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January 2013 News

• 1-31-13 Gazette.Net:  Army to release results of Forest Glen studies -- Investigation of ballfield dump site to be discussed
• 1-31-13 Bethesda Patch:  Bradley Cooper Attends 'Silver Linings Playbook' Screening At Walter Reed Bethesda -- The screening of the Oscar-nominated film was organized by Bethesda group "Give an Hour," which provides free mental health services to military personnel
• 1-31-13 Fort Belvoir Eagle:  Wounded Soldier receives Purple Heart -- ...After the Purple Heart ceremony, Jones led a Town Hall meeting for Tyler and other wounded Soldiers.  The discussion served as an opportunity for servicemembers to meet leadership within the Joint Task Medical Region.
• 1-31-13 Bethesda Now:  On Rockville Pike, ‘Smart Growth’ Not Yet A Universal Concept
• 1-31-13 Belleville (IL) News-Democrat:  Are base closures possible? Hagel says yes, Enyart says Congress has 'no appetite' for shutdowns
• 1-31-13 Washington Business Journal:  D.C.'s search is on for Walter Reed master developer
• 1-31-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Commander Cites Accomplishments, Priorities in State of WRNMMC Address
• 1-31-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  State-Of-The-Art Simulation Center Officially Opens
• 1-31-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  NEX Barber & Beauty Salon Offers Quality, Affordable Cuts
• 1-30-13 Association of Defense Communities:  New BRAC Round Would Be Considered for Savings, Hagel Says
• 1-30-13 Washington Business Journal:  Is drop in GDP a sign that federal budget cuts hurt the economy?
• 1-30-13 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Going car-free could save nearly $10K in D.C.
• 1-30-13 Federal News Radio 1500 AM:  DoD's plans to boost cyber workforce could hit snags
• 1-30-13 Washington Post:  Transplant patient says new arms feel like his own
• 1-29-13 Bethesda Now:  Engineers To Present New Bethesda Intelligence Campus Designs
• 1-29-13 MarineLink.com:  First 3-D Printer Ship Model -- 3-D Printer Model USNS Comfort: Photo credit NSWC Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock complete a fabricated model of the hospital ship 'USNS Comfort'
• 1-29-13 Bethesda Now:  Chevy Chase ‘Green Mile’ Sidewalk As Divisive As Ever
• 1-28-13 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation:  Bethesda Avenue-Woodmont Avenue project (parking lot #31) update: blasting to resume January 29 ***(UPDATED: schedule)
• 1-28-13 Baltimore Business Journal:  Maryland House Minority Leader calls for delay of Red, Purple lines
• 1-28-13 Washington Post:  Pentagon to boost cybersecurity force
• 1-28-13 Washington Business Journal:  Cyber talent pool to shrink with DOD workforce expansion
• 1-26-13 Baltimore Sun:  Baltimore VA office worst in nation for processing disability claims -- Office that handles claims for Maryland is slowest and makes most mistakes
• 1-25-13 Bethesda Now:  Leggett Says He’s Not Trying To Derail Bethesda Metro South Entrance
• 1-25-13 Washington Examiner:  Young and old seek neighborhoods with 'walkability'
• 1-24-13 Colorado Springs Business Journal:  The time is now: Other cities already ahead of Springs before next BRAC process
• 1-24-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Unique Surgery Restores Quality of Life for Wounded Troops
• 1-24-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Command Presents a New Face to the Community
• 1-24-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Bethesda Notebook -- Offsite Parking Contract End: The contract for off-site parking located at Rockledge Lot near Montgomery Mall, 6720 Rockledge Drive, will terminate on Jan. 30.
• 1-24-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  NCR Warrior Transition Brigade Welcomes New Commander
• 1-24-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Website Offers Resources for Montgomery County’s Veterans, Families
• 1-23-13 WRC/NBC4 TV  (VIDEO REPORT):  Alternative Medicine & the Military -- The U.S.'s military medical school is right here in the D.C. area. It's where students train to be doctors in the battlefield. It's also the only medical school in the country that now requires students to learn what used to be known as alternative medicine
• 1-23-13 Roll Call:  Spy Agency Could Be Big Winner With Mikulski Chairing Appropriations
• 1-23-13 Washington Post:  Everyone wants change in transportation system, but most don’t want to pay for it
• 1-23-13 Maryland Capital Gazette:  O'Malley puts $20 million in budget for Fort Meade roads
• 1-22-13 Medical Xpress.com:  New research on military traumatic brain injury
• 1-22-13 Philadelphia Business Journal:  Military women get dedicated mental health clinic
• 1-22-13 Association of Defense Communities:  Costs, Benefits of Federal EUL Programs Unclear, GAO Finds
• 1-22-13 Bethesda Now:  Friends of White Flint Asks: What Makes The Suburbs Hip?
• 1-22-13 Washington Examiner:  Federal transit benefits raised to $245 per month, retroactive payments clarified
• 1-22-13 Bethesda Now:  County Council Approves Controversial Wildwood Apartment
• 1-19-13 Gazette.Net:  Retailers face uncertainty as White Flint Mall prepares to shut down -- Shuttered businesses draw fewer customers for those that remain
• 1-19-13 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Purple Line would cut time, but funds still lacking
• 1-18-13 Fort Detrick Standard:  Forest Glen on Social Media -- Fort Detrick Forest Glen Annex has two new ways of communicating with the workforce on social media, keeping the community informed about weather related delays or closings, community information and easier communication from leadership
• 1-18-13 Joint Base Andrews Gazette:  Business Briefs -- Andrews Working Group Report
• 1-17-13 Gazette.Net:  Panel seeks better interaction with Fort Detrick labs -- Residents want more safety information about infectious disease research
• 1-17-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Robots in the Operating Room: Technology supports rapid return to duty, improved quality of life for WRNMMC patients
• 1-17-13 Bethesda Now:  Spokesperson: Bethesda Metro Garage Project Will Improve Bus Bays
• 1-17-13 Washington Examiner:  Real estate values climb in Montgomery County, fall statewide
• 1-17-13 Kensington Patch:  No Plans to Move Speed Camera, Police Say -- Montgomery County police have no plans to move a Jones Bridge Road speed camera that, a district court judge ruled, is improperly placed
• 1-17-13 Odenton-Severn Patch:  Change of Station to Fort Meade: Where to Live? -- A woman from Georgia recently wrote to Odenton-Severn Patch asking for advice on where to live in the Fort Meade area. It sparked a lively discussion on Facebook
• 1-16-13 Bethesda Now:  New Condo Announced For Bethesda’s Hampden Lane
• 1-16-13 Bethesda Now:  Wrecking Ball Coming to Bethesda’s Woodmont Triangle
• 1-16-13 WUSA TV9:  USO Opens Largest Maryland Center At Fort Meade
• 1-16-13 WTOP 103.5 FM:  BRAC-related traffic solutions moving forward in Bethesda
• 1-16-13 Bethesda Now:  Officials Detail Progress Of Bethesda Intersection Projects
• 1-16-13 Bethesda Now:  Walter Reed In Bethesda Faces Reduced Parking During Construction
• 1-16-13 Washington Examiner:  Montgomery County projects tied to Purple Line delayed
• 1-15-13 Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett News Release:  Leggett Announces Amended Six-Year Capital Construction Budget; Continued Budget Constraints Focus Funding on Critical Capital Needs While Delaying Some Projects -- Elmhirst Parkway Bridge: $1,965,000 to replace this structurally deficient bridge.  Federal aid will fund $1,048,000 of the project costs.
• 1-15-13 Bethesda Now:  Funding Delays For Bethesda South Metro Station, New Police Station
• 1-15-13 Bethesda Now:  Another High-Rise Condo Coming To Bethesda
• 1-15-13 Bethesda Patch:  On The County Agenda: Rapid Transit System Public Hearing and More -- The Montgomery County Council will meet today at 9:30 a.m. in Rockville
• 1-15-13 Federal News Radio 1500 AM (Associated Press):  Suicides in military rise, even as combat lessens
• 1-15-13 Washington Post:  Attorney beats speed-camera ticket
• 1-14-13 Bethesda Patch:  Bethesda Metro Bus Bay Could Close for Two Years -- Renovations to a private garage will prompt the closure of the bus bay at the Bethesda Metro station
• 1-14-13 Bethesda Now:  Chevy Chase Lake Plan Nears County Council
• 1-14-13 Gazette.Net:  White Flint-area developers nix offices, pedestrians-only street -- Companies hope to break ground on project in White Flint area late next year
• 1-14-13 Washington Post:  Capital Business -- 10 Washington area real estate projects to watch in 2013
• 1-14-13 Washington Post:  Meeting to address Silver Spring growth and its impact on D.C. neighborhoods
• 1-13-13 Frederick News-Post:  Army lab posts incident data to website -- Page’s purpose is to disclose information on biocontainment illnesses
• 1-12-13 Maryland Capital Gazette:  Sequestration cutbacks could impact Fort Meade, Naval Academy
• 1-11-13 Frederick News-Post (Associated Press):  New Fort Detrick boss has hospital background
• 1-11-13 Bethesda Now:  Bethesda Group Hopes To Find ‘Tipping Point’ In Getting Cars Off The Road -- Plenty of people complain about traffic congestion in Bethesda.  But despite the daily slog up Wisconsin Avenue or the lane closures and construction projects causing detours downtown, only some seem willing to ditch the comfort of their cars for other options.  That’s the constant challenge facing Kristen Blackmon and her staff at Bethesda Transportation Solutions, a division of the nonprofit, county-funded Bethesda Urban Partnership charged with getting cars off downtown Bethesda roads by encouraging biking, telework, the use of mass transit and other ways to avoid rush hours.
• 1-11-13 Bethesda Now:  Advisory Group Urges Action on Bethesda Master Plan
• 1-11-13 Washington Business Journal:  Washington tops Forbes tech cities list
• 1-10-13 Bethesda Now:  Officials To Provide Road Updates At Meeting Next Week
• 1-10-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal:  Base Commuters to Receive Increased Reimbursement
• 1-10-13 Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System:  Joint Task Force - National Capital Region 57th Presidential Inauguration
• 1-10-13 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Planners ID neighborhoods for targeted development
• 1-10-13 Federal News Radio 1500 AM:  NIST's IT Lab well-heeled to answer agencies' expanding calls for its services
• 1-10-13 Washington Examiner:  Silver Spring stop on Purple Line would be 80 feet in air
• 1-10-13 WBAL TV11:  Maryland schools ranked No. 1 in country for 5th-straight year -- Education Week data awards Maryland B-plus overall
• 1-10-13 Military.com:  Tom Philpott's Military Update -- Retirees Not Near Bases to Lose TRICARE Prime Oct. 1
• 1-10-13 The New Republic:  Can Chuck Hagel Cure the Military's Health Care Problem? -- The cost of paying for the health care of nearly 10 million home-base military, their families, retirees and dependent survivors has nearly tripled over the past decade, from $19 billion to $53 billion, making it a major factor in the overall surge in the Pentagon's base budget to $525 billion. The Congressional Budget Office projects that these health care costs, which now eat up 9 percent of the Pentagon's budget, could be gobbling up 14 percent of it in 2030, equivalent to what the Pentagon now spends on all research and development
• 1-9-13 Bethesda Patch:  Capital Crescent Trail Re-Opens On Original Path Near Lot 31 -- Trail users will no longer be detoured near the construction site
• 1-9-13 Stars and Stripes:  Navy to introduce electric vehicle charging stations at select US locations
• 1-9-13 Gazette.Net:  Construction accelerates in new Crown community -- Gaithersburg signs off on residential design
• 1-9-13 Association of Defense Communities:  Ft. Ritchie LRA Considers Reuse Options after Taking Site Back from Developer
• 1-8-13 Bethesda Now:  Heavy Traffic Expected This Afternoon Around Walter Reed
• 1-7-13 WRC/NBC4 TV:  Route 1 Expansion Near Fort Belvoir Threatens Stables
• 1-7-13 Bethesda Patch:  New Funds Released for BRAC Work -- More Department of Defense funds released to complete BRAC-related intersection improvements in Bethesda
• 1-7-13 Bethesda Now:  Bethesda Named Among Best 2013 Housing Markets
• 1-7-13 WAMU 88.5 FM:  New K9 Bus Line Speeds Up Rush Hour Service
  • 1-7-13 Montgomery County News Release:  Leggett, Metro, Elected Officials Celebrate Launch of New, Limited-Stop Bus Service Along New Hampshire Avenue -- “The K9 is the first step in a Rapid Transit System for the New Hampshire Avenue corridor; the first phase of service we hope will extend to the Food and Drug Administration campus in White Oak and the start of a connection to the future Purple Line at the new Takoma Langley Transit Center.”
• 1-7-13 WTOP 103.5 FM:  I-270 gridlock cries out for solutions
• 1-7-13 Washington Post (Bloomberg Government):  Weapons makers try health care amid defense cuts
• 1-6-13 Bethesda Patch:  Maryland to See Portion of $8 Billion Defense Department Spending Spree -- New contracts obligated funds prior to year end
• 1-4-13 Stars and Stripes:  Signed Defense bill blocks Stripes’ newsroom move to Fort Meade
• 1-4-13 Gazette.Net:  Maryland office market flat in ’12, as broader region suffers -- Northern Virginia took much bigger federal hit -- At the same time, the greater Baltimore market gained, due to the military office shuffle, which sent jobs to Fort Meade in Anne Arundel County and Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County
• 1-3-13 U.S. Congressman Chris Van Hollen News Release:  Van Hollen, Mikulski, Cardin Announce Release of $12.6 million in Federal Funds for BRAC-Related Transportation Project in Bethesda -- Federal Funds to Improve Access to Walter Reed National Military Center, Ease Congestion in Surrounding Community
• 1-3-13 Washington Post:  At Fisher Houses, military families share a roof and sometimes their grief
• 1-3-13 Washington Examiner:  Metro reopens Bethesda elevators
• 1-3-13 WTOP 103.5 FM:  2013: A critical year for the Purple Line
• 1-3-13 TIME Magazine:  Military Mental Health -- Tallying the Suicide Toll
• 1-3-13 Association of Defense Communities:  Congress Lengthens Notice Requirement for Certain Realignments outside of BRAC
• 1-2-13 Washington Post:  Construction project agitates Bethesda residents, businesses
• http://www.bethesdanow.com/2013/01/02/county-installs-new-red-light-cameras/
  1-2-13 Bethesda Now:  County Installs New Red Light Cameras
• 1-2-13 Huffington Post:  Music Therapy and the Military -- It was very fitting that between Veterans' Day, when we recognize our veterans and all they have done for our country, and Thanksgiving, when we show our gratitude for so many and for so much, the creation of a music therapy program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) was announced. What an appropriate way to honor and provide assistance to those who serve our country!
• 1-1-13 Association of Defense Communities:  Defense Bill Raises Bar on Non-BRAC Realignments
   
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