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or Immediate Release:
R
March 18,
1 2009

Nextgoov.com Doubles Trafffic Over Fiirst Two Months of 2009

Site
e Passes GCN.com to Become #2 Federal IT I Web Site
e

Washington n, D.C. — Nextgov.com’s publisher,

p Goovernment Exe ecutive Media
a Group, announced todayy that
the web site
e has doubled
d in traffic ove
er the first twoo months of 2009.
2 According to data prrovided by Go
oogle
Analytics, February
F page
e views for the federal tech hnology site were
w up 38% from the prevvious month and
a
102% from December 20 008.

Launched in April of 200

08, Nextgov.co om recently passed
p long-time leader GCN.com in auudience and now
n
stands as th
he #2 federal IT web site, according
a to visitor
v data avvailable throu
ugh Compete..com and othe
er
independennt web analytiics providers.

“With the la
aunch of our second
s phase
e of Nextgov.ccom, we are delighted
d to offer
o a deeperr, more engag
ging
destination for the federaal IT communnity,” said Tim
m Hartman, Pu ublisher of Dig gital Media, Government
G
Executive Media
M Group. ”To surpasss industry stalwart GCN.com in only ourr first year of operation
o validates
our belief th
hat federal IT managers wiill migrate to the
t most inno ovative and usseful online reesources whicch
provide soluutions focuseed content and
d opportunitiees for peer intteraction.”

In addition to
t breaking seeveral major federal IT sto ov also aggregates
ories in its firstt year of operration, Nextgo
top stories from
f around the
t web to offfer visitors a one-stop
o shop p for federal IT news. Anotther key comp ponent
of the Nextggov.com offerring includes online assesssment tools fo or federal managers. Currrently, visitorss can
gauge the risks
r associatted with their IT projects ass well as obta ain independe ent expert asssessments of their
agency’s web sites. Nex xtgov also reaaches a loyal Department of o Defense re eadership via the daily repo
orting
of Editor at Large Bob Brewin, viewed d by many as the leading jo ournalist coveering the Defe
ense IT secto
or.

About Nex xtgov.com

Launched in April 2008, Nextgov.com m is the new in nteractive online home for the federal IT
T community.
Nextgov.co om is designedd to serve as a meeting place for goverrnment and in ndustry manag gers to read the
t
e business off technology in the federal government and to share insights on deploying IT
latest on the
successfullyy to achieve agency
a missioons. The Nexxtgov.com com mmunity is leaad by Executive Editor Alla
an
Holmes and d features exc
clusive reportting by leading technology journalists su
uch as Bob Brewin. For mo ore
information, visit www.Nextgov.com.

About Gov vernment Exe ecutive Mediia Group

Governmen nt Executive Media
M Group is the premie urce for federral managers. The magazine and
er media resou
related online and eventt properties co
over the entire
e spectrum off managemen nt challenges confronting federal
f
executives in civilian and
d defense ageencies. For more
m information about Govvernment Exe ecutive Mediaa
Group, visitt www.Govern nmentExecutive.com/mediiakit.

Contact: Will Colston, 20

02.266.7423