Montgomery County, MD

January 28 - April 6, 2010 News

• 4-6-10 Gazette.Net:  Another warning about county's bond rating -- Moody's sticks county on watch list for downgrade
• 4-6-10 Washington Post:  Montgomery County on Moody's bond rating watch list
• 4-6-10 Washington Post:  D.C. streetcar project may get hung up on overhead wires
  • 4-6-10 Washington Post:  (MAP)  Streetcar routes planned by 2030
• 4-6-10 Washington Examiner:  Md. officials ask state to chip in more for Metro
• 4-6-10 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Disabled Vet Finds New Ways to Represent Country
• 4-6-10 Wall Street Journal:  Study: VA's Computer Systems Cost Billions, but Have Big Payback
• 4-6-10  New York Times:  Sidebar: Strict Deadlines, Disabled Veterans and Dismissed Cases -- Legal Commentary by Adam Liptak
• 4-6-10  New York Times:  Bob Herbert Op-Ed Column -- Turning Our Backs on Heroes
• 4-6-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  Baltimore-area construction biz continues to decline
• 4-6-10 Federal Computer Week:  How the VA VistA system is like a fighter jet
• 4-6-10 Government Executive (CongressDaily):  Veterans push for fixes to health care overhaul
• 4-5-10 Washington Post:  In survey, Metro still gets high marks after a year of low points
  • 4-5-10 Washington Post:  (GRAPHIC)  Getting around -- The share of Washington area residents using public transportation remains about the same as in 2005, though more users say they're taking Metro less often than have increased their riding. Despite Metro's recent troubles, the main reason people stay away has little to do with safety or cost: It's a simple preference for driving.
  • 4-5-10 Washington Post:  (STATISTICS)  Transportation Poll -- This Washington Post poll was conducted by telephone Mar. 25 to 29, 2010, among a random sample of 1,107 adult residents of the Washington metro area, including users of both conventional and cellular phones.
• 4-5-10 Washington Post:  Montgomery -- Budget-cutting Md. counties hear complaints within ranks
• 4-5-10 Washington Post:  U.S. government a big commercial real estate player
• 4-5-10 Washington Post:  The impact of the Life Sciences Center -- Letter to the Editor from Phyllis Marcuccio and Sidney Katz, Mayors of Rockville and Gaithersburg, respectively
• 4-5-10 Washington Technology:  How to succeed in government business by really trying hard -- TeleCommunication Systems banks on satellites and wireless to post impressive revenue gains
• 4-5-10 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Working from home may soon be federal mandate
• 4-5-10 USA TODAY:  How some retired military officers became well-paid consultants -- Gates unafraid to lock horns with top generals
• 4-5-10 Washington Business Journal:  Washington job growth kicks in
• 4-5-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  U-Haul: Baltimore climbs ranks of destination cities
• 4-5-10 Maryland Daily Record:  Office vacancy rate in Greater Baltimore inches up
• 4-4-10 Washington Examiner:  Washington region bets big on biotech
• 4-4-10 New York Times:  For the Battle-Scarred, Comfort at Leash's End
• 4-3-10 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Wounded warriors adjust with a little help from horses
• 4-3-10 Annapolis Capital:  Anne Arundel's unemployment up in February -- Though some see positive signs, economic damage still unfolding
• 4-2-10 Institute of Federal Heath Care:  (scroll down)  Military Health Care News -- Military hospitals are realizing that creating new "healing environments" can enhance the mental, physical and emotional recuperation process essential to recovery from injury or disease
• 4-2-10 Washington Post:  Northrop Grumman narrows choices for its Washington area headquarters
• 4-2-10 Gazette.Net:  Execs wooing Northrop -- CEOs join effort to lure contractor to state
• 4-2-10 Washington Examiner:  Md. pulling back on Metro share as others push higher subsidies
• 4-2-10 Corridor Inc.:  Agency jurisdictional presence: The gift that keeps on giving -- Montgomery County's Federal Demand-Drivers
• 4-2-10 Corridor Inc.:  (VIDEO)  An inside look of JBG's White Flint developments
• 4-2-10 Corridor Inc.:  Worth the Wait? -- "We've probably talked more about Columbia's Downtown than Congress has talked abut health reform." - Emily Lincoln, founder of Bring Back the Vision.
• 4-2-10 Baltimore Sun:  Howard County capital budget aids U.S. 1 corridor -- 'Very difficult choices,' Ulman tells council
• 4-2-10 Department of Defense News Release:  New Developments Lead to Early TBI Detection
• 4-2-10 Newswise -- USUHS News Release (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences):  USU to Host IBMISPS World Congress for Brain, Spinal Cord Mapping
• 4-2-10 Voice of America:  Shuttle 'Discovery' to Launch Monday -- Delai adds it is important to study how the body struggles or adapts to life in orbit, in order to prepare for long-term missions in the future. He says one current study on tissue damage is being sponsored by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research near Washington.  "Exposure to microgravity will cause the cells to react similar to the way a wound would act on the human body," Delai added.
• 4-1-10 NNMC Journal:  Commander's Column -- Projects and Changes at NNMC
• 4-1-10 Fort Detrick Standard:  Catching up with the neighbors -- Fort Detrick command meets with Forest Glen partners, neighbors to discuss issues, concerns
• 4-1-10 Fort Detrick Standard:  Walter Reed's National Museum of Health and Medicine provides an interactive approach to educating students
• 4-1-10 United States Army News Release:  Casey rolls out plan for 21st century Army
• 4-1-10 AFCEA (Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association):  Intelligence Embraces Network-Centric Facility -- The new National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) headquarters being built on the grounds of Fort Belvoir, Virginia, is designed around a network-centric architecture.
• 4-1-10 Washington Post:  Military plans to test brain-injury therapy
• 4-1-10 Gazette.Net:  Charting safer, defined paths near New Carrollton Metro -- Park and Planning receives $30,000 grant for pedestrian transportation study
• 4-1-10 London (UK) Times:  Servicewomen diagnosed with mental disorders at twice rate of men
• 4-1-10 Washington Post:  Metro woes may put federal funding for transit projects at risk
  • 4-1-10 Washington Post:  (MAP)  Transit projects competing for funding
• 4-1-10 Washington Post:  Alexandria students work to save Winkler Botanical Preserve
• 4-1-10 Washington Examiner:  Montgomery plans to make $1.4 million off speed camera late fees
• 4-1-10 Washington Examiner:  Washington home prices strongest in nation
• 3-31-10 Gazette.Net:  Knapp: Move ahead with busway -- $5M has been on books to begin engineering for Georgia Avenue changes
• 3-31-10 Business Week (HealthDay News):  Report Finds Gaps in Health Services for U.S. Veterans -- Families and communities also need assistance, experts say
• 3-31-10 Gazette.Net:  Andrews a 'mighty micro-economy', O'Malley says -- Governor says base expansion will aid state's economic recovery in coming months
• 3-31-10 USA TODAY:  Hyperbaric chamber may treat traumatic brain injury
• 3-31-10 Washington Business Journal:  GSA to auction off Bethesda building
• 3-31-10 Frederick News-Post:  City to triple tree canopy
• 3-31-10 Seattle Post-Intelligencer:  The Military Wire -- USO - Not Just Your Concerts and Care Packages
• 3-31-10 Contractor Mag.com:  Hospital conserves energy by 27% with heat recovery chiller system
• 3-31-10 Stars and Stripes:  Obama announces plan for oil drilling off U.S. shores -- “Now, the Pentagon isn’t seeking these alternative fuels just to protect our environment,” Obama said. “They are pursuing these homegrown energy sources to protect our national security. Our military leaders recognize the security imperative of increasing the use of alternative fuels, decreasing energy use, and reducing our reliance on imported oil.”
• 3-31-10 Jacksonville (FL) Daily Record:  Navy Hospital CO talks military medicine
• 3-31-10 Los Angeles Times (Associated Press):  Panel urges more comprehensive planning to care for Iraq, Afghanistan veterans as they age
• 3-31-10 WTOP 103.5 FM (Associated Press):  VA doctors prohibited from prescribing medical pot
• 3-31-10 Washington Examiner:  Northern Virginia driving local economy
• 3-31-10 Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star:  Area Still Growing -- Local population growth continues at a slower pace
• 3-31-10 Washington Post:  MoCo development theory ... and practice -- Commentary by Bette Petrides, president of Citizens for a Better Bethesda
• 3-31-10 Baltimore Sun:  Shattuck helping to lure Northrop's headquarters to Maryland -- Constellation Energy CEO puts aside past skirmishes with state leaders
• 3-31-10 Gazette.Net:  Warning issued over county's AAA rating -- Leggett sends addendum to budget to boost reserves
• 3-31-10 Gazette.Net:  Floreen's proposed Economic Development Authority draws fire -- Private sector wary over forced financial investment
• 3-31-10 Gazette.Net:  County Council gets an earful at Kensington meeting -- Residents complain about Noyes library closure, ambulance fees and Costco gas station
• 3-31-10 Gazette.Net:  'Zombies' pose traffic hazard -- AAA issues reminder that it's unlawful to wear headphones while driving
• 3-31-10 Gazette.Net:  Slow progress on prime Bethesda real estate -- Several proposals for luxury residences, retail falter
• 3-31-10 Gazette.Net:  USPS seeks bids for Wisconsin Avenue post office -- Historic building considered local landmark; owner would sell retail space back to postal service
• 3-31-10 Gazette.Net:  Chevy Chase Village officials eye Brookville Road walkway, safety -- Construction of sidewalk could start this summer
• 3-31-10 Gazette.Net:  Germantown plan nears finish line -- Mystery mailers push size restrictions on stores in TMX zone
• 3-30-10 Washington Post:  D.C., Maryland struggle to boost shares of Metro funding
• 3-30-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  St. John Properties advances plans for Aberdeen retail project
• 3-30-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  Study: Doing business in Baltimore a bargain
• 3-30-10 Fairfax Times.com:  Debate lingers over highways in Northern Virginia -- Leaders discuss transportation options at forum
• 3-29-10 Washington Examiner:  Transit officials seek renewal of $230 transit benefit
• 3-29-10 Washington Post:  Fairfax riders say they feel stranded by plan to cut bus lines
• 3-29-10 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Traffic light technology: Red lights that don't make you wait
• 3-28-10 Annapolis Capital:  Eager to move some dirt -- Commercial building at a standstill in Anne Arundel County, but situation seen loosening
• 3-28-10 Baltimore Sun:  In Howard, a building boomlet -- County's annual report card shows steady increase in residential permits
• 3-28-10 Baltimore Sun:  Md. sees hospital building boom -- In the face of downturn, expansions in central part of state exceed $2 billion
• 3-28-10 Washington Post:  Editorial -- Science and the suburban future
• 3-28-10 Washington Post:  After 7 years at Walter Reed, Kyrgyz woman has no place to go
• 3-27-10 Baltimore Sun:  Md. shed 13,800 jobs last month, report says -- February tally is state's worst one-month toll of recession
• 3-27-10 WTOP 103.5 FM (Associated Press):  Area Feb. job losses among highest in nation
  • 3-26-10 Bureau of Labor Statistics News Release:  Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary -- February 2010
• 3-27-10 Petersburg (VA) Progress-Index:  Fort Lee hotel project gets House panel's OK
• 3-27-10 Washington Post:  Wounded soldier collects school supplies to send to Afghan kids
• 3-26-10 Gazette.Net:  Citing concern over bond rating, Leggett revises budget -- Changes to initial spending plan would boost reserves
• 3-26-10 Gazette.Net:  Anthrax vaccine work is in 'the valley of death' -- Biodefense leaders say federal initiatives underfunded
• 3-26-10 Frederick News-Post:  USAMRIID begins implementing government recommendations
• 3-26-10 CNN:  For veterans in crisis, a lifeline
• 3-26-10 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Wii's for Warriors program helps amputees
• 3-26-10 New York Times:  At War: Notes from the Front Line -- A Matter of Life and Death: Suicides in the Army
• 3-26-10 Washington Post:  A rail corridor along I-81 that would get traffic and the economy moving again -- Commentary by Governors Bob Riley (R-AL), Haley Barbour (R-MS), Ed Rendell (D-PA), Phil Bredesen (D-TN) and Bob McDonnell (R-VA)
• 3-26-10 Washington Post:  Kyrgyz woman longs for a home of her own, outside the walls of Walter Reed
• 3-26-10 Washington Examiner:  D.C. sixth most expensive rental market
• 3-26-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  Minority firms could miss out on building boom in Harford County
• 3-25-10 NNMC Journal:  NNMC kicks off contest to find 'Anticipation Campaign' slogan
• 3-25-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Museum provides an interactive approach to educating students
• 3-25-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Walter Reed Garrison salutes staff, support members for efforts
• 3-25-10 Mount Vernon (VA) Gazette:  Business Summit on BRAC’s Effects
• 3-25-10 Newsvine (MSNBC):  Tammy Duckworth: 'This is my second chance at life'
• 3-25-10 Gazette.Net:  ‘Tickled pink' — and blue: Malcolm Grow and Southern Maryland hospital centers partner for Ob-Gyn care
• 3-25-10 Gazette.Net:  Residents look into future at forum -- More than 1,000 participants give input on Prince George's County's goals
• 3-25-10 Annapolis Capital:  State panel to navigate health care changes -- 14-member commission has July 15 deadline to submit a report
• 3-25-10 Business Wire:  Fitch Rates Montgomery County, Maryland's $23MM COPs 'AA+'; $30MM Ltd Obligs 'AA'; Outlook Stable
• 3-25-10 New York Times:  ClimateWire -- Navy and Marines Aim for a Leaner, Greener Fighting Machine
• 3-25-10 Washington Post:  Head of small-business agency plays key role in Obama's job creation initiatives
• 3-25-10 Washington Post:  Joe Davidson's Federal Diary -- Telework cuts federal government's losses during D.C. area snowstorms
• 3-25-10 Baltimore Sun:  The Real Estate Wonk blog -- Three ways of looking at housing affordability
• 3-24-10 New York Times:  Inquiry Could Lead to Court-Martial for Ex-Army Surgeon
• 3-24-10 Fairfax Station (VA) Connection:  Final Piece of the Puzzle -- After a decade of promises, South County breaks ground on a middle school
• 3-24-10 WRC/NBC4 TV:  Maryland Residents React to Redevelopment Plan
• 3-24-10 PhysOrg.com:  Post-traumatic stress: A condition both more prevalent and more treatable than previously thought, researcher says -- Terry Keane, a longtime PTSD researcher and associate chief of staff for research and development at the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, says researchers in recent years have learned much about post-traumatic stress, including that it is both more prevalent and more treatable than previously supposed.
• 3-24-10 Gazette.Net:  Traffic signals could alleviate back-ups near Navy Med -- Lights could improve ‘stacking' on Rockville Pike
• 3-24-10 Gazette.Net:  Council unanimously approves White Flint Sector Plan -- Plan calls for 9,800 new residences over the next 30 years
• 3-24-10 Gazette.Net:  A sign of what is to come -- North Bethesda Market features 24-story tower
• 3-24-10 Gazette.Net:  County Council gets ‘Science City' numbers -- Staging of Gaithersburg West must be tied to transportation
• 3-24-10 Gazette.Net:  Advance Life Sciences Center past the '90s -- Commentary by Royce Hanson, chairman of the Montgomery County Planning Board
• 3-24-10 Gazette.Net:  Residents contest proposed budget -- Leggett hosts public meeting to discuss plans for cuts, construction
• 3-24-10 Gazette.Net:  Purple Line hinders proposed office space -- Planning board approves tentative plans for Silver Spring project
• 3-24-10 Washington Examiner:   Montgomery council approves White Flint redevelopment
• 3-24-10 Washington Examiner:  Growth explodes in inner, outer D.C. suburbs
• 3-24-10 Washington Post:  With development plan approved, the future of White Flint begins to take shape
  • 3-24-10 Washington Post:  (GRAPHIC)  White Flint building up for the future -- On Tuesday, the Montgomery County Council approved a plan to transform the White Flint area along Rockville Pike from a disconnected series of low-rise buildings, strip malls and parking lots into a vibrant, grand boulevard lined with small villages where residents can live, shop, walk and play.
• 3-24-10 Washington Post:  Transit options make District more affordable than suburbs
• 3-24-10 Washington Post:  Washington area population rises faster than other regions
  • 3-24-10 Washington Post:  (GRAPHIC)  District population up amid recession -- Despite the recession, Washington area growth has outpaced other Northeast metropolitan areas
• 3-24-10 Washington Post:  On Faith -- After the Fort Hood shootings, a Muslim American soldier battles on friendly ground
• 3-24-10 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Bases Get New Names in Realignment
• 3-24-10 Annapolis Capital:  Senate shifting pension expenses to counties -- 'We need to get a handle on this sooner than later'
• 3-24-10 Annapolis Capital:  Survey: Parents happy with schools -- But give lower marks to Anne Arundel County's high schools
• 3-24-10 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Region grows: Nearly 5.5 million now live here
• 3-23-10 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Montgomery Co. approves new development plan
• 3-23-10 WTOP 103.5 FM:  New program aims to improve pedestrian safety
• 3-23-10 Maryland Daily Record:  Urban development author: ‘Skyscrapers are over’
• 3-23-10 Fairfax Times.com:  Call for more density 'business as usual' -- Commentary by Robert H. Jackson, president of the McLean Citizens Association
• 3-23-10 Washington Business Journal:  Affordable houses with unaffordable commutes
• 3-23-10 Washington Business Journal:  Lab Recyclers shifts warehouse to Frederick
• 3-23-10 Washington Business Journal:  Deputy Mayor, real estate execs talk DC real estate in 2010 and beyond
• 3-23-10 Washington Examiner:  Hopkins land worth tens of millions if Science City approved
• 3-23-10 Washington Examiner:  Fairfax mulls reduced Tysons Corner plan
• 3-23-10 Washington Examiner:  Thousands of federal workers ride Metro for free -- Transit perk numbs effect of proposed fare increases
• 3-23-10 MarylandReporter.com:  Senators want more study of Red, Purple lines
• 3-23-10 Fairfax Times.com:  Study, budget shortfall show value of economic development strategy
• 3-23-10 Annapolis Capital:  Regional tech firms overcome recession -- Chesapeake Regional Tech Council to host awards ceremony Thursday
• 3-23-10 Baltimore Sun:  Recession hits Baltimore, but employers cut far fewer jobs in '09 -- Still, vacant office space and unsold condos languish as development slows
• 3-22-10 Annapolis Capital:  Putting more 'park' in Park and Ride -- More spaces planned for Harry Truman lot
• 3-22-10 United States Air Force News Release:  National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency staff provides aeronautical products to military pilots, aviators
• 3-22-10 Maryland Daily Record:  Downtown Partnership's report notes job losses and real estate vacancies
• 3-22-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  Report: Downtown Baltimore jobs, population fall in 2009
• 3-22-10 Veterans Today.com:  Another Gulf War Syndrome?
• 3-22-10 Gazette.Net:  Baltimore, Montgomery, Prince George's woo Google -- Jurisdictions want to host pilot for fastest Internet service
• 3-22-10 Gazette.Net:  Majority of council supports Costco plan -- Some neighbors say they support warehouse club but not gas station
• 3-22-10 Defense News.com:  Defense Earmarks Ban Denies Vital Programs -- commentary by Matthew R. Kambrod, former deputy for aviation, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research, Development and Acquisition, and author of the 2007-2008 political best-seller "Lobbying  for Defense."
• 3-22-10 InformationWeek.com:  Fed Cybersecurity Spending On The Rise -- An increasing rate of cyberattacks and the growing complexity of critical IT infrastructure are driving the surge in federal cybersecurity spending
• 3-22-10 Baltimore Sun:  Michael Dresser's Getting There column -- Putting stop to cyclists, walkers getting short shrift
• 3-22-10 National Journakl:  Expert Blogs: Transportation -- Should Bikes And Cars Be Treated Equally?
• 3-22-10 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Tricare Meets Health Care Bill’s Standards, Gates Says
• 3-22-10 WTOP 103.5 FM (Associated Press):  Cancer research facility takes shape in Frederick
• 3-22-10 Washington Post:  On Guam, planned Marine base raises anger, infrastructure concerns
  • 3-22-10 Washington Post:  (GRAPHIC)  Costly preparations -- The government of Guam estimates that it needs about $3 billion to cope with the impacts of the Marine buildup. So far, none of the money below has been appropriated.
• 3-21-10 Washington Post:  In 8 years of war, ranks of amputees have risen steadily
• 3-21-10 Washington Post:  'Science city' data fail Montgomery residents' calculator tests
  • 3-21-10 Washington Post:  (MAP)  Projections behind 'science city' disputed -- Johns Hopkins University wants to build as much as 20 million square feet of commercial, retail and residential space in what university officials describe as a world-class "science city."
• 3-21-10 Washington Examiner:  'Science City' to bring in thousands more workers, memo says
• 3-21-10 Washington Examiner:  Push on for Wisconsin Ave. streetcars
• 3-21-10 Baltimore Sun:  Road conditions tracked, shared by UM-created network -- Traffic managers, police get big picture for Md., Va., D.C.
• 3-21-10 Annapolis Capital:  Realities of Real Estate: The only way to get a 100% home loan
• 3-21-10 Navy Times:  Skelton: Health reform will not touch Tricare
• 3-20-10 Washington Post (Associated Press):  Tight for cash, governments raise traffic fees
  • 3-20-10 Washington Post (Associated Press):  California traffic citation fees at a glance
• 3-20-10 Washington Post:  In choosing its battle names, the military must know its target audience
• 3-20-10 Frederick News-Post:  $250M biomedical research facility closer to completion
• 3-20-10 Maryland Gazette (Anne Arundel County):  Editorial -- Our Say: Increased charges at Anne Arundel Community College a bad sign of the times
• 3-20-10 Wall Street Journal:  Taking the Driver Out of the Car: Why robocars, and not high-speed rail, could revolutionize transportation -- Commentary by Randal O'Toole, senior fellow with the Cato Institute and author of "Gridlock: Why We're Stuck in Traffic and What to Do About It."
• 3-19-10 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery council OKs tax credit for biotechs
• 3-19-10 Gazette.Net:  Rich city, poor suburb -- Baltimore's wealth increases as 'burbs strain to cope with influx of poor
• 3-19-10 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  Editorial -- Disappointing last stand
• 3-19-10 Washington Business Journal:  U.S. Institute of Peace already in expansion mode -- The United States Institute of Peace is getting a chunk of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery campus in 2012....  The naval operations will relocate to a new facility in the region with the surgeons general of the Air Force and Army. The surgeons general are on the prowl for about 70,000 square feet; a spokeswoman from the office of the assistant secretary of defense health affairs said bids are in, but no decision has been made.  There has been speculation among government workers and brokers that the three offices will be rolled into Tricare Management Activity's offices. Tricare, which handles health care for defense workers, has issued a request for proposals for 600,000 square feet of office space in Virginia. That decision is also pending.
• 3-19-10 Federal Times:  Defense Department will meet BRAC deadline, leaders say
• 3-19-10 Washington Post:  Federal Eye blog -- White House to vets: VA health care safe from reform
• 3-19-10 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  Obama won't reverse 2005 decision to close fort
• 3-19-10 Gazette.Net:  Northrop mum on move, but not potential layoffs -- Contractor may idle 180 workers in Hagerstown
• 3-18-10 U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs News Release:  VA Recognizes “Presumptive” Illnesses in Iraq, Afghanistan -- Decision Makes It Easier for Gulf War Veterans to Receive Benefits
• 3-18-10 Armed with Science:  (VIDEO)  Navy Scientists Keep Radiation in It's Place [LAB TV]
• 3-18-10 1500 AM Federal News Radio:  (AUDIO)  House panel learns BRAC is in the home stretch:

In recent months, there have been reports of other construction delays at the new joint Army-Navy "Walter Reed National Medical Center", which is being built on the campus of the existing Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. In addition, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D.-Md.), whose district includes the Walter Reed campus, continues to lobby for funds to expand surrounding roadways, and fund a pedestrian tunnel across Route 355 to the NIH Metrorail station.

Chairman Edwards says he's confident that Walter Reed, and a new base medical facility at Fort Belvoir, will provide "world class care, cutting edge facilities unlike anything we've seen before. It appears that some of the construction challenges at Fort Belvoir are going to require some additional spending, in order to meet the deadline. I'm still not sure we've solved all the traffic problems that are going to be caused by the expansion at Bethesda and at Fort Belvoir."

Edwards also believes the lack of funding to provide for local traffic and other infrastructure improvements to deal with additional traffic resulting from BRAC-mandated facility changes is "a real fault of the current BRAC process. It does not take into account the need to invest in roads that are not directly located on a military site, but will be directly impacted by a DoD facility."

• 3-18-10 1500 AM Federal News Radio:  (AUDIO)  GAO looks at how well Army cleans up defense sites
• 3-18-10 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  New System to Deliver More Intelligence to Warfighters
• 3-18-10 Washington Business Journal:  BRAC build-out begins at Aberdeen Proving Ground
• 3-18-10 Business Wire:  Fitch Downgrades Anne Arundel County, Maryland's $186MM GOs to 'AA'; Outlook Revised to Stable
• 3-18-10 U.S. News & World Report:  D.C. Tops New Ranking of Safest Places for Teen Drivers -- U.S. News analyzed 11 factors that affect teen driving safety
• 3-18-10 NNMC Journal:  Commander's Column -- Welcoming back NNMC sailors deployed to Haiti
• 3-18-10 NNMC Journal:  Comfort returns from humanitarian mission
• 3-18-10 WRAMC Stripe:  'Dizzy' clinic aids Soldiers with TBI care -- Brain Injury Awareness Month
• 3-18-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Officials answer WTB town hall queries
• 3-18-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Walter Reed colonel to lead armed forces radiobiology institute
• 3-18-10 Joint Base Andrews Capital Flyer:  Joint Base Andrews BRAC building to be named after Col. William A. Jones II
• 3-18-10 Gazette.Net:  BRAC-related Job Fairs  (scroll down)
• 3-18-10 Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star:  Government Contractors are Driving Commercial Real Estate -- Government contracting still going strong in Stafford County
• 3-18-10 WTOP 103.5 FM:  HOV exemption extended for 'clean fuel' hybrids
• 3-18-10 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Younger people are less apt to drive
• 3-17-10 DOD Military Health System blog posting by Charles L. Rice, M.D., acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs -- I have outlined the four goals on which I will focus the majority of my attention
• 3-17-10 Springfield (VA) Connection:  Compromise Reached on Plan Change -- Department of Planning and Zoning recommends land use changes on Loisdale Road in anticipation of the BRAC move
• 3-17-10 1500 AM Federal News Radio:  (AUDIO)  Pentagon officials give House BRAC update
• 3-17-10 Baltimore Sun:  Harford council OKs fronting $14 million loan to developer -- Beechtree project would use funds to build public infrastructure
• 3-17-10 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation News Release:  Public Meeting - Mar 24: BRAC Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Project
• 3-17-10 Washington Post:  Leggett's best budget efforts haven't halted rise in Montgomery spending
• 3-17-10 Gazette.Net:  Upcounty bus depot postponement likely -- Costs grow as county searches for another location
• 3-17-10 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery College, schools brace for cuts -- Leggett's budget reduces education spending
• 3-17-10 Gazette.Net:  Metro weighs fare increases, parking hike to fund budget -- Public hearings to be held this month and next
• 3-17-10 Gazette.Net:  Comfort's crew comes home from Haiti -- Navy hospital ship's staff reflects on journey to help earthquake victims
• 3-17-10 Gazette.Net:  White Flint plan poised to pass -- Council member calls changes ‘significant remake'
• 3-17-10 Gazette.Net:  National Cancer Institute heads to Shady Grove -- County planners approve aims to move headquarters from Bethesda
• 3-17-10 Gazette.Net:  Plans for Gaithersburg West leading to tension, Floreen says -- Council president, opponent spar at Democratic breakfast club
• 3-17-10 Gazette.Net:  At-large council members take heat over ‘Science City' -- Elrich wants to send plans back to Planning Board
• 3-17-10 Gazette.Net:  Planner says there's more to him than his day job -- Though advocates have concerns, Dreyfuss insists he has a balanced view
• 3-17-10 Gazette.Net:  ICC, Park and Planning face opposition to proposed trail plan -- Civic association members say they were not notified about change to environmental project
• 3-17-10 Gazette.Net:  Sligo Creek Golf Course debate makes its way to Annapolis -- New bill would prohibit any third party from closing facility
• 3-17-10 Gazette.Net:  Longtime Silver Spring civic activist dies -- Transit advocate Harry Sanders died March 10 of kidney cancer
• 3-17-10 Gazette.Net:  Trail keepers deploy to clear paths -- Group also leads hikes and publishes guidebooks
• 3-17-10 Corridor Inc.:  St. John Properties starts construction on three Aberdeen Proving Ground buildings
• 3-16-10 Washington Post:  Montgomery, Prince George's slash budgets
  • 3-16-10 Washington Post:  (CHART)  Budget changes at a glance -- Amid drops in revenue and the recession, historic county budgets were proposed Monday
• 3-16-10 Washington Post:  Montgomery College faces 'devastating' cuts
• 3-16-10 Washington Examiner:  Leggett looks to make big cuts, raise energy tax
• 3-16-10 Washington Examiner:  In Montgomery, parking ticket collections grow
• 3-16-10 Washington Examiner:  Montgomery schools cuts could deepen
• 3-16-10 Baltimore Sun:  Beechtree development touches off multimillion-dollar debate -- Tax revenue increase would 'pay back' TIF loan, a first of its kind in Harford
• 3-16-10 Annapolis Capital:  Program offers cash for new carpoolers
• 3-16-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  Maryland highways rank No. 42
• 3-16-10 Washington Business Journal:  D.C., Urban Land Institute looking to count shoppers who don't drive
• 3-16-10 Gazette.Net:  Prince George's County Council rejects nominee to lead county planning department -- Critics said county exec should not have made selection so close to leaving office
• 3-15-10 Washington Post:  Leggett proposes deep cuts for Montgomery
• 3-15-10 Gazette.Net:  Leggett unveils $4.3 billion budget -- Fiscal 2011 spending plan lays off 232; county employees face 10 furlough days
  • 3-15-10 Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett News Release:  Leggett Closes $779 Million Budget Gap with Largest Spending Reduction Since 1968; Hard Choices Made Include Reductions in Programs, No Pay Increases, Furloughs, $3 Monthly Hike in Energy Tax
  • 3-15-10 County Executive's Recommended FY11 Operating Budget and FY11-16 Public Services Program
• 3-15-10 Gazette.Net:  Longtime Silver Spring civic activist dies -- Transportation advocate died of kidney cancer Wednesday
• 3-14-10 Washington Examiner:  Counties brace for brutal cuts to schools, police, parks
• 3-14-10 Washington Examiner:  Harry Jaffe column: Bike-friendly D.C. might turn off drivers
• 3-14-10 Washington Post:  For Metro's strapped budget, a wealth of ideas but not cash
  • 3-14-10 Washington Post:  (GRAPHIC)  An outpouring of ideas for Metro -- A rider's guide to some of the options for balancing the agency's fiscal 2011 budget
• 3-14-10 Norfolk Virginian-Pilot:  Navy hospital ship Comfort returns from Haiti
• 3-14-10 Annapolis Capital:  Business: Welcome to the brave new world of 'cybersecurity'-- County, local businesses move to capitalize on next evolution of tech
• 3-14-10 Annapolis Capital:  Editorial -- Our Say: Increased charges at Anne Arundel Community College a bad sign of the times
• 3-13-10 Washington Post (Associated Press):  Unemployment rate for young veterans hits 21.1 percent
• 3-12-10 Baltimore Sun:  O'Malley seeks federal dollars on Capitol Hill -- Snow removal costs among items congressional delegation can help find money for
  • 3-11-10 Governor Martin O'Malley News Release:  Governor Martin O'Malley Presents 2011 Federal Priorities to Maryland's Congressional Delegation -- The Governor also highlighted funding for specific BRAC-related improvements in Harford, Anne Arundel, Montgomery, and Prince George's counties.  The Governor also requested federal funding for bus and bus facilities projects to enhance transit services for commuters throughout Maryland; and a second installment of the $1.5 billion recently authorized for WMATA in the Rail Safety bill.
  • 3-11-10 State of Maryland Federal Priorities, Fiscal Year 2011  (93 pp)
• 3-12-10 Southern Maryland Online (Capital News Service):  O'Malley Seeks Federal Jobs Funding
• 3-12-10 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Commuters: Get paid $2 a day to carpool
• 3-12-10 Washington Business Journal:  Economic Development -- Metro's new joint development chief eyes changes
• 3-12-10 Washington Post:  Harry Sanders dies; activist led Purple Line campaign
• 3-12-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  Northrop taking space in Harford Co.
• 3-11-10 Seattle Post-Intelligencer:  Billions Spent - Veterans Still Unaware
  • 2-25-10 Military.com:  Tom Philpott's Military Update -- Many Vets Still Unaware of Benefits
• 3-11-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Heightened security leads to vehicle inspections
• 3-11-10 WRAMC Stripe:  'Just like family' -- Every patient special for pediatric oncology staff
• 3-11-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Warrior Corner -- Brain Injury Awareness Month
• 3-11-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Walter Reed hosts family resource fair at Mologne House
• 3-11-10 Annapolis Capital:  Poised for a transit makeover -- New rail, bus, shuttle services are all on the table for west county
• 3-11-10 Annapolis Capital:  State revenue falls again, just not as far -- O'Malley: 'I would like to be here long enough to see an upward revision'
• 3-11-10 Washington Examiner:  Planned science center divides Montgomery residents
• 3-11-10 Baltimore Sun:  House Democrats act to ban corporate earmarks -- Defense, aerospace firms in Md. liable to feel impact
• 3-11-10 Washington Post:  House bans earmarks to for-profit companies
• 3-11-10 Washington Post:  Pennsylvania Ave. to have dedicated bike lanes
  • 3-11-10 Washington Post:  (MAP)  Pennsylvania Ave. to have dedicated bike lanes
• 3-11-10 Washington Post:  Montgomery schools plan for further budget cuts
• 3-11-10 Washington Post:  Alexandria DASH fares to rise July 1
• 3-11-10 Baltimore Sun:  Dan Rodricks column -- Catholic school parents closed out of decision making
• 3-11-10 NNMC Journal:  Comfort completes relief mission in Haiti
• 3-11-10 NNMC Journal:  Comfort Crew Reflects On Mission During Memorial Ceremony
• 3-10-10 United States Army Press Release:  Combat medics complete transformation to modern-battlefield healthcare specialists
• 3-10-10 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Rising Personnel Costs Could Affect Readiness, Official Says
• 3-10-10 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Policy to Mandate Head Injury Evaluations
• 3-10-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  Maryland cuts tax revenue estimate by $66M
• 3-10-10 San Diego Union-Tribune:  Wars' wounded get help to cope -- Rehab clinic offers prosthetics, therapy
• 3-10-10 Gazette.Net:  Navy hospital ship to begin journey home from Haiti -- USNS Comfort, staffed mostly by personnel from Navy Med, set to depart today
• 3-10-10 Gazette.Net:  Gaithersburg West and White Flint: A Tale of Two Cities
• 3-10-10 Gazette.Net:  Hanson farm moves toward development -- Planning Board recommends re-zoning approval for North Potomac farm
• 3-10-10 Gazette.Net:  Setting the foundation for a transit center, one blast at a time -- Daily explosions at construction site bring hub closer to completion
• 3-10-10 Gazette.Net:  City Place Mall plan aims for the sky -- Office tower, new entrance part of developer's vision for mall
• 3-10-10 Gazette.Net:  Council committee recommends funding to move bike trail forward -- Long-delayed Metropolitan Branch Trail should receive $12M, council members say
• 3-10-10 Washington Examiner:  In the money: Local counties top Forbes' 'richest' list
• 3-10-10 WTOP 103.5 FM:  More bicycle lanes are coming to D.C.
• 3-10-10 MarylandReporter.com:  Baltimore may face more cuts to highway funding
• 3-10-10 Carroll County Times:  Residents want variety in Maryland growth strategy -- Carroll residents want the state to consider a wide variety of topics ranging from environmental protection to economic development as it builds its growth plan, known as PlanMaryland
• 3-9-10 Washington Business Journal:  Johns Hopkins issues first renderings of Belward campus
• 3-9-10 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  Forget BRAC, move ahead on new jobs -- Commentary by Paul G. Gaffney II, President of Monmouth University
• 3-9-10 Gazette.Net:  Gaithersburg, Rockville issue ‘Science City' ultimatums -- At-large County Council members to discuss plans tonight
• 3-9-10 Baltimore Sun:  Counties face more cutting as state income tax payments fall
• 3-9-10 Washington Post:  Support for Northrop Grumman tax incentives waning in D.C.
• 3-9-10 WMAR/ABC2 TV (Baltimore):  Howard County Police Change Beats
• 3-8-10 Popular Science:  DARPA Seeks Prosthetics Directly Controllable Through Brain Implants
• 3-8-10 Baltimore Sun:  Express toll lane project on I-95 being scaled back -- Roads, bridges, tunnels to get redirected money for upkeep
• 3-8-10 Carroll County Times:  Maryland growth plan forums kick off in Carroll Tuesday -- The Maryland Department of Planning will hold the first of 13 public forums across the state to get public input for its growth plan, PlanMaryland, Tuesday at Carroll County Community College
• 3-7-10 Huntsville (AL) Times:  D.C. employees warm to BRAC
• 3-7-10 Washington Examiner:  Montgomery schools chief warns of jobs losses
• 3-7-10 Washington Examiner:  Officials say rail is Va.'s transportation future
• 3-6-10 Maryland Gazette (Anne Arundel County) (Associated Press):  NSA eases secrecy - a bit - giving a glimpse of past
• 3-6-10 News-Medical.net:  Military Healthcare Convention and Conference: Latest developments and initiatives in military healthcare
• 3-6-10 Washington Post:  Where We Live -- Huntington Terrace: An eclectic 'American village' in Md.
  • 3-6-10 Washington Post:  Huntington Terrace -- Boundaries and demographics
• 3-5-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  Maryland's biotech wish list meager in bad year
• 3-5-10 Corridor Inc.:  Health of 270 corridor life sciences tied to cure for congestion
• 3-5-10 Gazette.Net:  Is $25 million enough? -- Officials up the ante in Northrop sweepstakes; benefits hard to quantify
• 3-5-10 MarylandReporter.com:  Analysts concerned transit doesn't have enough money
• 3-5-10 Washington Examiner (Associated Press):  Experts find flaws in planning for Md. Army biolab
• 3-5-10 Frederick News-Post:  Experts confident in new USAMRIID lab, procedures
• 3-5-10 Frederick News-Post:  Development director: Realtors seen as 'ambassadors' for Frederick
• 3-5-10 CNN:  Inside the heads of 'Hurt Locker' bomb defusers
• 3-5-10 Fort Myers (FL) News-Press:  John Agnew commentary: At times we must trust, not always with good reason -- Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., known as the "king of pork-barrel politics," died recently from a complication of gallbladder surgery performed at the National Naval Medical  Center, Bethesda, Md. I thought he was reprehensible, but that has nothing to do with his death, which was avoidable.
• 3-4-10 Alexandria Times:  Mayor sees BRAC encroachment first-hand
• 3-4-10 WHAG-TV4 (Hagerstown):  New Report Details Recommendations for Fort Detrick Lab
• 3-4-10 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Research Shows Promise for Wounded Warriors, Public
• 3-4-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Gates asks all DoD to help prevent tragedies like Fort Hood shooting
• 3-4-10 WRAMC Stripe:  DoD: coaches ease mental health care transitions
• 3-4-10 NNMC Journal:  Deputy Commander for Integration and Transition -- ‘‘Fun Facts” related to base construction
• 3-4-10 NNMC Journal:  Bethesda raises suicidal awareness, offers resources
• 3-4-10 Fort Detrick Standard:  Mild traumatic brain injury symptoms variable, have multiple causes
• 3-4-10 Washington Post:  Agency names director for planning, parks in Montgomery, Pr. George's
• 3-4-10 Washington Examiner:  Montgomery officials count on biotech efforts to pay off
• 3-4-10 Baltimore Sun:  Matching skills to jobs -- State is addressing need to train residents in multitude of 'middle-skill' positions
• 3-4-10 Gazette.Net:  Prince George's County eyes bigger Enterprise Zone -- Camp Springs, Suitland added to boost investment, jobs
• 3-3-10 Annals of Internal Medicine:  Practicing Internal Medicine Onboard the USNS COMFORT in the Aftermath of the Haitian Earthquake
• 3-3-10 Navy Times:  Better VA care sought for suicidal vets
• 3-3-10 Gazette.Net:  Bethesda fails to catch TIGER grants -- But transportation projects will get a portion of a $300 million federal appropriation
• 3-3-10 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery County needs more affordable housing, officials say -- Roundtable discussion focuses on future of residential market
• 3-3-10 Gazette.Net:  JBG to build cancer institute campus at Shady Grove
• 3-3-10 Gazette.Net:  Biotech begins decades of boom, bustle -- Leggett: Agreement with Hopkins is ‘only the beginning'
• 3-3-10 Gazette.Net:  Cities reiterate traffic concerns with ‘Science City' -- Council president assures leaders that final discussion is yet to come
• 3-3-10 Gazette.Net:  Leggett needs convincing on Webb Tract land swap -- County executive asks for $5.5M more to design police academy
• 3-3-10 Gazette.Net:  Parks, rec officials developing 20-year joint strategic plan -- Maintaining facilities is critical, residents say
• 3-3-10 Washington Post:  Steven Pearlstein business column: A wrongheaded race for Northrop Grumman's headquarters
• 3-3-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  MACo begs lawmakers to minimize cuts to local governments
• 3-3-10 National Journal:  Insider Interviews -- A Deeper Look Into A VA Psychologist's Life
• 3-3-10 USA TODAY:  Soldiers need help with the emotional toll of war -- Commentary by M. David Rudd, Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Science and scientific director of the National Center for Veterans Studies at the University of Utah
• 3-2-10 Washington Post:  Montgomery, Md., council approves new zoning rules for White Flint area
• 3-2-10 Baltimore Sun:  Shortage of skilled workers predicted -- O'Malley to talk about training to help meet demand
  • 3-2-10 CityBizList-Baltimore:  Governor Martin O'Malley Launches Major Workforce Initiative to Meet Demand for Middle Skills Jobs -- Skills2Compete-Maryland aims to increase skills 20 percent by 2012, grow middle class
• 3-2-10 USA TODAY:  Pentagon focuses on brain trauma
• 3-1-10 Gazette.Net:  Prince George's eyes bigger Enterprise Zone -- Camp Springs, Suitland added to boost investment, jobs
  • 3-1-10 Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown News Release:  Lt. Governor Brown Announces Expansion of Prince George's County Enterprise Zone -- Camp Springs, Suitland added to designated area to provide incentives for job creation
• 3-1-10 Northern Virginia Daily.com:  CSX also considers interstate alternative -- Corporation given federal grant for double-stack trains
• 3-1-10 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Analysis Program Focuses on Preventing Combat Injuries
• 3-1-10 Washington Post:  Camp Springs, Suitland to join Prince George's enterprise zone
• 3-1-10 Washington Post:  All Opinions Are Local -- 'Potala on the Potomac': Commentary by Converse M. West, secretary of the Holmes Run Park Committee in Alexandria, which advocates the preservation of the Winkler Botanical Preserve
• 3-1-10 Washington Examiner:  Big plans, empty pockets -- Massive budget gaps hinder commercial development projects
• 3-1-10 National Journal:  (VIDEO)  VA Psychologist On PTSD And The Mental Health 'Stigma' -- Stacey Pollack Discusses The Challenges And Rewards Of Treating Veterans
• 3-1-10 Annapolis Capital:  BRAC may stretch child care needs -- Influx of workers to boost demand for quality day care
• 2-28-10 Huntsville (AL) Times:  State late on BRAC assistance -- Maryland in contrast heavily involved in preparations; new strategy for 2015?
• 2-28-10 Washington Post:  Commuter Page -- Metro riders, dig deeper: Fare surcharge begins Sunday
• 2-28-10 Washington Post:  Movies -- Some Iraq, Afghanistan war veterans criticize movie 'Hurt Locker' as inaccurate
• 2-28-10 Washington Post:  It takes more than stores to build a winning town center
  • 2-28-10 Washington Post:  (GRAPHIC)  A sense of place in the suburbs -- Some local jurisdictions hope that town center developments with a mix of office, residential and retail space will help them transform aging downtowns, reduce traffic congestion, provide new sources of tax revenue and create popular walkable communities. But success requires finding the right balance, overcoming traditional suburban attitudes and weathering the economic downtown.
• 2-28-10 Washington Post:  Farmers 'shortchanged' by White Flint plan, groups say
• 2-28-10 Richmond Times-Dispatch:  Fort Lee expansion has been economic boon for area
• 2-27-10 Washington Post:  Northrop Grumman pressured by Maryland legislator, gay rights groups over move
• 2-27-10 Washington Post:  Roger K. Lewis "Shaping the City" column -- The delicate balance of historic preservation in suburbs
• 2-26-10 CBS News:  Wounded Veterans' New Fight: The VA -- Veterans Find Getting Vocational Training Sometimes Means Fighting a New Battle
• 2-26-10 Navy Times:  New site gathers online help for vets, troops
• 2-26-10 Montgomery County News Release:  No Truth to the Rumor about “Secret Plan” to Widen the Beltway
  • 9-22-09 MD State Highway Administration (SHA) Discussion Paper: Why Bethesda National Naval Medical Center Beltway Access may not be feasible
  • 7-29-08 Technical Discussion Paper by MD State Highway Administration (SHA) on why a Beltway exit to NNMC may not be feasible.
• 2-26-10 Stafford County (VA) Sun:  Warner, Moran tour new Belvoir hospital
• 2-26-10 Gazette.Net:  Enviros push transportation bill -- Legislation would clean up planning 'hodgepodge,' sponsor says
• 2-26-10 Gazette.Net:  Commercial Real Estate: JBG to build cancer institute campus -- $200 million complex to consolidate 2,100 employees
• 2-26-10 Gazette.Net:  Maryland again takes Triple-A triple crown -- All three rating agencies still consider Free State a safe bet
• 2-26-10 Washington Examiner:  Metro nails down details: Fares to rise 10 cents Sunday
• 2-26-10 Washington Post:  Effort to replace Prince George's Planning Board chairman faces resistance
• 2-25-10 Washington Post:  Alexandria and Arlington County briefs -- Rep. Moran won't support VDOT's plan for Mark Center
• 2-25-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Warrior Corner -- First sergeant gives farewell salute to WTB
• 2-25-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Officials answer WTB town hall queries
• 2-25-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Study seeks to help veterans cope with stress
• 2-25-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Leaders take on warriors’ challenges
• 2-25-10 Joint Team Andrews Capital Flyer:  Prince George’s County – home to Joint Team Andrews
• 2-25-10 Washington Examiner:  Millionaires leave Montgomery, causing budget woes
• 2-25-10 Washington Examiner:  $1 million Tysons shuttle running empty
• 2-25-10 Washington Post:  Northrop Grumman move raises stakes for D.C., Maryland, Virginia leaders
• 2-25-10 Washington Post:  Transportation chief says bikes, buses are way to go in D.C.
• 2-25-10 Washington Technology:  NCI will help DISA make BRAC move to Fort Meade
• 2-25-10 Howard County Times:  Savage residents want torn down trees replaced -- Foliage seen as vital to character of community
• 2-25-10 Gazette.Net:  Prince George's County executive nominates staffer to replace planning board chairman -- Parker may be replaced with Johnson aide
• 2-25-10 Carroll County Times:  County economic forecast looks good -- A top regional economist is cautiously optimistic yet completely uncertain about the economy’s future, he told a group of Carroll County business people and elected officials.
• 2-25-10 Army Times:  Groups say transition programs miss many vets
• 2-25-10 TIME:  The War Within -- What does it tell us that female soldiers deployed overseas stop drinking water after 7 p.m. to reduce the odds of being raped if they have to use the bathroom at night? Or that a soldier who was assaulted when she went out for a cigarette was afraid to report it for fear she would be demoted--for having gone out without her weapon? Or that, as Representative Jane Harman puts it, "a female soldier in Iraq is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire."
• 2-24-10 NewsChannel 8:  Significant Service Cuts Expected in Montgomery Co. Budget
• 2-24-10 FOX Business (PR Newswire):  JBG to Develop Major Research Campus for National Cancer Institute
• 2-24-10 Washington Business Journal:  JBG to build National Cancer Institute HQ
• 2-24-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  Montgomery County, Johns Hopkins University sign deal to improve biotech activity
• 2-24-10 Washington Business Journal:  D.C. planners to study land around planned streetcar routes
• 2-24-10 The Hill:  Build smarter, not bigger -- Commentary by Gerard M. Mooney, General Manager for Global Government and Education at IBM Corp.
• 2-24-10 U.S. Air Force News Release:  Air Force officials remain vigilant in PTSD treatment
• 2-24-10 Washington Post:  Fairfax County budget proposes tax increase, cut in school funding -- Tough cuts for counties: Montgomery County officials released new figures Tuesday showing a continued hemorrhaging of tax revenue, and they pointed to painful spending cuts and a $600 million budget shortfall that they said they are not sure how to fix.
• 2-24-10 Annapolis Capital:  State hunting for road money -- Seeking a creative financing solution to Meade congestion
• 2-24-10 Annapolis Capital:  Editorial -- Our Say: Odenton plan needs go-ahead from County Council
• 2-24-10 Washington Examiner:  Montgomery's budget woes set stage for school funding fight
• 2-24-10 Washington Post:  Montgomery, Md., council takes step toward approving changes to zoning code
• 2-24-10 Gazette.Net:  Hopkins agrees on long-term biotech vision -- Focus is on university's plans for Belward farm
• 2-24-10 Gazette.Net:  Bethesda church revises expansion plans -- Neighbors say plan, which includes razing the church, amounts to 'lipstick on a pig'
• 2-24-10 Gazette.Net:  Officials act to save auditorium renovation efforts -- Without county funds, deteriorating Old Blair Auditorium would remain vacant
• 2-23-10 Washington Post:  Montgomery's Leggett tries to find hundreds of millions in new budget cuts
• 2-23-10 WJV-TV13 (Baltimore):  Study: 695 One Of Most Congested Spots In U.S.
• 2-23-10 Washington Business Journal:  Defense contractor Technica expects to employ 45 in region by end of 2010
• 2-23-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  New $12.5M road would bisect Odenton Town Center, spur development
• 2-23-10 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Wounded Warrior Web Site Upgraded
• 2-23-10 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Soldiers, Families Top Army Priorities, Leaders Say
• 2-22-10 Gazette.Net:  Reaffirmed, state takes Triple-A triple crown -- Despite fiscal woes, all three rating agencies still consider Maryland safe bet
• 2-22-10 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Gates Picks Intelligence Official for New Post -- Letitia Long, deputy director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, will serve as the next director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced today.
• 2-22-10 U.S. Army News Release:  Army Community Covenant - what gratitude looks like -- Commentary by Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch, commander of Installation Management Command
• 2-22-10 Federal Computer Week:  Telework: From "What if…" to "What now?"
• 2-22-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  Modus Operandi opens Aberdeen office to support BRAC move
• 2-22-10 ABC News:  Army Alcoholics: More Soldiers Hitting the Bottle -- Army Seeking More Counselors After 56 Percent Increase in Soldiers Getting Treatment
• 2-21-10 Washington Post:  Safety, budget woes threaten to consume Metro
• 2-21-10 American Chronicle:  USDOT Awards NoVa $58 Million in Stimulus TIGER Grant Funding
• 2-21-10 MarylandReporter.com:  Maryland’s bright credit rating has a darker underside
• 2-21-10 Wilmington (DE) News Journal:  University of Delaware builds its future -- Research park at old Chrysler site could power state's, university's growth
• 2-20-10 Maryland Gazette (Glen Burnie):  State hunts for road money -- Transportation secretary: Creative planning solution to looming congestion
• 2-19-10 Montgomery County News Release:  Maryland Receives $14.8 Million for Transportation Projects From Federal Recovery Act Funds that will Benefit Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties
• 2-19-10 Corridor Inc.:  Maryland, the nation’s powerhouse for cyber security
• 2-19-10 Gazette.Net:  Northrop Grumman mulls state pitch for headquarters -- ‘Quarterback' O'Malley leads team wooing military contractor
• 2-19-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  Harford mulls $14M in bonds for Beechtree Golf Course project
• 2-19-10 Johnstown (PA) Tribune-Democrat:  Murtha on front lines of medical care
• 2-18-10 WRAMC Stripe:  HR council at work on regional transition plans
• 2-18-10 Fort Detrick Standard:  Forest Glen’s ‘‘FGA Snow Team” responds to recent storms
• 2-18-10 Fort Detrick Standard:  Sustainable Fort Detrick recognized at Fort Bragg Army-wide conference
• 2-18-10 NewsChannel 8:  Virginia Leaders Track Progress at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital
• 2-18-10 Frederick News-Post:  Stimulus funds reach projects big and small
• 2-18-10 Washington Post:  Stimulus money won't fund plan to transform K Street transportation
• 2-18-10 Washington Examiner:  Region scores $58.8M for bus corridors but K Street unfunded
• 2-17-10 Washington Post:  National Naval Medical Center looking into Rep. Murtha's surgery and death
• 2-17-10 Logistics Management:  Transportation infrastructure: DOT awards TIGER funding -- More than 40 percent of grants have a freight-related focus
• 2-17-10 Business Wire:  Fitch Rates Maryland GOs 'AAA'; Outlook Stable
• 2-17-10 Washington Business Journal:  D.C. region lands $156.84M for transportation
• 2-17-10 Washington Post:  Dr. Gridlock's Get There blog -- Big grant for D.C. area buses
• 2-17-10 CNN:  Navy opens review of care it gave deceased Rep. Murtha
• 2-17-10 Gazette.Net:  Parks department to close 11 buildings -- Communities did not receive enough notice, civic group says
• 2-17-10 Gazette.Net:  Chevy Chase dissatisfied with proposed Purple Line path -- Town wants state to reconsider transit line's alignment with Capital Crescent Trail
• 2-17-10 Gazette.Net:  Takoma Junction: What's your function? -- Community recognizes benefits, obstacles to revitalizing district
• 2-17-10 Washington Examiner:  Fairfax County examines taking over roads
• 2-17-10 Army Times:  Army plans to spend $5B to build barracks, more
• 2-17-10 USA TODAY:  Veterans say 'The Hurt Locker' gets a lot right and wrong
• 2-17-10 Stars and Stripes:  Merging bases turns out to be not so simple and not so cost effective
• 2-16-10 Norwich (CT) Bulletin:  Dr. Anthony Alessi column: USNS Comfort, crew have been vital to helping Haitians
• 2-15-10 Washington Business Journal:  O’Malley makes offer to Northrop Grumman
• 2-15-10 Gazette.Net:  Northrop Grumman mulls state proposal -- O'Malley pitches Maryland for military contractor's headquarters
• 2-14-10 Annapolis Capital:  Pushing for growth in west county -- Claire Louder gives an update on west county development, infrastructure challenges
• 2-14-10 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:  Murtha looked out for his district, state, troops -- Loss of veteran House leader a blow to Pennsylvania delegation
• 2-13-10 Washington Post:  Maryland, Virginia governors pitch their states as site for Northrop headquarters
• 2-13-10 New York Times:  Study Suggests More Veterans May Be Helped by Talking About Killing
• 2-13-10 Creators Syndicate:  Mark Shields commentary: Jack Murtha -- Marine
• 2-12-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  Pentagon going after $139 million to build cyber security hub in Maryland
• 2-12-10 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:  Murtha's death sparks inquiry
• 2-12-10 Washington Business Journal:  Economic Development -- Walter Reed RFPs draw big response
• 2-12-10 Washington Examiner:  Snow aside, MontCo's budget gap widens
• 2-12-10 Gazette.Net:  Gail Ewing commentary: Wise growth doesn't have to mean more urbanization
• 2-12-10 New York Times:  New York Traffic Experiment Gets Permanent Run
• 2-11-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Tele-behavioral health care to help where needed
• 2-11-10 Washington Post:  Md. tops U.S. in one measure of AP test performance
  • 2-11-10 Washington Post:  Regional Advanced Placement test results -- The percentage of public high school graduates who pass at least one Advanced Placement test is an indicator of student performance and access to college-level curriculum. This is how Maryland, Virginia and the District fared in 2009
• 2-11-10 Washington Post:  Snow highlights telework's benefits for federal workers, advocates say
  • 2-11-10 Washington Post:  Joe Davidson's Federal Diary column -- Snowstorm's possible plus: Advancing cause of telework
  • 2-11-10 Washington Post:  The big picture -- Information about telework within the federal government in 2008: 78 agencies reported a total of 102,900 of 1,962,975 employees teleworked
• 2-11-10 Washington Examiner:  Montgomery to close rec centers in parks to save money
• 2-11-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  COPT: Snowstorm will bring down earnings
• 2-11-10 CNN:  Veterans 'storm' Capitol Hill in blizzard
• 2-11-10 Site Selection.com:    Blue Hen Blockbuster -- Redevelopment of a Chrysler plant site by the University of Delaware is one of two big wins at closed auto plant sites in the First State
• 2-10-10 Washington Examiner:  Montgomery County Council votes to keep Ride-on routes
• 2-10-10 Washington Post:  Montgomery council approves $70 million in budget cuts
• 2-10-10 Gazette.Net:  Residents, Ervin question use of CR Zone in Kensington -- New zone designed for White Flint untested in small areas
• 2-10-10 Gazette.Net:  Civic green builds relationships -- White Flint stakeholders want design in sector plan
• 2-10-10 Gazette.Net:  Parking changes mulled to entice development -- City reviews requirements
• 2-10-10 Gazette.Net:  Falkland Chase plan shifts from high to low -- Units will be spread out among shorter buildings
• 2-10-10 WJAC-TV (Johnstown, PA):  Wa. Rep Plans To Look Into Murtha's Surgery -- Dicks Calls Murtha's Death 'Tragic'
• 2-10-10 Chicago Tribune:  New Fisher House to open just outside downtown Chicago
• 2-9-10  Washington Business Journal:  Norman Dreyfuss to fill Montgomery County Planning Board post
• 2-9-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  Baltimore job market remains strong
• 2-9-10 New York Daily News:  Navy doctors reviewing gall bladder surgery on Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), who died of complications
• 2-9-10 Federal Times:  Ask the Experts: Retirement -- BRAC vs. annual leave
• 2-9-10 Market Watch (Business Wire):  Balfour Beatty Communities Wins Four Customer Service Awards at the National PHMA Conference -- Professional Housing Management Association recognizes four unique Balfour Beatty Communities locations for Outstanding Installation Team and outstanding Housing/Billeting Employee awards
• 2-8-10 Washington Post:  Science city plan deepens rift between east, west Montgomery
  • 2-8-10 Washington Post:  Montgomery County jobs in 2010 and projected for 2030 -- Montgomery County Planning Director Rollin Stanley urged people to ignore his agency's data, below, promising that a new study -- although likely years away -- would show a narrowing jobs gap between east and west.
  • 2-8-10 Washington Post:  (GRAPHIC)  Proposed 'science city' site in Montgomery County
• 2-8-10 Washington Post:  Va. projects take their toll on homeowners' nerves and trees
• 2-8-10 New York Times (Associated Press):  John Murtha, Congressman, Is Dead
• 2-8-10 Los Angeles Times:  VA is prodded to give more aid to female vets -- With more women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, some advocates say, more services are needed
• 2-7-10 Annapolis Capital:  Odenton express train dead on arrival -- Lacking funding, state nixes plan for a D.C., Odenton route
• 2-7-10 Washington Examiner:  'Science City' wins transportation endorsements
• 2-7-10 Washington Post:  Racking up miles? Maybe not. -- Within a few years, a driver who pulls up to the gas pump may pay two bills with a single swipe of the credit card: one for the gas and the other for each mile driven since the last fill-up.  That may be the result of what many transportation experts see as an inevitable revolution in the way Americans pay for their highways.
• 2-6-10 Stars and Stripes:  Military, civilian medical communities team up to improve the lives of troops with severe disfigurements from war
• 2-5-10 Washington Examiner:  Leggett scales back bus cuts, would increase parking fines
• 2-5-10 Washington Post:  Maryland, Virginia jurisdictions may increase bus fares
• 2-5-10 Gazette.Net:  Maryland led the nation in tech job growth last year -- 5,300 computer-related positions added in state
• 2-5-10 Gazette.Net:  O'Malley speech stokes hopes -- Proposals call for lending, other help for small businesses
• 2-5-10 Gazette.Net:  Barry Rascovar on Politics column -- O'Malley's State of State more ho-hum than game-changer
• 2-5-10 Air Force Times:  Vets face blizzard of red tape, group says
• 2-5-10 Annapolis Capital:  Village at Waugh Chapel purchased -- Sale of west county shopping center a major deal during recession
• 2-4-10 Maryland Daily Record:  Officials zero in on Fort Meade roads -- Nine intersections targeted for quick-fix improvements
• 2-4-10 Military.com:  Tom Philpott's Military Update -- New Budget: Pay, Health Costs, Concurrent Receipt
• 2-4-10 NNMC Journal:  Deputy Commander for Integration and Transition's column -- The NNMC Integration and Transition Team
• 2-4-10 NNMC Journal:  NNMC's HRO helps wounded warriors in transition
• 2-4-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Leaders meet with Mologne House residents
• 2-4-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Warrior Corner -- Wounded warrior takes command of West Point WTU
• 2-4-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Walter Reed honored at health conference
• 2-4-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Budget request increases wounded warrior support
• 2-4-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Mologne House adds concierge service to better assist customers
• 2-4-10 Fort Detrick Standard:  Operation Unified Response -- Fort Detrick employee deploys to Haiti with USNS Comfort
• 2-4-10 Annapolis Capital:  Officials zero in on Fort Meade roads -- Nine intersections targeted for quick-fix improvements
• 2-4-10 Baltimore Sun:  Budget analysts ask cut in transportation funds -- Diverted sales tax revenue would go to state's general fund
• 2-4-10 Washington Post:  Google to enlist NSA to help it ward off cyberattacks
• 2-4-10 Gazette.Net:  Setting the record straight on the ICC projects -- Commentary by Melinda B. Peters, Director, Intercounty Connector
• 2-4-10 Howard Hughes Medical Institute New Release:  New Vaccine Shows Promise Against Malaria in Early-Stage Study
• 2-4-10 Atlanticville (Central NJ):  Army's move from fort months ahead of schedule
• 2-4-10 Culpeper (VA) Star Exponent:  The U.S. 29 tech corridor: A work in progress for Culpeper’s future
• 2-3-10 Gazette.Net:  Super Fare Share program decried -- Transportation costs to increase for those who commute downcounty
• 2-3-10 Vienna (VA) Connection:  Public Supports, Questions Tysons Redevelopment -- At comment session, speakers back overall ideas while raising individual concerns
• 2-3-10 Gazette.Net:  Rockville Pike crossing study starts with county funds -- Comments on study's objectives due Friday
• 2-3-10 Gazette.Net:  Employers scramble to fund transit subsidy -- County suspends Super Fare Share program in Bethesda, Friendship Heights
• 2-3-10 Gazette.Net:  Council looks at financing options for White Flint infrastructure -- Mix of options will likely be required, officials say
• 2-3-10 Gazette.Net:  'Science City' traffic forecasts green-lit by council's planning guru -- Councilmembers to meet with Gaithersburg, Rockville mayors
• 2-3-10 Reston Connection:  Military Relocation Comes with a HOT Mess -- Elected officials warn of "total meltdown" in I-95/395 corridor
• 2-3-10 Gazette.Net:  CCT a must to shuttle in new county businesses -- County business leaders hear CCT plans at N. Bethesda forum
• 2-3-10 Gazette.Net:  Reporter reflects on destruction, rebuilding -- ‘Port-au-Prince is basically broken,' Derwood woman says
• 2-3-10 Annapolis Capital:  Tax credits part of Md. economic debate -- Businesses would reap reward for hiring unemployed
• 2-3-10 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Budget Request Increases Wounded Warrior Support
• 2-3-10 Gazette.Net:  Silver Spring wants to make city safer for pedestrians -- Accidents fuel concern among residents
• 2-3-10 Gazette.Net:  County planners looking for more green space in downtown
• 2-3-10 Gazette.Net:  Pedestrian overpass under construction at Veirs Mill -- Bridge to offer walkers, bicyclists safe passage above busy roadway
• 2-3-10 Gazette.Net:  Plans for MacArthur Boulevard bikeway cycling along -- Depending on County Council approval, construction may begin in spring 2011
• 2-3-10 Washington Examiner:  Fairfax development plans catch Alexandria off guard
• 2-3-10 Washington Post:  In State of the State speech, Md. Gov. O'Malley focuses on jobs
• 2-3-10 Washington Post (Associated Press):  Ex-POW in Iraq war recalls nightmares, depression
• 2-3-10 Washington Business Journal:  Krispy Kreme to vacate Lorton plant
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  2-3-10 PBS Newshour:  Away from Battle, Soldiers Find Relief in 'Theater of War'
• 2-2-10 Corridor Inc.:  BRAC tenants start to move to corridor
• 2-2-10 Corridor Inc.:  BRAC still a 'major priority' in money-tight 2010, officials say
• 2-2-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  Gov. O'Malley calls for job creation in State of State address; critics say he is short on details
  • 2-2-10 Governor Martin O'Malley's State of the State Address
• 2-2-10 Air Force Times:  VA claims expected to take longer in 2011
• 2-2-10 Baltimore Sun:  Veteran presses for bigger tax break on pensions -- Md. Senate panel to hear Kreiner, 80
• 2-2-10 Baltimore Sun:  Columbia to get downtown plan -- Howard council unanimously passes bills
• 2-2-10 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  Editorial -- Fort fiasco won't quit
• 2-1-10 Federal News Radio 1500AM:  BRAC's Impact on Arlington County
• 2-1-10 Gazette.Net:  Maryland top state in tech job growth in 2009 -- 5,300 computer-related jobs added
• 2-1-10 Federal Times:  DoD, VA, DHS among big gainers in '11 budget
• 2-1-10 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  Price of closing fort rises again
• 2-1-10 Washington Business Journal:  D.C. may give Northrop Grumman subsidy to move
• 2-1-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  Downtown Baltimore office rental, vacancy rates rise in 2009
• 2-1-10 Washington Post:  Dr. Gridlock Get There blog -- Hearings this week on D.C. suburban bus service
• 1-31-10 Washington Post:  Dr. Gridlock column -- Trying to shed light on a 'secret' Montgomery tunnel
• 1-31-10 Washington Post:  Metro's lurching budget issues will present new dilemma soon
• 1-31-10 Washington Post:  Robert McCartney Metro column -- Even Montgomery agrees: Life looks brighter in Fairfax
• 1-31-10 Washington Examiner:  Montgomery County budget problems risk worsening
• 1-31-10 Washington Examiner:  Poverty worsens, bringing blight to Washington suburbs
• 1-31-10 Baltimore Sun:  Howard officials see hope for economic turnaround -- Though number of jobs fell in 2009, the county issued more building permits
• 1-31-10 Baltimore Sun:  Apartment sector stirs from slumber -- Baltimore-area projects' near-standstill starts to fade
• 1-31-10 Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star:  Program gives aid for military moves -- Manager of Homeowners Assistance Program speaks to area Realtors on program aimed at helping military personnel sell their homes
• 1-31-10 Government Health IT:  Military joint EHR office rapped for planning gaps
•  1-30-10 Washington Post:  D.C. begins to plan redevelopment of Walter Reed campus
  • 1-30-10 Washington Post:  (GRAPHIC)  A new identity -- District officials and community activists are examining how to redevelop 62 acres on the campus of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, which is scheduled to close in 2011
• 1-29-10 Gazette.Net:  Rockville Pike crossing study starts with county funds -- Comments on study's objectives due Feb. 5
• 1-29-10 Washington Business Journal:  New Long & Foster division eyes military
• 1-29-10 U.S. News & World Report:  Fort Hood Report Reveals Deeper Dilemma -- Pentagon review focuses on the need for more military psychiatrists
• 1-29-10 Federal Computer Week:  DOD and VA achieve interoperability on health records, GAO says -- But the interagency office is not yet ready for Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record
• 1-29-10 Washington Examiner:  Ex-MoCo council leader laying siege to 'Science City' plans
• 1-29-10 Gazette.Net:  When wooing the giants, how much is too much? -- Montgomery mulls incentives for Costco, Northrop Grumman
• 1-29-10 Washington Post:  Va., Md. get nearly $140 million for rail projects
  • 1-29-10  (GRAPHIC)  High-Speed Rail Corridor Designations
• 11-28-10 Baltimore Business Journal:  Maryland wins a fifth of requested stimulus funding for rail projects
• 1-28-10 NNMC Journal:  Commander's Column -- NNMC personnel and USNS Comfort deployed to Haiti
• 1-28-10 WRAMC Stripe:  WTB continues campaign to better customer service
• 1-28-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Mologne House, Garrison ramp up efforts to better accommodations
• 1-28-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Pay, medical, family issues highlight President Obama’s budget request
• 1-28-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Chairman cites need for rapid health care solutions -- Mullen talks strength in seeking help, care for caregivers, Haiti
• 1-28-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Lodging focus of post forum at Walter Reed
• 1-28-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Mologne House installing evacuation chairs
• 1-28-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Walter Reed team seeks customer service tips -- Staff visits hotels near Mayo Clinic to see patient-focused initiatives
• 1-28-10 WRAMC Stripe:  Official notes health system’s ‘amazing’ impact
• 1-28-10 Joint Base Andrews Capital Flyer:  Malcolm Grow Medical Center (MGMC) ups PHA medical staff; doubles patients seen
• 1-28-10 Fort Belvoir Eagle:  2010 Census is especially important to military families
• 1-28-10 Gazette.Net:  Westphalia multiuse project in foreclosure proceedings -- Upper Marlboro center's developer owes millions to Wells Fargo
   

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