NSA News & Highlights

Dec. 8, 2006

NSA/CSS Georgia Anticipates New Operations Facility

The National Security Agency/Central Security Service is pleased to announce that its Cryptologic Center in Georgia -- NSA/CSS Georgia (NSAG) -- is looking forward to a new operations facility.

Nov. 21, 2006

NSA Announces Winners of Frank B. Rowlett awards for Information Assurance Achievement

Lieutenant General Keith B. Alexander Director NSA/CSS NSA Deputy Director John "Chris" Inglis and NSA Director of Information Assurance Mr. Richard C. Schaeffer Jr. acknowledged the winners of the 2006 Frank B. Rowlett Awards for Information Assurance at a ceremony held at Fort Meade MD on Nov. 2.

Aug. 14, 2006

NSA/CSS Welcomes Mr. John C. Inglis as the New Deputy Director

Lieutenant General Keith B. Alexander, Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service is pleased to welcome Mr. John C. Inglis as the 14th Deputy Director of the Agency.

July 28, 2006

Statement for the Record by Richard C. Schaeffer, Jr., Information Assurance Director, National Security Agency, Before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security

Mr. Richard C. Schaeffer discusses the National Security Agency's information assurance mission and its relationship to the work of the Department of Homeland Security and others concerned with helping operators of crucial information systems prepare for and recover from hostile acts or other disruptive events on July 28, 2006.

July 26, 2006

Statement for the Record of LT GEN KEITH B. ALEXANDER, Director, National Security Agency, before the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate

Lieutenant General Keith Alexander provides testimony in support of the National Security Surveillance Act of 2006(S. 2453), which would amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.

May 30, 2006

NSA/CSS Memorial Day Observance Honors Cryptologic Heroes, Past and Present

On 30 May 2006, LTG Keith B. Alexander, USA, Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service, paid special tribute to SSG Edwin H. DazaChacon, USA, and SGT Amanda N. Pinson, USA, during the Agency's annual Memorial Day Observance.

April 26, 2006

Air Force Academy Captures NSA Cyber Defense Competition Honors

The Air Force Academy snatched top honors among U.S. Service Academies that recently competed in the National Security Agency-sponsored Cyber Defense Exercise (CDX) April 10-14 2006.

April 19, 2006

NSA and DHS Announce the 2006 Designation of the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education

The NSA.gov National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) jointly announce the designation of the following universities as National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education for academic years 2006 through 2009.