Providence City Clerk’s Department Deploys New and Improved Tradename Service
12 April 2018 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
The Providence City Clerk’s Department has launched a new online
service, in conjunction with RI.gov, that simplifies the process of
how new business tradenames are managed, searched and tracked by
the City and its constituents. However, the new system does not yet
allow for online tradename registration, and businesses will still
be required to register their tradename in the City Clerk’s
office.
“Making business easier in Providence is a top priority for the
City Council,” said City Council President David A. Salvatore.
“Under my leadership, the Council wants to ensure that Providence
is a transparent and welcoming place to do business, and I believe
the new Tradename Service is a step in that direction.”
The service replaces an antiquated system that struggled to
facilitate over 50,000 tradenames registered in the city, with more
than 450 new tradenames being registered annually. In addition to
an improvement over features that the old system provided, the
Tradename Service now offers city clerks with better user
management and improved reporting tools.
“Our department is excited to take full advantage of the
efficiencies offered by the new Tradename Service,” said Lori
Hagen, Providence city clerk. “We believe that this service will
provide a transparent and positive end-to-end user experience.”
The service is not only beneficial to Providence clerks. For the
first time, entrepreneurs can now visit
https://www.ri.gov/app/providence/tradename to browse all existing
registered tradenames in the capital city to ensure that their new
business name is unique.
“Many times, prospective applicants come to register a business
name, only to discover that a similar name already exists in the
city,” Hagen said. “With access to this information beforehand,
applicants will be able to more effectively differentiate
themselves from other businesses.”
The Tradename Service was developed at no cost to taxpayers in
partnership with the state’s digital government services provider,
Rhode Island Interactive. The service is part of the popular suite
of online services currently available through RI.gov
(https://www.ri.gov/).
About the City Clerk
The City Clerk operates under auspices of the City Council and
is the official repository for all ordinances, resolutions and
official documents related to the government of the City of
Providence and responsible for the authenticity of all legal
documents. In addition, the City Clerk collects and presents to the
City Council all petitions concerning abandonments and easements,
personal injury and automobile or property damage, as well as
certificates of Assumed Business Name and Going Out of
Business.
About RI.gov
RI.gov is Rhode Island’s homepage and official Website
(www.ri.gov), a collaborative effort between the state of Rhode
Island and Rhode Island Interactive. The RI.gov site and services
are developed and maintained by Rhode Island Interactive, a wholly
owned subsidiary of the eGovernment firm NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV).
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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