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Commonwealth of Kentucky Partners with eGovernment Leader April 1, 2003 If the Commonwealth
of Kentucky Web site isn't in your "favorites" list, it soon
will be. The site is already among the leading state sites in the number
of online services it offers citizens and businesses. Whether you're
locating an available room at a Kentucky park, registering your business
or reporting your catch to Fish and Wildlife, you can do it all online
in Kentucky. Now the Commonwealth has entered into a partnership with
the nation's leading eGovernment company to take Kentucky's online offerings
to the next
The Commonwealth's partnership is with Kentucky Interactive, Inc., a Frankfort-based subsidiary of NIC, Inc. NIC is currently offering portal and outsourcing services for 17 other states including Tennessee, Virginia, Indiana, Oklahoma, and Utah, and has won numerous awards for their efforts in eGovernment. Kentucky Interactive will deploy a self-funding model to provide the infrastructure, hosting services and design services to enhance Kentucky's online offerings. The two-year agreement will include a newly designed Commonwealth of Kentucky Website (www.kentucky.gov), anticipated by late spring. The goal of the partnership is to allow visitors to create an online relationship with the Commonwealth that is specific to their needs, customizable, personal and always available, 24/7. The site will integrate existing interactive applications, and all future services into an expanded and familiar portal environment.
"More and more citizens and businesses are developing an online relationship with the Commonwealth," said Aldona K. Valicenti, Kentucky's Chief Information Officer. "Kentucky is committed to keeping pace with their needs and improving the efficiency of state government. By partnering with NIC, we will be able to build additional eGovernment services at minimal cost to Kentucky taxpayers." According to the 2000 U.S. Census, Kentucky's population has risen to more than 4 million citizens. A 2002 study by Kentucky's Long-Term Policy and Research Center also found that more than 80 percent of Kentucky citizens also have access to the Internet. "Kentucky already
operates one of the nation's most sophisticated state government portals,"
said Jeff Fraser, NIC's Chief Executive Officer. "We're honored
that a state government with such technology expertise has chosen NIC
to expand its eGovernment offerings, and we look forward to delivering
immediate and lasting results to the Commonwealth's citizens and businesses." -- end -- |
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