-------- Original Message -------- 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 ------------------ Another name change to remember. Wasn't this also AMS before DMA? -------- Original Message -------- 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 -----Original Message----- 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 ____________________ The Office of Corporate Relations, Public Affairs Division, releases NIMA News messages and maintains an archive on the Public Affairs intranet Web site. -- ************************************************** Angie Cope, Cartographic Materials Catalog Librarian American Geographical Society Library UW Milwaukee Libraries 2311 E. Hartford Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211 http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/AGSL/index.html [log in to unmask] (414) 229-6282 (800) 558-8993 (toll free) (414) 229-3624 (fax) **************************************************