Vignette extends enterprise Web management leadersip across government agencies worldwide

Steeds meer overheidsinstanties vergroten hun toegankelijkheid door middel van het internet en breiden de mogelijkheden voor online selfservice uit. Diensten lopen uiteen van het online indienen van belastingaangiftes, vernieuwen van voertuigregistraties tot het solliciteren bij instanties. Vignette's oplossingen voor contentbeheer en portals vereenvoudigen de interactie tussen burgers en overheid, en kunnen verschillende diensten voor het publiek samenbrengen onder één enkele portal.

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Vignette extends enterprise Web management leadersip across government agencies worldwide

Vignette Portal and Content Management Solutions Enable the Delivery of Consistent, Accurate, Timely and Detailed Information to Constituents

AUSTIN, Texas - June 10, 2003 - Vignette Corp.  today announced that government entities worldwide are rapidly adopting Vignette content management and portal solutions to power their online initiatives.  Public sector organizations leveraging Vignette solutions to improve information sharing across agencies include the General Services Administration, United States Mint, Internal Revenue Service, the state of Michigan, the state of New Mexico, the state of Ohio, the county of San Mateo, the United States Navy, U.K. eUniversities Worldwide, the Regional Government of Madrid, ICEX (the Spanish Department of Foreign Trade), Trade New Zealand, the Taxation Institute of Australia, Singapore's Ministry of Manpower, and many others.

Government organizations are enhancing online self-service and making it easier than ever for constituents to connect with public offices.  From filing taxes online to renewing auto registrations to applying for government jobs, Vignette content management and portal solutions reduce the complexity of interacting with the government by streamlining communications with constituents, suppliers, partners and employees, and bringing together disparate divisions and entities under one public-facing online umbrella.

Constituents are reacting positively to the Vignette-powered web sites.  IRS.gov remains one of the most used sites during the tax season, with 2.46 billion hits, a 25 percent increase from last year.  The 89 million hits on April 15 set a new daily record for the site, surpassing last year's deadline day total of 78 million.  As of April 25, nearly 51.7 million taxpayers had e-filed, breaking 2002's grand total of 46.9 million.

In addition to the IRS, local and state governments are leveraging Vignette technology to shape the future of digital government by providing easy and reliable access to a wide range of valuable information including public services, community concerns, education, employment, recreation, transportation and healthcare.  The self-service portals are simplifying procedures and cutting costs, while increasing customer and citizen satisfaction.

"For the past few years, the public sector has been working to streamline communications, to improve collaboration across agencies and ultimately to bring information to citizens within three clicks of a mouse or less," said Susan Funke, program manager at IDC.  "The government has never been more accessible to the public.  Constituents come to government organizations each day with needs and requests and thanks to the online initiatives like those that Vignette is powering, the information they need can be accessed at anytime, from anywhere, saving taxpayers time and money."

Vignette's comprehensive product lineup, including portal, content management and integration solutions, allows government entities to deliver real-time access to content from diverse sources, incorporating business process flow, to successfully provide 24x7 personalized information to constituents worldwide.  Additionally, Vignette's open architecture connects disparate agencies to each other, leverages existing applications and information and ultimately extends the value and life of current and planned infrastructure investments.

"Government organizations continue to seek ways to develop and enhance online services for citizens in a way that also enables these organizations to realize cost savings and increase efficiencies," said Thomas E. Hogan, president and chief executive officer at Vignette.  "Vignette solutions are enabling our public sector customers to realize the benefits associated with an effective Web strategy.  We've seen significant traction in this industry as agencies are seeking our portal and content management offerings to transform themselves into efficient, citizen-centric organizations."

About Vignette Corp.
Vignette (Nasdaq: VIGN) enables enterprises to achieve real-time advantage by rapidly building, deploying and optimizing enterprise Web applications.  Vignette powers the Web applications of more than 1,600 leading organizations and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.  Vignette has offices located throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and in Australia, and can be found on the Web at http://www.vignette.com/.

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