Government Executive Media Group Launches Interactive Web Community For Federal Technology Decision-Makers

Washington, DC - Government Executive Media Group, a division of Atlantic Media Company, recently launched NextGov, an interactive online platform serving the complete federal technology community.

Breaking the traditional media model of one-way reporting by journalists toward readers, NextGov is designed to foster a multilayered dialogue between and among federal IT officials, program managers, private sector officials and outside observers about building the high-performance, results-driven federal agencies of the future.

NextGov.com is designed specifically to support the needs of federal IT decision-makers, delivering three essential components to the decision-making process:

• News -- including all the latest federal IT news from Government Executive Media Group and around the web
• Research -- including dedicated resource pages for key federal IT topics and benchmarking tools to measure agency and program performance
• Interaction -- forums, blogs and other features designed to enable federal and industry IT colleagues to converse with each other

"NextGov.com utilizes the latest web capabilities to break the traditional one-way mold of journalism and deliver a fully interactive platform for our audience," said Allan Holmes, Executive Editor, Government Executive Media Group. "Using NextGov.com, visitors can reach out to colleagues in federal agencies and the contractor community to ask questions, hear from experts, share best practices and benefit from the collective wisdom of the federal IT community."

Another core component of NextGov.com will be Tech Insider, a group blog on federal technology. Tech Insider will feature frequently posted insights from a panel of expert bloggers -- including former CIOs and other senior agency leaders -- from across the federal IT community.

"NextGov represents the first fully-integrated online community for all federal managers involved in IT decisions as well as contractors and other industry participants," added Tim Hartman, Digital Publishing Director at Government Executive Media Group. "Converging this community allows not only federal managers to talk to each other but also allows federal contractors to participate alongside their counterparts in a highly-interactive, focused manner."

SOURCE: Government Executive Media Group