NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release
	Contact: Will Prible Kentucky.gov Director of Marketing 502-875-3733 will@kentucky.gov

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FRANKFORT, KY – March 6, 2008 – The Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs has updated its online presence for veterans in the Commonwealth. The redesigned site at http://www.veterans.KY.gov provides constituents with information on benefits, cemeteries, nursing homes, homeless veterans, women veterans, and employment.

“Our new Web site makes it much easier for veterans and their families to find the information and services they need quickly and easily,” said Brigadier General (ret.) Les Beavers, Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs. “We will continue to update, improve, and add to the site frequently to ensure it provides the best online service to Kentucky veterans.”

Included in some of the new services is the benefits assistance map. This clickable map of Kentucky provides a quick and easy way to find contact information for the Commonwealth’s veterans benefits representative in a particular county. The veterans benefits representative assists veterans and their dependents in the presentation, proof, and establishment of all claims, privileges, rights and other veteran benefits which they may have under federal, state, or local laws.

The new site and the benefits assistance map were created through a partnership with the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs and the Commonwealth’s official Web site (http://www.Kentucky.gov).

About Kentucky.gov
Kentucky.gov is the official Web site of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (http://www.kentucky.gov). Kentucky.gov is a collaborative effort between the Commonwealth of Kentucky and Kentucky Interactive, LLC. Frankfort-based Kentucky Interactive helps agencies Web-enable their eGovernment services and is the subsidiary of eGovernment firm NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) that built, operates, markets, and maintains Kentucky.gov on behalf of the Commonwealth.

About NIC
NIC manages more eGovernment services than any provider in the world. The company helps government communicate more effectively with citizens and businesses by putting essential services online. NIC provides eGovernment solutions for 2,600 state and local agencies that serve more than 67 million people in the United States. Additional information is available at www.nicusa.com.

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