Montgomery County, MD

Government

Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Projects

IN THE NEWS

Please report any bad links

June 2011 News

** = featured articles

** 6-30-11 Association of Defense Communities: Pentagon Needs to Improve Defense Roads Program, Senate Appropriators Say
6-30-11 Washington City Paper: Housing Complex commentary -- With New Diplo-Campus at Walter Reed, Space Will Open Up on Embassy Row
** 6-30-11 NNMC Journal: Town Hall Updates Staff on Construction Progress
6-30-11 NNMC Journal: Commanding Officer's Column -- In the home stretch of BRAC
** 6-30-11 NNMC Journal: Bethesda Notebook -- Subscription Bus Transportation Now Available
6-30-11 U.S. Department of Defense News Release: Top Pentagon Doctor Lauds Overseas Labs
6-29-11 Pew Research Center: Four Years After Walter Reed, Government Still Faulted for Troop Support -- Growing Concern over Vets' Financial Issues, PTSD
6-29-11 Gazette.Net: Commissioners consider commuting by boat proposal -- Ferry officials request county cash for study
** 6-29-11 Gazette.Net: East Bethesda seeks to restrict parking -- Neighborhood wants residential parking permits
6-29-11 Washington Business Journal: Arlington hardest hit by BRAC moves
6-28-11 Gazette.Net: Study: State’s bioscience sector drives job growth -- Industry responsible for one-third of new employment since 2002; Watkins elected BIO chairman
6-28-11 Association of Defense Communities: Senate Committee Encourages Base Personnel to Take the Bus, Train
6-28-11 Gazette.Net: Bethesda neighborhood becomes Montgomery County’s newest historic district -- After year-long negotiations, Bethesda neighborhood deemed worthy of preservation
6-28-11 Washington Post: Ground broken on USO Warrior Center at Fort Belvoir
** 6-27-11 United States Army News Release: Walter Reed Army Medical Center move: news, resources
** 6-27-11 U.S. Department of Defense News Release: Bethesda Medical Prepares for Walter Reed Arrivals
6-27-11 WTOP 103.5 FM: Northern Virginia needs mobility most
** 6-27-11 United States Army News Release: Walter Reed Patients Tour Future Belvoir Home
6-27-11 New York Times: Europe Stifles Drivers in Favor of Alternatives
** 6-24-11 WRAMC Stripe: Warrior Transition Brigade officials host town hall
6-24-11 WRAMC Stripe: BRAC-related cleanouts bring mice
** 6-24-11 Gazette.Net: Along with its jobs, BRAC bringing traffic woes -- Local politicians praise BRAC, but worry about its impact on commuters
6-24-11 Gazette.Net: ‘No one works harder or with more passion’ than Italiano at B-CC chamber -- CEO of Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce honored by peers
** 6-24-11 U.S. Department of Defense News Release: Intrepid Center Marks First Anniversary
6-24-11 Washington Examiner: Montgomery plans science center for eastern county
6-24-11 Washington Examiner: Takoma-Langley Crossroads to get a makeover
** 6-23-11 NNMC Journal: Integration: The Countdown to Excellence
** 6-23-11 NNMC Journal: Cultural Integration is in Full Swing!
6-23-11 WTOP 103.5 FM: Fort Belvoir drill helps hospital plan for BRAC move
6-23-11 WTOP 103.5 FM: Radioactive waste removal: Next hurdle for Walter Reed
6-23-11 Washington Post: School bus riders, emergency responders brace for BRAC delays in Alexandria
** 6-22-11 United States Army News Release: Walter Reed move should be painless for wounded warriors
6-22-11 Baltimore Business Journal: Maryland lands $7.7M grant to connect workers with federal jobs
6-21-11 Gazette.Net: Prince George’s developers win protest of federal office contract -- County trying to draw HHS operations, and 3,000 workers, from Rockville
6-20-11 United States Navy blog: Medical Monday -- Taking Care of Our Patriots
** 6-19-11 Association of Defense Communities: Is Seven Enough? -- When it comes to asking for an extension from Congress to complete BRAC actions beyond the Sept. 15 implementation deadline, seven may have to be enough for the Defense Department. That’s how many recommendations the House would provide a one-year extension for in its version of the fiscal 2012 defense authorization bill.
6-19-11 Boston Globe: Growing a better NIH -- A radical way to fix the nation’s medical-research establishment -- Commentary by Michael M. Crow, president of Arizona State University and previously served as executive vice provost and professor of science policy at Columbia University. This article was adapted from an article published in the journal Nature
6-17-11 Joint Base Andrews Capital Flyer: Fisher House in 20th year
** 6-16-11 Gazette.Net: Walter Reed Army Medical Center creeps in to Bethesda -- Inpatients to be moved all at once, outpatients and staff, over summer
6-16-11 WTOP 103.5 FM: Report: Lack of focus causes area transportation woes
** 6-16-11 Tom Philpott's Military Update: Services Split Over Push for Unified Medical Command
6-16-11 U.S. Department of Defense News Release: Gates Thanks Media for Critical Watchdog Role
6-16-11 Colesville Patch: FDA May Not Be Enough to Attract Businesses to East County, Says New Study -- The area would need a major overhaul to become a competitive biotech center
** 6-16-11 Chevy Chase Patch: BRAC Update: Transition on Schedule -- But residents are still concerned about traffic
** 6-16-11 NNMC Journal: Walter Reed, Bethesda Prepare for Inpatient Moves
** 6-16-11 NNMC Journal: Chief of Staff for Integration & Transition's column -- recent developments and the continued evolution in the hospital way finding and building themes
** 6-16-11 NNMC Journal: Cultural Integration is in Full Swing!
6-16-11 San Antonio Express-News: Legacy of military graduate medical education continues
6-15-11 Montgomery county News Release: Montgomery County Receives Grant for Bike Share Program in Rockville and Shady Grove
6-15-11 Baltimore Business Journal: Maryland highways chief Neil Pedersen to retire
June 2011 Smithsonian Magazine: The National Museum of Health and Medicine -- Once it re-opens in its new Silver Spring, Maryland location this fall, this site will scare and educate, with displays of prosthetic eyes, amputated limbs and incomplete skeletons
6-15-11 Gazette.Net: Johns Hopkins hopes to seal deal bringing Chinese company to Science City -- Biopharm firm announces plan to invest $40 million in Gaithersburg-Rockville corridor
6-14-11 Federal Times: House cuts funding for military construction -- A new hospital for Joint Base Andrews, Md., is one of four large military construction projects that the Obama administration says could be left unfinished under a bill the House passed Tuesday.
6-14-11 CBS News: Healing the invisible wounds of war
6-14-11 Asbury Park (NJ) Press: Department of Defense: Fort Monmouth won't stay open past deadline
- 6-13-11 Asbury Park (NJ) Press: Fort Monmouth may be picked to stay open as long as a year beyond closing date
** 6-13-11 United States Navy News Release: Exercise tests plan for upcoming Walter Reed patient relocation
** 6-13-11 WAMU 88.5 FM: Walter Reed Practices Moving Patients Ahead Of Big Move
** 6-13-11 WAMU 88.5 FM: The Kojo Nnamdi Show -- BRAC: Maryland's Growing Pains -- Our series on military base realignment and closure (BRAC) in the Washington region continues with a look at one of so-called 'winners' of the process: Maryland. We explore how expansion at Bethesda's National Naval Medical Center and Fort Meade will boost the state's economy, even though it may create headaches for local residents
** 6-13-11 Gazette.Net: Naval Medical, Walter Reed prepare for patient moves with simulation Sunday
** 6-13-11 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation News Release: BRAC Funding and Transportation-related Projects
6-13-11 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: BRAC move inspires a prize-winning telework program
6-10-11 Gazette.Net: Gas tax could be in special-session spotlight -- commentary by Laslo Boyd
6-10-11 United States Air Force News Release: The legacy of military graduate medical education lives on
6-9-11 WAMU 88.5 FM: Other Businesses Adjust In Advance Of BRAC Moves
** 6-9-11 WRAMC Stripe: Laying the foundation for the future of warrior care
** 6-9-11 WRAMC Stripe: NewsBriefs (scroll down) -- TEAMS transition fair; Post library closing June 30
6-9-11 WRAMC Stripe: Last ‘Q.U.E.S.T’ for Walter Reed staff
6-9-11 San Antonio Express-News: BRAC construction nearing completion deadline
6-8-11 Crofton Patch: '100 Best Places to Live,' BRAC and the Crofton Housing Market -- Crofton residents share opinions on the impact of the Base Realignment and Closure and its impact to the Crofton, Gambrills and Odenton housing markets
6-8-11 Severna Patch: Trammell Crow, Fort Meade Close to Golf Course Deal -- Fort Meade and Trammell Crow are near completion of an agreement that would allow for 1.7 million square feet of office space and a new golf course on base
** 6-7-11 Montgomery County News Release: Cedar Lane Bridge to Close for Reconstruction for 12 Weeks; Route 34 Ride On Bus Service to be Detoured -- Project Will Improve Bike Network; Other Pedestrian Projects Under Way
** 6-7-11 Baltimore Business Journal: BRAC work force website offers job tips
6-6-11 Annapolis Capital: Bus line to New Carrollton facing ax again
** 6-6-11 Inside NoVA: Fort Belvoir hospital set to open
6-3-11 Navy Times: GAO: Fewer civilian providers accepting Tricare
6-3-11 Gazette.Net: Montgomery County planners release building recommendation for Chevy Chase Lake -- Vision emphasizes maintaining neighborhood character at potential site of Purple Line station
** 6-3-11 Montgomery County Department of Transportation: BRAC-related construction update: Cedar Lane Bridge, Battery Lane resurfacing, Jones Bridge Road sidewalk
6-3-11 WRAMC Stripe: Hospital Security urges staff transitioning to Fort Belvoir to complete processing
6-3-11 Joint Base Andrews Capital Flyer: (scroll down) Medics join force -- More than 3,000 personnel from Health Affairs/Tricare Management Activity and the service medical headquarters scattered throughout the National Capital Region will soon share a single campus at 7700 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, Va. The move is one of many changes mandated under 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission.
** 6-3-11 San Antonio Express-News: Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) command change marks start of a new era -- BAMC is poised to grow dramatically as a result of the 2005 base-closure round — and get a new name as well.
6-3-11 Los Angeles Times: Military 'MASH' medicine makes civilians healthier, too -- Advances in military medicine are moving from battlefield to home turf
6-2-11 National Public Radio: U.S. Military Will Always Have 'A Full Menu,' Secretary Gates Says -- Soaring health care and pay costs have made it difficult for the U.S. military to "significantly increase our ... capabilities" in recent years, outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates says.
** 6-2-11 WTOP 103.5 FM: BRAC: Officials respond to concern over new Walter Reed operating rooms
6-2-11 Washington Citybizlist Real Estate: JLL: BRAC Will Open Up NoVA Space, Allow for Office Updates, Redevelopment
6-2-11 KENS5-TV (San Antonio): End of an era: Wilford Hall soon to close its emergency room
- 6-2-11 KSAT-TV12 (San Antonio): Wilford Hall ER To Close -- All Emergency Patients To Be Transported To BAMC Or Nearest Trauma Center
** 6-2-11 Washington Post: Robert McCartney Metro column -- Delay in BRAC plan would be welcome, but insufficient
6-2-11 Inside NoVA.com: Leaders: BRAC studies ignored
** 6-2-11 NNMC Journal: Commanding Officer's Column -- This summer is the time when WRAMC personnel will make the move to NSA Bethesda.
** 6-1-11 WTOP 103.5 FM: BRAC: Concern over operating rooms at new Walter Reed
6-1-11 Association of Defense Communities: Maryland Lawmaker Highlights Coming Transportation Crisis
6-1-11 TBD News.com: Capital Bikeshare officially hits 500,000 trips
** 6-1-11 Gazette.Net: Medical Center Metro project moves forward -- Light cause for concern near Stone Ridge
** 6-1-11 Washington Examiner: Walter Reed doctors call for delay in move to Bethesda
6-1-11 Washington Examiner: Virginia congressmen call for Mark Center delay
6-1-11 Gazette.Net: Planning staff won't recommend housing units for Chevy Chase -- Initial recommendation for Chevy Chase Lake expected this week
6-1-11 Gazette.Net: Public hearing focuses spotlight on Takoma/Langley Crossroads -- Most support newest draft of plan to redevelop area

Please report any bad links.