Texas.gov Repeatedly Recognized as One of Nation’s Top Digital Government Programs
19 Dezember 2017 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Texas.gov is now the recipient of nearly 100
awards for digital government excellence
For the last eight years, Texas.gov – the state’s official
website and digital government program – has garnered nationwide
recognition for digital government excellence. With 16 more awards
in 2017, Texas.gov has received nearly 100 awards for a
comprehensive list of accomplishments that are important indicators
of the quality of the state’s digital government efforts.
Distinctions of note include awards for website and online
services’ usability and plain language, comprehensive security and
customer service excellence, and well-crafted, effective
advertising, marketing, and social media initiatives.
Highlighted awards from the Texas.gov program’s 16 wins in 2017
include:
- Texas.gov was named a finalist in the
Center for Digital Government’s inaugural year of the prestigious
Government Experience Awards.
- The Texas Veterans Portal, a website
designed and hosted by Texas.gov, was the recipient of numerous
impressive accolades including Best of Texas Award for Best
IT Collaboration Among Organizations, NASCIO State IT
Recognition Award Finalist for Outstanding Achievement in the
Field of Information Technology, and TASSCC Project Excellence
Award for Collaboration.
- Marketing and advertising campaign
initiatives that focus on encouraging Texans to complete their
government transactions online were recognized with an AVA
Digital Platinum Award, Internet Advertising Competition
Award, Communicator Award of Excellence, Hermes Gold
Award, Marcom Gold Award, and Web Marketing
Association Standard of Excellence among others.
“Year after year, Texas.gov remains a top platform for digital
government,” said Stacey Napier, executive director of the Texas
Department of Information Resources, which oversees Texas.gov.
“These awards recognize something many already know – when it comes
to digital government, Texas does it best.”
About Texas.gov
Texas.gov is the official website of the state of Texas
(www.texas.gov), and is a collaborative public-private partnership
managed by the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR).
Texas.gov helps state and local government entities web-enable
their services, and operates without tax funds through a
partnership between the state of Texas and Texas NICUSA, LLC (Texas
NIC). Texas NIC builds, operates, maintains, and markets Texas.gov,
and is part of digital government firm NIC’s family of companies.
Since its launch in 2000, Texas.gov has securely processed more
than 288 million financial transactions and has collected more than
$33 billion on behalf of participating entities.
About NIC
Founded in 1992, NIC Inc. (NASDAQ: EGOV) is celebrating 25 years
as the nation’s premier provider of innovative digital government
solutions and secure payment processing, which help make government
interactions more accessible for everyone through technology. The
family of NIC companies has developed a library of more than 12,000
digital government services for more than 4,500 federal, state, and
local government agencies. Among these solutions is the
ground-breaking digital government personal assistant, Gov2Go,
delivering citizens personalized reminders and a single access
point for government interactions. More information is available at
www.egov.com.
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Texas Department of Information ResourcesElliott Sprehe,
512-475-4704elliott.sprehe@dir.texas.gov
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