Agencies in the United States

As the role of government has expanded, Congress and state legislatures have found it
necessary to delegate power to various government agencies that enables them to create
and enforce rules and regulations in the specific area of government that they are
responsible for (Scheb & Sharma, pages 432-433).

Agencies are also sometimes entrusted with settling disputes between
parties that have a claim that falls under the agency’s designated area. As a result,
agencies often perform quasi-judicial functions (Scheb & Sharma, page 446).

NIMA (National Imagery and Mapping Agency) Resources

See Also

Mapping Technology

NASA (National Air and Space Administration)

DOD (United States Department of Defense)

Further Reading (Articles)

Creation of NIMA should improve intelligence flow, officials say. (National Imagery and Mapping Agency created to consolidate information as part of the FY 1997 Defense Authorization Act), Defense Daily; October 30, 1996; Breen, Tom

New plan outlines NIMA’s seven major objectives.(National Imagery and Mapping Agency), Defense Daily; January 27, 1998; Bender, Bryan

NIMA Seeks Funds For Multi-Vendor Next-Gen Commercial Imagery.(United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency)(Digital Globe), Defense Daily; October 2, 2003; Roosevelt, Ann

NIMA LACKS RESOURCES TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE CONFLICTS.(Dept. of Defense’s National Imagery and Mapping Agency), Defense Daily; May 10, 1999; Keeter, Hunter

FY ’04 Wartime Supp Has Funds For Space Imaging’s Piece of NIMA’s NextView.(National Imagery and Mapping Agency), Defense Daily; October 29, 2003; Butler, Amy

New Radar Mapping System Available For NIMA Missions.(National Imagery and Mapping Agency )(Brief Article), Defense Daily; June 11, 2001; Gildea, Kerry

Raytheon Wins $203 Million NIMA Contract.(National Imagery and Mapping Agency)(Brief Article), Defense Daily; July 24, 2001

Northrop Grumman Team Wins $72 Million For NIMA Toolkit.(National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Joint Mapping Toolkit)(Brief Article), Defense Daily; July 10, 2002

Space Imaging Wins NIMA Contract.(National Imagery and Mapping Agency)(to evaluate technology from Look Dynamics)(Brief Article), Satellite News; June 16, 2003

NIMA Picks Space Imaging For Imagery Database Searching.(National Imagery and Mapping Agency), Defense Daily; June 11, 2003

NIMA Seeks Funding For 2nd NextView Contract.(National Imagery and Mapping Agency), Satellite News; October 6, 2003

NIMA girds for explosion in commercial satellite imagery.(National Imagery and Mapping Agency), Defense Daily; November 26, 1997; Bender, Bryan

Investment In Intelligence Technology Should Continue, NIMA Official Says.(National Imagery and Mapping Agency)(Brief Article), Defense Daily International; November 2, 2001

NIMA makes award on commercial project. (Government Connection).(National Imagery and Mapping Agency), GEO World; September 1, 2002

NIMA Awards Multiyear Contracts For Commercial Satellite Imagery.(National Imagery and Mapping Agency), Defense Daily; January 21, 2003; Gildea, Kerry

Clapper Sees New Homeland Security Department Increasing Imagery Demands.( National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) Director James Clapper), Defense Daily; November 21, 2002

White: DoD will not support intel legislation without NIMA.(Deputy Defense Secretary John White states that Pentagon will not aid House Intelligence Committee Chmn. Larry Combest’s Intelligence Community-21 reform legislation that does not include creation of National Imagery and Mapping Agency), Defense Daily; July 12, 1996; Bender, Bryan

NIMA Extends Deal With Space Imaging For Exclusive Imagery Over Afghanistan.(The U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency’s contract with Space Imaging is discussed.)(Brief Article), Defense Daily International; November 9, 2001; Gildea, Kerry

Boeing Unit Gets Role in NIMA Geospatial Intelligence Program.(National Imagery and Mapping Agency)(Brief Article), Defense Daily; February 20, 2003

NIMA becomes NGA.(The Latest News)(National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) officially became the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency )(Brief Article), Point of Beginning; February 1, 2004; Jensen, Kimberly

Finding the law: Agencies in the U.S. Code

A collection of general and permanent laws relating to agencies, passed by the United States Congress, are organized by subject matter arrangements in the United States Code (U.S.C.; this label examines agencies topics), to make them easy to use (usually, organized by legal areas into Titles, Chapters and Sections). The platform provides introductory material to the U.S. Code, and cross references to case law. View the U.S. Code’s table of contents here.

Resources

Further Reading

• Information about Agencies in the Gale Encyclopedia of American Law.

Fema in the context of Real Estate

Resurces

See Also

• Federal Emergency Management Agency