Letitia Long on Monday became the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. She replaced Navy Vice Adm. Robert Murrett who led the organization since July 2006. Defense Secretary Robert Gates appointed Long back in February for the post. She served since May 2006 as the deputy director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Long has 32 years of civilian federal service, most of them in the intel world. (AFPS release by Lisa Daniel)
The program executive officers for some of the Air Force’s largest acquisition management organizations are struggling to deal with an exodus of senior talent and experienced civilian staff, three of them told an industry conference.
