Mississippi Unveils Personalized State Portal
18 Mai 2015 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
User experience enhanced with customization
options on the new ms.gov
The state of Mississippi recently unveiled the latest
enhancements to the state’s official website, ms.gov. These
enhancements extend the goal of citizen engagement by bringing a
personalized experience to the individual user. Visitors to the
award-winning site can now customize their experience by selecting
their individual ms.gov theme. The available themes highlight
Mississippi’s beautiful beaches, lakes, and agriculture with images
taken and submitted by Mississippi residents.
Furthering engagement and customization on ms.gov is the
addition of MyMS, a new service for Mississippi citizens. MyMS
encourages users to set and receive reminders and alerts for
services important to them, opening communication channels between
the state and its citizens. Along with important personalized
reminders, MyMS gives users the ability to elect to receive alerts,
including amber, silver, and important weather alerts.
The content that users expect when they visit ms.gov is now even
easier to access. Top searches have been implemented into large
visual and graphical boxes that transition users directly to the
content they are seeking. The comprehensive agency directory, state
map, elected official’s social media channels, Mississippi news,
alerts, job searches, and the latest online state services can all
be found on the ms.gov homepage by simply clicking through dynamic
content slides.
Dr. Craig Orgeron, Mississippi’s Chief Information Officer and
Executive Director of the Department of Information Technology
Services, describes ms.gov’s recent upgrades by saying, “The
addition of MyMS and the customization enhancements are the next
logical steps for ms.gov to better interact with citizens. The
streamlined mobile approach and user-selected themes deliver
focused content with an inviting design.”
Mobile visitors account for over 30 percent of all visits to
ms.gov, and in the past year smartphone usage has exploded with a
62 percent increase in visits. To accommodate this growing mobile
user base ms.gov employs a true mobile-first design that conforms
to the user’s browser window size making it fully responsive. Users
who access ms.gov from mobile devices benefit from a grid layout
that serves up content in an easily accessible and familiar design,
without compromising content. The grid layout deployed for mobile
smartphones and tablets is an intuitive interface designed around
the use of touch-actions and easy scrolling for our mobile-focused
users.
“With technology rapidly changing, how citizens interact with
Government is changing too. A mobile-first approach is a necessity
to reach the staggering number of mobile users in Mississippi,”
said Dr. Orgeron.
The ms.gov website continues to promote citizen-connected
government by providing access to 136 government social media
pages, Flickr photo groups, and YouTube channels. More than 4,000
Facebook and Twitter followers receive updates on the 140 online
services throughout the state of Mississippi.
The state’s official website was redesigned at no cost to the
state or citizens utilizing a self-funded model with Mississippi’s
eGovernment partner, Mississippi Interactive (MSI), a subsidiary of
NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV), and the State of Mississippi. Under the
self-funded model the ms.gov designs and enhancements are developed
at no cost to the state or the citizens. For a full listing of all
awards won by ms.gov, click here.
Other Information
Official state of Mississippi website – http://www.ms.govTwitter
– @msdotgov – http://twitter.com/msdotgovFacebook –
https://www.facebook.com/pages/msgov-Mississippis-Official-State-Website/103697456413901
About Mississippi Interactive
Mississippi Interactive is the official eGovernment solutions
provider for the state of Mississippi. The company builds and
manages interactive government services on behalf of the state and
is a wholly owned subsidiary of eGovernment firm NIC (NASDAQ:
EGOV).
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.
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