X0201 4 2003-08-26 0 0001065332 NIC INC EGOV 0001106138 HARTLEY ROSS C C/O NIC INC. 10540 SOUTH RIDGEVIEW ROAD OLATHE KS 66061 1 0 1 0 Common Stock 2003-08-26 4 P 0 20000 3.13 A 170000 D Common Stock 2003-08-27 4 P 0 30000 3.15 A 200000 D The Reporting Person also indirectly owns (i) 20,168,754 shares of NIC Inc. common stock, which are held directly by the National Information Consortium Voting Trust, which holds in the aggregate 27,474,644 shares, and indirectly by Mr. Hartley as one of the trustees of the trust, and (ii) 7,319,962 shares, which are held directly by the National Information Consortium Voting Trust, for which Mr. Hartley acts as one of the trustees, for his benefit as a direct beneficiary of the trust. The Reporting Person also directly owns an employee stock option to purchase 20,000 shares of NIC Inc. common stock at $1.67 per share. The option is exercisable in two equal annual installments, beginning on July 23, 2003. Ross C. Hartley 2003-08-27