Awards

The State of Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) was recently honored with two awards for its suite of mobile business applications. The mobile apps are the first of their kind worldwide and the first mobile apps launched by thestate.

The International Association of Commercial Administrators (IACA) awarded a prestigious 2012 Merit Awardfor Outstanding Innovation, one of the top international honors for business registries, to DCCA’s Business Registration…
Read more… Hawaii State Business Apps Earn Top International Award

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ (DCCA) Business Registration Division (BREG) received a 2012 Merit Award for its mobile application suite from the International Association of Commercial Administrators (IACA) at its annual conference. The award was presented at the annual IACA conference in Williamsburg, Virginia on May 21, 2012.

Per the IACA web site, the winners were evaluated based upon each project’s magnitude of change, time to implement, cost,…
Read more… DCCA BREG Wins IACA Merit Award

The Web Marketing Association presented the 2012 Mobile Web award for Best Government Mobile Website to Hawaii’s Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs for their business registration mobile app. Owners of the over 120,000 registered Hawaii businesses and anyone who needs to access business entity information for Hawaii businesses can now leverage any mobile platform (iOS, Android, Windows, Blackberry) to gain access to the the State of Hawaii’s Business…
Read more… DCCA BREG Wins Best Government Mobile Website

Caryn Pang is fighting a head cold, but, despite the discomfort, she’s at work answering customer calls – and loving every minute. Pang and the two other customer-service representatives at the Hawaii Information Consortium handle up to 200 calls, emails and online chats a day from people needing information about a government service. “They have to force me to go home,” Pang says.

That says a lot about what it’s…
Read more… Best Places to Work 2012 – Constant Innovation Helps Make Work Fun

HIC won the Center for Digital Government Best Fit Integrator Award for the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board Online Licensing System.

Features of the system include:

Online application for standard and provisional license types;Ability to print a copy of your license;Adding a teaching field;Receiving important announcements;Renewal reminders;Payment of fees;24/7 access to individuals records/documents.

You can view the service at: htsb.ehawaii.gov/htsb-renewals/welcome.html

HIC is the proud recipient of an award for Hawaii’s Best Places to Work 2011 – Small Business Category. In addition, HIC took home awards for healthiest as well as most family friendly workplaces.

The team behind eHawaii.gov brings government services to 2.5 million citizens annually. The company supports wellness activities, paying for gym memberships and sponsoring triathlon races. Individuals and teams who showcase healthy living habits in an annual…
Read more… Best Places to Work 2011

The Judiciary and Hawaii Information Consortium’s (HIC) joint collaboration, the electronic bench warrants system (eBW), received a 2010 Digital Government Achievement Award from the Center for Digital Government as one of the best state government-to-government websites in the country.

The award ceremony was held on September 17 and attended by honorees from government agencies nationwide.

Dana Nakasato, JIMS Specialist, and Calvin Ching, Legal Documents Branch Court Administrator, traveled with HIC…
Read more… Electronic Bench Warrant System Receives 2010 Digital Government Achievement Award