Alabama's Official Web Site Receives Top Ten National Ranking; www.alabama.gov Singled Out for eGovernment Excellence.MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama's official Web portal See portal. is attracting national attention. The state of Alabama's Web site, www.alabama.gov, has been ranked among the top ten state portals by the Center for Digital Government. The 2004 Best of the Web competition was conducted by the Center for Digital Government, an international research and advisory institute on the use of information technology in government. Now in its ninth year, Best of the Web evaluates government Web sites based on their innovation, Web-based delivery of public services Public services is a term usually used to mean services provided by government to its citizens, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing private provision of services. , efficiency, economy and functionality. More than 300 public sector Web sites were evaluated in this year's competition. "My administration is using technology to make state government more efficient and more accessible than it has ever been before," said Governor Bob Riley
A variety of state of Alabama services and information is available on alabama.gov 24 hours a day and seven days a week. Alabamians can find everything from judicial and legislative information to the status of individual tax refunds Tax refund Money back from the government when too much tax has been paid or withheld from a salary. to online hunting and fishing license applications. Also offered on alabama.gov are more than 50 interactive services that allow users to complete entire business transactions online. "I want to congratulate Alabama on their new site," said Cathilea Robinett, Executive Director of the Center for Digital Government. "This state has really come to the digital government party in a big way." "We are very proud that the state of Alabama is being honored as one of the nation's ten best Web sites," said Rex McDowell, Acting Assistant Finance Director and Director of Information Technology. "The state's Web portal is an important service to the state of Alabama, improving how our citizens and businesses interact with the state." The alabama.gov portal is developed and managed at no cost to the state and is the result of a unique public-private partnership Public-private partnership (PPP) describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies. These schemes are sometimes referred to as PPP or P3. between the Alabama Department of Finance and Alabama Interactive, the state of Alabama's partner for online government services. Representatives from the Center for Digital Government, Government Technology magazine, and officials from the 2003 Best of the Web-winning state and local governments in Utah, Washington, D.C., and Montgomery County, Maryland Montgomery County of the U.S. state of Maryland is situated just north of Washington, D.C. and Southwest of Baltimore. It is one of the most affluent counties in the nation[1], and has the highest percentage (29. , served as judges for the 2004 Best of the Web contest. About Alabama Interactive Alabama Interactive is the official eGovernment solutions provider for the state of Alabama. The company builds and manages interactive government services on behalf of the state and is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of eGovernment firm NIC (1) (Network Interface Card) See network adapter. See also InterNIC. (2) (New Internet Computer) An earlier Linux-based computer from The New Internet Computer Company (NICC), Palo Alto, CA. (Nasdaq:EGOV). About NIC NIC manages more eGovernment services than any provider in the world. The company helps government communicate more effectively with citizens and businesses by putting essential services online. NIC provides eGovernment solutions for 1,500 state and local agencies that serve more than 51 million people in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Additional information is available at www.nicusa.com. |
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