Jason Andrew "Drew" Johnson (born August 5, 1979 in Johnson City, Tennessee) is a columnist, American political commentator, investigative reporter and former think tank executive. He is a senior scholar at the National Center for Public Policy Research, a columnist at Newsmax and a contributor to The Daily Caller. Johnson is known as a government waste expert and government watchdog. He writes frequently about tax and budget issues, technology and telecommunications policy, and the environment, and is credited with popularizing the use of investigative journalism by think tanks.