This annual report summarizes Kansas.gov's activities and accomplishments in 2012. Key points include: - Kansas.gov celebrated its 20th anniversary of providing online government services to Kansas. - The report discusses challenges faced in 2012 like an application maintenance backlog, and efforts made to address issues and improve performance. - New business development managers were hired to strengthen relationships with partners and identify new opportunities. - Employees supported the Topeka Rescue Mission through donations of items and volunteering, helping provide meals and services to those in need.

1. KANSAS.GOV ANNUAL REPORT 2012
INSIDE
Let’s Celebrate................... 2
Keeping Kansas Secure....... 3
Providing Efficiencies......... 4
CEO Letter Mobile Technology Leadership
Kansas.gov Provides Digital Access Across All Channels
A Year In Review
A Kansas.gov had a productive, but
s we celebrated our 20th anniversary, NIC is at the technology forefront for providing electronic government
services for all types of devices, and today is the largest provider of official
government mobile apps in the United States. The company has launched more than
challenging year in 2012. I acknowledge 100 government mobile applications, and was the very first to develop government
several performance problems, and we worked iPhone, iPad, and Windows Phone
diligently to address each of them. A key issue applications. NIC is focused on ensuring
identified under my leadership was application that our partners have access to the latest
maintenance backlog. Obviously, this would technologies for providing electronic
be an issue for any contractor responsible services. We are constantly reviewing,
for building new services while simultaneously testing, and developing for these
maintaining and enhancing more than 300 innovative new technologies.
Web applications, websites, and products. We employ a “mobile first” strategy,
There is always room for improvement, and and believe that today’s evolving
we feel that our current aggressive strategy of technology requires all online services
hiring additional resources to focus exclusively to be developed with a mobile consideration. A November 2012 study by the Pew
on reducing the application maintenance Center’s “Internet & American Life Project” reported that 56 percent of all cell phone
backlog is paying off. In May 2012, Kansas.gov owners use the device to access the Internet – up from 25 percent just three years ago.
made the decision to make an upfront And the Center’s April 2012 study noted that among smartphone owners, young
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2. Let’s Celebrate
20 Years of eGovernment Excellence
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efore the Internet was available to the public 20 years ago, Information Consortium, now an NIC subsidiary, the network manager
NIC Inc. helped shape the eGovernment industry, revolutionizing contract and began eGovernment operations in 1992.
the way citizens and businesses interact with federal, state, and “Kansas has always had a pioneering spirit,” said Bradley. “It was
local government. Today, it remains the company most closely identified very progressive in making government information accessible via
with fueling the development and growth of eGovernment. modem-to-modem in the early 1990s.”
“Since 1992, part of NIC’s DNA has been finding efficiencies for From its modest start serving only Kansas, NIC now develops online
businesses and citizens as they interact with government,” said Harry eGovernment services and manages the official Web portals for 27
Herington, NIC’s chief executive officer and chairman of the board. states and two federal agencies. In its 20-year history, NIC has created
“This focus on efficient solutions has driven us to launch many more than 7,000 online services and in 2011 securely processed more than
firsts on behalf of government – the first live chat customer support $17 billion on behalf of its government partners.
on a state website, the first state government iPad application, and For its part, Kansas.gov has broadened from a subscriber-based email
much more. Our future success depends on NIC continuing to drive service to building online applications for state agencies and local
eGovernment innovation.” government partners. We currently provide services to more than 50
NIC executive vice president, chief administrative officer, and state agencies and more than 200 local government partners, including
general counsel, William (Brad) Bradley, working as a state bar cities, counties, schools, rural water districts, and libraries.
association volunteer, drafted the 1990 legislation that authorized We would like to thank the state and its constituents for 20 wonderful
creation of the Information Network of Kansas. INK awarded Kansas years of cooperative partnership. n
Fueling eGovernment Growth A Year In Review
Building Partnerships and Strengthening Relationships
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new positions since 2011. Two of these positions are currently held by Jenna Coates investment to hire six new development
and Todd Smith, the Kansas.gov business development managers (BDMs). The BDMs act as resources to ensure partner satisfaction. In
the face of Kansas.gov, working closely with both new and existing partners to develop less than six months, our customers have
business opportunities, cross-promote Kansas.gov products and services, and support experienced a:
partner satisfaction efforts. • 90 percent increase in deployment of new
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“State partnerships are very important to the well-being of our business, and vice versa. services and enhancements
Our self-funded model allows the state to provide online services to Kansans without • Decreased average project delivery by 66 days
the use of tax dollars,” said Todd Smith. • ore than 200 percent increase in the
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Originally from Ohio, Todd moved to Topeka in 2007. He has gained valuable insight pipeline for new projects
into the operations of government entities after working for both the city of Topeka and the Kansas.gov continues to work diligently to
state of Kansas. He has three daughters under the age of 9 with his wife, Angela Smith. improve its performance for more than 200 state
He understands how to grow business and is focused on maintaining Kansas.gov’s agencies and local governments. I thank you for
relationships throughout the state. fueling eGovernment to enable businesses and
Jenna, a native Topekan and graduate of Kansas State University, has had quite a busy citizens to complete government transactions
year. Shortly after joining Kansas.gov in April 2012, she married her fiancé, Ryan. In securely and efficiently across all channels of
November 2012, she and Ryan welcomed their first baby boy, Bentley Coates, into the world. digital government.
Jenna is a natural communicator and excels at building relationships with prospective partners.
“People are my specialty,” said Jenna,“I love to find opportunities that match partners to Shane Myers
the products that make the most sense for their organization.” CEO
Please join us in welcoming Jenna and Todd to the Kansas.gov family. n
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3. A Culture of Giving
Kansas.gov Employees Focus on Local Charity Keeping
T Kansas Secure
here is a saying that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” While
the people in this office are all deeply committed to our own personal causes
and crusades, we realized that our impact on the community could be even A Cybersecurity Breach
more powerful by focusing on a common goal. In 2012, the Kansas.gov portal focused
Could Cost States a Lot
its volunteerism efforts on the Topeka Rescue Mission.
The Topeka Rescue Mission is a homeless shelter, dedicated to providing food, More Than Credibility
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shelter, and basic necessities to those in need since 1953. For 60 years, those who veryone talks about cybercrime and the
are less fortunate could walk into the Mission and receive compassionate support. need for heightened security measures
Remarkably, the Topeka Rescue Mission is able to provide this vital assistance for state enterprises. In fact, 81 percent of
(meals, shelter, clothing state officials surveyed said cybersecurity
banks, recovery programs, is the most important challenge they face.
work training programs, The question is, are states doing enough to
health clinics, furniture, protect their sensitive information when
toiletries) while subsisting cybercriminals and hacktivists are on the
entirely on private donations increase in numbers and sophistication?
and receiving zero Unfortunately, the wealth of personally
government funding. identifiable information (PII) and sensitive
As a Christian-based business data makes states attractive targets.
community organization, The investment to keep security measures
the Mission refers to its current and valuable data safe is relatively
brand of social service as small when compared to the potential costs
“faith with its sleeves rolled up.” With that in mind, the Kansas.gov team rolled of a major breach. Consumer confidence can
up their proverbial sleeves and got to work finding out how we could help support plummet, reputations can be damaged beyond
the efforts of the Topeka Rescue Mission. To date, the Kansas.gov team has repair, legal action can drain resources and the
supported the Mission by donating more than 2,200 items, including household negative effects can ripple far and wide, even
goods, bedding, food and pantry items, paper goods, toys, and clothing. entangling elected officials as high up as a
By receiving donations of both time and resources, the Mission is able to focus on governor in one state.
providing more than 900 meals each day. Kansas.gov’s contributions also help NIC’s corporate and portal security teams
provide necessary items to the 200 men, women, and children who shelter at the continuously monitor online applications and
Rescue Mission. systems to detect vulnerabilities, and adhere
Kansas.gov is proud to make a difference in the lives of others by supporting this to the highest levels of payment card industry
great organization. n (PCI) compliance. Yet, even with most of the risk
outsourced, partners still need to be aware that
100 percent of the risk cannot be outsourced.
2012 Kansas.gov Staff Donations NIC’s chief security officer, Jayne Friedland
to Topeka Rescue Mission Holland, helps educate partners on the
many layers and complexities involved with
PCI compliance and security issues. In a
Paper Goods Food and Pantry
recent white paper by the Center for Digital
Clothing Household Goods Government, she cites, for example, that many
call centers record agent conversations for
Toys Bedding
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Efficiencies
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ince 2000, KIC has invested
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more than $42 million into
Kansas.gov. This investment
represents the costs to deliver
the diverse elements of the self-
funded model, including hardware
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and software, hosting, marketing
and promotion, customer service,
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and telecommunication costs. income levels are more likely than other groups to say that their phone is their main source
Said another way – if Kansas had of Internet access. Mobile is expanding the availability of eGovernment services to more
insourced Kansas.gov in 2000, our Americans, and NIC is developing new mobile services as accessibility continues to grow.
conservative estimate is that it In addition to native mobile apps, we also lead in mobile Web expertise, using HTML5 or
would have cost the state at least “responsive design” to write one set of code that automatically detects what type of device
$42 million more than the last 12 is being used, be it desktop computer, laptop, smartphone, or tablet. Responsive design not
years to operate, maintain, and only automatically detects the device, but scales the design and formats content accordingly.
enhance the portal. This approach not only provides convenience to those using the service, but is also efficient
This data is supported by a for government partners as one set of code is written and maintained.
study released by the University Another aspect of our mobile expertise allows our portals to work together to share the
of Utah in October 2012. A nine- code so that other apps can be quickly created. For example, a practice driver exam app for the
month evaluation of Utah.gov iPad was rapidly deployed to six state portals. This sharing allows all of our portal partners to
revealed the state has saved benefit from the applications we develop as well as the best practices we have established.
$61 million during the last five Since we developed the first mobile application for Palm devices in the mid-1990s, we
years by putting services online never stopped innovating and harnessing the power of the latest technology to deliver
under the self-funded model. efficiencies to citizens and businesses. n
The research showed the average
cost of conducting a transaction
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$17. This savings underscores the quality assurance purposes. If those recordings include customers providing their credit
value of eGovernment to state card information, then the recordings must be secured in accordance with PCI guidelines
agencies. Kansas.gov believes and standards. Examples such as this are areas where some forget the many layers of
the findings from this study compliance that keep data secure.
would apply directionally to How secure are your applications and data? Do you know which compliance
any state that provides similar issues are the responsibility of the portal and which are the state’s responsibility?
self-funded eGovernment Your portal’s teams can put you in touch with NIC’s Corporate Security Team for a
services – including Kansas. n presentation on compliance and security. n