Morgan County, Colorado’s Website Earns Davey Award
November 27 2018 - 10:19AM
Business Wire
—New Website Fulfills Citizens’ Needs for
Quicker Access to Services—
Morgan County, Colorado’s new website was selected by The
Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA) to receive a 2018
Silver Davey Award. The county’s website was chosen from 3,000
entries received worldwide.
In its 14th year, the Davey Awards focus exclusively on honoring
outstanding creative work from small entities. The name is symbolic
of David defeating the mighty Goliath with a big idea and a little
rock, which is what small entities do every day. Morgan County’s
website was judged according to the standard of excellence set by
AIVA professionals representing media, advertising and
marketing.
The standard of excellence includes efficiently meeting users’
expectations. “We worked really hard on our website redesign so it
would improve the experience for citizens,” said Trisha Coberly,
web developer for Morgan County. “We wanted to make sure it
reflected the way citizens think when they are looking for
information or trying to complete a service instead of arranging
content by county department. We also wanted to make sure that they
could find what they needed in one or two clicks.”
In addition to user-focused navigation that emphasizes getting
users to typical services such as completing applications,
requesting copies, reserving county facilities or making payments
faster, the website features a powerful calendar. Google calendar
combines activities from several, busy county departments and then
separates content by department. This flexibility allows each
department to efficiently maintain its own calendar while ensuring
citizens always have access to current information.
“Counties are responding to the increasing demand for digital
services and information,” said Colorado Interactive (CI) President
and General Manager, Mike Ansley. “Morgan County has listened to
its citizens and transformed its website to being citizen-centric,
and now the county is being recognized for good work.”
Morgan County utilized Colorado Interactive (CI) and the
Statewide Internet Portal Authority’s (SIPA) proprietary platform
to rapidly develop its new website. CI provides digital government
services to state agencies, local governments and educational
entities through a contract with SIPA — the official internet
portal connecting the public with Colorado government. The
partnership’s mission allows government leaders to focus on
delivering on-demand, digital government solutions without requests
for proposals or the use of tax appropriations.
"The SIPA/CI partnership is a valuable tool for Colorado
governments of all sizes and, as the official state
portal, we strive to assist governments in giving residents access
to information on a secure and accessible platform," said
SIPA Executive Director Jack Arrowsmith. "It is exciting to see
that Morgan County's efforts to continue to create an efficient and
transparent online space for citizens is being honored with this
award."
The SIPA/CI partnership has benefited more than 30 counties
across Colorado. Eligible government entities in need of free
website development and hosting as well as payment processing
through the Colorado.gov web portal should contact SIPA.
About Colorado Interactive
Colorado Interactive (CI) is the team behind the official
website of the state of Colorado (http://www.colorado.gov) and is
overseen by the Statewide Internet Portal Authority. The
portal operates through a public-private partnership between the
state and CI to help Colorado government entities web-enable their
services. CI builds, operates, maintains, and markets Colorado.gov
and is part of the digital government firm, NIC (Nasdaq:
EGOV).
About SIPA
Established in 2004 by the Colorado General Assembly,
the Statewide Internet Portal Authority (SIPA) is a
self-funded government organization created to be Colorado's single
most comprehensive delivery channel for electronic government
(eGovernment) services. SIPA strives to accelerate the
adoption of efficient and effective eGovernment services by placing
more online to benefit Colorado residents. In addition to no-cost
websites, payment processing and event registration setup, SIPA
provides SaaS technology solutions, consulting and cyber security
assessments. (www.colorado.gov/sipa)
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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