X0202 4 2004-07-06 0 0001065332 NIC INC EGOV 0001181229 BROWN RICHARD L C/O NIC INC. 10540 SOUTH RIDGEVIEW ROAD OLATHE KS 66061 0 1 0 0 Exec.VP - Tech. and Solutions Common Stock 2004-07-06 4 M 0 180 2.22 A 2502 D Common Stock 2004-07-06 4 S 0 174 7 D 2328 D Common Stock 2004-07-06 4 S 0 6 7.01 D 2322 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 2.219 2004-07-06 4 M 0 180 2.219 D 2001-12-18 2005-12-18 common stock 180 9820 D The transactions reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on February 2, 2004. The Reporting Person also directly owns employee stock options to purchase the following shares of NIC Inc. common stock: (i) 7,000 shares at $10.375, exercisable in four equal annual installments, beginning May 22, 2001; (ii) 9,820 shares out of a grant of 10,000 shares at $2.219, exercisable in four equal annual installments, beginning December 18, 2001; (iii) 5,000 shares at $2.10, exercisable in four equal annual installments, beginning on June 25, 2002; (iv) 15,000 shares at $1.67 per share, exercisable in two equal annual installments, beginning on July 23, 2003; (v) 50,000 shares at $2.34, exercisable in four equal annual installments, beginning on May 14, 2004; and (vi) 25,000 shares at $3.04 per share, exercisable in four equal annual installments, beginning on August 1, 2004. The Reporting Person indirectly owns 14,199 shares of NIC Inc. common stock which are held directly by the National Information Consortium Voting Trust, for which Messrs. Jeffery S. Fraser and Ross C. Hartley act as trustees, for the benefit of the Reporting Person as a direct beneficiary of the Trust. Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney Stephen M. Kovzan, Attorney-in-Fact 2004-07-07