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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 29, 2015

NIC Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(877) 234-3468
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

⃞ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
⃞ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
⃞ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
⃞ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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Item 4.01          Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant

As previously reported in NIC Inc.’s (the “Company”) Form 8-K dated October 27, 2015, the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company voted to engage Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”) as the principal independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2016.  

On December 29, 2015, the Company and E&Y formally executed an agreement, pursuant to which the Company engaged E&Y as the Company’s principal independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2016.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 and the subsequent interim period prior to the Company’s engagement of E&Y, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted E&Y regarding (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or a reportable event (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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