Australian Geospatial Intelligence Organization
The Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organization ( AGO ) is the Australian intelligence service for geospatial intelligence (GEOINT). The organization, based in Canberra, is part of the Australian Department of Defense .
The organization was created by cabinet order on November 8, 2000 as Defense Imagery and Geospatial Organization ( DIGO for short ) and united the Australian Imagery Organization , the Directorate of Strategic Military Geographic Information and the Defense Topographic Agency .
As of December 2, 2005, the task of the organization is determined by the Intelligence Services Act 2001 (ISA).
On May 5, 2013, the agency was renamed the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organization by order of the Prime Minister and the Treasurer .
Department of Defense Intelligence and Security Group and other Australian intelligence agencies
The Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organization is part of the Department of Defense Intelligence and Security Group along with the two intelligence services:
and the fourth agency
- Defense Security Authority (DSA), which provides security services to the ministry.
In addition to military intelligence, the Australian government also maintains the Australian Secret Intelligence Service and the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, the domestic intelligence service .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ About DIGO. Archived from the original on February 3, 2007 ; accessed on April 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Renaming the Defense Signals Directorate and the Defense Imagery and Geospatial Organization. May 3, 2013, archived from the original on August 28, 2013 ; accessed on April 1, 2019 .
- ^ Defense Intelligence and Security Group. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014 ; accessed on February 17, 2014 (English).