Utah.Gov Receives Top Award for Social Media Excellence
22 September 2014 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
Public Technology Institute Recognizes Utah.Gov
for Citizen Engagement in Web 2.0
The Public Technology Institute (PTI) recently announced
Utah.Gov as a winner of its 2014 Web 2.0 State & Local
Government Award. The Web 2.0 award recognizes best practices and
excellence in the field of Web 2.0 and civic/social networking, and
citizen engagement in local and state government. Only two states
were chosen as winners this year by PTI. Utah was awarded for
integration with Google Apps, Google Plus and Google Hangouts.
“We use social media to reach a broad audience including
potential visitors to the state, Utah businesses, and the public,”
said Mark VanOrden, Utah State Chief Information Officer. “In
addition we use many of the same social media tools available
online to support group collaboration and live video
interaction.”
PTI’s panel of judges selected these award-winning applications
based on their exceptional accomplishments in citizen engagement,
innovative technology utilization, accountability, mobile
application development and usage, economic development and
training, and education. The judges highlighted Utah.Gov’s use of
social media and especially Google+ to drive more use and
engagement with its services by adding over 10,000 new followers
each month.
“All of Utah’s social media tools are integrated into Utah.Gov,”
said VanOrden. “Content from 1500 social media accounts is
leveraged to improve results and search capabilities on millions of
pages and services at Utah.gov.”
The PTI established the award in order to recognize government
agencies that create dynamic tools for informing and interacting
with the public about issues affecting the community, encouraging
collaboration for improved communications and service delivery, and
engaging the public in government decision-making.
To find out more information about Utah.Gov visit:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UtahGov
Facebook: http://www.utah.gov/facebook/
RSS feeds: http://www.utah.gov/connect/feeds.html
Utah blogs: http://www.utah.gov/blogs/
About Utah.Gov
Utah.gov is the entry point to over 1,000 online services and
benefits over 2.7 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 2012 alone, Utah.gov received an
unprecedented 24 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 eGovernment partner for the state of Utah. Utah
Interactive is part of eGovernment firm NIC’s 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.
Utah InteractiveSara Watts, 801-983-0275General
Managerswatts@utahinteractive.orgorStephanie Weiss, 801-538-3284DTS
Public Information Officerstweiss@utah.gov
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