WASHINGTON — New Light Technologies Inc. (NLT), a leading provider of integrated cloud, cybersecurity, software development, data analytics, geospatial, and scientific consulting services, was awarded a new contract by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide modeling, analytics, systems development, and training services for the Response Geospatial Office (RGO). The RGO provides the agency and homeland security community with hazard analytics and operational analysis through the development and use of a growing portfolio of tools and geospatial and remotely sensed information.
NLT — which brings many years of experience serving FEMA's Office of Response and Recovery (ORR), National Preparedness Division (NPD), and Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), and which has developed award-winning real-time disaster analytics platforms for predicting hazard risk, guiding response operations, and assessing damage — will lead the delivery of contracted services for the RGO. NLT will focus on further integrating these geospatial systems to support the agency's implementation of a more unified, full-lifecycle data analytics architecture.
To provide depth of expertise, expanded training and outreach capability, and additional staffing surge capacity during disasters, NLT has partnered with two well-known names in emergency management: Dewberry and the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG) Foundation.
Dewberry is a privately held professional services firm with a proven history of serving public- and private-sector clients. Established in 1956 and headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, Dewberry has more than 50 locations and 2,000+ professionals nationwide.
NAPSG Foundation, a non-profit that equips public safety professionals with the knowledge, skills, and resources to apply geospatial technology to enhance preparedness and build a more resilient nation, will provide training to FEMA's workforce and outreach to its federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial partners.
Together, the NLT-Dewberry-NAPSG team provides FEMA unparalleled breadth of expertise to efficiently manage the collection, integration, analysis, modeling, organization, and dissemination of geospatially based information products and services required to prepare for, respond to, protect against, and recover from all hazards.
"Partnering with Dewberry and NAPSG extends our ability to seamlessly synthesize environmental and critical infrastructure data, generate highly accurate analytics for large-scale disasters, and quickly deliver this information to the public and decision-makers across all echelons of government," says NLT's Program Manager.
About New Light Technologies
New Light Technologies (NLT) is a Washington, DC-based firm with 25+ years of experience delivering:
- Geospatial systems and enterprise GIS
- Cloud-native data platforms
- AI/ML and advanced analytics
- DevSecOps and cybersecurity solutions
NLT supports federal, state, and international organizations in operationalizing data for mission impact.