Wednesday, July 12th, 2017
Herndon, VA — USGIF hired Dr. Camelia Kantor, formerly an associate professor of geography at Claflin University in South Carolina, as its new director of academic programs. Kantor joins the Foundation with nine years of experience in college level teaching, course development, and research in addition to four years of K-12 teaching in the U.S.
Thursday, June 8th, 2017
San Antonio, Texas —The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) yesterday announced the 2017 recipients of its annual Awards Program. Award winners were recognized on the main stage at USGIF’s GEOINT 2017 Symposium, taking place June 4-7, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. The USGIF Awards Program annually recognizes the exceptional work of the geospatial intelligence
Thursday, April 13th, 2017
Herndon, Virginia — The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) launched the “St. Louis Initiative” to expand the geospatial intelligence workforce pipeline in the city of St. Louis. As the city experiences an innovation boom and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) prepares to build its new Western campus in north St. Louis, it’s more important
Thursday, April 6th, 2017
Herndon, Virginia — The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is less than two months away from its GEOINT 2017 Symposium, which will take place June 4-7 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. The theme of this year’s Symposium is “Advancing Capabilities to Meet Emerging Threats.” Confirmed speakers for GEOINT
Friday, March 3rd, 2017
Herndon, Virginia —The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) opened registration and housing for its GEOINT 2017 Symposium, taking place June 4-7 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. The GEOINT Symposium, hosted annually by USGIF, gathers the defense, intelligence, and homeland security communities and other users and producers of geospatial information
Friday, January 13th, 2017
Herndon, Virginia —The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) CEO Keith J. Masback was reappointed to a second three-year term as a member of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee ( NGAC). He was also reappointed as NGAC’s Vice Chair. The NGAC provides recommendations to the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), the interagency executive group responsible
Tuesday, November 15th, 2016
Herndon, Virginia — The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) created a “GEOINT 101” presentation to share with 50 fifth grade students at Moorefield Station Elementary School in Ashburn, Va., Nov. 16 in celebration of international GIS Day. GIS Day occurs annually during Geography Awareness Week and promotes geography and spatial thinking skills to people
Monday, October 31st, 2016
Herndon, Virginia Oct. – The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) has launched the EdGEOcation Giving Campaign to raise money and awareness for USGIF’s educational programs. The Foundation has set the goal to raise $5,000 by Dec. 31. USGIF’s educational activities include awarding scholarships to students studying geospatial sciences, providing academic certificates to students who
Friday, September 30th, 2016
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) and symposium partners the American Geographical Society (AGS), the Earth Institute, GEO, and USGIF will present the 2016 AGS Fall Symposium, Geography 2050: Envisioning A Sustainable Planet on November 17-18, 2016. Hosted by the Earth Institute at Columbia University, the two-day event will take place in Alfred Lerner Hall, and discuss the vital trends that will reshape
Wednesday, September 21st, 2016
Herndon, VA – The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) last month awarded $112,000 in scholarship funds to students studying geospatial science or related topics. The annual USGIF Scholarship Program recognizes the achievements of graduating high school seniors, undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students, and helps to further the advancement of the geospatial tradecraft. Since the
