Government Executive

Government Executive is an American media publication based in Washington, D.C., that covers daily government business for civilians, federal bureaucrats, and military officials.[1] Government Executive is part of Government Executive Media Group, which is owned by Growth Catalyst Partners.[2]

Government Executive's first issue, published in March 1969, featured a formal portrait of Richard Nixon and the headline: "What Government Can Expect from President Nixon". In 1987, the magazine was acquired by the National Journal Group, which was itself acquired 10 years later by businessman David Bradley.[3] In 1999, Bradley bought The Atlantic Monthly magazine and renamed his company Atlantic Media.[4]

In 2007, Government Executive's information technology reporting was spun off into a new publication: NextGov, which covers technology and the future of government. In 2013, the company founded Defense One, which covers emerging national security issues.[5] In 2015, it founded Route Fifty, which covers ideas in state and local government.[6] The four publications, plus an associated events division and the Studio 2G content marketing division,[7] became known as Government Executive Media Group.

In March 2020, Bradley sold Government Executive Media Group for an undisclosed sum to Growth Catalyst Partners, a middle-market private-equity firm formed in 2017.[2]

As of 2021, Government Executive is led by Tom Shoop, the organization's vice president and editor-in-chief, and Katherine McIntire Peters, the deputy editor. Constance Sayers is its president and publisher, and Tim Hartman is chief executive officer of the Government Executive Media Group.