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DigitalGlobe says modifies agreement with NGA
Feb 10, 2010 17:19 EST
(Reuters) - Satellite imagery company DigitalGlobe Inc said it amended its service level agreement with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), its largest customer, to modify the government agency's option to extend the term of the agreement.
US spy agencies' spending rises to $49.8 billion
Oct 30, 2009 14:45 EDT
Spending on secret intelligence programs increased by more than $2 billion last year. U.S. spy agencies spent $49.8 billion in fiscal year 2009, $2 billion more than in 2008 and the second such multibillion-dollar increase in as many years.
Intelligence spending rises again to $49.8 billion
Oct 30, 2009 11:48 EDT
Spending on secret intelligence programs increased by more than $2 billion last year. U.S. spy agencies spent $49.8 billion in fiscal year 2009, $2 billion more than in 2008 and the second such multibillion-dollar increase in as many years.
Attorney: Oklahoma City bomb tapes appear edited
Sep 28, 2009 07:15 EDT
Attorney: Long-secret security tapes of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing appear to have been edited. Long-secret security tapes showing the chaos immediately after the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building are blank in the minutes before the blast and appear to have been edited, an attorney who obtained the recordings said Sunday.
Attorney: OKC bombing tapes appear edited
Sep 27, 2009 16:26 EDT
Attorney: Long-secret security tapes of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing appear edited. Long-secret security tapes showing the chaos immediately after the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building are blank in the minutes before the blast and appear to have been edited, an attorney who obtained the recordings said Sunday.
G-20 summit organizers show off media nerve center
Sep 22, 2009 15:57 EDT
Group of 20 summit organizers show off Pittsburgh security nerve center, say they're ready. Security officials say they've thought of everything possible to keep the land, water and air around the Group of 20 economic summit safe.
Committee okays expanded whistleblower protections
Jul 29, 2009 14:51 EDT
Senate committee approves legislation to protect federal whistleblowers from retaliation. A Senate committee on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation to protect federal employees from being punished for blowing the whistle on waste and corruption.
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Wire Headlines
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- Crash of 2 freight trains kills 1 near Pittsburgh
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- Aga Khan's Islamic treasures go on show in Berlin
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- Tiger Woods returning to golf at Masters
- London Jewish Museum reopens after major facelift
- Ark. woman whose 3 kids drowned pleads guilty
- GOP assails Dems on approach to health bill
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency | |
|---|---|
| "Know the Earth, Show the Way." | |
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| NGA seal | |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1 October 1996 |
| Preceding agency | National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) |
| Headquarters | Bethesda, Maryland |
| Employees | Classified
(9,000 as of 1998) |
| Annual budget | Classified
($1.5 b USD in 1998) |
| Minister responsible | James R. Clapper, Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence |
| Agency executives | Vice Admiral Robert B. Murrett, USN, Director Lloyd Rowland, Deputy Director |
| Parent agency | Department of Defense |
| Website | |
| http://www.nga.mil/ | |
| Footnotes | |
| [1] | |
