SPRINGFIELD, Virginia – The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has announced Mark Munsell as the agency’s new Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer. Mark will accept this responsibility in addition to his current role as the director of the Data and Digital Innovation directorate.

Munsell will oversee, coordinate and integrate NGA’s current and future planned geospatial intelligence AI efforts, including:

• Advising agency leadership on applying AI to NGA production and operations
• Creating an inventory of AI initiatives and programs
• Recommending and prioritizing new AI initiatives
• Establishing the governance and responsible use of AI through initiatives such as:
  • AGAIM – Accreditation of GEOINT AI Models, a pilot aimed at ensuring the reliability, safety and trustworthiness of GEOINT AI models through a standardized framework
  • GREAT – GEOINT Responsible AI Training, a training and certification for all coders and users of GEOINT AI, which will support the ethical and responsible deployment of GEOINT AI 

The NGA CAIO, as a member of the AI National Security Coordination Group, will focus on increasing internal and external collaboration and cooperation to share computing resources, accelerate AI adoption and lower costs.

The CAIO will also join the community’s CAIO Council, which advises and supports the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense in achieving artificial intelligence transformational objectives. 

As a member of the community’s CAIO Council, the NGA CAIO will support: 

• Formulating IC AI strategy
• Setting direction, goals, objectives and priorities for the IC’s AI vision
• Facilitating and monitoring alignment of the IC AI strategy with strategic guidance 
• Championing for AI innovation
• Providing oversight of investments for implementing the AI strategy
• Coordinating policy and procedural guidance on managing AI-related risks 
• Strengthening AI trustworthiness, equity, integrity and resilience
• Promoting use of enterprise purchase agreements to manage costs and maximize sharing
• Making recommendations and communicating plans for using and enhancing sound AI-enabled architectures

For more information on NGA’s GEOINT AI efforts, visit https://www.nga.mil/news/GEOINT_Artificial_Intelligence_.html.