Organization
A major combat support agency of the Department of Defense and a member of the Intelligence Community, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency provides timely, relevant and accurate imagery, imagery intelligence and geospatial information in support of national security objectives. Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., NGA operates major facilities in the Washington, D.C., and St. Louis, Mo., areas and services a wide array of customers through liaisons and support teams stationed around the world.

Corporate Citizen
NGA's professional work force includes cartographers, imagery analysts, physical scientists, geodesists, geospatial analysts, computer and telecommunications engineers, photogrammetrists and support personnel who not only support the Agency's mission but also assist the community through a wide variety of Agency-sponsored activities. These activities are a success because of the dedication, enthusiasm and support of the employees who volunteer to make it happen!

Support for Local Schools
NGA upholds the President's "Goals 2000" strategy to improve national education through active partnerships with area schools. Employees give their time, talents and energies to make NGA's School Partnership Program a success.

The Agency partners with area schools in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, and St. Louis. Partnership activities include reading; tutoring; and supporting science fairs, career days, math and computer activities days, and geography and spelling bees. By authority of Executive Order 12999 (Education Technology: Ensuring Opportunities for All Children in the Next Century), NGA's Computer Donation Program provides reconditioned computers and computer equipment to area schools. Declared as excessed equipment, these computers are serviced by volunteers for distribution to schools.

Recycling
In the area of environmental quality, NGA joins with the community to drastically reduce the amount of waste it sends to the landfill through an active recycling program. Paper, aluminum cans, bottles, plastic, scrap metal and other recyclable items are deposited in special containers located throughout the Agency.

Speakers Bureau
The Agency is also active in the community through its Speakers Bureau. Agency personnel appear before local civic and fraternal organizations, academic groups, professional societies and community affairs council to speak on relevant topics.

Participation in Emergency Exercises
NGA and local businesses work together with police, fire, medical and emergency rescue personnel in disaster simulations; e.g., earthquakes, bomb threats, fires, chemical spills. These exercises not only test the ability of local emergency personnel to respond to a major disaster, they also give members of the community a chance to work together as a team.

St. Louis Arsenal
NGA's facility in St. Louis is housed on the grounds of the historic St. Louis Arsenal, originally established in 1827. The 24-acre facility contains many buildings and other structures that existed at the Arsenal from 1827 to 1871. Because of its historical significance, the site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in January 1975.

NGA Museum at the St. Louis Arsenal
NGA's first museum is on the grounds of the Agency's Second Street campus, the historic St. Louis Arsenal site. The museum showcases both the history of NGA and of this unique location. It is open to NGA staff and visitors 1000-1400 Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Giving
NGA personnel are noted for their generosity in both resources and time, and actively support the following programs:

The Combined Federal Campaign is the centerpiece of federal employee giving. Even in times of downsizing and uncertainty, NGA employees come through with generous donations to CFC-certified charities in the Washington and St. Louis areas.

Responding to an employee's illness, coworkers organized a bone marrow drive, enrolling 285 employees in the national bone marrow donor registry. The registry helps leukemia patients needing marrow transplants. Each year NGA employees give the gift of leave by donating hundreds of hours of their own annual leave to coworkers to help in times of illness or hardship making it possible for these employees to remain employed through times of personal crisis.

Outside NGA Volunteers
Outside of work, many employees volunteer their resources and time in community service areas such as the American Red Cross, search and rescue and volunteer firefighting associations. Others teach English as a second language, help fellow church members, serve as scout leaders, and provide care to "border" babies born to drug-addicted mothers. Many have opened their homes to foreign and domestic adoptions and foster children.

There are those who are very active in Project SOME - So Others Might Eat. Project SOME helps the poor and destitute, particularly the elderly and homeless, by offering food, clothing and medical care as well as rehabilitation and permanent housing. NGA personnel donate food, clothing and their own time to give hope and assistance to those less fortunate.

Corporate Citizen ...Good Neighbor
NGA is proud of its contribution to the community and of the employees who selflessly give. Corporate citizen ... good neighbor. NGA strives for both.