Third Consecutive Year: NIC State Partners Sweep the Top 5 Best State Websites in the U.S.
02 September 2016 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Maryland takes No. 1 spot for the first time in
state history
NIC Inc. (NASDAQ: EGOV), the dominant provider of digital
government services, congratulates eight of its state government
partners for being ranked as the best state government websites in
the country – with NIC government partners sweeping the Top 5. This
is the third consecutive year NIC state government partners took
all of the Top 5 honors. The rankings were announced by the Center
for Digital Government as part of its annual “Best of the Web”
competition.
For the first time in the state’s history, Maryland took top
honors, ranking as the best state government website in the
country. The official state website, http://www.maryland.gov, was
recognized for its state-of-the-art Enterprise Widget Platform.
This platform provides state agencies with centralized and
standardized code allowing for rapid development and deployment of
a variety of widgets. These widgets include NearYou, Online
Services, Google Site Search and Header, which are available across
state agencies expanding the state’s open data platform.
Rounding out the Top 5 were Utah in second place, Mississippi in
third place, Texas in fourth place, and Indiana and Nebraska tied
for fifth place. NIC partner states Iowa and Rhode Island were
recognized as finalists.
“Congratulations to our state government partners and our team
in Maryland for taking top honors in this year’s Best of the Web
competition,” said Harry Herington, NIC’s Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of the Board. “For nearly 25 years our company has
focused on making government more accessible for constituents. I
applaud Maryland’s success in finding new ways to quickly deploy
important digital government services.”
The Center for Digital Government is an international research
and advisory institute on the use of information technology in
government. The Best of the Web Awards will be presented September
30, 2016 in New Orleans.
About NIC
Founded in 1992, NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) is the nation's leading
provider of innovative digital government solutions and secure
payment processing, which help make government more accessible to
everyone through technology. The family of NIC companies provides
digital government solutions for more than 4,500 federal, state,
and local agencies in the United States. Forbes has named NIC as
one of the “100 Best Small Companies in America” six times 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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