page_title: Northern Virginia
section_title: Federal government
hierarchical_section_title: Northern Virginia / Economy / Federal government
caption_attribution_description: English: The top-secret documents recently released by Edward Snowden through the Washington Post reveal the funding of the U.S. intelligence agencies. It appears that the 2013 budget of the National Intelligence Program totaled $52.6 billion. This sum is divided among a multitude of actors, but five agencies are particularly endowed&#160;: CIA (28%), NSA (21%), NRO (20%), NGP (9%) and GDIP (8%). About the use of money, four category are distinguished. An important part of the total amount is spent in the “data collection” category (gathering raw information, surveillance, satellites, covert actions…). The data is then exploited and analyzed. The “management” category is also financially important (determining issues and tasks). Source: Grandjean, Martin (2013) Data Visualization: The top-secret U.S. intelligence “black budget”
context_page_description: Northern Virginia, locally referred to as NOVA or NoVA, comprises several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is a widespread region radiating westward and southward from Washington, D.C. With an estimated 3,159,639 residents in 2019, it is the most populous region of Virginia and the Washington metropolitan area.
  Communities in the region form the Virginia portion of the Washington metropolitan area and the larger Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. Northern Virginia has a significantly larger job base than either Washington or the Maryland portion of its suburbs, and is the highest-income region of Virginia, having several of the highest-income counties in the nation.
  Northern Virginia's transportation infrastructure includes major airports Ronald Reagan Washington National and Washington Dulles International, several lines of the Washington Metro subway system, the Virginia Railway Express suburban commuter rail system, transit bus services, bicycle sharing and bicycle lanes and trails, and an extensive network of Interstate highways and expressways.
context_section_description: The federal government is a major employer in Northern Virginia, which is home to numerous government agencies; these include the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters and the Pentagon (headquarters of the Department of Defense), as well as Fort Myer, Fort Belvoir, Marine Corps Base Quantico, FBI Academy, DEA Academy, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the United States Geological Survey.
  Government contracting is an important part of the region's economy. Arlington alone is home to over 600 federal contractors, and has the highest weekly wages of any major jurisdiction in the Washington metropolitan area.
  The following government agencies have either 10,000+ employees or a $10+ billion budget:
  Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
  Defense Logistics Agency
  Department of Defense (DOD)
  Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
  National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
  National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
  Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
  United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
  United States Fish & Wildlife Service
  Other well-known agencies include:
  Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
  National Science Foundation (NSF)
  Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
caption: The region is home to three of the four largest U.S. intelligence agencies by budget.
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