NGA Wants Bleeding-Edge Tech and Talent - And It Will Open Up to Get Them

Nextgov: “We need an edge.”

That’s the message from Anthony Vinci, a former tech entrepreneur turned executive at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency—the agency central to gathering and disseminating geospatial data relevant to combat support, disaster response and national security issues.

But NGA faces hurdles similar to federal agencies across government in today’s environment of rapid technological change: In talent and technology, it’s tough to stay ahead. The government used to invest in and develop many of the new, cool technologies commercial companies would seize upon and consumers would ultimately use, like the internet and GPS.

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