IN THE NEWS
July 2013 News
- 7-31-13 USA TODAY: Newest veterans say suicide is their biggest challenge Military Intelligence
- 7-31-13 Gazette.Net: Search for fuel in Bethesda presents a challenge -- Finding a gas station in Bethesda tough for drivers on empty
- 7-30-13 Bethesda Now: Council Finalizes Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan
- 7-30-13 Bethesda Now: NIH Wins Award For Pushing Alternative Commuting Options
- 7-30-13 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: Enforcement is an important component of improving pedestrian safety
- 7-30-13 Gazette.Net: Silver Spring homes offer a world tour -- Historic National Park Seminary houses undergo renovations
- 7-29-13 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: Council public hearing September 24: Countywide transit corridors plan ***NEW DATE
- 7-29-13 Baltimore Business Journal: Maryland Transit Administration seeks advertising agencies
- 7-29-13 Bethesda Now: County Relocating Woodmont Avenue Crosswalk
- 7-29-13 Popular Mechanics: Rebuilding a Wounded Warrior's Face Using 3D Visualization -- Prosthetics work at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center combines high-tech scanning and 3D visualization tools to reinvent the way soldiers are treated
- 7-29-13 Gazette.Net: Great Seneca Science Corridor labs consider cyberinfrastructure -- No funding currently identified
- 7-29-13 Bethesda Now: Purple Line Station Plan Provides Limited Chances For Public Input
- 7-28-13 Washington Post: Dr. Gridlock -- The road ahead: D.C. regional planners look at transportation priorities
- 7-28-13 Washington Post: Work on Montgomery transitway is scaled back
- 7-28-13 Associated Press: Col. Bud Day, Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 88 -- After the war and his release, Day retired to the Florida Panhandle in 1977 and practiced law, becoming a crusader for veterans' health care benefits. He took his fight to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003 lawsuit that alleged the government reneged on its promise to provide free lifetime health care to hundreds of thousands of Korean and World War II veterans. The high court declined to hear an appeal of the case brought on behalf of two Panhandle retirees, but the legal action was credited with prompting Congress to pass legislation in 2000 expanding the military's TRICARE health insurance program to include veterans over age 65 who had served at least 20 years or were medically retired.
- 7-26-13 Washington Business Journal: JBG begins site work on Bethesda redevelopment
- 7-26-13 Bethesda Now: Major Gas Utility Work Set For Edgemoor, East Bethesda Neighborhoods
- 7-26-13 Armed with Science: Engineering the Future -- It is a long process for a ship or weapons system to go from concept to deployment, but it all starts in the mind of a naval engineer
- 7-26-13 Fort Detrick Standard: ATTENTION: Forest Glen Ride-On Stop Changes
- 7-26-13 Fort Detrick Standard: Attractant or No Attractant? That is the Question for Researchers at Forest Glen Annex
- 7-26-13 Joint Base Andrews Gazette: USAF-approved PTSD treatments work together
- 7-25-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Commander's Column -- For eight years, Navy Medicine National Capital Area (NCA) has ensured a seamless integration through Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), representing the Navy component to the Joint Task Force – Capital Medical Region (JTF CapMed), and serving as a conduit of information for the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED). Next week, on July 31, we will bid the NCA team farewell, and show our appreciation for their tireless efforts, as they disestablish during a ceremony in the Memorial Auditorium at 10 a.m.
- 7-25-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: WRNMMC Forges Ahead to Promote Research
- 7-25-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Walter Reed Bethesda’s Dr. Wah Named President-Elect of AMA
- 7-24-13 Bethesda Now: Walk & Ride Challenges Bethesda Companies To Ditch Car Commuting
- 7-24-13 Bethesda Now: White Flint Roads Included In Budget Priorities For Planners
- 7-24-13 Wall Street Journal: Developer Takes Gamble on Private Military Housing -- Members of Military Get an Attractive Alternative to Barracks
- 7-23-13 Gazette.Net: Navy releases study on impact of Bethesda’s Walter Reed projects -- Public has until Aug. 19 to weigh in
- 7-22-13 Baltimore Sun: Pain of sequestration is real: Despite claims to the contrary, meat-cleaver approach to budget cutting is hurting plenty of Marylanders -- Commentarty by Senator Ben Cardin
- 7-22-13 Washington Post: Capital Business -- The future of Walter Reed: A look at the companies vying for the project
7-22-13 Washington City Paper: More Details on the Walter Reed Proposals
7-22-13 WTOP 103.5 FM: Traffic relief comes for Mark Center commuters - 7-22-13 Washington Post: NSA growth fueled by need to target terrorists
- 7-22-13 Washington Post: Strain on military families affects young children, report says
- 7-21-13 Washington Post: Dr. Gridlock -- Commuting trends are upbeat, but don’t count on them
- 7-19-13 Bethesda Now: Navy Releases Final Study Of New Parking, Construction At Walter Reed
- 7-19-13 Bethesda Now: Purple Line Station Changes Could Come Quickly
- 7-19-13 Washington Business Journal: Delving into the Walter Reed bids
- 7-19-13 Washington Business Journal: From EYA to MIT: What developers plan for Walter Reed
- 7-18-13 Washington Business Journal: Children's National targeting Walter Reed for clinic, research labs
- 7-18-13 FOX News: Military communities brace for 'hardship' as defense furloughs take effect -- Among those to first raise concerns about the furloughs were advocates for wounded combat soldiers at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center -- the country’s top facility for wounded warriors. Roughly 2,400 workers at the suburban Washington facility – including doctors and therapists -- were notified in May about being furloughed, which advocates say could jeopardize the quality of care.
- 7-18-13 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation: MTA announces adjustments to commuter bus service using the ICC
- 7-18-13 Fort Belvoir Eagle: Belvoir hospital opens doors of new Traumatic Brain Injury treatment center
- 7-18-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: JTF CapMed Commander Discusses Way Ahead with Walter Reed Bethesda Staff
- 7-18-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Bethesda Notebook -- Pharmacy Hours: The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Pharmacies are no longer open on Saturdays
- 7-17-13 Federal Daily.com: DOD updates Congress on Defense Health Agency plan
- 7-17-13 Fierce Government IT.com: Technology key to approaching overhaul of Military Health System
- 7-17-13 Baltimore Sun: Editorial -- Towson's transportation future: bikes and buses -- We don't want a "Bethesda-ization," with its daunting traffic and parking. Better models in Montgomery County might be Rockville and Silver Spring, which have turned some downtown streets into pedestrian malls.
- 7-17-13 Gazette.Net: Looking down the road to White Flint infrastructure improvements -- Network of new and redesigned roads to be built on both sides of Rockville Pike
- 7-17-13 Gazette.Net: Agency has wish list for White Flint post office -- Officials planning for redevelopment of mall property
- 7-17-13 Gazette.Net: Chevy Chase Lake project now expected to take in — not lose — millions -- U-turn in projection after error discovered in estimate of schoolchildren
- 7-16-13 NextGov.com: Pentagon Expects to Save $2.4 Billion by Reforming Military Health Care
- 7-16-13 Washington Post: Unraveling PTSD: 3 factors needed for condition to progress
- 7-16-13 Bethesda Now: Fire Extinguished At Walter Reed Medical Center
- 7-16-13 Lorton (VA) Patch: Moran, Ft. Belvoir Open Dialogue to Use Community Resources for Wounded Warriors
- 7-16-13 Washington Business Journal: Three teams bid for right to develop Walter Reed
- 7-16-13 Washington Post: Capital Business -- Walter Reed developers prepare to wow the crowd
- 7-16-13 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch: Police: 'Preventable' Crashes Continue in Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac -- Capt. David Falcinelli: "Almost 100 percent of crashes are preventable and most are the result of simple inattention to the road and traffic."
- 7-15-13 The Georgetowner: Georgetown University to Expand to Old Walter Reed Grounds?
- 7-15-13 Gazette.Net: New bus rapid transit plan won’t require more property along Md. 355 -- Plan calls for buses to run along curbed lanes
- 7-15-13 Bethesda Now: BRT Supporters Have Different Views As Plan Heads To Council
- 7-14-13 Washington Post: New Md. transportation secretary evaluates how to use gas tax funds -- Some said they worry whether he is familiar enough with the Washington suburbs, particularly the need for congestion relief on the Capital Beltway and Interstate 270 and plans for a 16-mile light-rail Purple Line between Bethesda and New Carrollton.
- 7-12-13 Fort Detrick Standard: Forest Glen Annex Temporarily Closing Gate -- Beginning July 15, Forest Glen Annex will close Linden Gate to vehicles and pedestrians due to furlough staffing reductions. All vehicles and pedestrians must use Brookville Gate for all entries and exits, 24/7. With this change, the Montgomery County Ride-on Bus Number 4 will no longer enter the installation, and riders should use the Linden & Warren Street bus stop, and walk down to Brookville Rd. for installation access. Northbound riders are advised to use the Number 2 Northbound to access the post interior, which will eliminate the long walk to the post.
- 7-12-13 Bethesda Now: Another Bethesda Gas Station On The Way Out
- 7-12-13 Bethesda Now: What Rockville Pike Could Look Like -- Here’s a look at what the future Rockville Pike in the White Flint Sector could look like compared to what it looks like today.
- 7-11-13 Maryland Transit Administration: MTA Responds to Public Support for ICC Commuter Buses
- 7-11-13 WTOP 103.5 FM: WTOP Exclusive: MTA keeps 2 ICC commuter bus routes off chopping block
- 7-11-13 Bethesda Now: MTA To Make Changes To Walter Reed Commuter Bus
- 7-11-13 Gazette.Net: Bumper to Bumper: MTA opts not to cut two ICC commuter bus routes -- Third route to be terminated in August
- 7-11-13 Washington Post: Most commuter bus service on ICC to continue
- 7-11-13 Gazette.Net: County transfers Kensington park for new middle school
- 7-11-13 Washington Post: Moco Council rejects height change in Chevy Chase Lake plan
- 7-11-13 Baltimore Sun: Defense employees frustrated by furloughs -- Some 45,000 civilian workers in Md. face one unpaid day each week through September
- 7-11-13 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: DoD, VA reassure Congress of continued growth of health data sharing
- 7-10-13 FierceGovernmentIT.com: New DoD office shifts EHR acquisition away from IPO
- 7-10-13 Bethesda Now: Demolition Begins In Woodmont Triangle, Update On Battery Lane
- 7-10-13 Bethesda Now: Developer Details 14-Story, 225-Unit Apartment Planned For Downtown
- 7-10-13 Bethesda Now: Bethesda ‘Most Secure’ Place In U.S.
- 7-10-13 Gazette.Net: Developer reshapes designs for White Flint project -- Lord & Taylor sues mall, Postal Service plans meeting
- 7-10-13 Gazette.Net: Bethesda Metro project gets $2.3 million infusion -- State comptroller skeptical of project’s completion
- 7-10-13 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch: Where Should We Build in Montgomery County? -- Forums on construction and planning priorities are planned throughout the county this month
- 7-10-13 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch: Does Maryland Have Some of the Worst Roads in the Country? -- The State Highway Administration says "no," and challenges the Reason Foundation’s evaluation of Maryland roads
- 7-9-13 Bethesda Now: AAA: Defense Furloughs Could Mean Less Traffic
- 7-9-13 U.S. Department of Defense: Fort Belvoir Hospital Aims to Redefine Military Health Care
- 7-9-13 Bethesda Now: Leggett: County Has Improved Pedestrian Safety On Arlington Road
- 7-9-13 Bethesda Now: Developer Makes Changes To Rockville Pike Plan
- 7-9-13 Bethesda Now: Planning Board Could Transfer Rock Creek Hills Park Thursday
- 7-9-13 Railway, Track & Structures: Gov. O’Malley allocates $280 million for Purple Line
- 7-8-13 Washington Post: Capital Business: Outlook for North Bethesda -- With the implementation of the White Flint sector plan in 2010, the North Bethesda area in Montgomery County was re-imagined as a higher density, more walkable community with distinct character.
- 7-8-13 Washington Post: Purple Line plans soon could displace businesses, residents
- 7-7-13 Clearance Jobs.com: Washington Area Ranks Second in STEM Jobs -- Nearly 20 percent of all American jobs are in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, with the Washington region having nearly the largest share of STEM jobs compared to any other region in the U.S., according to study by the Brookings Institution
- 7-7-13 Maryland Reporter.com: Franchot dubious about long-promised Bethesda Metro South Entrance
- 7-7-13 Association of Defense Communities: Transportation Infrastructure Not Just an Outside-the-Gates Concern, Committee Says
- 7-4-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Healing Plaza Dedication Trumpets Integration Success
- 7-4-13 Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Town Hall Briefs Staff on Strategic Plan
- 7-3-13 Bethesda Now: 13 Bethesda Companies Make List Of Region’s Largest
- 7-3-13 Washington Post: Purple Line ‘good candidate’ for private investment, top transit official says
- 7-2-13 Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch: Repaving Begins on Connecticut Ave. at Jones Bridge Rd. -- Work crews are entering into the final phase of the intersection improvement project
- 7-2-13 Washington Post: Helping soldiers with traumatic brain injuries through art therapy
- 7-2-13 Association of Defense Communities: Road Upgrades Still a Critical Need for Growth Communities, Committee Says
- 7-1-13 Bethesda Now: Developer Wants Less Parking At Battery Lane Apartment
- 7-1-13 U.S. Medicine.com: Air Force General Named to Head Defense Health Agency in New MHS Governance Model
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