Maine Honored with Two National Awards for Its Online Business Services
13 Mai 2015 - 4:37PM
Business Wire
Recognized online services help streamline the
business start-up process and protect Maine businesses from
fraud
The State of Maine has recently been recognized with two
national awards for its online services. Maine’s Online Business
portal, Business Answers, has been honored as a top government
service with a Silver Communicator Award of Distinction,
recognizing achievements in the fields of both creativity and
communications. Maine’s Online Corporate Fraud Monitoring service
was also recently acknowledged, receiving a StateScoop50 Award for
IT Program of the Year. The award highlights the best examples of
influential State and Local IT programs that have delivered cost
savings, superior performance results and partnerships between
agencies.
The Business Answers portal, provided by the Department of
Economic and Community Development (DECD) empowers job creators by
giving them access to a one-stop repository of licenses and permits
required to start a business in Maine. There are 432 different
business types, which users can research to receive a comprehensive
list detailing the specific forms, licenses, permits, and
information required for completion before that business can begin
to operate.
“We have expanded and made more efficient our Business Answers
portal,” said DECD Commissioner George Gervais. “This is all about
making Maine as business-friendly as possible. Business Answers is
now an even more effective one-stop resource for new and existing
Maine businesses.”
The Corporate Fraud Monitoring service, provided by the Maine
Secretary of State, offers owners and registered agents the ability
to automatically be notified of any filing completed against their
business entities.
“This online service is assisting small business owners and
corporations throughout Maine,” commented Secretary of State
Matthew Dunlap. “Awards like StateScoop50 provide positive outside
recognition for the services we offer and assist us in our goal to
raise awareness about the topic of fraud prevention.”
Both recognized online services have been developed through
collaboration with Maine’s eGovernment partner, Maine Information
Network, LLC., a subsidiary of NIC, at no cost to taxpayers.
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About Maine.gov
Maine.gov (http://www.Maine.gov) is the official Web portal of
the state of Maine. Maine.gov is a service of InforME, a
collaborative effort between the state of Maine and Maine
Information Network, LLC. part of the NIC (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 four
times on the Barron’s 400 Index. Additional information is
available at http://www.egov.com.
InforME/Maine.govDan Andrews, 207-621-2600General
ManagerDandrews@informe.org
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