The District is finally moving to replace its maligned, outdated tax processing system.

Government software and consulting services provider Fast Enterprises, LLC (FAST) has announced that the state project team for Utah’s new vehicle titling and registration system has received the 2014 Governor’s Award for Excellence for Innovation and Efficiency. The system, based on FAST’s commercial off-the-shelf FastVS® software, was implemented by a joint government and private-sector team comprised of the Utah State Tax Commission, the Utah Department of Technology Services, and FAST.

Government software and consulting services provider Fast Enterprises, LLC (FAST) recently announced the hiring of its 500th employee, as well as associate partner promotions for two veteran employees—Dan DeKeyrel, the company’s chief financial officer, and Maggie Gleason, a senior FAST project manager.

Online jobs and career community Glassdoor has named government software and consulting services provider Fast Enterprises, LLC (FAST) to its 2014 Best Places to Work list. FAST is ranked eighth on Glassdoor’s 50 Best Medium-Sized Companies to Work For, which is based entirely on anonymous employee feedback in areas such as job satisfaction, career opportunities, pay and benefits, company culture, work-life balance, and company leadership. Glassdoor also named FAST’s managing partner, Martin Rankin, to its 2014 list of Highest Rated CEOs at Small & Mid-Sized Companies.

As part of its partnership with Fast Enterprises, LLC, the State of Arkansas has introduced a new computer system to handle its driver and vehicle services records. This solution grew out of Fast Enterprises’ implementation of the Arkansas Integrated Revenue System (AIRS), which in 2004 replaced Arkansas’ previous expensive and out-of-date tax computer system for the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA).

State Taxation and Revenue Secretary Demesia Padilla today announced that the Motor Vehicle Division has entered into an agreement with Fast, a Colorado-based company, to modernize its information systems and to improve customer satisfaction.