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USGIF Announces 2024 Lt. Michael P. Murphy Award Recipient
Congratulations to Christopher Ramos, Founder of Warrior’s Garden Solutions Herndon, VA., July 3, 2024 – The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) announced that Christopher Ramos is the 2024 Lt. Michael P. Murphy Award recipient. The announcement took place on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at the Innovation Hub during the 2024 GEOINT Symposium. Dr. Todd…
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USGIF Announces Four New Board Members for 2024
The newly elected board members are: Craig Abod, Patrick Cozzi, Jenny McGee, and Rob Zuppert. Herndon, VA., June 26, 2024 – The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is pleased to announce four new members who have been elected to its Board of Directors. The new board members are Craig Abod, Patrick Cozzi, Jenny McGee,…
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USGIF and Black Cape Announce New Multi-Year Scholarship
Herndon, VA., June 10, 2024 – The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation and Black Cape are pleased to announce a new multi-year scholarship, the Black Cape Scholarship for Women in Geospatial Intelligence. Each summer the scholarship will be awarded to one female student studying geospatial, geography, geospatial technology, or a related field at the undergraduate…
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SDSU and UIUC Earn USGIF Collegiate Accreditation
USGIF is pleased to announce two new collegiate GEOINT program accreditations: South Dakota State University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Herndon, Va (May 29, 2024) The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is pleased to announce the collegiate accreditation of two new programs. Accreditation for the undergraduate certificate in Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) has been granted…
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General Session Highlights from GEOINT 2024 Day 3
In the rapidly evolving landscape of national security and digital modernization, the DoD is adapting to emerging challenges and harnessing cutting-edge technologies, said the Honorable John Sherman, DoD CIO, during his keynote address on GEOINT 2024 Day 3 General Session. “The security environment has evolved over the years,” Sherman said, and as such: “We’re constantly…
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Government Hub Dispatch #2: Army Geo-Data Fabric and IC Cloud
Dan Visone, Acting Director of the Army Geospatial Center (AGC), gave remarks on advancing the Army geospatial enterprise in support of multi-domain operations, the Geo-Data fabric, and the IC Cloud in the GEOINT 2024 Government Hub Tuesday afternoon. Visone discussed the Army Geospatial Data Fabric (AGDF), describing it as an enterprise capability on NIPR,…
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Government Hub Dispatch #1: IC Envisions Commercial Solutions
On May 6, the first day of GEOINT 2024, Pete Muend, Director, Commercial Systems Program Office, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and Devin Brande, Director, Commercial Operations, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), hosted a panel discussion at the Government Hub in the exhibit hall on the “Application of Commercial Solutions for GEOINT.” Muend explained that the NRO…
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GEOINT 2024 Keynote: Space Security and Analytic Standards
Space security emerged as a common theme throughout the keynote remarks during the first day of the GEOINT 2024 Symposium in Orlando, FL. The first Main Stage keynote address was delivered by The Honorable Stacey Dixon, Ph.D., Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence. She began by highlighting how increased access to space has produced both…
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USGIF Announces the 2024 Lundahl-Finnie Award Recipient
Kissimmee, Fla., (May 6, 2024)—The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) announced today that Kevin M. O’Connell has been named the 2024 Arthur C. Lundahl-Thomas C. Finnie Lifetime Achievement Award winner. USGIF will present O’Connell with the award in recognition of his groundbreaking work developing and advancing the policy framework around commercial space capabilities. While…
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GEOINT Foreword 2024: Innovative R&D, Quantum, Magnetic Sensing, Cyber Crime
On May 5, more than 600 people attended GEOINT Foreword, the GEOINT Symposium’s pre-conference science & technology day sponsored by Esri. GEOINT Foreword is meant to explore both the potential and the limitations of leading-edge technology relevant to the GEOINT Community. “It’s not enough for us to develop disruptive tech. It’s not enough for us…
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