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May 2011 News

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• 5-31-11 Washington Post:  Va. lawmakers say Army plan for Mark Center is bad, request delay
• 5-31-11 Baltimore Sun:  Small and minority businesses get help seeking federal contracts -- BRAC Business Initiative aims to open doors
• 5-31-11 New York Times:  Transit Hub in Maryland Gets a Second Chance
• 5-30-11 Washington CityBizList Real Estate:  585,000 SF Woodmont Central Development Approved for Bethesda
• 5-30-11 Frederick News-Post:  Frederick Navy team looks to send first MRIs into combat theater
• 5-30-11 Washington Post:  Fairfax considers bus changes for BRAC
• 5-30-11 Inside NoVA.com:  Editorial -- Delays for BRAC not necessary
• 5-29-11 Washington Post:  At Fort Campbell, an emotional cycle as soldiers return home from Afghanistan
• 5-28-11 The BayNet.com:  Community Hops on Board Navy EUL Project
• 5-27-11 Washington Business Journal:  Maryland works to close cybersecurity workforce development gap
• 5 -27-11 Business Wire:  Fitch Affirms Maryland National Capital Park & Planning Commission's GOs 'AAA'; Outlook to Stable
• ** 5-26-11 Association of Defense Communities:  Language Extending BRAC Deadline, Authority to Mitigate Traffic Impacts Passes House
  • 5-26-11 Association of Defense Communities:  Mark Center Parking Cap Heads up List of Policy Bill Amendments
• 5-26-11 NNMC Journal:  Serving Those Who serve
• 5-26-11 NNMC Journal:  New Pain Care Initiative Helping Wounded Warriors in the National Capital Region
• ** 5-26-11 NNMC Journal:  Ride Share Program Offers Many Benefits
• ** 5-26-11 NNMC Journal:  Town Hall Keeps Staff Informed of Construction on Bases
• ** 5-26-11 Fort Detrick Standard:  National Museum of Health and Medicine relocating
• 5-26-11 Montgomery County Council News Release:  Montgomery County Council Approves $4.4 Billion Total Operating Budget for FY12All-Agencies Budget Has 2.2 Percent Increase
• 5-26-11 San Antonio Express-News:  The Wilford Hall Medical Center Emergency Department will close on June 30, becoming an urgent care center effective the next day
• 5-25-11 Washington Business Journal:  Gates pushes for more contractor cuts at DOD
• ** 5-25-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Vote coming that may allow delay in BRAC move
• ** 5-25-11 Gazette.Net:  Bethesda leaders eager for federal funds -- Some suggest adding bus rapid transit project to BRAC funding request
• 5-25-11 Gazette.Net:  Getting commuters out of the car and onto the bike -- Montgomery County considering bike-sharing program modeled after Washington, D.C.'s
• 5-25-11 Annandale Patch:  Fairfax County Board Asks for BRAC Delay in Letter -- The Board of Supervisors requests one-year delay to the Mark Center move to allow for transportation improvements
• ** 5-25-11 Inside NoVA.com (JTF CapMed News Release):  'Smart Suite' to enhance patient-centered care at new Belvoir hopsital
• 5-25-11 Federal Times:  House panel approves bill creating civilian BRAC
• 5-25-11 Washington Post:  Defense, VA to share record system for service members and vets
• ** 5-24-11 Bethesda Patch:  New Traffic Light Planned For Rockville Pike Near Naval Hospital -- Backups from light could exacerbate impending BRAC traffic, some worry
• ** 5-24-11 Federal News Radio 1500 AM:  Gates could delay 7 BRAC actions
• 5-24-11 Bethesda Patch:  Bus Bay at Bethesda Metro To Close Temporarily -- Metro plans on re-locating bus stops
• 5-24-11 Lorton (VA) Patch:  Fairfax Connector Bus Service to Expand Ahead of BRAC -- Fort Belvoir Hosts Commuter Workshop
• 3-24-11 USA TODAY:  War veterans show Games can play important part in recovery
• 5-24-11 WAMU 88.5 FM:  BRAC Delay Out Of Local Va. Officials' Hands
• 5-23-11 National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency News Release:  NGA Reaches Halfway Mark in Move to New Headquarters
• 5-23-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  BRAC brings some good news for area roads
• 5-23-11 Defence Progessionals:  Could the search for savings result in another round of base and facility closures? -- Commentary by Daniel Goure, Ph.D., Early Warning Blog, Lexington Institute
• 5-23-11 Washington Examiner:  MontCo making moves to attract more mixed-use development
• 5-23-11 American Medical Association:  Rule shielding military doctors from liability faces legal battle -- Opponents of the 60-year-old doctrine want it overturned to allow servicemen and women to pursue negligence claims against the government
• 5-22-11 Association of Defense Communities:  Defense Communities Caucus Gains Attention of House
• ** 5-21-11 Baltimore Sun:  Former U.S. BRAC chief says Md. will face future jobs competition -- Realignment to bring thousands of new positions to the state, but state not immune from closures
• 5-20-11 Gazette.Net:  Trimming the red tape -- Responding to developers, state begins to streamline its permitting process
  • 5-20-11 Gazette.Net:  Six years of rezoning, highway permits and site plan amendments -- JBG's ‘patient capital' pays off at North Bethesda Market
• 5-20-11 Inside NoVA:  Clarifying effects of BRAC on Belvoir -- Commentary By Don Carr, Director of Public Affairs, Fort Belvoir
• 5-20-11 Washington Examiner:  D.C. officials reject Navy's plan for Anacostia-Bolling
• 5-20-11 Bethesda Patch:  County, Bethesda Schools Rank Among Top In Nation -- Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School ranks No. 1 in the state for public high schools; Whitman, WJ also rank high
• 5-20-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Riders and leaders working to increase cyclist safety
• ** 5-19-11 NNMC Journal:  Chief of Staff for Integration & Transition -- Upcoming inpatient move
• ** 5-19-11 NNMC Journal:  Walter Reed, Bethesda Work Together to Enhance Customer Service
• ** 5-19-11 NNMC Journal:  Laying the Foundation for the Future of Warrior Care
• ** 5-19-11 NNMC Journal:  Human Resources Council Keeps Staff Informed
• ** 5-19-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Smart suites in region will provide patient-centered care -- New hospitals at Bethesda, Fort Belvoir to include evidenced-based design principles
• ** 5-19-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Hospital Security urges staff transitioning to Fort Belvoir to complete processing early
• 5-19-11 Rose Hill (VA) Patch:  The Burden of BRAC: An Interview with Bill Euille  -- The second part of a continuing series of interviews with key officials
• 5-19-11 Military.com:  Stress Study Says Force ‘Under Strain’
• ** 5-19-11 Washington Examiner:  Military moves to Bethesda, Fairfax may be delayed
• 5-19-11 Montgomery County Council News Release:  Montgomery County Council Agrees to $4.4 Billion Total Operating Budget for FY12. All-Agencies Budget Has 2.2 Percent Increase
• 5-19-11 Bethesda Patch:  The Greenest Commute in D.C.  -- Glimpsing the world of a bicycling commuter makes all of us wonder what unexpected sights we’d see if we rode our bike to work every day
• 5-19-11 Gazette.Net:  Startups take technology to the marketplace -- Incubator showcase is part of Fort Detrick initiative
• 5-19-11 New York Times:  Editorial: A Victory for Veterans -- The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ordered an overhaul of mental health care for veterans, who are killing themselves by the thousands each year because of what the court called the “unchecked incompetence” of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
• ** 5-18-11 Gazette.Net:  National Naval Medical Center, Montgomery County businesses bolster relationship -- Of hospital's $203.7M in fiscal 2010 contracts, Montgomery companies got nearly $150M
• 5-18-11 Gazette.Net:  White Flint hinges on changing perceptions -- Initial burst of development with grocer, restaurant, residences kicks off years of building
• 5-18-11 Gazette.Net:  Land trade approved for new police station on Cordell Avenue -- County Council moves ahead on deal with JBG Companies
• 5-18-11 Gazette.Net:  Editorial: Ticket to ride? -- Bus rapid transit looks more promising
• 5-18-11 Gazette.Net:  Purple Line cost rises, opening date delayed -- New price tag adds fire to opponents' fury
• 5-18-11 Frederick News-Post:  Detrick celebrates new partnership with National Museum of Health and Medicine
• 5-18-11 Washington Post:  Estimated cost of Purple Line light rail rises to $1.93B
• 5-18-11 Severn Patch:  Local Realtors Moving In Before BRAC Face Daunting Task -- With more than 20,000 jobs on the horizon, local real estate agents are working to bank off the massive population increase
• 5-18-11 Associated Press:  Injured troops still waiting for claim processing
  • 5-18-11 Navy Times:  Senators blast DoD, VA for bad coordination
  • 5-18-11 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Lynn Cites Progress in DOD, VA Partnership
• 5-17-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  N. Kings Highway ramp confuses Telegraph Rd. drivers
• 5-17-11 Montgomerty Village Patch:  State Rules Out Options to Take CCT Out of King Farm -- Running the transit line down King Farm Boulevard is still an option, the state transportation secretary said
• 5-17-11 Washington Examiner:  Purple Line costs rise as construction delayed
• 5-17-11 Columbia (MD) Patch:  Howard County Development Stagnant, Interest Stirring -- No bad news is good news, says the county
• 5-17-11 Fairfax Station Patch:  BRAC is Coming: An Interview with Jim Moran -- In the first of a continuing series with key officials, Congressman Jim Moran spoke with Patch on Capitol Hill
• 5-16-11 Bethesda.Patch:  Aldon Management Plans Re-Development of Four Battery Lane Apartment Buildings -- Company expected to file to re-zone the property; future development plans would require relocation of tenants in 260 units
• 5-16-11 Washington Examiner:  Ten major commuter headaches coming this summer -- New security entrances are being constructed at the National Naval Medical Center while resurfacing is planned farther south on Route 355 as the already congested area is bracing for thousands of new employees and patients after Walter Reed closes.
• 5-16-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  BAE Systems, others to hold job fairs
• 5-15-11 Annandale Patch:  City of Alexandria Approves Daytime Parking District for Residents in BRAC-Impacted Area -- City Council on Saturday approved plan designed to alleviate parking pressures in residential neighborhoods in Alexandria's West End
• ** 5-14-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  A race to the finish for BRAC road projects in Md.
• 5-14-11 Air Force Times:  Critical care teams focus on safe returns
• ** May 8 - May 13, 2011 WTOP 103.5 FM / Federal News Radio 1500 AM:  (WEEK-LONG SERIES)  BRAC Impact: Why your world is about to change -- BRAC or Base Realignment and Closure will mean hundreds of thousands of employees, personnel, medical staff and patients re-locating or trading places.  Traffic patterns will change, more cars will flood our already jammed roadways, and even local economies and housing markets will be impacted.  It will be like moving a city within a city right here in our backyard.
  • ** 5-9-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Why the shift: A history lesson
    • ** 5-9-11 Mark Center expected to create gridlock; Fort Belvoir to grow
    • ** 5-10-11 Number of visits to Walter Reed to double to a million
    • ** 5-10-11 A traffic 'meltdown' waiting to happen?
    • ** 5-11-11 Impact of BRAC on military health care; Era ends at Walter Reed
    • ** 5-11-11 Moving a historic hospital in one day
    • ** 5-12-11 'Smarter' facility being built to treat war wounded
    • ** 5-12-11 Medicine goes cutting edge at new Fort Belvoir
    • ** 5-13-11 Pentagon official demands flexibility on BRAC dates
    • ** 5-13-11 Leaders concerned as BRAC date approaches
  • ** 5-8-11 Mike Causey's Federal Report -- Coming soon: the mother of all gridlock
    • ** 5-8-11 Federal News Radio 1500 AM:  Survey: Feds anxiety over BRAC high
    • ** 5-8-11 BRAC chair reflects on decisions, offers ideas for future
    • ** 5-9-11 Traffic, security concerns surround new Mark Center
    • ** 5-9-11 BRAC links and resources
    • ** 5-10-11 Bethesda expected to get hit hard by BRAC traffic
    • ** 5-10-11 Ft. Meade commander sees more growth after BRAC
    • ** 5-10-11 BRAC changes boost tech upgrades
    • ** 5-10-11 Aberdeen prepares for 6,000 new feds on campus
    • ** 5-11-11 In DC area, BRAC is realignment, not closure
    • ** 5-11-11 DISA explores options to BRAC traffic
    • ** 5-11-11 McDonnell requests delay in Mark Center BRAC move
    • ** 5-11-11 Ft. Meade confronts transportation challenge
    • ** 5-12-11 BRAC: How bad IS it?
    • ** 5-12-11 Long-time fed looks back on 30 years at Walter Reed
    • ** 5-12-11 Walter Reed staff prepares to move entire staff, patients
    • ** 5-12-11 Walter Reed BRAC move changes wounded warrior care
    • ** 5-12-11 DISA employees staying on, despite BRAC
    • ** 5-12-11 BRAC crunch time for Arlington County, Va.
    • ** 5-13-11 Smooth BRAC move with Army Materiel Command's 'incremental' transition
    • ** 5-13-11 BRAC side effect: Greener buildings
    • ** 5-13-11 Walter Reed employee started working at age 17
    • ** 5-13-11 New Jersey's Ft. Monmouth preps for move to Aberdeen
• ** 5-13-11 Washington Examiner:  Gates may be able to delay Mark Center move -- The legislation also could allow Gates to delay shifting operations of Walter Reed Army Medical Center in the District to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda and the shifting of 22,000 workers to Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, where a new hospital is under construction.
  • 5-12-11 U.S. Representative James Moran News Release:  FY’12 Defense Bill to Grant DoD Authority to Delay BRAC Moves -- Moran asks Secretary Gates to include Mark Center in delayed list
• 5-13-11 Washington Examiner:  The nation's capital is becoming a biking capital -- Commentary by Harry Jaffe
• 5-13-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Demand for BRAC contractors brings Harford, Morgan together
• 5-13-11 Harford County Aegis:  Harford's first mosque planned -- Muslim worship center will be in converted Abingdon house
• ** 5-12-11 Federal News Radio 1500 AM:  Mike Causey's Federal Report -- BRAC: Musical Chairs or Symphonic Masterpiece?
• ** 5-12-11 Hybla Valley (VA) Patch:  EXCLUSIVE: Behind the Scenes at the New Fort Belvoir Community Hospital -- A peek behind the curtain, as it were, of the technological marvel that is the new hospital
• 5-12-11 Clarendon-Courthouse-Rosslyn (VA) Patch:  BRAC is Coming: An Interview with Jim Moran -- In the first of a continuing series with key officials, Congressman Jim Moran spoke with Patch on Capitol Hill
  • 5-12-11 Rose Hill (VA) Patch:  Transcript of Interview with Congressman Jim Moran -- Patch's entire interview with the Northern Virginia Congressman
• 5-12-11 Washington Examiner:  Va. asks Pentagon to delay Mark Center move
• 5-12-11 Washington Examiner:  Washington transit ranks 17th on connecting workers to jobs
• 5-12-11 NNMC Journal:  Facilities ‘LEEDing’ the Way
• ** 5-12-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Transition office answers moving questions
• 5-12-11 Joint Base Andrews Capital Flyer:  Malcolm Grow is ‘Outstanding
• 5-11-11 Gazette.Net:  Most increases to fees in county parking lots reduced -- Fees in Bethesda to rise in July; Silver Spring increases start Jan. 1
• 5-11-11 Gazette.Net:  Operation Safe Streets attempting to make Montgomery roads safer for pedestrians -- Officers patrol dangerous corridors to catch offenders
• 5-11-11 Gazette.Net:  Rockville Council approves annexation for residential development near Metro
• 5-11-11 Baltimore Sun:  Study: Md. among best in results of transportation spending -- State is one of 5 'leading the way' in all categories, think tanks say
• ** 5-10-11 Bethesda Patch:  Bethesda Road Projects: What You Need To Know -- A few important road projects, some already underway, could affect your commute this summer
• 5-9-11 Lorton Patch:  Realtors: BRAC May Be Boosting Real Estate Market  -- Spring normally brings an increase in real estate transactions
• 5-9-11 Washington Examiner:  Alexandria weighs special parking rules near Mark Center
• 5-8-11 Annapolis Capital:  David Taylor project: From 'boon to boondoggle' -- Nine years after deal signed, David Taylor redevelopment project remains in limbo
• 5-7-11 Washington Post:  (PHOTO GALLERY)  Wounded troops return to the ballfield
• 5-7-11 Baltimore Sun:   Md.-based intelligence agencies helped track bin Laden -- NSA and Bethesda-based satellite agency credited for their roles
• 5-6-11 WJLA/ABC7-TV:  (VIDEO)  Wounded warrior softball team gets ready to hit home
• 5-6-11 Gazette.Net:  Counties wary of growth document -- PlanMaryland looks to advance Smart Growth
• 5-6-11 Washington City Paper:  D.C. Defends Paying People to Live Near Work -- Live Near Your Work programs exist throughout the country. Two programs we researched include John Hopkins along with 17 other employers in Baltimore, Maryland and the University of Chicago in Illinois... Similarly, the state of Maryland is also offering special mortgage products for the counties affected by BRAC base expansions.
• 5-6-11 Stafford County (VA) Sun:  VDOT holds public meeting on North Stafford intersection improvements
• ** 5-5-11 Chevy Chase Patch:  Wisconsin Avenue Resurfacing To Start In July -- Wisconsin Avenue between Western Avenue and Bradley Boulevard will be resurfaced between July 2011 and March 2012
• 5-5-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Long live the legacy of Walter Reed
• 5-5-11 Joint Base Andrews Capital Flyer:  Retiree Activities Corner -- BRAC deadline nears
• 5-5-11 Colesville Patch:  Police Enforcement Ramps Up for 'Safe Streets' -- Montgomery County Police issued 156 traffic violations Wednesday during Operation Safe Streets
• 5-5-11 Gazette.Net:  Executives: Traffic a costly ‘headache' -- Carpools, wider roads, more rail top wish list
• 5-5-11 The Atlantic:  The Little-Known Agency That Helped Kill Bin Laden -- The National Geospatial Agency mapped bin Laden's compound, analyzed drone data, and helped the SEALs simulate their mission
• ** 5-4-11 Frederick News-Post:  Fort Detrick to oversee Walter Reed closure
• ** 5-4-11 Gazette.Net:  Study: Bus Rapid Transit feasible for Montgomery County -- $500,000 study shows route would improve traffic congestion
• 5-4-11 Gazette.Net:  Shady Grove Adventist to double its space in Science City -- Hospital is finalizing preliminary plan
• 5-4-11 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery County Planning Board moves Wheaton sector plan forward -- Document focuses on mixed-use development, green spaces
• 5-4-11 Gazette.Net:  Operation Safe Streets cracks down on county drivers -- Officers patrol dangerous corridors to catch offenders
• 5-4-11 Crofton Patch:  "BRAC Jobs 101" Examines Area Employment Prospects -- Meeting shows high interest in Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) jobs. About 5,800 jobs will be added to Fort Meade by the end of this fall. Tuesday agencies and contractors held a session to discuss potential new jobs coming from expansion at the Army
• 5-4-11 Washington Examiner:  Alexandria attorney advises against BRAC lawsuit
• 5-4-11 USA TODAY:  White House identifies unneeded government property -- Excess properties by state: The White House has identified at least 12,218 properties the federal government no longer needs and hopes to sell
• 5-4-11 Washington Business Journal:  White House releases list of excess federal properties
• 5-4-11 OurBroker.com Real Estate:  Why Less Government Means Fewer Jobs and Lower Home Prices
• 5-3-11 Frederick News-Post:  Megabus to offer Frederick-D.C. connection beginning May 11
• 5-3-11 Lorton Patch:  Ask Patch: Who Will Have Access to the New Hospital on Fort Belvoir? -- One of the highlights of the BRAC construction
• 5-3-11 Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star:  North Stafford attracts defense industry -- Defense industry continues to propel North Stafford
• 5-3-11 Washington Post:  House panel set to block increase in Tricare premiums
• 5-3-11 WAMU 88.5 FM:  D.C. Area Bicyclists Battle Not Just Cars, But The Road Itself
• 5-1-11 Federal Times:  Poor economy helps change dynamics of BRAC
• 5-1-11 United States Army News Release:  The pulse of Army medicine
• 5-1-11 WMAR/ABC2-TV:  Ft. Detrick increases security measures -- As part of the ongoing security and force protection measures, visitors and employees at Fort Detrick and Fort Detrick Forest Glen can expect increased security measures

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