Nextgov Doubles Traffic

Fo or Immediate Release: R March 18, 1 2009

Nextgo ov.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 Go overnment Exe ecutive Media a Group, announced todayy that the web site e has doubled d in traffic ove er the first two o 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 au udience 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 independen nt 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 federa al IT commun nity,” 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 re esources whicch provide solu utions focuse ed content and d opportunitie es for peer intteraction.” In addition to t breaking se everal major federal IT sto ories in its firstt year of operration, Nextgo ov also aggregates 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 Nextg gov.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 rea aches 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 cove ering the Defe ense IT secto or. xtgov.com About Nex Launched in April 2008, Nextgov.com m is the new in nteractive online home for the federal IT T community. Nextgov.co om is designed d to serve as a meeting place for goverrnment and in ndustry manag gers to read the t latest on the e business off technology in the federal government and to share insights on deploying IT successfullyy to achieve agency a missio ons. The Nexxtgov.com com mmunity is lea ad 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 er media resou urce for federral managers. The magazine and related online and eventt properties co over the entire e spectrum off managemen nt challenges confronting federal f d defense age encies. For more m information about Govvernment Exe ecutive Media a executives in civilian and nmentExecutive.com/mediiakit. Group, visitt www.Govern 02.266.7423 Contact: Will Colston, 20