Benefitfocus, Inc. awarded a contract supporting the Local Government Health Insurance Board's (LGHIB) efforts to modernize its health care benefits administration system. The contract was awarded to Benefitfocus after a competitive RFP process to meet the LGHIB's need for a new, best-in-class system with reliable core functionality. Under the contract, Benefitfocus will deliver a comprehensive benefits administration solution for core, ancillary and voluntary benefits, including COBRA administration, direct billing and consolidated billing services and a proprietary health care data analytics solution for more than 30,000 active and retired local government employees and their families in the State of Alabama.