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Utah Department of Public Safety Launches New First-of-its-Kind Mobile Application for the Media

The mobile extension to the media portal uses HTML5, the next major version of HTML, and the user's geographic location to display mapped pinpoints of active incidents in proximity to the user's mobile device. The media can now access real-time information from the Public Safety Media Portal directly to their mobile phone regardless of venue or environment.

"This is a major advancement in our ability to communicate important information to the media and the citizens of Utah," said Sgt. Jeff Nigbur, Public Information Officer for the Department of Public Safety. "By extending this application to mobile devices, we are responding to our constituents' feedback to provide a more responsive and useful connection to our department."

The State of Utah's Department of Public Safety Media Portal is a national award-winning application and has recently received both a Gov 2.0 Award from O'Reilly Media's Government 2.0 Expo Showcase and a Digital Government Achievement Award from the Center for Digital Government. It provides a comprehensive view into current statewide law enforcement activities and includes sections for news releases, multimedia downloads, and pushed alerts via Twitter. While the Media Portal is restricted to authorized media outlets, the Twitter feed is available to the public at http://twitter.com/utdpspio. Members of the media wishing to gain access to the portal should visit http://www.utah.gov/pio.

About Utah.gov

Utah.gov is the official Web portal for the state of Utah (http://www.Utah.gov). It was ranked first in the nation in the Center for Digital Government's 2009 Best of the Web competition and also ranked first in the 2008 Digital States Survey by the Center for Digital Government. It is managed and operated without tax funds through a public-private partnership between the state and Utah Interactive, the Salt Lake City-based official eGovernment partner for the state of Utah. Utah Interactive is a subsidiary of eGovernment firm NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV).

About NIC

NIC is the nation's leading provider of online services and secure payment processing solutions. The company's innovative eGovernment services help reduce costs and increase efficiencies for government agencies, citizens, and businesses across the country. NIC provides eGovernment solutions for more than 3,000 federal, state, and local agencies that serve 97 million people in the United States. Additional information is available at http://www.nicusa.com.

Utah Department of Public Safety
Sgt. Jeff Nigbur, 801-557-8502
Public Information Officer
jnigbur@utah.gov
or
Utah.gov
Rich Olsen, 801-983-8412
General Manager
rich@utahinteractive.org