Council Leverages GovDelivery Solution to Keep Residents
      Informed of School Closures Efficiently and Effectively

LONDON, Jan. 10, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Herefordshire Council
recently announced a new capability on the Council's website that
allows Herefordshire residents to stay up-to-date on school closures
and transportation modifications. The launch directly supports the
Council's focus on providing school closure and related transportation
information in a more accessible and efficient manner, prior to the
onset of this year's winter season.

Using GovDelivery Digital Communication Management, Herefordshire
Council can now simply and cost-effectively disseminate critical school
closure information to its residents through a fully automated process.
Prior to using the GovDelivery system, managing incoming inquiries from
schools, staff, parents and other residents wanting service updates
created challenges and inefficiencies for the Council. Now, with the
help of a digital communication management solution, the various
schools in Herefordshire simply send an email to the Council with
details of their closures and all related information, and the email
contents are automatically distributed to parents, school and Council
staff, and local media simultaneously through email and social media,
such as Twitter and Facebook. In addition, the list of closed schools
is created automatically and displayed on the Council web site.

Rob Reid, from the council, said: "The new system will make it much
easier for schools to notify the local authority and their school
community in the event of unexpected school closures or disruptions to
school transport. It puts schools in charge of the messages they wish
to issue, provides parents and pupils with instant access to
information, and best of all, is a far more efficient way of
communicating this information thereby saving time and money in the
long term."

"Herefordshire Council sought to improve a cumbersome and costly
process to distribute critical information, and GovDelivery is the
platform driving that improvement," said Dave Worsell, Director of
Government Solutions with GovDelivery. "Our services provide
cost-effective means for government agencies like the Council to better
connect with the public and dramatically improve the delivery of
information."

Signing up is easy, and secure. Visitors to the council website at
http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/allschoolclosurealerts.aspx can enter
their email address on the top left of the page and select subscriber
preferences.

About Herefordshire Council

Herefordshire Council works in partnership with central and local
government to help support the citizens of the county. Herefordshire
Council is responsible for many key services including education,
highways and planning, social services and economic regeneration. As a
unitary authority it also manages a large number of additional
services, most prominently council tax collection and domestic refuse
collection.

About GovDelivery

GovDelivery helps governments maximize direct connections with the
public through digital communications. Our digital communication
management solution is a comprehensive government-to-citizen email and
digital communication solution designed specifically for the public
sector. GovDelivery serves more than 450 government organizations
worldwide including more than half of major U.S. federal agencies, as
well as state, county, and city governments in the U.S., and local
authorities and central government agencies in the United Kingdom.
Government organizations use GovDelivery to optimize effectiveness,
efficiency, and engagement in communications with the public.
GovDelivery is a partner company of ICG (Nasdaq:ICGE). For more
information, visit http://www.govdelivery.com.

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