The state has redesigned and relaunched its official website.

Hawaii.gov, portal.ehawaii.gov  is the best place for citizens to learn about and interact with Hawaii government, featuring the latest COVID-19 health, business and travel information, in addition to other relevant content curated for residents, business owners and visitors.  The state’s current website has had more than 1.5 million visitors so far in 2020.  The goal of the redesign was to make it easier for people to use.  According to the state’s press release, the site will adapt itself to whether the user is at the site on a computer, tablet, or smart phone.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of giving our residents the option of doing business online,” said Douglas Murdock, Chief Information Officer, State of Hawaii Office of Enterprise Technology Services.  “The redesign makes it easier for our residents to navigate and provides information for conducting business with the state and county agencies right at their fingertips.”

The most popular page, a listing of more than 120 online services across all state, city and county offices, helps users conduct business online without having to visit a government office. Moreover, an alerts page provides county-specific information on COVID-19, severe weather, vog, volcanic activity, beach safety, traffic updates and more.

Additional features include a comprehensive government directory of all departments and agencies, a social media page with links to more than 340 government accounts and a news feed that aggregates current events from most agencies. A Flickr photo pool allows citizens to share photos with the chance to have them featured on the site.  The state also plans to change the background design periodically.

The Hawaii.gov website was created by the State of Hawaii Office of Enterprise Technology Services in partnership with NIC Hawaii,  a subsidiary of NIC Inc., a leading digital government solutions and payments company serving more than 6,000 federal, state and local government agencies across the nation.