About
Government Contracting News Wire, more succinctly ”GovConWire”, provides up-to-the-minute coverage of news that affects the government contracting community. We strive to provide coverage of the corporations and executives that serve this nation through the products they build, the visions they share, the jobs they create and the improvements they bring to the lives of Americans. We encourage you to follow our updates and welcome your feedback on our articles and content.
GovConWire readers can expect to get regular, objective and timely news content about the executives and companies that serve the US Government and it agencies. Specifically, we cover the executives of government contracting firms, government contracting executives themselves, government executives and the agencies they support. From time to time, we also cover technology or management news as it relates to the government contracting industry.
Our effort overall is to highlight and support the millions of Americans that keep our country working and help facilitate the connections between government and the private community that keeps our economy vibrant.
GovConWire Editorial Staff
President - Jim Garrettson
Jim Garrettson is the President of GovConWire. Additionally, Jim founded TownHall Teleconferencing following a successful 20-year career in telecommunications. Although the Telecom market has been in a downturn recently, Jim is a firm believer in the future of collaborative communications. Specifically, he has founded TownHall with the intent of spreading the enabling power of the collaborative IP-based tools that have been recently brought to market. Jim has also founded and created “The Potomac Officers Club” (POC). This Washington DC-based club is unique in its formation as an organization designed specifically for senior executives. The POC has been growing steadily under his leadership with its mission of creating a board of trade to foster business growth in the Greater Washington area. The mission of the Potomac Officers Club is to weave an executive fabric that benefits our local business community.
Beyond his current duties at The Potomac Officers Club and TownHall Teleconferencing, Garrettson held the position of EVP of Sales and Marketing at Net2000, a competitive local exchange carrier. Garrettson has also gained experience in the start-up and Internet content distribution space as SVP of North American Sales with Cidera. He helped Cidera expand their satellite-based, edge network throughout North America. Before Cidera, Garrettson held the position of President, Teleglobe Business Solutions and SVP of Sales at Qwest Communications, where he ran the national General Business sales force.
Editor in Chief - JD Kathuria
JD Kathuria brings a unique blend of entrepreneurship and journalistic excellence to his role as Editor-in-Chief of GovConWire.com. A successful entrepreneur, Kathuria helped found GovConWire in 2009. While delivering hard-hitting features, breaking news, and executive spotlights, Kathuria has personally interviewed over 500 executives from around the DC area and the United States. Kathuria’s ability to deliver incisive features and breaking news is directly shaped by his own experience within the federal marketplace. A former project manager, he helped guide the Census 2000 project toward completion, and learned firsthand the challenges and opportunities facing executives looking to grow their businesses. Kathuria holds a B.A. from George Mason University and a legal assistant certificate from Georgetown University.
Contributor Biographies:
Amara Channell, of McLean, VA, is a full-time writer and Healthcare Correspondent for GovConWire. She uses her background in health as the basis for exploring the connection between technology and medicine. Her work focuses on the unfolding field of IT and healthcare. She is looking forward to seeing what changes will occur through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and how technology develops as more hospitals and physicians start implementing it. Please contact her with any feedback at amara@govconwire.com.
Brynn Koeppen, of McLean, VA, is a full-time writer and Cyber Correspondent for GovConWire. She believes cyber security is the ‘new frontier’ and a forum dedicated solely to news in the emerging cyber sector is needed. Brynn enjoys writing about the international development of cyber security and censorship, monitoring the on goings in our government as well as emerging trends in the private sector. Please contact her with feedback at brynn@govconwire.com.
Jack Mann, of Hamilton, VA, is a full-time writer and Political Correspondent for GovConWire. He has interviewed prominent government contracting executives and policymakers in Washington. He is a native of Great Falls, VA, and an avid Redskins fan. He has been tracking the implementation of the President’s priorities through the legislative process and analyzes how it will impact the government contracting community. Please contact him with feedback at jack@govconwire.com.
Raj Sethi, of McLean, VA, is a contributing writer for GovConWire, covering breaking news in the government contracting and IT spaces. He brings with him extensive experience in the fields of journalism and communications, both as a writer and editor. Sethi has held positions at industry leaders such as USA TODAY and the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and has also enjoyed successful stints in various roles at Booz Allen Hamilton and Morgan Stanley. He’s looking forward to providing news coverage so close to his hometown of McLean, Va.
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