MARCH 1969
First issue of Government Executive
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Making sense out of the red tape-laden government bureaucracy without demoralizing the organization may well be one of Nixon’s toughest problems.”
SEPTEMBER 1987
Debut of revamped magazine under National Journal ownership
OCTOBER 1989
Landmark cover story, “Hollow Government,” on consequences of budget reductions
1990
James Kitfield wins Gerald R. Ford Award for Reporting on National Defense
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Operation Desert Shield sets into motion a machinery so massive and complex that many of its individual elements have never been tested together even in an exercise, much less a national emergency.”
1996
Launch of Government Performance Project, rating agency management
APRIL 1997
Vice President Al Gore addresses Reinvention Revolution conference (later Excellence in Government)
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I was convinced that you, the federal employees, were not the problem but that you were the solution, and that you are the solution.”
1998
GovExec.com wins Gold Award from Folio magazine for editorial excellence
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Up-to-the-minute information presented with no BS. Perfect for the in-and-out info retrieval that its readers seek.”
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Despite declarations to the contrary from elected officials across the political spectrum, the federal government is much bigger, not smaller, than it was 30 years ago.”
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As we come to the defense of freedom, we turn to government for the short-term work of rescue and relief and the long-term pursuit of retribution and justice.”
SEPTEMBER 2002
Debut of Service to America Medals program, with Partnership for Public Service
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Through the work of many, many people over the decades, it became the most trusted brand in the federal market.”
MARCH 2019
50th anniversary
Al Gore photo Credit: AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee
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