Ownership Submission
FORM 4
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
HERINGTON HARRY
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NIC INC [EGOV] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chairman of the Board & CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
25501 WEST VALLEY PARKWAY, SUITE 300		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/12/2008
(Street)

OLATHE, KS 66061		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 05/12/2008   M   73,936 A $ 3.04 295,552 (1) D  
Common Stock 05/12/2008   S   1,618 D $ 7.35 293,934 D  
Common Stock 05/12/2008   S   918 D $ 7.36 293,016 D  
Common Stock 05/12/2008   S   3,400 D $ 7.38 289,616 D  
Common Stock 05/12/2008   S   6,500 D $ 7.39 283,116 D  
Common Stock 05/12/2008   S   32,564 D $ 7.4 250,552 D  
Common Stock 05/12/2008   S   5,736 D $ 7.41 244,816 D  
Common Stock 05/12/2008   S   8,000 D $ 7.42 236,816 D  
Common Stock 05/12/2008   S   3,172 D $ 7.43 233,644 D  
Common Stock 05/12/2008   S   9,700 D $ 7.44 223,944 D  
Common Stock 05/12/2008   S   2,328 D $ 7.45 221,616 D  
Common Stock               770,003 I See (2)
Common Stock               25,224 I See (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (right to buy) (4) $ 3.04 05/12/2008   M     73,936 08/01/2004 08/01/2008 Common Stock 73,936 $ 0 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
HERINGTON HARRY
25501 WEST VALLEY PARKWAY
SUITE 300
OLATHE, KS 66061		   X     Chairman of the Board & CEO  

Signatures

 Stephen M. Kovzan, Attorney in Fact for Harry Herington   05/13/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Includes 2,534 shares held for the benefit of the Reporting Person's two minor children.
(2) The Reporting Person may be deemed the beneficial owner of 770,003 shares of NIC Inc. common stock, which are held directly by the National Information Consortium Voting Trust ("Voting Trust"), for which Messrs. Jeffery S. Fraser and Ross C. Hartley act as trustees. The Reporting Person has a pecuniary interest in these shares. The Reporting Person does not have investment control over such shares, but has the power to dispose of the voting trust certificates held by the Reporting Person, subject to the terms of the Voting Trust. The trustees have the power to dispose of such shares held by the Voting Trust, and the Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares to the extent such shares are disposed of by the trustees.
(3) The Reporting Person may be deemed the beneficial owner of 25,224 shares of NIC Inc. common stock, which are held directly by the Voting Trust for the benefit of the Reporting Person's two minor children. See footnote (2).
(4) The Reporting Person exercised this stock option during this last trading period before the option expires on August 1, 2008.

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