Las Vegas unveils new-look Web site

Tuesday, July 19, 2005 | 8:36 a.m.

Las Vegas' city government Web site unveiled its new look Monday.

The new version of the site at www.lasvegasnevada.gov is intended to be easier to use because it was produced with the understanding that many of the site's users will be people with minimal experience with the city government.

For example, finding information on the older version of the site depended to some extent upon a person being able to find out which department handled a particular service, whereas now the listings on the site are based on what kind of service a person is looking for.

"Now if you want a license, you go to license," city spokesman David Riggleman said, referring to the list of categories on the left side of the first page of the site. "Before, you had to know to go to the Department of Finance.

"Now if you want to watch the traffic cameras, you can click on traffic cameras. Before you had to know they were under Public Works.

"The things that people use are the easiest to find," he said.

The upgrade to the Web site cost $143,338, and was the first major upgrade in three years. This is the third version of the city's Website, which was first launched on the Internet in 1998.

Riggleman said there have been some glitches, such as links sending users to blank or unavailable pages, but no major problems with the site.