FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LINK2GOV
Wins New Contract With New Mexico Game and - Fish
Department
This
new contract Provides Citizens Telephone Access
to - Results from Special Hunt Drawings held each
Year. Business
Editors/Technology Writers
NASHVILLE,
Tenn. -(BUSINESS WIRE)- June 13, 2000-
Richardson M. Roberts, Chief Executive Officer
of LINK2GOV Corp., today announced the signing
of a new contract with the Game and Fish Department
of the State of New Mexico. Under the contract,
LINK2GOV will operate an interactive voice response
("IVR") telephone system that will enable citizens
to access the results of drawings the Game and
Fish Department conducts each year to determine
participation in special hunts. Results for the
initial special hunt draw, which is for all species
except antelope rifle and muzzle loader hunts,
will be available beginning June 14, 2000, and
results for the antelope hunt draw will be available
beginning July 17, 2000. In total, the Game and
Fish Department received approximately 99,000
applications for this year's special hunt drawings.
Mr.
Roberts commented, "We are pleased to be working
with the Game and Fish Department on this new
contract, which represents our initial contract
in New Mexico. This application is identical to
the Game and Fish application we provide for Arizona
as well as dozens of additional IVR and/or Internet-based
contracts we operate for other state and municipal
government agencies throughout the country. We
expect the Game and Fish Department's new IVR
system to provide hunt draw applicants with a
convenient, simple and fast method for obtaining
results, while improving the overall efficiency
of the program. Citizens can access this 800-based
IVR system at any time, night or day, by dialing
877-3NM-HUNT from any touch-tone telephone and
following the easy directions. As with most of
LINK2GOV's contracts, we developed this system
for the Game and Fish Department free of charge.
Citizens accessing the system will be charged
$5.00 per use."
Luke
Shelby, Chief of Public Affairs for the Department
of Game and Fish of New Mexico added, "Our special
hunt draws are among the most important events
that the Game and Fish Department undertakes each
year, and we work very hard to provide all hunt
applicants with a high quality experience. Based
on our analysis of other similar contracts that
LINK2GOV operates, we believe LINK2GOV will play
an integral role in helping us communicate with
hunt applicants expeditiously and efficiently."
LINK2GOV Corp. is a leading provider of technologically
advanced electronic government solutions that
enable citizens and businesses to complete transactions
with government entities over the Internet or
telephone. LINK2GOV's unique Internet and interactive
voice response (IVR) solutions provide users easy,
convenient and timely access to government entities
for completing transactions such as driver's license
renewals and vehicle registrations, while providing
governments a means to enhance operating efficiencies.
Currently, the Company is operating Internet and/or
IVR applications under 56 contracts with state
or local agencies in nine states, including Alabama,
Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, New
Mexico, and Texas, as well as the District of
Columbia.