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Congressional Web Site designed by Brush Art Corporation receives coveted Golden Mouse Award
February 2008
MORAN WEB SITE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF BEST IN CONGRESS
Wins 2007 Gold Mouse Award
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) recently recognized Congressman Jerry Moran for having one of the best Web sites in Congress. Moran’s site, www.jerrymoran.house.gov, was one of only 36 of the more than 600 congressional Web sites to receive a Gold Mouse Award.
“My goal is to provide Kansans with the best possible service,” Moran said. “As more and more Kansans interact with me through my Web site, it is important that they are able to quickly and easily find information and share their thoughts with me.”
Together with researchers from Harvard University, Ohio State University and the University of California-Riverside, CMF studied how Members of Congress can use the Internet to improve communication with citizens and to promote greater participation in the legislative process. More than 600 congressional Web sites were graded on how well they incorporated five basic building blocks that research identified as critical for effectiveness: audience, content, usability, interactivity and innovation.
CMF’s 2007 Gold Mouse Report: Lessons from the Best Web Sites on Capitol Hill praised Moran’s Web site for being built with a specific audience in mind and delivering resources and information that are clear, consistent and accessible.
“One of the key reasons for the awards is to highlight best practices so offices can improve their sites by learning from those doing a good job,” said CMF Executive Director Beverly Bell. “Web sites like Congressman Moran’s provide a template for other congressional offices to follow.”
In July 2006, Moran launched a new Web site designed to enhance communication and better serve Kansans. The site was designed by Kansas’ Brush Art Corporation in Downs.
CMF is a non-profit, non-partisan management consulting and research organization. A full copy of the report is available on CMF’s Web site at www.cmfweb.org.
Brush Art Corporation Ranks No. 1,499 on the 2007 Inc. 5,000 List of Fastest-Growing Businesses With Three-Year Sales Growth of 240.2%
NEW YORK, August 23, 2007 - Inc. today ranked Brush Art Corporation of Downs, Kansas, Number 1,499 on its Inc. 5,000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The Inc. 5,000, an extension of Inc. magazine's annual Inc. 500 list, catches many businesses that are too big to grow at the pace required to make the Inc. 500, as well as a host of smaller firms. Taken as a whole, these companies represent the backbone of the U.S. economy.
"The Inc. 5,000 provides the most comprehensive look ever at the most important part of the economy - the entrepreneurial part," said Inc. 5,000 Project Manager Jim Melloan. "The expansion of the list has allowed us to tell the stories of larger companies, older companies, and a wealth of companies in industries like Manufacturing and Construction that are underreported in the business media.
Brush Art Corporation is an Advertising Agency/Custom Publishing Firm that serves a diversified list of business-to-business and business-to-consumer clientele throughout North America. Brush Art currently employees 30 people and is headquartered in Downs, Kansas. Over the last three years, Brush Art Corporation has achieved growth rate of 240%. Tim Brush, President/CEO states "We're proud of this accomplishment. While many of the companies on the Inc. 5000 list are in their early start-up and growth years, we have been able to achieve these levels of growth in our 45th year of operation."
