Did you know?

  • Virginia Interactive has managed Virginia.gov since 1998 – winning first place in Best of the Web twice and placing as a finalist every year eligible to compete.

  • Using Virginia Interactive’s payment services, Stafford County saves citizens and staff time.  On a high volume day, over 350 transactions can be processed.

  • In 2011, VI processed over 1.2 million credit card and ACH transactions totaling over $146,000,000 in gross revenue for our agencies and localities.

  • Virginia Interactive brands the portal and related web services as “Virginia.gov” – in the early 90s, VI was known as “VIPNet.” 

  • Virginia Interactive’s traditional business model is based on “self-funding” whereby VI becomes a major stakeholder in every project. Success relies on the timely completion of efficient, highly used solutions.

  • Virginia Interactive’s commitment to security includes passing auditing requirements for SAS 70, SOX, PCI-DSS and CyberTrust.

  • In 2011, the Virginia.gov portal attracted over 3 million unique visitors, over 270,000 per month.

  • Virginia.gov’s award winning widgets have “pollinated” to approximately 4,000 social network pages and websites.

  • Virginia Interactive has been a key partner to several Virginia government entities to promote recovery and transparency – through applications such as Stimulus.Virginia.gov (Ideas Submission), Open.Virginia.gov and ARRA Energy Rebates.

  • Within the first two weeks of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ launch of the Fire Safe Cigarette over cigarette styles were registered. 

  • In the first week after the Department of Social Service’s launch of the $4Kids, over 1,600 child support payments totaling over $320,000 were processed.

  • Within two days of the ARRA Energy Rebate’s service’s launch, over 1800 energy projects were submitted reserving over $6,000,000 in rebates to Virginia citizens.

  • Kudos! $4kids Project – “Thanks to all!!  Something this good does not just 'fall together'.  Everyone worked very hard and it shows in the product.  My sincerest appreciation!”

  • Kudos! “I wanted to take a moment to compliment your team on its excellent support for our new www.vafamilyconnections.org site.  VI has been so fantastic— creative, open to our ideas, and so responsive. Whether it’s a long-range idea or last minute request, they’ve hit it out of the park for us. Our new design is fresh and energizing, the navigation is a snap….we’re very happy with all of it. With the budget situation as it is, there’s an extra level of oversight and caution with any creative project.  The customer service we’ve received and excellent end-product has made the redesign well worth the investment.”

  • Kudos! Over the past decade, Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) has engaged VI for a variety of web based solutions and services, creating a strong, mutually beneficially partnership.  Most recently, this relationship has resulted in a collaborative implementation of an online reservation system for Virginia.org (Virginia is for Lovers).  Throughout VTC’s partnership with VI, we have valued their commitment to quality and bringing automated solutions to the Commonwealth of Virginia and the tourism industry. 

  • Kudos! “Today’s students have grown up with technology and handheld mobile devices. We’re pleased the first iPhone application on Virginia.gov is to help students learn.”

  • Kudos!  “PODs (Print on Demand Temporary Tag Service) is working very well for us. Since May (2010), we have issued over 1,500 tags online."