National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency reviews

Same as any government position - byzantine bureaucracy, watching contractors fleece taxpayers for pointless vanity projects, tendency for cynicism and inaction from the staff. It's not clear where the ship is sailing, and whether the lofty goals set by management are even possible. It can get pretty hopeless. But then you break through, and hey, you did a thing that would have taken 5% of the effort outside of the fed! Great job.

The agency is in the midst of a transformation, a move to a more data centric workforce, unfortunetly the training offered in the agency's 'college' does not adequately prepare the workforce for this transition. They play people out of position, and buzzwords rule the day. If you can say the hot words of the day you will advance, without having to show you know what they actually mean. The agency desperately needs quality engineers, data professionals, and acquisition support.