entities Filing, Search and Document Retrieval
System was launched to the public in January 2017. Over 64 percent
of business filings are now filed online utilizing the new system.
Through this system, the Office of the Secretary of State has
achieved increased productivity and cost savings in relation to
agency resource allocation, public accessibility, and customer
service and support.
The world-class system simplifies a major point of interaction
between business and government and reduces turnaround time to 24
hours or less when compared to the traditional paper-based filing.
The effectiveness of this application has been stunning, achieving
more than four times the projected adoption rate for online filings
since its launch. The application has over 238 online forms, as
well as in-house business forms, and has processed 144,000 filings
to date.
The major features of the application for the public are:
- Online Business Filings
- Online Document and Certificate
Requests
- Online Business Entity Search
- Online Registered Agent Search
- Online Business Profiles
- Online Subscriber Portal (coming
soon)
This web-based application was built and is maintained at no
cost to taxpayers through a partnership between the South Carolina
Secretary of State's Office and South Carolina Interactive, doing
business as SC.gov.
To use or view the application, visit the Secretary of State's
website at sos.sc.gov or visit https://businessfilings.sc.gov.
About SC.gov
SC.gov is the official Web site of South Carolina government
(http://www.SC.gov ) and a collaborative effort between the State
and South Carolina Interactive, LLC to enable citizens to conduct
state business online and improve public access to government
information. The South Carolina Department of Administration’s
Division of Technology Operations provides guidance to South
Carolina Interactive, LLC which is responsible for operating,
maintaining, and marketing SC.gov. South Carolina Interactive, LLC
is part of eGovernment firm NIC’s (NASDAQ: EGOV) family of
companies.
About NIC
NIC Inc. (Nasdaq: EGOV) is 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 13,000 digital government services
for more than 6,000 federal, state, and local government agencies.
Among these solutions is the ground-breaking personal assistant for
government, Gov2Go, delivering citizens personalized reminders and
a single platform for all government interactions. More information
is available at www.egov.com.
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