ST. PAUL, Minn., May 7, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GovDelivery announced today that Louisville, Kentucky was recently awarded the Excellence in Digital Communications Award. The metro government was recognized for its innovative work in leveraging technology to improve communication to better serve citizens and stakeholders. Louisville Metro Government launched GovDelivery Digital Communication Management (DCM) in 2011 in an effort to communicate more directly with its residents and stakeholders and increase citizen engagement.
Louisville Metro Government chose to partner with GovDelivery DCM because of its social media integration, newsletter template creation tools, 98 percent deliverability rate and advanced analytics capabilities. The flexibility of GovDelivery DCM also allows Louisville to connect its home-grown online crime mapping tool with email, text messaging and social media alerts to notify citizens and stakeholders when there are crime updates. Citizens can choose to receive crime alerts by police divisions, police beats or for the entire city.
"One of our goals was to make it easier for citizens to receive and view crime data in a more familiar format, and then to allow them to sign up and receive notification by text or email," said Beth Niblock, CIO of the Louisville Metro Government. "Our new crime mapping tool and our partnership with GovDelivery DCM allows us to proactively reach out to our citizens to keep them safe and knowledgeable."
"We congratulate Louisville Metro Government on its innovative approach to connecting with its stakeholders," said Scott Burns, CEO of GovDelivery. "We're proud to continue to help local governments leverage the power of digital communications to reach more people, more effectively than ever before possible."
To see how Louisville populates its crime maps, visit http://www.louisvilleky.gov/metropolice/crimemaps. Using the Quickfind tool on the left, users can enter an address and call up detailed information on the police beat for that exact location as well as surrounding areas. It will also give the user the opportunity to subscribe to crime alerts. To see the power of this system, enter "527 W Jefferson Street," the main address for Louisville's government center.
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