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Contract Renewal Options

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Term of contract.

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Contracts [Line Items]

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The number of contracts under which the Company provides outsourced state portal services that can be terminated by the other party without cause on a specified period of notice.

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The number of contracts under which the Company provides outsourced portal services or software development and services that have expiration dates within the 12-month period following the most recent Balance Sheet date of the filing.

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Number of federal agencies the Company currently has contracts with to provide outsourced services.

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Option For Extending Term Of Agreement

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Revenue from NIC subsidiaries operating state and local government portals on an outsourced basis (primarily transaction-based information access fees and filings), and revenue from service contracts to provide portal consulting, application development and management services to state and local governments.

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Revenues generated from contracts under which the Company provides outsourced portal services or software development and services that have expiration dates within the 12-month period following the most recent Balance Sheet date of the filing as a percentage of total revenues.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Outsourced Government Contracts - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) Contract Customer RenewalOptions	Mar. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014 Option	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) Contract Customer	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)
Contracts [Line Items]
Number of portal outsourcing contracts that can be terminated by the other party without cause on period of notice \| Contract	17				17
Performance bond commitments	$ 6,600				$ 6,600
Number of federal agencies the Company currently has contracts with to provide outsourced services \| Customer	1				1
Number of outsourced portal services or software development and services contracts with expiration date within a 12-month period \| Contract	14				14
Percentage of total consolidated revenues related to contracts with expiration dates within a 12-month period	30.00%				30.00%
Revenues	$ 75,812			$ 71,155	$ 146,171	$ 136,552
Portal revenues	$ 71,030			66,809	$ 136,944	128,291
Customer Concentration Risk \| Consolidated Revenues
Contracts [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	63.00%				62.00%
New Mexico Interactive, LLC
Contracts [Line Items]
Contract period			2 years
Contract renewal option \| Option			2
Option for the government to extend the contract			1 year
NICUSA, AZ Division
Contracts [Line Items]
Contract Expiration Date					Mar. 26, 2014
NICUSA, AZ Division \| Consolidated Revenues
Contracts [Line Items]
Revenues						800
Delaware Interactive, LLC
Contracts [Line Items]
Portal revenues				$ 600	$ 600	$ 1,200
Montana \| Extended Term
Contracts [Line Items]
Contract period		2 years
IDAHO \| Extended Term
Contracts [Line Items]
Contract period		2 years
State of Alabama \| Extended Term
Contracts [Line Items]
Contract period		1 year
TENNESSEE \| Extended Term
Contracts [Line Items]
Contract period		1 year
US Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Contracts [Line Items]
Contract Expiration Date					Aug. 16, 2015
State of Oklahoma
Contracts [Line Items]
Contract period	1 year
Contract renewal option \| RenewalOptions	4
State of Oklahoma \| Renewal Term
Contracts [Line Items]
Contract period	1 year
State of New Jersey
Contracts [Line Items]
Contract period	5 years
Contract renewal option \| RenewalOptions	2
State of New Jersey \| Renewal Term
Contracts [Line Items]
Contract period	1 year
State of Utah \| Extended Term
Contracts [Line Items]
Contract period	3 years
KENTUCKY \| Extended Term
Contracts [Line Items]
Contract period	1 year
State of Maryland \| Extended Term
Contracts [Line Items]
Contract period	1 year