Michael Keating is senior editor for Government Product News and a contributing editor for American City and County, both published by Penton Media. View his 2013 government budget and spending forecast.
Michael has written articles on the government market for more than 100 publications, including USA Today, ThomasNet's Industry Market Trends, Sanitary Maintenance, IndustryWeek, and the Costco Connection. He has a master's in library science from Kent State University, and has won more than a dozen national, regional, and state journalism awards.