X0304 4 2011-09-08 0 0001065332 NIC INC EGOV 0001106138 HARTLEY ROSS C C/O NIC INC. 25501 WEST VALLEY PARKWAY, SUITE 300 OLATHE KS 66061 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 47577 D Common Stock 175992 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 200 11.5 D 2563145 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 900 11.52 D 2562245 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 900 11.53 D 2561345 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 500 11.54 D 2560845 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 400 11.55 D 2560445 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 100 11.56 D 2560345 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 100 11.59 D 2560245 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 200 11.6 D 2560045 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 600 11.61 D 2559445 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 600 11.62 D 2558845 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 500 11.63 D 2558345 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 600 11.64 D 2557745 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 100 11.65 D 2557645 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 300 11.66 D 2557345 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 200 11.67 D 2557145 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 600 11.68 D 2556545 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 500 11.69 D 2556045 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 800 11.7 D 2555245 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 500 11.72 D 2554745 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 300 11.73 D 2554445 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 700 11.74 D 2553745 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 600 11.75 D 2553145 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 1900 11.76 D 2551245 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 400 11.77 D 2550845 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 200 11.78 D 2550645 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 100 11.79 D 2550545 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 500 11.8 D 2550045 I See Common Stock 2011-09-08 4 S 0 1000 11.81 D 2549045 I See This is the first of two Forms 4 filed by the Reporting Person on the same date. Shares held by a trust for the benefit of the Reporting Person's child, in which the Reporting Person is the trustee. All of the transactions reported on this form are program transactions pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, entered into on August 8, 2011, by Ross C. Hartley Family Investments, LLC, a Wyoming limited liabity company, partly owned by Ross C. Hartley, 63, co-founder and a director of NIC Inc. The sales under the plan are intended to diversify the holdings of the limited liability company in furtherance of the family's estate planning goals for Mr. and Mrs. Hartley. Ross C. Hartley Family Investments, LLC will be able to sell up to 589,773 shares of common stock under the plan beginning August 22, 2011, and ending no later than January 31, 2012. Shares held by Ross C. Hartley Family Investments, LLC, in which the Reporting Person's spouse holds a majority of the voting interest. Aimi Daughtery, Attorney in Fact for Ross C. Hartley 2011-09-09