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April, 2011 News

• 4-30-11 Frederick News-Post:  Report details deficiencies in plans for proposed Detrick facility
• 4-29-11 Gazette.Net:  For some, job market still tough but more promising -- Young people looking for a way in the door
• 4-29-11 Gazette.Net:  Struggling to get from Point A to Point B -- For operations and employees, executives say Maryland must improve its transportation infrastructure
• 4-29-11 Gazette.Net:  Transportation panel foresees action -- Recommendations include higher fuel taxes, safeguarding state fund
• 4-29-11 Gazette.Net:  Chevy Chase residents laugh at vision for development near proposed Purple Line station -- Land company's proposals include hotel, offices, retail and dwellings that could add 6,000 residents
• 4-29-11 Washington Examiner:  Downtown will face stiff competition from redeveloped 'burbs
• 4-29-11 Maryland Daily Record:  Legislators leading way on Maryland transportation funding
• 4-29-11 Fairfax County Times:  Editorial -- Not too late to postpone move to Mark Center
• 4-29-11 TBD News:  Capital Bikeshare critic: a lonely pursuit
• 4-29-11 About.com:  Veterinary Medicine -- Hairball Awareness Day
• 4-28-11 NNMC Journal:  Wounded Warriors Find Safe Harbor in Many Avenues
• 4-28-11 NNMC Journal:  Commander’s Column -- another successful Joint Commission inspection
• 4-28-11 NNMC Journal:  Town Hall Emphasizes Safety, Keeps Staff Informed
• 4-28-111 WRAMC Stripe:  Surgeon’s dream genesis of premier medical center
  • 4-28-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Borden’s Dream: The vision of Walter Reed
• 4-28-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Hospital Security urges staff transitioning to Fort Belvoir to complete processing early
• 4-28-11 WRAMC Stripe:  NewsBriefs -- Post closures announced
• 4-28-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Garrison disposal team assists with BRAC cleanup
• 4-28-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Arts and crafts center closes Saturday -- Pop-up services continue on wards, Mologne House
• 4-28-11 Washington Post:  Public art still part of the Mark Center bus station plan
• 4-28-11 Washington Examiner:  Shady Grove Adventist could double size in new Science City
• 4-28-11 Washington Examiner:  Region needs to plan how to move goods, transportation planners say
• 4-28-11 Washington City Paper:  Commentary -- Congress to Feds: Drive to Work
• 4-28-11 San Antonio Express-News:  Ground is broken for new Air Force surgical center
• 4-27-11 Gazette.Net:  Building a bigger Bethesda -- A look at four upcoming residential and retail projects
• 4-27-11 Gazette.Net:  The key to redevelopment in Gaithersburg is rebranding, Knapp says -- Ex-county councilman's 6 month contract with city expires Saturday
• 4-27-11 Laurel (MD) Leader:  Learn about local BRAC-related job opportunities at May 3 presentation
• 4-27-11 Washington Post:  Capital Business -- Government closing data centers as part of federal IT overhaul
• 4-27-11 Bethesda Patch:  Residents, Business Community Sound Off On Proposed Parking Fee Hikes -- "Are you trying to drive business into D.C. and Virginia?" business community queries council
• 4-27-11 Washington Post:  Fairfax won’t act on federal report critical of BRAC move
• 4-27-11 Arbutus (MD) Times:  UMBC site celebrated as cybersecurity haven -- Officials laud growth of site near campus
• 4-26-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  McDonnell to ask Pentagon for delay on BRAC
• 4-26-11 DVIDS (Defense Video & Imagery Distribution Center):   BRAC 133 Furniture Installation beginning to take shape
• 4-26-11 U.S. Department of Defense:  Evacuation Team Carries Wounded Warriors Home
• 4-26-11 Gazette.Net:  New state website helps veterans find jobs -- Database helps identify employment that matches military experience
  • 4-26-11 Maryland Dept. of Labor, Licensing & Regulation:  Lt. Governor Brown Launches First-in-the-Nation Web Portal to Connect Veterans with Federal Jobs -- Mil2FedJobs portal provides transitioning veterans with more direct access to Federal positions
  • Maryland Dept. of Labor, Licensing & Regulation:  Mil2Fed Military to Federal Jobs Crosswalk
  • Maryland Dept. of Labor, Licensing & Regulation:  Maryland Workforce Exchange -- Matching jobseekers with employers
• 4-26-11 Elkridge (MD) Patch:  'Center of the Universe' for Business -- Seminar offers advice for milking the BRAC cow
• 4-26-11 Washington Post:  Federal Player of the Week: Advancing miraculous medical techniques for wounded soldiers
• 4-25-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Maryland scouts 'new generation' of cyber workers
• 4-21-11 NNMC Journal:  Chief of Staff for Integration & Transition column -- BRAC Transition Timeline
• 4-21-11 NNMC Journal:  Helping Wounded Warriors Throughout Their Recovery
• 4-21-11 NNMC Journal:  The Love of Family
• 4-21-11 NNMC Journal:  Bethesda Notebook -- Transition updates
• 4-21-11 NNMC Journal:  Preparing New Travel Lanes at NSA Bethesda
• 4-14-11 Joint Base Andrews Capital Flyer:  Joint Base Andrews Environmental Assessment and Finding
• 4-21-11 Washington Examiner:  Pentagon IG: Mark Center unprepared for move
• 4-21-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Pentagon IG: Faulty data used in BRAC's Mark Center decision
  • 4-20-11 Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense, Report D-2011-TAD-001:  Assessment of BRAC 133 -- Final Environmental Assessment of 2008 and Transportation Management Plan of July 2010  (200 pp)
• 4-21-11 Washington Examiner:  Army accidentally reveals Mark Center's bomb security
• 4-21-11 Stars and Stripes:  Army scraps $600,000 project to put toad art at bus depot
• 4-20-11 Federal News Radio 1500 AM:  (AUDIO)  Moran at 'wits end' over looming BRAC disaster
• 4-20-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Despite BRAC's federal funding, N. Va. will feel traffic pain
• 4-20-11 Lorton Patch:  Moran and Connolly Welcome BRAC Funds, But Say More Needed  -- $150 million earmarked for Route 1 widening near Fort Belvoir
• 4-20-11 Washington Examiner:  NoVa roads would see major cash infusion under six-year outline
• 4-20-11 Frederick News-Post:  What-ifs dominate USAMRIID containment lab meeting
• 4-20-11 Gazette.Net:  Bethesda seeks piece of $300M pie -- Federal budget extension opens door for transportation funding
• 4-20-11 Gazette.Net:  Capital Crescent Trail enthusiasts concerned Purple Line will make byway less enjoyable -- Light rail would infringe on beauty, appeal of trail, some say
• 4-20-11 Bethesda Patch:  Woodmont Central Plan Heads Back to Planning Board -- Plan would bring commercial, retail and office space to two sites in Bethesda's Woodmont Triangle
• 4-20-11 Southern Maryland Newspapers:  BRAC threat raised -- Navy wants offices on base to solidify work here
• 4-19-11 Chevy Chase Patch:  Federal Funds Secured for BRAC-Related Transportation Improvements -- New bike lanes and an underground pedestrian walkway under Route 355 will help ease traffic congestion when the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center moves in with the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda later this year
• 4-19-11 Gazette.Net:  State lost 5,900 jobs in March -- But unemployment rate dipped to 6.9 percent from 7.1 percent
• 4-19-11 Stars and Stripes:  DOD preparing to unveil overarching cyber strategy
• 4-19-11 San Antonio Express-News:  Work set to start on new Wilford Hall -- Surgical center will replace the large Air Force hospital at Lackland
• 4-18-11 WMAL 630 AM:  MoCo, NoVa Receive $300M for Traffic Improvements
  • 4-18-11 Montgomery County News Release:  Leggett Thanks Federal Delegation for New Funding to Address BRAC-Related Traffic in Bethesda
• 4-18-11 Gazette.Net:  Tapping capital vital, business owners tell Cardin -- Access to loans, federal contracts also important for Montgomery companies
• 4-17-11 Washington Post:  Bethesda faces BRAC traffic surge this fall
  • 4-17-11 Washington Post:  (GRAPHIC)  Map of Bethesda BRAC Project Improvements
• 4-17-11 Severna Park Patch:  Cybersecurity Powerhouse in the Baltimore-Washington Corridor -- A UMBC research park emerges as front line of defense in Cyberwars
• 4-16-11 Chevy Chase Patch:  Mongtomery County Fares Well in National Budget Cuts -- But cuts in funding from EPA for water and sewer and community development block grants are likely to be felt in Maryland
• 4-16-11 Lorton Patch:  Federal Funds Approved for Belvoir BRAC Projects  -- Pols say they will help but don't go far enough
• 4-16-11 Washington Post:  Md. lawmakers end session with unfinished business
• 4-16-11 Washington Examiner:  Public acceptance is developers' biggest challenge
• 4-16-11 Washington Examiner:  For region's town centers, identity is key
• 4-15-11 Springfield (VA) Connection:  BRAC Choke Points To Add To Traffic Delays -- More cars, few fixes
• 4-15-11 WBAL-TV11:  New Military Agency Opens In Maryland -- Defense Information Systems Agency Brings 4,000 Jobs
• 4-15-11 Tom Philpott's Military Update:  GOP budget czar eyes axing health care for 1.3 million veterans
• 4-15-11 Severn Patch:  County Strikes Deal with Developer to Widen Route 175 -- Lacking state transportation funds, the County worked a deal with a local developer to widen the road in preparation of BRAC
• 4-14-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Last WRAMC services in Memorial Chapel near
• 4-14-11 Washington Business Journal:  O'Malley stresses life sciences, military in Maryland economic growth plan
• 4-14-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Defense contractor Camber Corp. hiring more than 100 in Baltimore area
• 4-14-11 Baltimore CityBiz Real Estate:  Cassidy Turley: Baltimore Office Market Continues Slow Recovery
• 4-14-11 Chevy Chase Patch:  Purple Line Project Planning Goes Public -- Area residents voiced their concerns about the Purple Line at a public meeting hosted by the Maryland Department of Transportation
• 4-14-11 Washington Examiner:  Concerns raised that Purple Line will displace low-income residents
• 4-14-11 Gazette.Net:  Editorial -- Secrecy on location of labs helps security
• 4-14-11 NNMC Journal:  NSAB Supporting Wounded Warriors in Many Ways
• 4-14-11 NNMC Journal:  Commander’s Column -- 154 days from the integration of Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval Medical Center into the new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda
• 4-14-11 Washington Post:  Pentagon to contribute $20 million to ease BRAC traffic
• 4-14-11 Lorton Patch:  BRAC Status Report: Fort Belvoir April 2011  -- Checking in on the progress of BRAC at Fort Belvoir
• 4-13-11 WTTG/FOX5-TV:  BRAC Traffic Improvements Will Take Years
• 4-13-11 Washington Examiner:  Mark Center shut out of BRAC funds in budget deal
• 4-13-11 Army Times (Associated Press):  Army starts clinical trials on ricin vaccine
• 4-13-11 Washington Examiner:  More urban housing at center of region's development future
• 4-13-11 Southern Maryland Online:  Pax Museum Looks at St. Mary's Co. Before and After BRAC
• 4-13-11 Washington Post:  Budget compromise includes money for traffic improvements for Fort Belvoir, Bethesda
• 4-13-11 Chevy Chase Patch:  BRAC Funds May Be Closer to Reality -- Language allocating transportation funds for BRAC-impacted military hospitals made it into the federal budget deal agreed upon Friday
• 4-13-11 WRC.NBC4-TV:  Fed Money to Fund BRAC Too Little, Too Late? -- Road improvements will not be done in time
• 4-13-11 USA TODAY:  Some soldiers prefer amputations rather than damaged limbs, now that prosthetics are so good
• 4-12-11 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation News Release:  BRAC-related Construction Update: Cedar Lane Bridge
• 4-12-11 Gazette.Net:  Bethesda one step closer to long-awaited federal funding -- $300 million for BRAC hospital communities in proposed federal budget
• 4-12-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Budget deal could mean better commutes -- Language included in the budget provides $300 million for "transportation infrastructure improvements associated with medical facilities related to recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission."  In other words, transportation money is there for the taking for Bethesda Naval Medical Center and Fort Belvoir.
• 4-12-11 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery County likely to get a portion of BRAC money -- Edwards tells council she has upcoming trip to Afghanistan
• 4-11-11 Gazette.Net:  Edwards to Montgomery council: Don't expect federal BRAC aid -- Congresswoman planning trip to Afghanistan in coming weeks
• 4-11-11 Inside NoVA.com:  Fort Belvoir hospital takes shape
• 4-11-11 ARLnow.com:  Rosslyn, Courthouse CaBi Stations To Open This Week
• 4-11-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  BRAC office project by Ripken Stadium to start soon
• 4-11-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Assessment needed for I-395 near Mark Center
• 4-11-11 Washington Post:  Drivers say Virginia traffic projects are making them insane
• 4-11-11 Washington Post:  Capital Business -- Huntsville becomes a contracting hot spot for local firms
• 4-11-11 Washington Examiner:  Nine years later, bus lanes to link Alexandria, Arlington
• 4-9-11 Tom Philpott's Military Update:  Budget panel may cut care for 1.3 million vets
• 4-8-11 Odenton Patch:  Teleworking Permitted, Encouraged for Fort Meade Workers
• 4-8-11 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery looks to bioscience ‘road map' for growth -- State's life science companies smaller than national average
• 4-8-11 Gazette.Net:  Commercial Real Estate: Suburban office market falters in first quarter -- Recovery expected, thanks to health care, federal demand
• 4-8-11 Eldersburg (MD) Patch:  Ribbon Cutting for Liberty Exchange Business Community Means More Jobs, Space for Businesses to Grow -- A ceremony on Thursday marked the completion of more than 100,000 square feet of retail and office space for the new business community
• 4-8-11 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Fisher House Helps Service Members’ Children
• 4-7-11 Government Video:  Pentagon Channel to Move from Virginia to Maryland
• 4-7-11 Army Times:  Panel questions adequacy of mental health care
• 4-7-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Wounded Warriors briefed on BRAC, transition moves
• 4-7-11 WRAMC Stripe:  NewsBriefs -- Post closures announced  (scroll down)
• 4-7-11 Joint Base Andrews Capital Flyer:  Transit agency provides new commuter option
• 4-7-11 NNMC Journal:  Commanding Officere's Column -- Be resilient in the face of BRAC
• 4-7-11 NNMC Journal:  The Patient Navigator
• 4-7-11 Baltimore Sun:   The Real Estate Wonk -- Seeing the housing market with 20-20 vision
• 4-6-11 Stafford County (VA) Sun:  Commuter parking to expand -- Enforcement campaign begins April 11
• 4-6-11 San Antonio Business Journal:  San Antonio construction firms running leaner and leaner
• 4-6-11 Statement of the County Executive Isiah Leggett Before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on State and Local Perspectives on Transportation
  • 4-5-11 Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett News Release:  Leggett to Testofy on Local Transportation Priorities at Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works  -- He will discuss the impacts BRAC is already having on the Bethesda area and stress the importance of Congress continuing the New Starts Program so the County can advance the Corridor Cities Transitway, the Purple Line and a Bus Rapid Transit system.
• 4-6-11 Gazette.Net:  Motorists might have to dig deeper to park in Bethesda and Silver Spring -- County proposes raising fees, expanding hours for meters
• 4-6-11 Gazette.Net:  Residents want Chevy Chase development to preserve, enhance outdoor recreation -- Montgomery County planners release summary of Chevy Chase Lake community workshop
• 4-6-11 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery County reconsideration of parking requirements holds implications for Kensington -- Study looks at reducing parking for redeveloping areas
• 4-6-11 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery County announces revised transportation alternatives for upcounty -- Best options for highway extension will be presented in 2012
• 4-6-11 Gazette.Net:  Early plans for Crown Farm get conditional nod from Gaithersburg -- With final site plans under way, city wants developer to fix issues
• 4-6-11 Gazette.Net:  Federal agencies in Montgomery gear up for possible shutdown -- County's small businesses could feel pain
• 4-6-11 Baltimore Sun:  The Real Estate Wonk -- Report: Expect 2% increase in 2011 Baltimore-area home prices
• 4-6-11 Inside NoVA.com:  New traffic pattern on the horizon at Fort Belvoir
• 4-5-11 Inside NoVA.com:  Policy change frees up parking spaces at Fort Belvoir
• 4-5-11 Bethesda Patch:  Neighborhood Work Group Scheduled to Discuss Purple Line, Capital Crescent Trail -- Meeting is set for April 13
• 4-5-11 Tom Philpott's Military Update:  Disability rating system better, not 'nirvana'
• 4-4-11 Odenton Patch:  Driving Solo to Fort Meade? You're Not Helping -- In our first in a series of stories on commuting options to Fort Meade, we look at one-car, one-passenger commuters
• 4-4-11 Washington Post:  Capital Business -- Defense contractors make hiring veterans a priority
• 4-4-11 Washington Post:  Capital Business -- Debt cap could stymie D.C. redevelopment
• 4-4-11 Washington Post:  Capital Business -- Wheaton woos government offices, seeks infrastructure funding
• 4-3-11 Annapolis Capital:  Want to make $100,000? -- Security clearance, training key for new Fort Meade jobs
• 4-3-11 Wilmington (DE) News Journal:  Delaware's last chance in the race to attract BRAC businesses -- Commentary by Daniel Schneckenburger, a member of The News Journal's Community View Board
• 4-1-11 Montgomery County Planning Department:  April 2011 "Montgomery Plans" Video Presentation -- "Plans in Focus" 9-minute overview of BRAC transportation issues
• 4-1-11 WRC/NBC4-TV:  $600K for BRAC Art Upsets Those Worried About Roads
  • 4-1-11 Art Info.com:  Not an April Fool's Joke: Controversy Erupts Over Defense Department's Terrible $600,000 Magical Toad Art
• 4-1-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Konterra latest to build new spec space near Fort Meade
• 4-1-11 Odenton Patch:  Transit-Oriented Project Stuck in Neutral -- Developers and state officials introduced plans for a big mixed-use complex near the MARC station more than four years ago. But the economy and lack of sewer infrastructure has put the skids on the project
  
   
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