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The Nation's First State Government Portal Introduces a New Design at Www.Kansas.Gov

Posted on: Thursday, 7 June 2007, 18:00 CDT

The nation's first state government portal keeps getting better, thanks to an innovative new design unveiled last week. The enhanced www.Kansas.gov Web portal features a sharp new design, easier navigation, and superior tools to quickly help citizens find the information and services they need.

The "MyKansas" feature offers users the ability to customize and save their own front page. Users can control their page by adding, deleting, or moving information sets, called "tiles," based on their own preferences. They can even create a custom "tile" to house their favorite links for easy access during future visits to Kansas.gov. Customized tiles can also be designed by government offices, which creates a more dynamic state portal by featuring links and services specific to each agency.

"With Kansas.gov, the state's elected officials have never been closer," said Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius. "With the click of a button, e-mail can express the concerns of our citizens in a way that used to take days. A simple electronic search can provide the information that once took hours -- or even a trip to a state office. Perhaps most importantly, the easier things become, the more money our state saves."

Highly used and seasonal services are showcased visually across the top of the page in the rotating service bar. Up to 18 services can be featured in this highly visible section of the state Web site. A "bubble" appears when the visitor hovers over one of these features to provide helpful information about the service. In addition, the new online photo gallery provides a beautiful array of Kansas photos within its "lightbox" display feature.

The state's earliest Web-based services were launched in 1992, and www.Kansas.gov now hosts an average of 34 million unique visitors and processes more than 3.3 million online transactions annually. The current design was launched on May 31, 2007.

About Kansas.gov

Kansas.gov (www.Kansas.gov) is the official Web site for the state of Kansas. The portal operates through a public-private partnership between the Information Network of Kansas and the Kansas Information Consortium, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of eGovernment firm NIC (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 2,600 state and local agencies that serve more than 61 million people in the United States. Additional information is available at www.nicusa.com.

Source: Business Wire

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