Online Business Entity Searches at www.mt.gov Deliver Value to Montana Businesses and the Secretary of State.HELENA, Mont. -- The Business Entity Search service allows anyone to search for information on companies registered to do business in Montana, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Businesses such as banks use the service to produce on-demand certificates verifying ver·i·fy tr.v. ver·i·fied, ver·i·fy·ing, ver·i·fies 1. To prove the truth of by presentation of evidence or testimony; substantiate. 2. the company in question is in good standing. The online service is available through the state's official Web site at www.mt.gov. Launched in 2001, the Business Entity Search system has now become one of the most popular and most used online services in Montana, with more than 427,000 visits in 2005 alone. Since Business Entity Search has been available online, the Montana Secretary of State's office has taken advantage of dramatic efficiencies: --Monthly phone calls to the Secretary of State's office asking for information about Montana businesses have been cut nearly in half, from an average of 6,000 per month to about 3,500. --The drastic reduction in phone calls has allowed the Secretary of State's office to re-task one employee from answering phones to other important tasks in the office. --79% of all certificates are now produced online and printed in the customer's home or office. This means they do not have to be produced, signed, and mailed by the Secretary of State's office, saving the state both time and money. --With fewer certificates to fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. by hand, the turnaround time (1) In batch processing, the time it takes to receive finished reports after submission of documents or files for processing. In an online environment, turnaround time is the same as response time. for the manual process has gone from 10 days to less than three days. Business Entity Search is the result of an alliance between state government and the private sector. The system was cooperatively developed and is supported by the Secretary of State, Department of Administration's Information Technology Services Division, and Montana Interactive, 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 provider 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). "Public-private partnerships 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. such as this are something I strongly support and encourage," said Secretary of State Brad Johnson Brad Johnson can refer to:
About Montana Interactive Helena-based Montana Interactive built, operates, and maintains the state's eGovernment services that are available through the official Web site (www.mt.gov) and is 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 2,200 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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