St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis University and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency are using technology to address poverty and crime. Saint Louis University (SLU) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) four part series, “Geospatial 101” explores how geospatial data is used to visualize patterns of poverty, crime, and unemployment. During the second part of the series…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) It’s not everyday that you see a historic home traveling down the street. That was the case on Sunday when crews relocated the childhood home of 81-year-old Charlesetta Taylor. The three-story home was moved from where the new NGA headquarters is to be built in north St. Louis. Taylor was there…
(KTRS) – The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is partnering with the University of Missouri in Columbia to train NGA employees. The five-year, $12 million grant will be used for education and training needs identified by the NGA. Work is expected to begin on the NGA’s new headquarters in north St. Louis by the middle of next…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) North city residents and business owners are being given the opportunity to weigh in on the development of the new National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency site. The first of several meetings was held Monday night for Project Connect, which aims to gather public feedback on what the community would like to see developed around the…
( KTRS ) Officials have announced plans to relocate a federal spy agency to a new site in St. Louis rather than across the Mississippi River in southern Illinois. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency announced on it’s website that its western headquarters will be moved to north St. Louis, in the area that was previously the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Illinois officials are aggressively fighting the preliminary decision to relocate a federal spy agency to a new site in St. Louis, rather than to a site across the Mississippi River in a suburban area of southern Illinois. Both of Illinois’ U.S. senators and three House members from that part of the…
(KTRS) – Members of the Illinois Congressional delegation say they may block funding for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s new facility in north St. Louis. The Senate passed a defense bill that would set aside money to buy the land and design the facility. But the House Appropriations Committee cut all money used to purchase the land…
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says he plans to meet with National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s director to discuss errors in the report that led to the preliminary decision to build the spy agency’s new regional headquarters in St. Louis. Speaking in East St. Louis on Wednesday, Illinois Democrat says the agency’s…
(KTRS) – Some time next month, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency plans to finalize their decision to build a new regional headquarters in north St. Louis. Monday is the last day that residents and officials can challenge the agency’s decision. The NGA will move 3,100 jobs to a new $1.75 billion campus northwest of downtown.
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) – The director of national intelligence says he doesn’t plan to overturn a subordinate’s preliminary decision to build a federal spy agency’s new regional headquarters in north St. Louis rather than relocate to Illinois. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that James Clapper said Monday that he has “no basis” to reject…