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February 2011 News

• 2-28-11 Montgomery County News Release:  Go Montgomery -- Reconstruction of Cedar Lane over Rock Creek to Begin this Winter
• 2-28-11 The State Column:  Rep. Jim Moran: GAO Study Calls for Greater Coordination, New Criteria for DoD Road Funding Program
  • 1-26-11 Government Accountability Office:  GAO Report 11-165: Defense Infrastructure -- High-Level Federal Interagency Coordination Is Warranted to Address Transportation Needs beyond the Scope of the Defense Access Roads Program  (51 pp)
    • Summary
    • Highlights  (1 page)
• 2-28-11 Bethesda Patch:  Merchants Worry About Economic Impact of Lot 31 Construction -- Business could be affected when construction of parking garage begins, merchants say
• 2-28-11 Chevy Chase Patch:  Neighborhood Committee Represents Residents in Lake Sector PlanThe committee represents Chevy Chase area -- Neighborhoods that would be affected by the Chevy Chase Lake Sector redevelopment
• 2-28-11 Washington Post:  Capital Business -- Gray will create entities to oversee St. Elizabeths and Walter Reed projects
• 2-28-11 Baltimore Sun:  Maryland's economic forecast calls for pain: Maryland has done well thanks to government largesse, but that may soon start to disappear -- Commentary by Anirban Basu, economist and chairman and CEO of Sage Policy Group in Baltimore
• 2-28-11 CNN Money:  Military health costs up 300%
• 2-27-11 WTOP 103/5 FM:  A push for rapid bus transit in Montgomery County
• 2-27-11 Baltimore CityBiz Real Estate:  CBRE: Baltimore Poised for Sustained Growth
• 2-26-11 Harford County Record:  Federal, state funds sought to expand commuter rail in Harford and Cecil
• 2-26-11 Gazette.Net:  Officials prep for where to put drivers, walkers during downtown Bethesda construction -- Lot 31 retail, housing project expected to start three years of construction in the fall
• 2-26-11 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery County Council to host forum in Bethesda on Wednesday -- Residents get chance to address council members
• 2-26-11 Washington Post:  Children's Inn at NIH offers youths with rare diseases hope, and a place to bond
• 2-26-11 WTTG/FOX5-TV (Associated Press):    New England Preps for Next Round of Base Closings
• 2-25-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Towson to offer master's in supply chain management
• 2-25-11 Defense Systems:  Army cyber unit expands as fast as it can -- Army Cyber Command fleshes out command hierarchy, infrastructure and operational goals
• 2-25-11 Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star:  Realtors awaiting BRAC impact -- Quantico base booming with growth
• 2-24-11 WRAMC Stripe:  DoD leaders talk improved health-care services
• 2-24-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Battle ongoing to defeat combat stress
• 2-24-11 Joint Base Andrews Capital Flyer:  Military families find comfort at Fisher House
• 2-24-11 Elkridge (MD) Patch:  'City' of Ft. Meade Grows with BRAC -- The move north to Maryland's largest military base continues
• 2-24-11 Gazette.Net:  President Obama honors Montgomery County researchers -- Researchers at National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Standards and Technology noted for innovative research
• 2-24-11 NNMC Journal:  Chief of Staff for Integration & Transition's column -- Building 17 Complex
• 2-24-11 Montgomery County News Release:  Leggett Announces Formation of Transit Task Force; Will Develop Blueprint for Countywide Rapid Transit System
• 2-24-11 Washington Post:  Robert McCartney's Metro Column -- Maryland's transportation crisis is arguably worse than Virginia's
• 2-24-11 Odenton (MD) Patch:  Developers, Brokers Fight the Fort Meade 'Black Hole' -- The success of the Odenton Town Center depends on luring great retailers and restaurants to new development in town. But official demographics of the area don't count the more than 100,000 people who pass through the Fort Meade gates each day
• 2-23-11 Huffington Post:  3 New Walter Reed Developments, One Promising for Health Care -- Commentary by Hal Donahue
• 2-23-11 Washington Examiner:  Maryland's suburbs turn to urban building around Metro stops
• 2-23-11 Washington Business Journal:  Maryland keeps its AAA ratings
• 2-23-11 Gazette.Net:  National Naval Medical Center prepares to merge with Walter Reed Army Medical -- Bethesda hospital nears merger with Walter Reed
  • 2-23-11 Gazette.Net:  Traffic projects not enough to ease BRAC problems, commuters must help -- Emphasis on public transit for Bethesda commuters
  • 2-20-11 Washington Post:  Bethesda braces for a BRAC traffic nightmare -- Commentary by Patrick L. O'Neill, Chairman of the Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce
• 2-23-11 Washington Post:  At spa day, partners of wounded soldiers get some TLC for themselves
• 2-22-10 Bethesda Patch:  BRAC Committee Asks Leggett to Fund Alternative Transportation Programs -- "Transportation demand management" programs necessary to encourage commuters out of cars as BRAC transition nears, committee says
  • 2-18-11 BIC letter to County Executive Leggett  (2 pp)
• 2-22-11 Fairfax Times:  Developments could bring employment boom -- Many contractors to move operations to Springfield under base realignment
• 2-22-11 Washington Post:  Report: Less than 6% of federal workers telework
• 2-22-11 Frederick News-Post:  Army tested 16+ pounds of defoliants at Fort Detrick, new report says
• 2-22-11 The Hill:  Despite Obama veto pledge, senior Dems want narrow earmark ban
• 2-22-11 The Hill:  Without saying 'earmark,' Sens. Boxer, Inhofe solicit requests for projects
• 2-21-11 Frederick News-Post:  For families of wounded military, Fisher houses are a home away from home
• 2-21-11 Washington Post:  Capital Business -- Business Rx: Bike-sharing without a home base
• 2-19-11 Army Times:  Solutions sought for BRAC-related traffic -- A report from the National Academy of Sciences calls for projects to be fast-tracked to help with the expected gridlock
• 2-19-11 Waynesboro (PA) Record Herald:  Department of Defense tested herbicides, possibly Agent Orange, at Fort Ritchie Army base in the 1950s, COPT says
• 2-18-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Local leaders discuss crime, traffic at regional summit
• 2-18-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Increased telework to ease D.C. area traffic
• 2-18-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  VRE sets ridership record, topping 20K
• 2-18-11 Gazette.Net:  Lights out -- Amid safety concerns, state seeks to save money and help environment with fewer streetlamps
• 2-18-11 Gazette.Net:  Surging costs causing higher prices in state industries: Retailers see cotton costs double in past year -- Price upticks in copper and related commodities haven't had much of an effect on the state's construction industry, some builders said. Aided by the Pentagon base realignment program, Maryland was one of the few states where construction jobs grew last year with a 2.5 percent increase, the sixth-highest jump in the U.S. Almost 4,000 jobs were added, while nationally the industry lost 93,000 workers.
• 2-18-11 Crofton Patch:  Technology and Engineering Jobs on the Rise -- Despite Maryland’s 7.1 percent unemployment rate, local business leaders say they are cautiously optimistic
• 2-18-11 Gazette.Net:  New station entrance design to be on view at Bethesda Metro meeting -- Public information session set for Thursday
• 2-17-11 Gazette.Net:  Traffic projects not enough to ease BRAC problems, commuters must help -- Emphasis on public transit for Bethesda commuters
• 2-17-11 Gazette.Net:  50-acre development set near Walter Johnson approved with changes -- New plans increase office space, but decrease retail
• 2-17-11 Washington Post:  New Greenbelt operations center will help manage traffic and transit throughout D.C. region
  • 2-17-11 Washington Post:  (GRAPHIC)  Anatomy of the gridlock -- The low-pressure system that resulted in one of the worst evening commutes in memory arrived in the Washington area in two parts
• 2-17-11 Washington Post:  Alexandria pushes for carpool ramp at Mark Center
• 2-17-11 NNMC Journal:  Human Resources Council Holds First Integration Town Hall
• 2-17-11 WRAMC Stripe:  President’s budget request includes $52.5 billion for Military Health Systems
• 2-17-11 Elkridge (MD) Patch:  Unemployed and Looking for Work? In Maryland, You’ve Got a Shot -- If you’re in technology or engineering, you might have an even bigger shot. Despite Maryland’s 7.1 percent unemployment rate, local business leaders say they are cautiously optimistic
• 2-16-11 San Antonio Express-News:  Local BRAC projects called safe from cuts
• 2-16-11 Washington Post:  New buses for Intercounty Connector
• 2-16-11 Gazette.Net:  National report says Feds should help pay for Bethesda BRAC projects -- Montgomery official: ‘It's exactly what we've been saying for years'
• 2-16-11 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery council prioritizes transit, road projects in request to the state -- Members at odds over transportation initiatives
• 2-16-11 Gazette.Net:  White Flint construction tax set at zero for some projects -- But property tax will be collected to fund roads, sidewalks, libraries
• 2-16-11 Gazette.Net:  Comments on Montgomery County budget can be submitted online -- Leggett's proposed spending plan to be released March 15
• 2-16-11 Bethesda Patch:  County Looking Into Shrinking Lot 31 -- Eliminating lower level could reduce cost of $86 million garage, officials say
• 2-16-11 Odenton (MD) Patch:  Odenton's Population Jumps 17K According to Census -- The western portion of Anne Arundel County saw significant growth, paced by a more than 80 percent jump in residents in Odenton
• 2-15-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  (AUDIO DOWNLOAD)  The 'BRAC'-ish traffic mess -- Commentary by Chris Core
• 2-15-11 Chevy Chase Patch:  Berliner Talks Transportation with Friendship Heights Group, Pushes Gas Tax -- Berliner addressed the Friendship Heights Transportation Management District advisory committee Monday
• 2-15-11 Maryland Reporter.com:  Commission recommends transportation fund lockdown, increasing revenues by $800M
• 2-15-11 New York Times:  At War -- Joint Chiefs Support Rise in Health Care Fees for Military Retirees
• 2-14-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Md. commission seeks to raise $800M for roads, rails
• 2-14-11 Corridor Inc. (Capital News Service):  Rhetoric over transfer of transportation funds is challenged
• 2-14-11 Gazette.Net:  Greentree Road sidewalk to improve access to NIH, Suburban Hospital, schools -- Public hearing on Bethesda walkway scheduled for Wednesday in Executive Office Building
• 2-14-11 NextGov Technology and the Business of Government:  Obama seeks $7.2 billion for PTSD/TBI treatment
• 2-14-11 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  DOD Releases Fiscal 2012 Budget Proposal
  • 2-14-11 FY2012 DOD Budget Summary
  • 2-14-11 FY2012 DOD Budget
• 2-14-11 Federal News Radio 1500 AM:  (AUDIO)  Maryland releases 2010 BRAC progress report
  -- Interview with Anthony Brown, Lt. Governor, Maryland
• 2-14-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Howard Co. growth plan starts with BRAC, Columbia redevelopment
• 2-14-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Howard County holds on to Triple-A rating
• 2-14-11 Annapolis Capital:  First cyber curriculum goes to Meade -- New program tied to job growth at Fort Meade, could expand countywide
• 2-14-11 Washington Post:  Capital Business -- Maryland, agencies hope to expand cybersecurity talent pool
• 2-13-11 Washington Post:  Defense officials warn of crisis unless Congress approves 2011 funding bill
• 2-13-11 Washington Post:  Whatever Happened To ... ... the wounded soldier?
• 2-13-11 New York Times:  For Some Troops, Powerful Drug Cocktails Have Deadly Results
• 2-13-11 Inside NoVA.com:  U.S. 1 widening a slow process
• 2-13-11 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:  Top Army doctor disputes Tribune-Review series -- The Army's top doctor has sharply criticized a nine-month probe by the Tribune-Review that found ongoing neglect of wounded, sick and injured soldiers in the service's Warrior Transition units.
  • 2-6-11 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:  Documents show Army's disservice to broken soldiers
• 2-13-11 Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star:  Builders, brokers see cause for optimism -- How do area home builders and Realtors think the local housing market will fare going forward?
• 2-12-11 Washington Post:  On Faith: After war, churches care for warriors -- Commentary by Martin Davis, Director of the Alban Institute's Congregational Resource Guide, which is funded by the Lilly Endowment, and Kimberly Loontjer, Assistant Director for Ministry Programs at Wheat Ridge Ministries, funder of "Welcome Them Home, Help Them Heal" (Whole Person Associates, 2009).
• 2-12-11 Washington Post:  Maryland to overhaul schedule for its MARC Penn Line commuter trains -- The Maryland Transit Administration plans to overhaul the schedule for its Penn Line trains next month, adding more trains with fewer cars to ease crowding and to reduce stress on train engines.  Officials hope the major schedule shift will also accommodate an influx of personnel to Fort Meade and Aberdeen expected by September.
  • 2-12-11 Washington Post:  Maryland to overhaul schedule for its MARC Penn Line commuter trains -- Schedule, effective 3-14-11
• 2-12-11 Seattle Times:  Weight of War: Gear that protects troops also injures them -- Military studies acknowledge that combat soldiers are carrying too much weight — often more than 100 pounds. These loads have contributed to soaring numbers of injuries, and higher costs in disability payments
• 2-11-11 Harford County Aegis:  BRAC changes adding up in Harford; From construction on post, to rail upgrades, to an expanded water plant
• 2-11-11 Government Executive:  Local Officials Want More Info on BRAC Moves
• 2-11-11 Southern Maryland Newspapers Online:  St. Mary's grew fastest in state, census reports -- Population boosted 22 percent in last decade
• http://colesville.patch.com/articles/county-planning-board-approves-science-center-scope
  2-11-11 Colesville (MD) Patch:  County Planning Board Approves Science Center Scope -- Federal workers, community advocates debated a proposed timeline that would see the study completed in two years
• 2-11-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Series: "Heroes Highway" -- WTOP's J.J. Green takes you inside the military airplanes where wounded warriors get critical care. 
• 2-11-11 Gazette.Net:  Long road ahead for Maryland's infrastructure needs -- State's work on highways, bridges, pipes and plants runs into tens of billions
• 2-11-11 Washington Business Journal:  NSA plans $219M plant at Ft. Meade
• 2-11-11 Savage-Guilford (MD) Patch:  Unemployed and Looking for Work? In Maryland, You’ve Got a Shot -- If you’re in technology or engineering, you might have an even bigger shot. Despite Maryland’s 7.1 percent unemployment rate, local business leaders say they are cautiously optimistic
• 2-11-10 American Society of Military Comptrollers:  Pressure builds on Congress to pass a separate FY2011 DoD Appropriations bill
• 2-11-11 Washington Post:  House Republicans divided on spending cuts; for some, it's $100 billion or bust
• 2-10-11 United States Army News Release:  Army drafting new regulation for WTUs
• 2-10-11 Baltimore Sun:  Baltimore-area home sales jumped in January -- Gain gives sellers reason to cheer, but prices are still falling
• 2-10-11 WRC/NBC4-TV:  MapQuest Adds Tools for D.C. Pedestrians, Commuters
• 2-10-11 Chevy Chase Patch:  Purple Line Consultants Update Town of Chevy Chase Group on Noise Studies, Lynn Drive Crossing -- The Maryland Transit Administration consultants are waiting on resident agreements to do a new noise study and showed three grade-separated crossings near Lynn Drive
• 2-10-11 NNMC Journal:  BRAC Construction on Track to Meet Deadline
• 2-10-11 NNMC Journal:  NICoE Offering a Unique Approach to Patient Care
• 2-10-11 NNMC Journal:  Commanding Officer's Column -- Managing Expectations
• 2-10-11 Annapolis Capital:  Editorial -- Our Say: Pentagon should pay more to help traffic at BRAC sites
• 2-10-11 Washington Business Journal:  Campaign kicks off to unload GSA buildings
• 2-10-11 Washington Post:  Minorities are majority population in Montgomery County
  • 2-10-11 Washington Post:  Soaring minority population propels Montgomery County's expansion
• 2-10-11 Washington Post:  Census: Anne Arundel population tops 500,000, and growth is centered in west
• 2-9-11 Montgomery County News Release:  County Seeks Budget Ideas and Comments via New, Easy-to-Use Link on Homepage
• 2-9-10 Bethesda Patch:  Advocates Question Cost of Planned Bethesda Parking Garage -- Ground could break on the lot at Bethesda and Woodmont Avenues as soon as July
• 2-9-10 Gazette.Net:  Tedco completes $1.3M Fort Detrick initiative -- 26 startups win grants to help Army meet medical needs
• 2-9-11 Washington Post (Associated Press):  Military headquarters in Va. losing 2,300 jobs
• 2-9-11 Gazette.Net:  Bethesda road scheduled for resurfacing -- Project expected to be completed in fall
• 2-9-11 Gazette.Net:  Road resurfacing, sidewalk upgrades begin in Bethesda -- Section of Old Georgetown Road will become $1 million mile
• 2-9-11 Gazette.Net:  Agencies seek 1.5M square feet of space in Montgomery County -- HHS, NIH decisions biggest issues in play
• 2-9-11 Gazette.Net:  Capital Crescent Trail to get makeover on River Road -- Advocacy group works to build a rest stop at "ugly" trail entrance
• 2-9-11 Gazette.Net:  FDA calls for speedier planning process for East County growth -- Administration doesn't want to wait for plan
• 2-9-11 Carroll County (MD) Times:  County looking to improve local business opportunities at Fort Meade
• 2-8-11 Baltimore Sun:  Michael Dresser's Getting There blog -- Maryland infrastructure gets C-minus grade
• 2-8-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Arlington County drops HOT lanes lawsuit
• 2-8-11 Frederick News-Post:  Fort Detrick's Nailin Gate dominates discussion with Frederick Mayor Randy McClement
• 2-8-11 Washington Post:  Study: Pentagon should pay for transportation improvements necessitated by BRAC
  • 2-8-11 The State Column:  Maryland and Virginia congressional delegations comment on National Academy of Sciences DOD findings
  • 2-7-11 WTOP 103.5 FM (Associated Press):  Report: Pentagon should help traffic at 6 bases
    • 2-7-11 Federal Funding of Transportation Improvements in BRAC Cases -- Report of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies  (106 pp)
      • Executive Summary  (4 pp)         
      • 2-7-11 WMAR/ABC2-TV:  BRAC: Naval Medical Center traffic infrastructure
      • 2-8-11 Washington Post:  (GRAPHIC)  More Pentagon funding for BRAC transportation projects
• 2-8-11 Bethesda Patch:  Transportation Primer: Bethesda Circulator -- A look at ways to get around downtown Bethesda
• 2-8-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  TRIP: Make I-95 widening a top priority
• 2-8-11 New York Times:  Lawmakers’ End of Earmarks Affects Local Programs Large and Small
  • 2-5-11 New York Times:  District Liked Its Earmarks, Then Elected Someone Who Didn’t
• 2-7-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Md. senator introduces bill to preserve, raise transportation funds
• 2-7-11 Gazette.Net:  Social Security to open $500M facility in Urbana -- Project at Urbana Corporate Center to create 200 jobs by 2013
• 2-6-11 Gazette.Net:  Road resurfacing, sidewalk upgrades begin in Bethesda -- Section of Old Georgetown Road will become $1 million mile
• 2-5-11 Gazette.Net:  Traffic woes headed for Georgia Avenue between Glenmont and Olney -- $3.6 million road project will improve pedestrian access; completion expected in the fall
• 2-4-11 Gazette.Net:  Local leaders scraping for transportation money -- Group wants state to re-evaluate road projects in pipeline
• 2-4-11 Gazette.Net:  Commercial Real Estate: Fed agencies in Montgomery seek 1.5M square feet -- HHS, NIH decisions biggest issues in play
• 2-4-11 Silver Spring Patch:  Purple Line Officials Launch Community Work Sessions -- At least two dozen concerned business owners and residents attended the meeting
• 2-4-11 Washington Business Journal:  Springfield sees a mini boom in office development
• 2-3-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Leaders brief BRAC, new logo unveiled
• 2-3-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Working together to achieve success emphasized at 2011 MHS conference
  • 2-3-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Army surgeon general presents top 10 initiatives
  • 2-3-11 WRAMC Stripe:  2011 MHS conference focuses on continuing quality health care
• 2-3-11 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery County Executive recommends Bethesda road closure for Suburban Hospital expansion -- County Council to vote on recommendation after neighborhood appeal is settled
• 2-3-11 Odenton (MD) Patch:  Commuting Options To Fort Meade Start Rolling Out -- A subscription bus service for federal workers from Northern Virginia started service this week. Local officials are pushing van pools and other alternatives to driving
• 2-3-11 Howard County Times:  Howard County seeing green building construction trend -- County is leader in environmentally friendly building, but faltering economy has hampered effort, and some say tweaks needed
• 2-3-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Virginia ditches part of HOT Lanes plan -- VDOT is planning to construct a direct ramp from existing HOV lanes on I-395 to Seminary Road. The ramp will be a single-lane, reversible ramp that will address the extra traffic coming to the Mark Center. The Mark Center is where 6,400 defense-related jobs are being moved as part of the Base Realignment and Closure Act.
• 2-2-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Maryland tolls could hike by average of 75 cents
• 2-2-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Report. Va. transportation projects would grow economy
• 2-2-11  Architect’s Guide to Glass:  Air National Guard’s New Readiness Center Building Meets BRAC and LEED Criteria
• 2-2-11 Washington Post:  Study: 44% of Maryland's roads need repair
• 2-2-11 Washington Post:  Appropriations Chairman Inouye says he will enforce earmark ban in Senate
• 2-2-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Baltimore-area office market closer to 'normalcy'
• 2-2-11 Gazette.Net:  County amends new White Flint taxes -- Impact taxes set to zero, as planned
• 2-2-11 Gazette.Net:  Residents fear extending Capital Crescent Trail would derail Silver Spring neighborhood -- Some Woodside residents oppose trail construction
• 2-1-11 AnnandaleVA blog:  Beauregard Corridor residents explore benefits of 'walkable urban places'
• 2-1-11 Gazette.Net:  Leggett, others remind House committee of stress on county governments  -- MACo representatives bring up possible need to raise local taxes
• 2-1-11 Washington Examiner:  Md. budget would slash $70m from Montgomery, Prince George's
• 2-1-11 Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown News Release:  Lt. Governor Brown, BRAC Subcabinet Release 2010 BRAC Progress Report
  • 1-31-11 Maryland Daily Record (Associated Press):  Maryland reports progress on prep for military influx
  • 1-4-11 State of Maryland BRAC Action Plan -- 2010 Progress Report  (94 pp)
• 2-1-11 Inside NoVA:  Up-to-date map shows road closures, detours on Belvoir

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