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January 2011 News

• 1-31-11 Gazette.Net:  With trust fund raided again, transportation system at risk, Busch says -- Gas tax hike would be ‘very tough sell,' he predicts
• 1-31-11 Washington Examiner:   Md. GOP leader: Let Montgomery pay for Purple Line
• 1-29-11 Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star:  Long-awaited influx now close to reality -- BRAC jobs coming soon to region
• 1-29-11 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery officials say Montrose Parkway East project still on schedule -- Construction expected to begin in mid-2013
• 1-28-11 Gazette.Net:  Private-job growth in state slower than nation's for 2010 -- Government employees boost state total
• 1-28-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Credit crunch stymies Md. program for BRAC growth
• 1-28-11 Waynesboro (PA) Record Herald:  Work at former Fort Ritchie remains on hold over lawsuit
• 1-27-11 Joint Base Andrews Capital Flyer:  White House plan to involve many agencies -- White House officials have released a report that unveils a new, governmentwide approach to military family support and details a sweeping, interagency effort under way to strengthen families and enhance their well-being and quality of life.
• 1-27-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Harford, Cecil counties to host job fairs Jan. 28, Feb. 22, March 10 & March 26, 2011
• 1-27-11 NNMC Journal:  Chief of Staff for Integration & Transition column -- BRAC updates
• 1-27-11 NNMC Journal:  NNMC, WRAMC Charitable Organizations Discuss BRAC, Integration
• 1-27-11 NNMC Journal:  NSA Bethesda Implements Telework Policy
• 1-27-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Garrison talks BRAC with staff
• 1-27-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Leadership talks life after closure with NAF employees
• 1-27-11 WRAMC Stripe:  DOD leaders discuss troop, family health care needs
• 1-27-11 TBD News.com:  (VIDEO)  Realigning military bases and defense contractors -- Washington Business Journal's federal procurement reporter Jill Aitoro explains why large defense contractors are increasingly moving out to satellite offices near military bases, particularly as the deadline nears to complete all moves under the 2005 BRAC decisions.
• 1-27-11 Howard County Times:  Editorial: State of the county -- Howard's outlook bright, but Maryland woes loom large
• 1-27-11 Harford County Aegis:  BRAC's new jobs spin-off -- Two private jobs for each Army one
• 1-27-11 Washington Post:  Beauregard routes eyed
• 1-27-11 Washington Post:  At Belvoir, bugle blasts and chorus of complaint
  • 1-28-11 Washington Post:  Correction -- A Jan. 27 Metro article on neighborhood complaints about bugle calls at Fort Belvoir incorrectly said that the Army post in Fairfax County occupies 13.5 acres. It occupies 13.5 square miles.
• 1-27-11 New York Times:  Army Trauma Unit’s Woes Detailed
  • 1-27-11 New York Times:  Inspection of the Warrior Care and Transition Program -- Report of the Office of the Inspector General, Department of the Army, Sept. 22, 2010  (158 pp)
• 1-26-11 Gazette.Net:  Chevy Chase Valley could get enhanced access -- Road would improve access to neighborhood near future Walter Reed Military Medical Center
• 1-26-11 Gazette.Net:  Planners aim to better connect Bethesda, White Flint, Rockville -- Developers, planners envision new life for Pike communities
• 1-26-11 Government Computer News:  The new DISA: leaner, standardized and a bit more secretive -- CIO outlines plans as agency moves to new location
• 1-26-11 Harford County Aegis:  Housing starts hit new low in Harford -- 'I would have told you that we hit rock bottom last year'
• 1-26-11 USA TODAY:  Up to 35% of wounded soldiers addicted to drugs
• 1-25-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Md. transportation dollars focus of new alliance
• 1-25-11 Baltimore Sun:  Business groups want transit funds in a lockbox
• 1-25-11 Boston Globe:  Kerry, Brown strategize to keep regional military bases open
• 1-25-11 Frederick News-Post:  Editorial -- TOD MARC stations
• 1-25-11 Annapolis Capital:  New stop for bus commuters to D.C. -- Expected to ease crowding at Truman parking lot
• 1-25-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Maryland second on tech and science index
• 1-25-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  D.C. ranks highest among nation's safest roads
  • 1-25-11 USA TODAY:  Study: Roads are safer in urban areas
• 1-25-11 New York Times:  Pitch for Rebuilding Infrastructure Carries Political Challenges
• 1-24-11 Bethesda Patch:  Old Georgetown Road Resurfacing Project Expected to Bring Lane Closures -- SHA will soon start work to improve road quality, pedestrian safety
• 1-24-11 Montgomery County, Maryland, News Release:  Leggett Signs Montgomery County’s First-Ever Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA) with the Naval Surface Warfare Center-Carderock Division -- PIA will help County businesses identify potential Navy tech transfer oopportunities, identify programs and resources to develop R&D collaborations with Carderock
• 1-24-11 Washington Examiner:  Delegates seek state cash to relieve Mark Center traffic
• 1-24-11 Washington Post:  Capital Business -- Transit authority should accept new blueprint for regional cooperation
• 1-24-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Top Md. lawmakers seek support to pass gas tax
• /brac/resources/files/1-23-11 New York Times:  Federal Research Center Will Help Develop Medicines
• 1-23-11 Washington Post:  Base seeks neighbors' help on vision for area
• 1-23-11 Baltimore Sun:  Developers, watchdogs gear up for Arundel zoning overhaul -- Office of Planning and Zoning receives 355 applications for rezoning; process expected to be completed by the fall
• 1-23-11 Baltimore Sun:  Maryland has a pedestrian problem: Isn't it time to crack down on the chaos in the crosswalks? -- Commentary by Michael Dresser
• 1-23-11 Federal Times:  At GSA, a $565 million success story
• 1-21-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  O'Malley outlines plan to close $1.35B deficit    
  • 1-21-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Md. transportation funding on chopping block
• 1-21-11 Governor Martin O'Malley News Release:  Governor Martin O'Malley Outlines FY12 Budget Focused on Job creation -- Proposed budget closes deficit more than $1.3 billion, shrinks the size of government, reforms state pension system, putting it on a path of sustainability; Includes no tax increases for Marylanders
  • 1-21-11 Mary;land Budget Highlights, FY 2012  (38 pp)
  • 1-21-11 Maryland FY2012 Operating Budget and Documents
  • Maryland Dept. of Transportation FY2012 Consolidated Transportation Program (MDOT CTP):  Bethesda BRAC Intersections, Page 8 (not affected by FY2012 budget reductions)
• 1-21-11 Springfield (VA) Connection:  Military Move Attracts New Office Park Development -- Southeastern County has 7.5 million square feet of new commercial space planned
• 1-21-11 Gazette.Net:  Marketing Maryland -- The state has a new campaign to retain and attract business — but is it enough?
• 1-21-11 Gazette.Net:  Next up: Cybersecurity
• 1-20-11 Washington Post:  Va. congressmen tell Gates how to fix BRAC at Mark Center
• 1-20-11 Fort Detrick Standard:  Fort Detrick engages National Academy of Sciences for peer review of Public Health Reports
  • 1-20-11 Frederick News-Post:  National Academy of Sciences to review studies on contamination
• 1-20-11 United States Army News Release:  AMC puts people, mission first in BRAC moves
• 1-20-11 Reuters:  Undisciplined spending in the name of defense -- Commentary by Gregg Easterbrook
• 1-20-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Official: Drivers not solely responsible for ped. deaths
• 1-20-11 Washington Post:  Area's No. 1 rank in traffic delays leaves a lot to curse about
  • 1-20-11 Washington Post:  (GRAPHIC)  D.C. area co-leads nation in traffic congestion -- Traffic delays continue to worsen, and the D.C. area co-leads the United States in delays per vehicle. In 2009, congestion cost the average area resident an extra 70 hours' travel time and the use of an extra 57 gallons of fuel -- an average of $1,555 per commuter
  • 1-20-11 Washington Post:  (DATABASE)  Urban congestion -- Search nation's urban areas to see commuters' yearly delay, excess fuel and congestion costs
• 1-20-11 Washington Post:  Army reports big increase in Guard, Reserve suicides
• 1-20-11 Washington Business Journal:  National Institutes of Health looks for space in Montgomery County
• 1-19-11 Gazette.Net:  At 11th hour, Rockville changes stance on CCT -- Council authorizes letter to transit administration asking for change in route from King Farm to Shady Grove Road, Interstate 370
• /brac/resources/files/1-19-11 Gazette.Net:  Office of the Director of National Intelligence has plans for Bethesda Intelligence Campus -- Would replace moving /brac/resources/files/National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
• 1-19-11 Gazette.Net:  New Rockville Pike plan asks city to imagine a better place -- Rockville residents urged to weigh in with their thoughts on future of thoroughfare
• 1-19-11 Jacksonville, Florida Times-Union:  Chief of Navy Medical Corps stresses relevance of Navy Medicine
• 1-19-11 TBD News.com:  New Bethesda Metro entrance, Silver Spring Transit Center face delays
• 1-18-11 United States Army News Release:  APG commander briefs committee on BRAC progress
• /brac/resources/files/1-18-11 NextGov Technology and the Business of Government:  Geospatial intel agency opens doors to new Virginia headquarters
• /brac/resources/files/1-18-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  BRAC move on track, but road work still trails
• 1-18-11 The South Carolina State:  Group hopes to protect local bases from defense cuts
• 1-18-11 United States Army News Release:  BRAC to amplify peak moving season
• 1-18-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  More parking coming to popular Metro station
• 1-17-11 Bethesda Patch:  Bethesda High-Rise "The Monty" Could Break Ground in March; Other Developments Still in Holding Pattern -- One Woodmont Triangle residential project received an extension last week to allow more time for the economy to recover
• 1-17-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  O'Malley: Budget cuts to 'come from all over the place'
• 1-17-11 Washington Post:  Budget fight ahead in Md.
• 1-17-11 Washington Post:  The Donohoe Cos. is picked to develop a key Silver Spring site
• 1-17-11 Ellicott City Patch:  BRAC Brings Jobs, Housing Demands to Howard County -- What does BRAC mean for residents?
• 1-17-11 Washington Examiner:  Plan to widen BW Parkway concerns local officials
• 1-16-11 Baltimore Sun;  Michael Dresser's Getting There blog: Using gas tax to fill budget threatens bigger potholes -- Short-term budget fix could hurt support for transportation
• 1-16-11 Washington Post:  5 Myths about defense spending -- Commentary by Gordon Adams, professor of international relations at American University and a distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center, a global security think tank
• /brac/resources/files/1-14-11 Montgomery County News Release:  Leggett Announces Amended Six-Year Capital Construction Budget; Severe Budget Constraints Focus Funding on Critical Capital Needs While Delaying Some Projects /brac/resources/files/-- Leggett also recommends design and construction of the Platt Ridge Drive Extension project to provide relief for residential neighborhoods adjacent to the Naval Medical Center Base Realignment and Closure project
  • 1-14-11 Montgomery County News Release:  Recommended FY12 Capital Budget and Amendments to the FY11-16 Capital Improvements Program (CIP)
• 1-14-11 Odenton (MD) Patch:  New Jobs Mean New Demand For Homes, But When? -- Expansion at Fort Meade will mean a new demand for housing, but the precise impact on real estate is still unclear
• 1-14-11 Northern Virginia Connection newspapers:  Looking Ahead: Mount Vernon in 2011
• 1-14-11 Northern Virginia Connection newspapers:  Supervisors Approve Mount Vernon Site Consolidation
• 1-14-11 Mount Vernon (VA) Gazette:  Apartment Complex To Arise on Route 1 -- BRAC workers fuel residential need
• 1-14-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  COPT adding another massive office building to Arundel park
• 1-13-11 Howard Hughes Medical Institute News Release:  HHMI Professors Suggest Strategy to Change the Culture of Science Education
• /brac/resources/files/1-13-11 NNMC Journal:  Commanding Officer's Column -- Changes at NSA Bethesda
• 1-13-11 NNMC Journal:  Charities Provide Relief to Bethesda’s Wounded, Families
• 1-13-11 WRC/NBC4 TV:  Development Planned Near Future Purple Line  -- Project a mix of homes and businesses
• 1-13-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  How will Fairfax Co. weather the financial storm?
• 1-13-11 Baltimore Sun:  Real Estate Wonk: Metrostudy: 'Tax credit hangover' is over
• 1-13-11 Severn (MD) Patch:  County Works to Leverage Pending Growth -- With thousands of new federal workers coming to the area, county and business leaders look to take advantage
• 1-13-11 Severn (MD) Patch:  Traffic Jams Inevitable As Infrastructure Upgrades Lag -- Officials predict congestion as new workers arrive at Fort Meade, but urge alternatives to driving
• 1-13-11 Washington Post:  Push underway to lure conference center, biotech firms to Fairfax County
• 1-13-11 National Center for Policy Analysis:  The Limitations of Public-Private Partnerships
• 1-13-11 Stars and Stripes:  Air Guard fielding critical care air transport teams
• 1-12-11 Gazette.Net:  Group eyes easing traffic congestion on I-270 -- Brunswick attorney forges alliance between Frederick, Montgomery counties
• 1-12-11 Gazette.Net:  Chevy Chase Land Company unveils vision for Chevy Chase Lake -- More than 100 attend first sector plan community meeting
• 1-12-11 Gazette.Net:  Bethesda-Chevy Chase community voices pedestrian concerns -- Vehicle-pedestrian collisions are expected to be down in 2010 for the first time in years
• 1-12-11 Gazette.Net:  Census ranks Chevy Chase among most affluent in state -- Analysts cautious about high margin of error
• 1-12-11 Gazette.Net:  Bethesda research office tackles Vietnam vets' PTSD -- Federal contracts fuel growth at Abt Associates
• 1-12-11 Gazette.Net:  Officials still to determine opening date of first segment of ICC -- Crux of remaining work is electrical; drivers will have up to two-week grace period for toll charges
• 1-12-11 North Potomac-Darnestown Patch:  Residents Get Glimpse of Johns Hopkins University's Plans for Belward Farm -- Planners explained amendment to the preliminary plans to residents on Tuesday
• 1-12-11 Odenton (MD) Patch:  As Workers Move In, The Area Braces Itself -- As many as 200 new federal workers will be arriving at Fort Meade each week through the summer. The impact will be hard to miss.
  • 1-12-11 Odenton (MD) Patch:  What's the Deal With DISA? -- A look at the agency responsible for much of the coming growth at Fort Meade
• 1-12-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Alexandria approves Mark Center buses
• 1-12-11 Annandale (VA) Patch:  Transportation Plan Could Help Ease BRAC Traffic Concerns -- McDonnell said some of the funds could help provide better traffic calming measures
• 1-12-11 Oakton (VA) Patch:  MWAA: Dulles Metro Rail Not Over Budget — Yet -- Airports Authority says phase 1 is on target to meet budget
• 1-12-11 The Hill:  Cardinals say ban on earmarks is not forever
• 1-12-11 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Retiree groups wary of TRICARE proposal
• 1-11-11 Washington Post:  Purple Line's plans are getting down to details
  • 1-11-11 Washington Post:  (MAP)  Purple Line
• 1-11-11 Washington Examiner:  Metro eliminating bus stops to streamline service
• 1-11-11 Rockville Patch:  Pike Plan Is Ready for Its Closeup at Open House -- Proposed Pike makeover goes on display on Tuesday
• 1-11-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  SAIC takes space at Aberdeen Proving Ground
• 1-10-11 U.S. Department of Defense Joint Chiefs of Staff News Release:  Chairman Calls for Military Self-examination
• /brac/resources/files/1-10-11 Washington Examiner:  Absence of federal money swells traffic anxiety near Bethesda hospital
• /brac/resources/files/1-10-11 Bethesda Patch:  National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Begins Transition Out of Bethesda This Month -- Local retailers don't see large impact on business; Office of the Director of National Intelligence studying use of site
• 1-8-11 Gazette.Net:  Bethesda-Chevy Chase community voices pedestrian concerns -- County, state open to ideas
• 1-8-11 Washington Post:  Fairfax transportation officials study parking limits
• 1-8-11 Washington Post:  Obama accepts Gates's plan to close JFCOM, but many jobs will stay in Norfolk
• 1-8-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Smart growth report shows some changes in Maryland
  • January 2011 Indicators of Smart Growth in Maryland, Prepared by the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education at the University of Maryland  (61 pp )
• 1-8-11 Maryland Gazette (Anne Arundel County):  New shuttle could link jobs centers -- Network plan would connect Glen Burnie employees with nearby jobs
• 1-7-11 Washington Post:  Pentagon to cut spending by $78 billion, reduce troop strength
  • 1-7-11 Washington Post (Associated Press):  Gates goes after military health care
  • 1-7-11 Washington Post:  (GRAPHIC)  Cutting the fat -- Gates's statement on military spending cuts included decisions on major weapons programs that are under development
  • 1-6-11 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Transcript -- DOD News Briefing with Secretary Gates and Adm. Mullen from the Pentagon
• /brac/resources/files/1-7-11 Gazette.Net:  Job explosion due at Fort Meade this month -- BRAC expected to boost work force by 7,000 in 2011
• 1-7-11 Gazette.Net:  Tight times on State Circle -- The $1.6 billion budget hole will challenge business leaders' agenda in the 2011 session
• 1-7-11 Gazette.Net:  Bethesda research office tackles Vietnam vets' PTSD -- Federal contracts fuel growth at Abt Associates
• 1-7-11 San Antonio Business Journal:  Real estate recovery in San Antonio heavily tied to BRAC
• 1-6-11 Washington Post:  Obama okays closure of Joint Forces Command
• 1-6-11 Forbes:  America's best and worst job markets: Washington, D.C., is hot, and so is Austin. Miami and Southern California lag badly -- With a 7.8% unemployment rate, Baltimore, Md., enjoys some of the government spillover from Washington, D.C., less than an hour away. The military's base realignment plans are also expected to bring more jobs to Baltimore, which also has a thriving research and health care sector, thanks to Johns Hopkins University.
• /brac/resources/files/1-6-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Each year brings change; are you ready 2011? -- Transitioning Walter Reed Army Medical Center
• /brac/resources/files/1-6-11 WRAMC Stripe:  BRAC relocation information session preps staff for moves
• /brac/resources/files/1-6-11 WRAMC Stripe:  The Year in Words/brac/resources/files/ -- The following are some of the more thoughtful utterings made by world and military leaders, and members of the Walter Reed family during 2010
• /brac/resources/files/1-6-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Year in News/brac/resources/files/ -- The following is a brief review of some of the local, national and international events that shaped the world we lived in during the previous year
• 1-6-11 Washington Post:  Charity sidesteps bureaucratic roadblocks to help veterans at Bethesda hospital
• /brac/resources/files/1-6-11 NNMC Journal:  Commander’s Column -- We are on the verge of changing the way military medicine is delivered.
• /brac/resources/files/1-6-11 NNMC Journal:  Parking, Traffic Changes at NSAB
• /brac/resources/files/1-6-11 NNMC Journal:  ‘Major Milestone’ in Construction Reached at Future Walter Reed
• 1-6-11 Baltimore Sun:  State making little progress with Smart Growth, study says -- Policies had little impact on sprawl, congestion
• 1-6-11 Washington Post:  House Republicans adopt new rules for tax and spending legislation
• 1-6-11 Washington Post:  Prince William County sets its priorities for the legislative session
• 1-6-11 WTOP 103.5 FM (Associated Press):  Gates proposing program cuts in military budget
• /brac/resources/files/1-5-11 Gazette.Net:  Fort Meade becomes state's top employer -- BRAC expected to boost work force by 7,000 more in 2011
• 1-5-11 Baltimore Sun:  Getting There -- Greyhound launches service for rural Maryland
• /brac/resources/files/1-5-11 Gazette.Net:  Downcounty enters 2011 with Purple Line, Walter Reed's relocation on the horizon/brac/resources/files/ -- Communities also to grapple with school overcrowding, neighborhood planning and saving trees
• 1-5-11 Gazette.Net:  Connecticut Avenue neighbors unite to face potential development -- Planning board to host meetings on commercial plans for Chevy Chase Lake
• 1-5-11 Gazette.Net:  Rockville to unveil plan focused on redesigning pike -- Goal is to make commuter thoroughfare a world-class boulevard
• 1-5-11 Gazette.Net:  Glenmont station to increase parking spots for commuters by 67 percent -- Garage to increase parking by 67 percent; some lament lack of voice in planning
• 1-5-11 Gazette.Net:  Kensington Fire Department to lose Glenmont station -- State highway administration will take building, county to replace it
• 1-5-11 Maryland Gazette (Anne Arundel County):  Fort Meade job growth starts -- Thousands of jobs start transfering this weekend, road projects still months away'
• /brac/resources/files/1-4-11 Bethesda Patch:  Future Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Takes Shape After Completion of Two New Facilities/brac/resources/files/ -- Ribbon-cutting ceremony held at NavyMed Dec. 22
• /brac/resources/files/1-4-11 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Fisher House Program Still Growing After 20 Years
• 1-4-11 Baltimore Sun:  Transportation funding panel wants 2011 action
• 1-4-11 Chevy Chase Patch:  Interim Pedestrian Crossing Between Pearl Street, Capital Crescent Trail Moves Forward -- Community, officials voice support for project
• 1-4-11 Maryland Daily Record:  Report on Baltimore office vacancies looks up
• 1-4-11 Washington Post:  House appropriators face deep budget cut in anti-earmark era
• 1-4-11 Washington Examiner:  McCain to blame for Mark Center parking issues?
• 1-4-11 Washington Examiner:  Barbara Hollingsworth commentary -- Still no exit strategy for Mark Center
• 1-4-11 Frederick News-Post:  Data still shows no clear sign of cancer cluster near Detrick
• 1-3-11 Washington Post:  Capital Business -- Federal austerity could hit the region's economy hard
• 1-3-11 Federal News Radio 1500 AM:  (AUDIO)  Moran: Mark Center traffic to create 'chaos'
• 1-3-11 Gazette.Net:  Several state businesses boast job growth in 2010 -- BRAC expected to boost Fort Meade's work force by 7,000 more in 2011; Adventist grows by about 1,700
• 1-3-11 Associated Press:  Construction spending up for third straight month
• 1-2-11 Baltimore Sun:  Editorial: What 2011 will bring -- Our view: There's a budget crisis in the State House, a mayoral election in Baltimore and a full year of Buck Showalter to look forward to

 

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