Kansas Launches Enhanced Web Portal at www.Kansas.gov.TOPEKA, Kan. -- Locating state of Kansas government information and services online has become even easier. The state's official Web site has been renamed, redesigned, and reorganized re·or·gan·ize v. re·or·gan·ized, re·or·gan·iz·ing, re·or·gan·iz·es v.tr. To organize again or anew. v.intr. To undergo or effect changes in organization. to improve citizen and business access to government information. For access to more than 250 online services and 780,000 thousand pages of content, point your Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. to www.Kansas.gov. "Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for people to get information about the services our state offers," said Governor Kathleen Sebelius Kathleen Gilligan Sebelius (born May 15 1948) is currently serving as the forty-fourth Governor of Kansas.[1] She is the second female governor of the state of Kansas, and is currently chairwoman of the Democratic Governors Association. . "It's important we continue working to make it simpler for Kansans and potential business partners or future Kansans to get the information they need. Kansas.gov is a great step in that direction." While the name and look have changed, the services, support and the people behind them have remained the same. Kansas.gov is a name and URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. that will be easier for users to remember and more clearly identifies the state of Kansas Web site. "Kansas.gov provides a user-friendly gateway for citizens to efficiently interact with government," said Tracy Smith
Tracy Smith is a CBS News Correspondent. Smith is a former Channel One News Anchor and Correspondent. She is married to CBS Sunday Morning Producer John D'Amelio. , general manager of Kansas.gov. "The site's fresh new look also demonstrates the beauty and progressiveness of Kansas." The state Web site continues to put a strong emphasis on accessibility and usability How easy something is to use. Both software and Web sites can be tested for usability. Considering how difficult applications are to use and Web sites are to navigate, one would wish that more designers took this seriously. See user interface and usability lab. . The Kansas State School for the Blind recently tested the new site. "The new Kansas.gov Web site not only looks nice, but it has also made some major advances in the areas of accessibility and cross-platform compatibility over the previous site," said Bradley Hook, education technician for the Kansas State School for the Blind. "The new Kansas.gov site is an excellent example of how to approach accessible Web design, and we can only hope more state agencies will follow the lead of the Kansas.gov team." The streamlined home page and navigation have a cleaner look while providing more information. One addition to the Kansas.gov home page is a center section that provides quick access to frequently used categories. These categories include news, commonly asked questions and subscriber information, and a democracy section that includes state government contacts and voting information. Kansas.gov provides more than 250 interactive services for citizens and businesses including business tax registrations, annual report filings, vehicle registration renewals, criminal history record checks, legislative bill tracking, medical license renewals and verifications, motor vehicle record searches, property tax payments, and state income tax filings. About Kansas.gov Kansas.gov is the official Web site of the state of Kansas (www.Kansas.gov) and a service of the Information Network of Kansas, the agency providing electronic solutions for the state. Kansas Information Consortium is the network manager for Kansas.gov 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. Inc. (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 2,000 state and local agencies that serve more than 60 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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