Government & Public Sector

Sector journalism and trade press.

• Government Executive (Govexec)
  Federal-government leadership and management coverage.
• Federal News Network
  Daily federal-government news.
• Politico Pro / Politico $
  Federal policy coverage.
• Roll Call $
  Congressional coverage.
• Route Fifty
  State and local government coverage.
• Governing
  State and local government leadership.
• FedScoop / NextGov
  Federal IT and government tech.
• Defense News / Federal Times
  Federal workforce and procurement.

Membership bodies, advocacy, standards.

• ICMA — International City/County Management
  Largest professional association of city/county managers.
• NLC — National League of Cities
  US municipal advocacy.
• US Conference of Mayors
  US large-city mayors.
• NGA — National Governors Association
  US governors organization.
• NCSL — National Conference of State Legislatures
  State legislatures resource.
• Partnership for Public Service
  Best Places to Work in Federal Government.
• ACT-IAC
  Government IT industry-government collaboration.

Where deals get done and announcements happen.

• AFCEA WEST / TechNet Cyber
  Defense IT industry events.
• FCW / GovExec Cybersecurity / IT Modernization
  Government IT industry events.
• National Association of Counties (NACo) Annual
  County-government leadership annual.
• ICMA Annual Conference
  Local-government professional management annual.
• Governors' Institutes / Aspen
  Cross-sector government leadership convenings.
• Code for America Summit
  Civic tech / digital government event.

Sector-specialist analysts and data providers.

• GAO — Government Accountability Office
  Congressional watchdog reports.
• CBO — Congressional Budget Office
  Budget and policy analysis.
• CRS — Congressional Research Service
  Nonpartisan research for Congress.
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget
  Executive Branch budget/management.
• Pew Research — Government
  Public attitudes toward government.
• Brookings Governance / Effective Public Management
  Public-sector governance research.
• Urban Institute
  State/local policy and program evaluation.
• Volcker Alliance
  Public-sector financial management focus.

Agencies that govern the sector.

• OPM — Office of Personnel Management
  Federal HR rules.
• GSA — General Services Administration
  Federal procurement and real estate.
• OPM / GAO / OIGs
  Inspector general community.
• State Comptrollers / Auditors
  State financial accountability.
• NACUBO Government Affairs
  Higher-ed/public-sector accounting standards.
• GASB — Governmental Accounting Standards Board
  State/local government accounting standards.
• FOIA / OGIS
  Federal transparency framework.

Bellwethers and notable executives.

• Federal Government (cabinet agencies)
  Cabinet departments and major agencies.
• Top State Governments (CA, TX, NY, FL, etc.)
  Largest state governments.
• Major Cities (NYC, LA, Chicago, Houston, etc.)
  Largest US cities.
• Government IT Primes (Booz Allen, Leidos, SAIC, ManTech, CACI)
  Top federal IT services contractors.
• Lockheed Martin / Raytheon / Northrop / GD (defense)
  Defense industry — see Aerospace & Defense.
• Accenture Federal Services
  Major federal consulting.
• Deloitte Public Sector / EY Public / KPMG Government
  Big Four government practices.
• Granicus / Tyler Technologies / OpenGov
  Largest state/local government software vendors.
• Palantir Federal / Anduril / Shield AI
  Notable govtech disruptors.
• AWS GovCloud / Azure Gov / GCP Public Sector
  Hyperscalers' public-sector clouds.