About StarGov

Infobytes, Inc, AKA Creative Internet Design, was founded in 1995. Infobytes has vast experience in working for and working with Governmental Entities, Since its inception, Infobytes has developed a large client base of governmental entities while working in partnership with them to develop award winning websites.

Most recently, Ogden City was named the Number 1 Digital City in the Cournty by the Center for Digital Government based on its 2004 Digital Cities Survey. The annual study examines how city governments are utilizing digital technologies to better serve their citizens and streamline operations. The primary tool Ogden city utilizes to update their website is StarGov.

In 2003, Ogden City was named the Number one digital city in the counrty, by the Center for Digital Government.

In the fall of 2002, the City of Ogden was the winner of prestigious Savvy Award for its website. The award was presented in a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Friday, September 6.The Savvy Award is given by the City-County Communications and Marketing Association (3CMA) following a competition among local governments in various categories. The Savvy received by Ogden City was for Internet sites sponsored by mid-sized local governments between 47,000 and 141,000 in population. Other cities in the running for this award included communities such as San Mateo, California; Roanoke, Virginia; Westminster, Colorado; Ventura, California and Abilene, Texas.

Ogden’s website has also been recognized recently by Yahoo Internet Life magazine as one of the top six city websites in the nation. Others in the group included Baltimore, Boston, and New York. Ogden finished higher than Seattle.

Ogden residents can find a wealth of information about their community, transact business with the city online, and search for their ancestors in the city’s cemetery database. “Ogdencity.com has become a significant resource for our residents, businesses and visitors,” said Mayor Matthew Godfrey. “We are pleased to receive national recognition for our innovative approaches to electronic government.”

One of our principals has over 25 years experience working with local city, county, special service districts, and states across the nation. Before founding Infobytes in 1995, Ms. Gale was the Director of Marketing for a national insurance company specializing in custom designed insurance for public entities. Infobytes has a strong understanding of local government and how e-government can assist entities in serving their constituents while diminishing staff workload.

The combined talent, expertise, and background of the principals is the cornerstone of StarGov. The StarGov engine addresses many of the concerns of Public Entities entering and veterans of e-government. StarGov renders state of the art components on an incredibly robust engine--at an affordable rate for entities funded by tax payers dollars. Allowing those tax payers to have more service, convenience and interaction with their local government.

Test Drive the StarGov Engine:

If you would like to take a spin on the demo site, to feel the power and drive on the real super highway, please drop us an e-mail.