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Texas Launches First-Ever One Page State Government WebsiteThe Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) and Texas NICUSA, LLC (NIC (News - Alert)) are proud to announce a transformative state government portal experience with the launch of the new, one-page Texas.gov. As the state's official website, the goal of Texas.gov has always been to provide citizens with simple, secure, and immediate access to government information and services. The reimagined Texas.gov showcases a considerably streamlined, yet charming interface featuring only the best, most helpful information that users actually want and need, and offers it in an intuitive way that lets them interact in a manner that is most comfortable to them. In addition to simplifying the experience, the approachability of the portal shines through with a Texas-friendly conversational tone and imagery that celebrates the state's unique character. Janet Gilmore, Director of Digital Services for DIR, says, "Texas is a big state and achieving the Texas.gov mission to provide access to Texas government services and information anytime, anywhere is a big job. The new Texas.gov website design fulfills that mission using a simple, yet elegant, customer and information-centric design." Based on years of analytics data, NIC - the private partner that develops and maintains Texas.gov for the state - had a very clear understanding of what users come to do on Texas.gov, and the portal was redesigned accordingly. Dozens of web pages and layers of navigational architecture were removed, unnecessary and unused features of the portal were eliminated, and thousands of links were manually curated and organized into a structured table format. Today, via the one-page portal, Texas.gov delivers the following noteworthy features:
About Texas.gov Texas.gov is the official website of the State of Texas (www.texas.gov) and is a collaborative public/private partnership managed by the Department of Information Resources (DIR). Texas.gov helps state and local government entities web-enable their services and operates without tax funds through a partnership between the State and Texas NICUSA, LLC. Texas NICUSA builds, operates, maintains, and markets Texas.gov and is part of eGovernment firm NIC's (NASDAQ: EGOV) family of companies. Since its launch in 2000, Texas.gov has securely processed more than 247 million financial transactions and collected more than $33 billion on behalf of participating entities. About NIC Founded in 1992, NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) is the nation's leading provider of official government websites, online services, and secure payment processing solutions. The company's innovative eGovernment services help make government more accessible to everyone through technology. The family of NIC companies provides eGovernment solutions for more than 3,500 federal, state, and local agencies in the United States. Forbes has named NIC as one of the "100 Best Small Companies in America" five times, most recently ranked at No.11 (2013), and the company has been included four times on the Barron's 400 Index. Additional information is available at http://www.egov.com.
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