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Historic Signing Highlights Collaboration with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

SUMMARY

The directors of the NSA and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency signed a document outlining more than 30 activities already undertaken "to link their sources, data holdings, information infrastructure, and exploitation techniques." This will be included in a budget justification sent to Congress.

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Jan 25, 2005

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Feb 05, 2018

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DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL (U//FOUO) Historic Signing Highlights Collaboration with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) FROM: NGA Account Manager (S112) Run Date: 01/25/2005 (U//FOUO) At the most recent NSA-NGA Quarterly on 16 Dec 2004, Lt Gen Hayden and NGA Director Air Force Lt Gen James R. Clapper Jr., (Retired) signed a "Special Topic" on NSA-NGA Horizontal Integration that spells out the collaborative measures the agencies have undertaken to optimize results from both agencies' efforts. Working together from start to finish, using NGA's "eyes" and NSA's "ears" -- makes it possible to solve intelligence challenges that cannot be resolved through separate application of normal SIGINT or GEOINT methods. (U//FOUO) The "Special Topic" is to be included in the Congressional Budget Justification Book that both agencies submit to Congress in February. This topic, jointly prepared by NSA and NGA, documents the close collaboration and information sharing that began in 2001 and continues to expand. It provides an overview of more than thirty activities initiated by the two agencies to link their sources, data holdings, information infrastructure, and exploitation techniques. (U//FOUO) This document reflects the results of the close collaboration that Director Clapper and Lt Gen Hayden discussed at the October GEOINT 2004 Symposium in New Orleans and highlights the agencies' joint accomplishments. (U//FOUO) For more information about NGA activities at NSA please follow this link: http:/ (U//FOUO) The NSA-NGA Team: NSA/CSS Representative (NCR) NGA Senior Executive Account Manager (SEAM) Dr. Leonard T. Reinsfelder Account Manager SID Representative "(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)." DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL DERIVED FROM: NSA/CSSM 1-52, DATED 08 JAN 2007 DECLASSIFY ON: 20320108