Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles Awarded for Interactive Driver Service

Louisiana’s Amazon Alexa practice driving test service provided by Office of Motor Vehicles (OMV) was recently recognized by StateScoop and given the State IT Innovation of the Year award which highlights the best and brightest in the state IT community.

The Alexa skill allows citizens to take practice driving tests. The service can be used by individuals applying for a driver’s license or anyone looking to challenge their memory of Louisiana’s driving rules. Available for download, the Amazon Alexa skill ‘Louisiana Driving Test’ can be used on any Alexa or Echo device. Once prompted, Alexa will provide instructions to answer 10 multiple choice questions and keep score as randomly selected questions from an extensive question bank are read aloud.

“We wanted folks to enjoy the process of obtaining their driver’s license,” said Commissioner Karen St. Germain. “It’s an honor to be recognized and we are excited to be able to provide Louisiana drivers this cutting-edge service.”

The award-winning service is one of many applications developed in a partnership between Louisiana Interactive and the Office of Motor Vehicles. Additional services provided by the OMV can be found on Expresslane.org.

About Louisiana Interactive

Louisiana Interactive (LAI) is a subsidiary of NIC, Inc. and is Louisiana’s digital government partner. LAI builds, operates, maintains, and markets this service and other digital services for departments and agencies throughout Louisiana Government. LAI has developed online solutions for the state of Louisiana since January 2015.

About NIC

NIC Inc. (Nasdaq: EGOV) is the nation’s premier provider of innovative digital government solutions and secure payment processing, which help make government interactions more accessible for everyone through technology. The family of NIC companies has developed a library of more than 13,000 digital government services for more than 6,000 federal, state, and local government agencies. Among these solutions is the ground-breaking personal assistant for government, Gov2Go, delivering citizens personalized reminders and a single platform for all government interactions. More information is available at www.egov.com.

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