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July, 2018 News
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- 7-31-18 Federal News Radio 1500 AM WFED: NDAA pushes DoD health care toward more centralization
- 7-31-18 The American Conservative: Veterans Hit a Breaking Point With Trump: The president's recent VFW appearance was supposed to be an easy win with his base. It was anything but. -- In fact, as any number of veterans’ advocates point out, the VFW leadership was particularly sensitive to the boos because they know it was the press that made the treatment of veterans an issue in the 2016 campaign, which Trump used to fuel his populist message. In February 2007, The Washington Post published an expose by Dana Priest and Anne Hull of the shoddy treatment of combat veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
- 7-31-18 WJLA/ABC7 TV: Community begging for relief from Purple Line construction noise
- 7-31-18 Bethesda Magazine: Hogan Says Local Leaders Are Worried About Elrich’s Possible Impact on Amazon HQ2 Decision -- Republican governor said “anti-jobs” policies could scare off company
- 7-31-18 Annapolis Capital Gazette: (EDITORIAL) Our Say: North county deserves solutions, not false promises about shutting down light rail
- 7-30-18 Association of Defense Communities: Conference Agreement Requires More Detailed Analysis of Excess Capacity
- 7-27-18 BISNOW Real Estate News: Bike-Oriented Development: 8 Projects Planned Along D.C.'s Cycling Trails
- 7-27-18 Tom Philpott's Military Update: Retiree TRICARE hikes rejected; disabled vets to shop on base
- 7-27-18 MCDOT: MD 355 Crossing Project REMINDER: PLANNED DAYTIME & NIGHTTIME OFF-PEAK LANE CLOSURES ON SOUTHBOUND ROCKVILLE PIKE, JULY 30-AUG 3
- 7-27-18 Association of Defense Communities: Medical Facilities Barred from Closure during Transition to New Agency, under Defense Bill
- 7-26-18 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC JOURNAL: Commander’s Corner -- It saddens me to abruptly announce that this edition of The Journal is the final issue. Today, at the request of our publisher, we’re signing off on the final issue of NSA Bethesda’s newspaper
- 7-26-18 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC JOURNAL: (PHOTOS) NSA Bethesda Took a Tour of the MD 355 Project
- 7-26-18 Bethesda Magazine: Marriott Developer Announces Sidewalk, Lane Closures as Demolition Heats Up -- Pedestrians, cars will be rerouted for about 10 weeks
- 7-26-18 Hyattsville Wire: How the Purple Line Could Boost Route 1
- 7-26-18 BISNOW Real Estate News: How Bethesda's Office Boom Will Affect Its Retail, Restaurant Scene
- 7-26-18 Association of Defense Communities: Measure Retains New Authority for Closing Installations outside of BRAC
- 7-25-18 POLITICO: How’s the Defense EHR implementation working out?
- 7-25-18 WTOP 103.5 FM: DC area among top 3 cities for tech talent
- 7-25-18 Broadway World: HBO Announces Documentary Lineup for Second Half of 2018 -- WE ARE NOT DONE YET (Nov.). This documentary follows veterans and active-duty service members from varied backgrounds who come together to combat their traumas through the written word in a USO-sponsored arts workshop at Walter Reed National Military Hospital
- 7-25-18 Association of Defense Communities: Conferees Embrace New Authority for Off-Base Infrastructure Projects
- 7-25-18 Association of Defense Communities: Plan to Reform ‘Fourth Estate’ Remains Largely Intact
- 7-25-18 Washington Post: A new study says services like UberPool are making traffic worse
- 7-24-18 WDVM TV (Hagerstown): Purple Line Update: Officials plan to start testing new light rail vehicle in 2019
- 7-24-18 Bethesda Magazine: Federal Realty Considers Moving Employees Out of County Amid Frustrations with Local Officials -- Real estate company’s CEO vents about lack of progress on White Flint’s transformation
- 7-24-18 Washington Post: Dockless bike-sharing company Ofo is the first to pull out of the District
- 7-24-18 Washington Post: NASA’s next great space telescope is stuck on Earth after screwy errors
- 7-24-18 U.S. Department of Defense: Soldier amputees have more options than ever for redeployment
- 7-23-18 Urban Turf: Bethesda Metro Development Debate Evokes Democracy, Communism and an Unfortunate Metaphor
- 7-19-18 Bethesda Magazine: Initial Proposal for Bethesda Metro Center Project Passes Muster with County Planners -- Residents, advocates call for transformation of lackluster plaza space
- 7-23-18 Bethesda Magazine: Updated: Discovery Reportedly Close To Choosing a Buyer for Silver Spring HQ -- Potomac-based Foulger-Pratt said to be winning bidder
- 7-23-18 Bethesda Magazine: What’s Coming -- A guide to the major construction projects that are underway or coming soon in downtown Bethesda
- 7-23-18 Bethesda Magazine: Why Marriott Stayed -- An inside account of the hotel giant’s decision to relocate its headquarters to downtown Bethesda, rather than move away
- 7-23-18 Bethesda Magazine: The Accidental Activist -- Amanda Farber isn’t totally opposed to the construction in downtown Bethesda—she’s just tired of watching buildings go up and trees come down
- 7-23-18 Stars and Stripes: Mental disorders most frequent medical diagnosis among servicemembers just before separation, Pentagon study says
- 7-22-18 Washington Post: While federal employment shrinks in D.C., government contractors are on a hiring spree
- 7-21-18 Montgomery County Sentinel: BRT plans move forward
- 7-20-18 Washington Post: Elrich reassures Amazon he’ll honor county commitments
- 7-20-18 WTOP 103.5 FM: Howard Hughes Medical Institute buys Chevy Chase property for $5M
- 7-19-18 WAMU 88.5 FM: ‘Amazon Doesn’t Need The Money’: In The D.C. Region, Resistance Is Growing To Tax Breaks For HQ2
- 7-19-18 MCDOT: MD 355 Crossing Project REMINDER: PLANNED DAYTIME & NIGHTTIME OFF-PEAK LANE CLOSURES ON SOUTHBOUND ROCKVILLE PIKE, JULY 23-27
- 7-19-18 MCDOT: MCDOT Awarded Transportation Alternatives Grant to Design Missing Link in the Forest Glen Road Sidewalk
- 7-18-18 Bethesda Magazine: Get Ready for Lane Closures on Connecticut Avenue and Rockville Pike as State Resurfaces Roads -- The $6.7 million projects should be completed by fall 2019
- 7-18-18 Streets Blog USA: Slowly and Stealthily, Trump’s DOT Starves Transit Expansion Projects of Federal Funds -- The Trump administration has slowed the release of federal transit grants to such a crawl that expansion projects in the works for years are now in jeopardy
- 7-18-18 Washington Post: Tentative construction options unveiled for Maryland’s ambitious plan to widen the Beltway and I-270
- 7-18-18 National Museum of Health and Medicine, Walter Reed Annex Silver Spring: Medical Museum Science Café: Confronting "Shell Shock": The American Experience during World War I -- Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 6-7pm
- 7-18-18 FOX News: Service dog training program offers hope, rehab to inmates and soldiers
- 7-18-18 U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi MD: Army makes inroads toward tripling the energy of explosives
- 7-17-18 Bethesda Magazine: Developer of Former Steamers Site in Bethesda Returns with Bigger Project Plan -- New proposal increases the number of housing units from 58 to 82
- 7-16-18 WTOP 103.5 FM: Affordable housing part of former Walter Reed redevelopment
- 7-15-18 Martinsburg (WV) Journal: Commuter’s Corner: Commuting to D.C. -- Berkeley County has a large population of commuter residents to D.C., according to U.S. Census American Community Survey data. For those commuters, the decision to drive or use public transportation can mean a difference in time, money and convenience
- 7-14-18 Aiken (SC) Standard: Cyber expansion could trigger student growth for North Augusta -- In 2013, the Pentagon announced the U.S. Army Cyber Command would relocate from Fort Meade in Maryland to Fort Gordon in Augusta and would establish the Army Cyber Command and Cyber Center of Excellence by 2019.
- 7-13-18 Bethesda Magazine: Planning Board Approves—But Questions—Development Proposal for Bethesda Bioscience Building -- Leggett has designated the effort a strategic economic development project
- 7-13-18 Bethesda Magazine: White Flint Mall Owners Quibble Over $110,000 Bill for Court Costs in Lord & Taylor Case -- Attorneys allege the department store racked up “excessive costs” during litigation
- 7-12-18 MCDOT: MD 355 Crossing Project REMINDER: PLANNED DAYTIME OFF-PEAK LANE CLOSURES ON SOUTHBOUND ROCKVILLE PIKE FOR APPROX. FOUR WEEKS, JULY 9-AUG 3
- 7-12-18 Med Page Today: FDA Panel Backs Tafenoquine for 'Radical Cure' of Malaria -- otes largely unanimous, citing need for additional therapy for this disease
- 7-12-18 Maryland State Highway Administration: MDOT SHA to Resurface Outer Loop I-495 Bridge Over Connecticut Avenue in Montgomery County -- Major Delays Expected with Triple Lane Closures Friday Night Through Saturday Afternoon
- 7-12-18 Bethesda Magazine: Metro Board OKs Plan To Eliminate Turnarounds at Grosvenor-Strathmore Station -- The system intends to increase train frequency to Shady Grove in December
- 7-12-18 MCDOT: Department of the Navy to Hold Public 'Scoping' Meeting on Proposed Construction at Walter Reed Campus
- 7-12-18 Bethesda Magazine: U.S. Navy Looking for Public’s Input on Proposed Addition at Bethesda Installation -- Thursday night open house features plans for multistory education and research laboratory and parking garage at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- 7-12-18 MCDOT: MCDOT Hosts Open House on “NextGen TDM” Proposals to Support Multi-Modal Options
- 7-12-18 NSA Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC JOURNAL: Jones Retiring After 41-Year Military Career
- 7-12-18 Fort Meade Soundoff: Health care transferring to DoD -- Army medical treatment facilities will be under DoD control
- 7-11-18 Bethesda Magazine: Strathmore Square Developer Lays Out ‘Menu’ of Options -- The decades-long project in North Bethesda could feature six buildings, with two 300-foot towers
- 7-10-18 Bethesda Magazine: Public Invited to July 25 Bethesda Workshop on Study of Easing I-270, Beltway Congestion -- State transportation officials are looking at adding toll lanes on the major highways
- 7-10-18 BISNOW Real Estate News: Bethesda's First Wave Of New Office Construction In Years Is Unleashing Pent-Up Demand
- 7-10-18 Source of the Spring blog: Excavation Scheduled This Week for School Parking Lots
- 7-10-18 Montgomery Community Media: Montgomery Mall Plans to Liven Up Rock Spring with Mixed-Use Development
- 7-10-18 CNBC: The most expensive places to live in America
- 7-9-18 Bloomberg News: Pentagon's Research Commitment Found to Decline Over Two Decades
- 7-9-18 MCDOT: MD 355 Crossing Project Update: PLANNED DAYTIME OFF-PEAK LANE CLOSURES ON SOUTHBOUND ROCKVILLE PIKE FOR APPROX. FOUR WEEKS, JULY 9-AUG 3
- 7-9-18 WRC/NBC4 TV: (VIDEO REPORT) Pike and Rose Debuts Largest Rooftop Farm in Mid-Atlantic -- A 17,000-square-foot farming oasis sits more than six stories high atop an apartment building in North Bethesda, Maryland
- 7-9-18 Bethesda Magazine: Figuratively Speaking -- A look at parking in Bethesda and Silver Spring, by the numbers
- 7-7-18 Washington Post: Federal researchers are using data from Waze and Maryland to try to predict road dangers
- 7-6-18 Bethesda Magazine: Demolition of Former FedEx, Kinkos Buildings for Purple Line Construction in Downtown Silver Spring To Start Monday -- The adjacent Rite Aid store closed two weeks ago
- 7-6-18 Government Technology: Report Finds Fault With Baltimore’s Regional Transit Overhaul -- Hailed as a transformational shift away from outdated routes and schedules, BaltimoreLink has missed the mark, according to rider advocates.
- 7-6-18 Association of Defense Communities: Senate Panel Asks DOD about Plans for Dealing with Excess Properties
- 7-2-18 Bethesda Magazine: Developer Submits Garage Expansion Plan as Initial Step in Strathmore Square Project -- Adding spaces to the garage will clear the way for redevelopment on Metro surface lot
- 7-2-18 Wired.com: The Pentagon Is Building a Dream Team of Tech-Savvy Soldiers
- 7-2-18 Stars and Stripes: Pentagon considering additional bases to house detained immigrants
- 7-1-18 Washington Post: Theft and destruction of dockless bikes a growing problem
- 7-1-18 Defense One: You Should Be ‘Significantly Concerned’ There’s No White House Cyber Coordinator, Policy Experts Say
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