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July 2012 News
- 7-27-12 Bethesda Patch: Bethesda, Medical Center Stations Closed Again This Weekend -- Déjà vu: Buses replace trains between Grosvenor and Friendship Heights once again this weekend
- 7-26-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: World's toughest microbe helps USU scientists
- 7-26-12 Washington Post: Panetta, Shinseki acknowledge frustration in streamling military health care
- 7-25-12 Gazette.Net New playground for children being treated at National Institutes of Health in Bethesda -- Volunteers construct new playground in four hours
- 7-25-12 Gazette.Net New tenants in line for Montgomery parks buildings -- County reaches out to community for comment
- 7-24-12 Washington Examiner: RideOn to offer normal schedule but delays possible due to bus shortage
- 7-23-12 Washington Post: Capital Business: Luxury theaters bring their screens to region -- A new breed of “luxury” cinema chains based in California and Florida collectively have their sights set on the Washington area. Or more specifically, Montgomery County
- 7-21-12 Frederick News-Post: No plans for Carroll Creek warning signs -- News comes after chemicals were found in surface water
- 7-20-12 Maryland State Highway Administration: State Highway Adninistration Announces Weekend Lane Closures Along MD 355 in Bethesda -- Weather Permitting, Road Repairs Begin Saturday Morning; Motorists Should Allow Extra Travel Time
- 7-20-12 Maryland State Highway Administration: SHA Presents Design Concepts for MD 355/Cedar Lane Intersection in Bethesda -- Project Team Seeks Feedback on Concepts for Phase Four
- 7-20-12 Montgomery County Government: Ride On Service Plan Announced for Next Week -- On Monday and Tuesday, July 23 and 24, Ride On will run a modified holiday schedule, but Route 2 will provide regular service to Walter Reed
- 7-19-12 Washington Business Journal: State Department seeks to turn Walter Reed into hub for foreign governments
- 7-19-12 Belvoir (VA) Eagle: Road improvements coming to Route 1 outside Fort Belvoir
- 7-18-12 Bethesda Patch: Ride On Loses 26 Buses: Ride On will operate on a reduced service schedule Thursday and Friday -- Route 2 will provide service to Walter Reed
- 7-18-12 Bethesda Patch: Map Shows Future Bethesda, Chevy Chase Developments -- Learn more about the construction projects around your neighborhood.
- 7-17-12 Inside NoVA: U.S. 1 at Fort Belvoir to be widened
- 7-17-12 Government Computer News: Sensors, cloud, drive geospatial agency push for data-center space
- 7-17-12 Washiogton Post: Walter Pincus Fine Print column -- CBO says military health-care costs could soar
- 7-16-12 U.S. Department of Defense News Release: DOD Approves $180 Million for the Federal Highway Administration to Begin U.S. Route 1 Expansion at Fort Belvoir
- 7-15-12 Frederick News-Post: Army, VA partner for PTSD drug study
- 7-14-12 Washington Post: Purple Line station would bring new buildings, people to Chevy Chase Lake
- 7-13-12 Gazette.Net: Restoration Advisory Board being formed for Forest Glen Annex -- Applicants sought for 30-member board to oversee site cleanup
- 7-13-12 Washington Business Journal: Walter Reed redevelopment plans advance
- 7-13-12 Bethesda Patch: Planning Board Recommends Approval of Wildwood Apartment Building -- Neighbors oppose the 58-unit residential complex near WIldwood Shopping Center
- 7-13-12 Gazette.Net: Prince George’s gears up — finally — for Westphalia: After years of delays, mega-development set to break ground soon
- 7-13-12 Fairfax Times: Numbers simply aren’t adding up -- Federal office space consolidations under the Base Closure and Realignment Act have been mostly completed, but leases for some properties have not yet expired
- 7-13-12 U.S. News & World Report: Improve Care for Veterans With PTSD: Report -- 'Treatment isn't reaching everyone who needs it,' Institute of Medicine says
- 7-12-12 Rockville Patch: Mid-Pike Plaza to Give Way to Pike & Rose Development -- Mixed-use project to transform White Flint breaks ground Monday
- 7-12-12 Belvoir (VA) Eagle: Command of hospital changes hands
- 7-12-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Walter Reed Bethesda Deploys New Mobile Shelter System
- 7-12-12 WTOP 103.5 FM: D.C. region ranks in top 10 for transit coverage
- 7-12-12 Washington Post: Fort Detrick seeks citizen advice on cleanup at Forest Glen Annex in Silver Spring, Md.
- 7-12-12 Washington Post: Heyman medal finalist Scoville improves military amputees’ care
- 7-12-12 Army Times: WTUs will be around long after wars’ end
- 7-10-12 Chevy Chase Patch: Chevy Chase Lake Sector Recommendations to Go Before Planning Board -- Sign up to speak on July 16 before the county planning board about the planning department's recommendations for the Chevy Chase Lake sector
- 7-10-12 Silver Spring Downtown News: Fort Detrick's Forest Glen Annex Restoration Advisory Board -- Fort Detrick is announcing the establishment of a Restoration Advisory Board for the Forest Glen Annex in Silver Spring, Md. Members of the surrounding Silver Spring community are invited to attend the Forest Glen RAB meeting
- 7-10-12 Washington Post: Walter Pincus Fine Print column -- Battling IEDs has to be about more than money
- 7-9-12 Bethesda Patch: New DHCD Program Offers Discounts For Veterans Buying Homes
- 7-9-12 Washington Post: Capital Business -- Army privatizing base hotels
- 7-8-12 Stars and Stripes: Warrior Transition Unit’s role changes with times
- 7-8-12 Washington Post: For one war widow, moving on is a marathon
- 7-8-12 Washington Post: Sally Jenkins sports column -- Oscar Pistorius has earned his way into the Olympics
- 7-6-12 Baltimore Business Journal: (VIDEO REPORT) Military formation: BRAC's effect on Maryland -- BRAC sent jobs to Aberdeen Proving Ground, but did growth fall short?
- 7-6-12 Government Executive: Military exceeds BRAC cost projections in relocating geospatial agency
- 7-6-12 Fort Detrick Standard: Agreement signed for treatment of combat-related PTSD in Service members and Veterans
- 7-5-12 Association of Defense Communities: GAO Report Highlights BRAC Recommendations with High Cost Overruns
- 7-5-12 Washington Post: Walter Pincus Fine Print column -- On the way to BRAC savings, a legion of cost overruns
- 7-5-12 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Stakeholders Participate in Shaping WRNMMC’s Future
- 7-5-12 Stars and Stripes: Soldiers seeking routine medical care now get PTSD screening as well
- 7-5-12 USA TODAY: Defense cuts starting to pinch economy
- 7-4-12 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: BRAC cost 67 percent more than DoD's original estimates, GAO finds
- 7-4-12 Washington Examiner: MontCo puts aside tree trimming complaints against Pepco
- 7-2-12 Association of Defense Communities: Benefits of Joint Basing Unlikely to Meet Expectations, GAO Says
- 7-1-12 Association of Defense Communities: Many BRAC Recommendations Not Expected to Show Savings, GAO Finds
- 6-29-12 Government Accountability Office Report GAO-12-709R: Military Base Realignments and Closures -- Updated Costs and Savings Estimates from BRAC 2005 (52 pp)
- 6-29-12 Government Accountability Office Report GAO-12-770R: Military Base Realignments and Closures: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Technology Center Construction Project (19 pp)
- 7-1-12 Washington Examiner: Traffic gridlocked by summer road construction
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