NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release
	Contact: Chris Neff NIC 435-901-3870 cneff@nicusa.com

TOPEKA, Kan. – November 3, 2008 – The state of Kansas has signed a new contract with Kansas Information Consortium, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of eGovernment firm NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV), to manage its official government portal (http://www.Kansas.gov) for up to seven years. With this new contract, the state of Kansas and NIC will extend the nation’s longest-running public-private state portal management partnership through December 2016. Kansas Information Consortium has managed Kansas.gov’s operations for more than 16 years.

As the first state government portal in the nation, Kansas signed its original contract with Kansas Information Consortium in December 1991. The new contract becomes effective on January 1, 2010, and was approved by the Information Network of Kansas Board of Directors on October 2, 2008.

The 10-member committee oversees the state portal’s operations and is comprised of private and public sector executive representatives. The Information Network of Kansas Board of Directors also reviews and approves all individual agency agreements, portal policies, and new portal services.

“Electronic government originated in Kansas and we will continue to lead the nation in using technology to make state government more accessible to citizens,” said Information Network of Kansas Board Chairman Dan Yunk.

To maximize benefits delivered to the state and its constituents, Kansas uses a self-funded solution to provide eGovernment services at no upfront cost to citizens and businesses. Kansas.gov currently works with more than150 state and local government agencies and has developed nearly 200 interactive government services, including professional license renewals, court records searches, and criminal history checks. In 2007, Kansas.gov supported more than 11 million transactions and processed $21 million in online payments through its secure financial system.

“NIC’s relationship with the state of Kansas has defined the course of eGovernment through the years, and we are honored to continue our partnership,” said Harry Herington, NIC’s Chief Executive Officer.

About Kansas.gov
Kansas.gov (http://www.Kansas.gov) is the official Web site for the state of Kansas. The portal operates through a public-private partnership between the Information Network of Kansas and the Kansas Information Consortium, LLC, a Topeka-based 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 2,900 state and local agencies that serve more than 70 million people in the United States. Additional information is available at www.nicusa.com.

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