Company Website: http://www.egov.com
OLATHE, Kan. -- (Business Wire)

NIC Inc., (NASDAQ: EGOV) the dominant provider of official eGovernment services, today announced it ranked no. 36 on Forbes’ list of the “100 Best Small Companies in America.” This marks the sixth consecutive year the company has made the list.

“It is an honor to be recognized year after year as one of the best businesses,” said Harry Herington, NIC Inc. Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. “We accomplish this through a single focus of developing new innovative ways to make government more accessible for citizens and businesses.”

The list ranks companies that had been publicly traded for at least a year, with annual revenue between $5 million and $1 billion. Criteria included earnings growth, sales growth, and return on equity in the past 12 months and over five years, as well as stock performance.

Complete coverage of Forbes’ “100 Best Small Companies in America” can be found at http://www.forbes.com/best-small-companies/.

About NIC

Founded in 1992, NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) is the nation's leading provider of official government websites, online services, and secure payment processing solutions. The Company's innovative eGovernment services help make government more accessible to everyone through technology. The family of NIC companies provides eGovernment solutions for more than 3,500 federal, state, and local agencies in the United States. Forbes has named NIC as one of the “100 Best Small Companies in America” six times, most recently ranked at No. 36 (2014), and the Company has been included four times on the Barron’s 400 Index. Additional information is available at http://www.egov.com.

Contacts:

NIC Inc.
Angela Davied, 913-754-7054
Director of
Corporate Communications
adavied@egov.com

Source: NIC Inc.