More than 162,000 child support payments are submitted each month in Arkansas by mail or in-person.
"This new service should help ensure all children get the support they deserve from both parents," said Governor Mike Huckabee. "We are providing Arkansas parents with a much more convenient means of meeting their obligations to their children."
With the new service, non-custodial parents can easily make Visa, MasterCard, or Discover credit card payments through Arkansas.gov's secure payment server. Using a unique password, customers can log into their accounts to make payments with credit cards and electronic checks. The service also allows custodial parents to instantly access the status of recent child support payment disbursements via the Internet.
"We are very pleased to offer online child support services to our citizens and businesses, "said Richard Weiss, Director of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. "The ability to pay with a credit card, any time of the day or night, is a tremendous benefit to everyone."
About Arkansas.gov
Arkansas.gov is the official Web site of the state of Arkansas (www.Arkansas.gov) and a service of the Information Network of Arkansas. The Information Network of Arkansas is a collaborative effort between the state of Arkansas and the private sector that helps Arkansas government entities Web-enable their information services. Arkansas.gov was built and is marketed, operated, and maintained by Arkansas Information Consortium, a wholly owned subsidiary of eGovernment firm NIC (Nasdaq: EGOV).
Quelle: Business Wire, 07.12.2004
