Arkansas Extends NIC's eGovernment Portal Contract Until 2008.LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The state of Arkansas Arkansas, river, United States Arkansas (ärkăn`zəs, är`kənsô'), river, c.1,450 mi (2,330 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts., central Colo. has extended the contract for Arkansas Information Consortium to manage www.Arkansas.gov See .gov and GovNet. (networking) gov - The top-level domain for US government bodies. through June 2008. Arkansas Information Consortium built and has managed the state's official Web portal See portal. since launching in July 1997 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). The three-year contract extension was approved unanimously by the Information Network of Arkansas Board and executed on June 28, 2005. The 12-member committee oversees Arkansas.gov's operations and is comprised of public and private sector representatives. The board also reviews individual agency agreements with Arkansas Information Consortium, sets policies, and approves new portal services. "Arkansas has spent the last eight years building a world-class state government portal for its citizens and businesses," said Preston Means, who serves as Chairman of the Information Network of Arkansas Board as well as Assistant Commissioner of Revenue for the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. "We look forward to further expanding our online service offerings during the next three years through our partnership with NIC." Arkansas.gov currently offers more than 300 interactive government services for businesses and citizens, including a suite of Secretary of State services, a comprehensive payment center, criminal background checks, child support payments, and a transportation industry portal. In 2004, the portal processed more than 2.2 million transactions on behalf of 170 state and local government agencies. "We are eager to continue our successful partnership in Arkansas by bringing new value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. online for the benefit of the state's businesses and citizens," said Jeff Fraser, Chief Executive Officer of NIC. About Arkansas.gov Arkansas.gov is the official Web site of the state of Arkansas (www.Arkansas.gov) and a service of the Information Network of Arkansas. The Information Network of Arkansas is a collaborative effort between the state of Arkansas and the private sector that helps Arkansas government entities Web-enable their information services See Information Systems. . Arkansas.gov was built and is marketed, operated, and maintained by Arkansas Information Consortium, a wholly owned subsidiary of eGovernment firm NIC. 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 2,000 state and local agencies that serve more than 55 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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