NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release
	Contact: Janet Grard Arkansas.gov 501-324-8907 janet@ark.org

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – August 8, 2005 – The state of Arkansas has extended the contract for Arkansas Information Consortium to manage www.Arkansas.gov through June 2008. Arkansas Information Consortium built and has managed the state's official Web portal since launching in July 1997 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of eGovernment firm NIC (Nasdaq: EGOV).

The three-year contract extension was approved unanimously by the Information Network of Arkansas Board and executed on June 28, 2005. The 12-member committee oversees Arkansas.gov's operations and is comprised of public and private sector representatives. The board also reviews individual agency agreements with Arkansas Information Consortium, sets policies, and approves new portal services.

"Arkansas has spent the last eight years building a world-class state government portal for its citizens and businesses," said Preston Means, who serves as Chairman of the Information Network of Arkansas Board as well as Assistant Commissioner of Revenue for the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. "We look forward to further expanding our online service offerings during the next three years through our partnership with NIC."

Arkansas.gov currently offers more than 300 interactive government services for businesses and citizens, including a suite of Secretary of State services, a comprehensive payment center, criminal background checks, child support payments, and a transportation industry portal. In 2004, the portal processed more than 2.2 million transactions on behalf of 170 state and local government agencies.

"We are eager to continue our successful partnership in Arkansas by bringing new value-added services online for the benefit of the state's businesses and citizens," said Jeff Fraser, Chief Executive Officer of NIC.

About Arkansas.gov
Arkansas.gov is the official Web site of the state of Arkansas (www.Arkansas.gov) and a service of the Information Network of Arkansas.  The Information Network of Arkansas is a collaborative effort between the state of Arkansas and the private sector that helps Arkansas government entities Web-enable their information services.  Arkansas.gov was built and is marketed, operated, and maintained by Arkansas Information Consortium, a wholly owned subsidiary of eGovernment firm NIC.

About NIC
NIC manages more eGovernment services than any provider in the world. The company helps government communicate more effectively with citizens and businesses by putting essential services online. NIC provides eGovernment solutions for 2,000 state and local agencies that serve more than 55 million people in the United States. Additional information is available at www.nicusa.com.

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