National Security Agency (NSA), an independent agency within the U.S. Dept. of Defense. Founded by presidential order in 1952, its primary function is to encode and decode communications intelligence and to protect U.S. signals and information systems. The mission of its Information Systems Security department (INFOSEC) is to protect classified and sensitive information stored on government computers or networks. The NSA includes the Central Security Service, established in 1972 to promote a full partnership between the NSA and the cryptological elements of the armed forces, and the National Cryptologic School. The agency, which is headquartered in Fort Meade, Md., is the largest employer of mathematicians in the country. Its director must be a military officer. For many years the NSA was the most hidden of U.S. intelligence agencies; its large budget was secret and its existence barely acknowledged.
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National Security Agency.(Business News)(Stanford University receives award)(Brief Article)
Security Management; 9/1/2003; 19 words;
The National Security Agency has designated Stanford University as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance.
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National Security Agency.(GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS)
Security Management; 5/1/2006; 25 words;
The National Security Agency has contracted Boyden Worldwide Executive Search for assistance in human capital, organizational development, and succession planning.
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The National Security Agency.(Business News)(Brief Article)
Security Management; 9/1/2003; 23 words;
The National Security Agency has awarded a contract to Datakey Electronics to supply a key support system to a government secure communications program.
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NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY REFORMED UNDER NEW GUIDELINES
Info-Prod Research (Middle East); 5/13/2004; 25 words;
According to "Bahrain Tribune", the Prime Minister, Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al khalifa, issued Decision No19 of 2004 re-structuring the National Security Agency.
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Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin awarded contract from National Security Agency
The Daily Record (Baltimore); 12/1/2004; Staff and Wire Reports; 50 words;
... it has been awarded a contract by the National Security Agency to provide highly integrated physical security systems for NSA's locations in the Washington ... area. Lockheed's Transportation and Security Solutions unit, based in Rockville ...
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Fort Meade.(Worlwide Chapter News)(National Security Agency's Certified Defense Financial Managers honored)(Brief article)
Armed Forces Comptroller; 6/22/2006; 65 words;
At the Second Annual National Security Agency (NSA) Certified Defense Financial Managers (CDFM) Awards Breakfast, Ethan Bauman, chief financial manager, recognized 46 individuals ...
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National Security Agency awards $1.2M contract to Raytheon Co.
The Daily Record (Baltimore); 9/30/2003; Staff and Wire Reports; 54 words;
The National Security Agency, based at Fort Meade, awarded a $1.2 million contract to Massachusetts-based Raytheon Co. to provide support services for NSA's ...
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Spookhouse woes.(reorganization of National Security Agency)(Brief Article)
U.S. News & World Report; 11/6/2000; Bedard, Paul Auster, Bruce B. Cohen, Gary Strobel, Warren P.; 48 words;
Morale is sagging and job fears surging at the National Security Agency as director Lt. Gen. Michael V. Hayden pushes ahead ... reorganization and employee buyouts at the secret surveillance agency. We must not get distracted by rumors and speculation ...
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Tap room.(technician helped National Security Agency with a secret tap to monitor communications over AT&T Inc.'s network)(Brief article)
Reason; 6/1/2006; Tylor, Jeff A.; 44 words;
A retired AT&T technician says that in 2002 he helped the National Security Agency set up a secret Net traffic tap at a San Francisco switching center. The tap allowed the feds to monitor both phone and Internet communications of AT&T's U.S. customers without pesky warrants.
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Harris has received certification from the US National Security Agency for its AN/PRC-117G(C) (originally the RF-300M-MP) Falcon III multi-band man-pack radio.(Business)
Armada International; 2/1/2008; 66 words;
Harris has received certification from the US National Security Agency for its AN/PRC-117G(C) (originally the RF-300M-MP) Falcon III multi-band man-pack radio. This radio was the first wideband networking ...
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Tradition breaker.(for the National Security Agency)(Brief Article)
U.S. News & World Report; 4/3/2000; Bedard, Paul Tharp, Mike Whitelaw, Kevin Strobel, Warren P.; 65 words;
More shake-ups are in store for the National Security Agency, the code- breaking and eavesdropping shop. Director Lt. Gen. Michael V. Hayden is breaking tradition by looking outside the agency for a new deputy. Leading candidates: Dennis Fitzgerald, a top exec at the National Reconnaissance ...
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Fourth Circuit rejects request by Mohamed Al Fayed under Section 1782 for documents held by National Security Agency regarding death of son and Princess Diana in automobile crash.
International Law Update; 5/1/2000; 58 words;
... February 1999, Al Fayed sought information from U.S. government agencies regarding the death of his son. For example, he asked the district court to issue a subpoena duces tecum against the National Security Agency (NSA) under 28 U.S.C. Section 1782.
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Surveillance.(Elsewhere in the Courts)(American Civil Liberties Union v. National Security Agency)(Brief article)
Security Management; 11/1/2006; 96 words;
Surveillance. A federal court has ruled that the secret wiretapping program undertaken by the National Security Agency (NSA) violates the constitutional rights of the Americans being monitored. The wiretapping, which was part of a terrorism-prevention ...
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Sypris Electronics. (Program Monitor).(contract from National Security Agency)(Brief Article)
Journal of Electronic Defense; 4/1/2002; 28 words;
Sypris Electronics (Tampa, FL) received a three-year contract to manufacture KIV-19A encryption devices for the National Security Agency. The initial order is valued at $4 million.
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SECURE COMPUTING SECURES LINUX.(contract from the National Security Agency)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
Federal Computer Market Report; 1/17/2000; 87 words;
Secure Computing has just been awarded a sole source contract by the National Security Agency (NSA) to develop a secure Linux operating system(OS). The contract calls for Secure Computing to apply its patented Type Enforcement ...
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