Exhibit 99

NIC Earns Nine Cents Per Share in First Quarter 2012; Total Revenues Increase 14 Percent

Same-state portal revenues increase 10 percent; Federal Pre-Employment Screening Program reports record quarterly revenues;

OLATHE, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2012--NIC Inc. (NASDAQ: EGOV), the leading provider of eGovernment services, today announced net income of $5.6 million, and earnings per share of nine cents, on total revenues of $48.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. Operating income increased 15 percent to $9.7 million for the quarter. In the first quarter of 2011, the Company reported net income of $5.1 million, and earnings per share of eight cents, on total revenues of $42.7 million.

Quarterly portal revenues grew 13 percent over the prior year quarter to a record $45.7 million. On a same-state basis, portal revenues increased 10 percent in the first quarter. Same-state, transaction-based revenues from non-driver record (non-DMV) services rose 21 percent over first quarter 2011, reflecting strong performance from several key services, including professional license renewals, motor vehicle registrations, and tax filings. Same-state DMV and portal management revenues were flat for the quarter, while same-state time & materials revenues relating to portal software development increased 10 percent over the first quarter of 2011.

Current quarter revenues from the Mississippi portal, which began generating revenues in May 2011, were $0.8 million, while current quarter revenues related to the Delaware portal, which began generating revenues in October 2011, were $0.3 million.

The portal gross profit percentage was 37 percent in both the current and prior year quarters. Current quarter cost of portal revenues included start-up costs of approximately $1.8 million from the Maryland and Oregon portals, which have not yet started to generate revenue. Cost of portal revenues in the prior year quarter included approximately $0.4 million in portal-related start-up costs.

Software & services revenues were $3.0 million in the current quarter, up 27 percent from the prior year quarter, driven by revenues from the Company’s self-funded contract with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to operate the Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP). This service generated a record $1.9 million in revenues in the first quarter of 2012, up 39 percent over the prior year quarter. This drove an increase in the software and services gross profit percentage to 68 percent compared to 58 percent in the prior year quarter.

“We experienced strong financial results during the first quarter of 2012,” said Harry Herington, NIC Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. “Our success was driven by two of the fundamental ways we grow the business – increasing the adoption of existing transaction-based online services at both the state and federal level, and launching new services for our state partners.”

Selling & administrative expenses were $7.9 million in the current quarter, a 19 percent increase over the first quarter of 2011. As a percentage of total revenues, selling & administrative expenses were 16 percent in both the current and prior year quarters.

“Key drivers of the business generated solid revenue growth in the first quarter,” said Steve Kovzan, NIC Chief Financial Officer. “We were also pleased to maintain the portal gross profit margin while making significant investment in our new Maryland and Oregon portals.”

First Quarter Operational Highlights

Several partners renewed their agreements and signed contracts with NIC portals during the quarter. NIC Technologies signed a one-year contract with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to continue managing the federal agency’s online federal campaign finance system through February 2013, which includes a three-month renewal option of the FEC.

Alabama Interactive, LLC was awarded a contract agreement to provide eGovernment services for the state for the next three years, and the state has two additional one-year renewal options.

The state of Kentucky signed a one-year renewal with NIC subsidiary, Kentucky Interactive, LLC, and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration exercised the second of its four, one-year renewal options for the PSP contract during the first quarter of 2012. The renewal extends the contract until February 2013.

First Quarter Earnings Call and Webcast Details

Dial-In Information

Monday, April 30, 2012

4:30 p.m. (EDT)

Webcast Information

To sign in and listen, visit http://www.egov.com/investors.

A replay of NIC’s 2012 first quarter earnings call will be available until 11 p.m. (EDT) on October 31, 2012, by visiting http://www.egov.com/investors.

About NIC

NIC Inc. (NASDAQ: EGOV) is the nation’s premier provider of official government portals, online solutions, and secure payment processing. The Company’s innovative eGovernment services help reduce costs and increase efficiencies for citizens, businesses, and government agencies. The NIC family of companies provides eGovernment solutions for more than 3,500 federal, state, and local agencies across the United States. Additional information is available at http://www.egov.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

Any statements contained in this release that do not relate to historical or current facts constitute forward-looking statements. These statements include statements regarding the Company’s potential financial performance for the current fiscal year, statements regarding the planned implementation of new portal contracts and an application consolidation project in Texas and statements regarding continued implementation of NIC’s business model and its development of new products and services. Forward-looking statements are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties and there can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be correct. There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested or indicated by such forward-looking statements. These include, among others, NIC’s ability to successfully integrate into its operations recently awarded eGovernment contracts; NIC's ability to implement its new portal contracts and an application consolidation project in Texas in a timely and cost-effective manner; NIC’s ability to successfully increase the adoption and use of eGovernment services; the possibility of reductions in fees or revenues as a result of budget deficits, government shutdowns or changes in government policy; the success of the Company in renewing existing contracts and in signing contracts with new states and federal government agencies; continued favorable government legislation; NIC’s ability to develop new services; existing states and agencies adopting those new services; acceptance of eGovernment services by businesses and citizens; competition; the possibility of security breaches through cyber attacks; and general economic conditions and the other important cautionary statements and risk factors described in NIC's 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2012. Any forward-looking statements made in this release speak only as of the date of this release. NIC does not intend to update these forward-looking statements and undertakes no duty to any person to provide any such update under any circumstances.

CONTACT:
NIC Inc.
Angela Skinner, 913-754-7054
askinner@egov.com