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Subject: Once DMA, then NIMA now NGA
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 10:57:25 -0600
From: Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]>
Organization: American Geographical Society Library


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Another name change to remember. Wasn't this also AMS before DMA?

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Thought you might be interested in the name change from NIMA to NGA.
When I began work for the federal government, it was with DMA (Defense
Mapping Agency) in San Antonio.  In 1996, the CIA mapping group and the
Defense mapping group were merged into the newly created NIMA.  Now
another name change to NGA.



FYI

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From:            NGA News
Sent:            Monday, November 24, 2003 10:41 AM
To:        ***All NIMA - SBU; ***All NIMA Gov't [I-Net] Users
Subject:         NIMA Now The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
(NGA)

Managers and Supervisors: Please print and circulate to employees
without intranet or e-mail access

NIMA Now The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

Ms. Isham and I are pleased to announce that on Monday, Nov. 24, the
President signed the fiscal 2004 Defense Authorization Bill, a provision
of which authorized the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) to
formally change its name to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
(NGA).

Our new name is the latest step in a transformation process underway
since our inception on Oct. 1, 1996: to introduce a new intelligence
discipline within the Intelligence Community (IC)-geospatial
intelligence (GEOINT) support to the warfighter and senior policy-makers.

Your superlative efforts since the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001 have
demonstrated to our many and varied customers the power of blending our
imagery and geospatial expertise and thus provide products that are
greater than the sum of the parts. Geospatial intelligence is now
recognized throughout the IC, Department of Defense and our other
federal and coalition partners as a force multiplier that saves lives.

Geospatial intelligence is what we do, and our Agency's name now
properly reflects that reality. Ms. Isham and I are proud to be part of
the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and we both congratulate
and thank you for your hard work that has culminated in this major
benchmark in our continuing effort to provide timely, relevant and
accurate geospatial intelligence in support of our nation's defense.


James R. Clapper, Jr.                    Joanne O. Isham
Director                                 Deputy Director
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