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State Of Connecticut Launches Redesigned Official Website

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- The State of Connecticut on Tuesday launched a complete redesign of its official website – www.ct.gov – containing a new layout, new features and new efficiency measures that will ultimately increase usability, customer service, transparency, and access for its visitors, the state announced.

The new state of Connecticut website

The new state of Connecticut website

Photo Credit: portal.ct.gov/

The new website is part of a major modernization process for the state’s online presence that – along with new features – is organized to meet the needs of the residents, businesses and visitors of the state. It was designed for use on computers, tablets, and mobile devices.

“In the 21st century, the state’s online presence is our virtual welcome mat, and we want to ensure that businesses, residents and visitors alike have the tools they need to conduct business with the state over their computers in a way that eliminates redundancy and improves usability for users,” said Gov. Dannel Malloy. 

“This modernization was no doubt long overdue and needed, and as its development continues, we are keeping an eye towards ensuring that new features continue to be added that increase the number of online interactions available for users and make it as easily accessible as possible.”

The main homepage of CT.gov now contains a series of eight new sections with some of the most popular features, divided into groups with titles such as “Business,” “Driving and Transportation,” and “Education.” These sections were designed with the goal of increasing ease of access for the user without having to navigate through multiple layers and pages in each individual state agency’s websites to find the most frequently accessed and popular features.

Launching a business portal was a top priority of the project, Malloy said. The business portal houses an online presence that consolidates the various business-related solutions provided by different state agencies, and will continue to introduce many new services that make it easier for the private sector to form, operate and expand businesses in Connecticut.

At the moment, the state’s main homepage has launched under the redesign, as have the websites for the Office of the Governor and the Office of the Lt. Governor. Over time, the websites for every state agency in Connecticut will shift in stages to this new format.

The plan is to modify each state agency’s website by creating new interactive services on the state’s portal.  With this innovation, Connecticut residents may soon be able to use the portal for a number of possibilities, such as submitting a smart phone picture to document an unsafe condition, take a mobile practice driver’s license exam, apply for a fishing license, find the nearest government office or polling place, renew a business license, or access needed information from government databases. 

The website modernization is occurring under a self-funded plan that allows the portal to be developed and operated without tax dollars through an agreement signed with Connecticut Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of NIC Inc., which is responsible for its design and management. Funding for the portal is generated through modest efficiency fees that are applied to a small subset of the online services.

 

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