The Interagency GPS Executive Board (IGEB) was an agency of the United States federal government that sought to integrate the needs and desires of various governmental agencies into formal

Global Positioning System The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of the global navigation satellite sys ...

Planning. GPS was administered by the

Department of Defense Department of Defence or Department of Defense may refer to: Current departments of defence * Department of Defence (Australia) * Department of National Defence (Canada) * Department of Defence (Ireland) * Department of National Defense (Philipp ...

, but had grown to service a wide variety of constituents. The majority of GPS uses are now non-military, so this board was fundamental in ensuring the needs of non-military users. In 2004, the IGEB was superseded by the

National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing The National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) is a United States Government organisation which advises and coordinates federal departments and agencies on matters concerning the Global Positioning System, ...

(PNT), established by presidential order.

External links

From the IGEB Era
at the National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) {{US-gov-stub Global Positioning System Defunct agencies of the United States government