[1] Government Executive is part of GovExec,[2] which is owned by Growth Catalyst Partners.

In 2013, the company founded Defense One, which covers emerging national security issues.

[6][7] In 2015, it founded Route Fifty, which covers ideas in state and local government.

[11] In 2021, longtime editor-in-chief Tom Shoop stepped down and was replaced by Tanya Ballard Brown, most recently of NPR.

[12] In 2021, GovExec also acquired 1105 Media Inc's Public Sector 360 Group, including Federal Computer Week and Washington Technology.