Maine’s Online Vehicle Registration Renewal Service Nears 50 Percent Municipal Adoption
20 September 2016 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Cities and towns in Maine continue to respond
to citizens’ desire for online government
By the end of the year, 225 municipalities – or nearly half the
cities and towns in Maine – will offer Rapid Renewal, the state’s
online vehicle registration renewal service, to their
residents.
Rapid Renewal makes it possible for citizens in participating
municipalities to renew their motor vehicle registrations and pay
their local excise taxes in one simple transaction. Ten
municipalities served as pilot communities for the service when it
was introduced by the Maine Secretary of State’s office in 2001.
Other cities have steadily adopted Rapid Renewal since that time,
with a record 25 municipalities signing on in 2015. In 2014, the
service saw its millionth customer.
“Citizens increasingly want to conduct business with government
online, rather than having to travel to a physical location and
stand in line,” said Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap.
“Rapid Renewal’s brisk adoption rate demonstrates that Maine
municipalities are working to respond to citizens’ needs.”
An additional 9 municipalities have come on board in 2016. Dan
Andrews, general manager of Maine Information Network LLC, the
state’s digital government services provider which built and
manages the Rapid Renewal service, said he expects the trend to
continue and anticipates that as many as 225 municipalities may
offer the service by year-end.
“It is great to have nearly half of the cities in Maine using
the Rapid Renewal service,” said Andrews. “Our goal is to make
government more efficient – both state and local government. Rapid
Renewal is a great example of delivering online efficiencies.”
Augusta, Maine-based Maine Interactive Network has been managing
the state of Maine’s portal, Maine.gov, since 1999. During this
time, the company has developed hundreds of online services for
both state and local government.
ABOUT MAINE.GOV
Maine.gov is the official Web portal of the state of Maine and a
service of InforME, a collaborative effort between the state of
Maine and Maine Information Network, LLC, part of the NIC (NASDAQ:
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