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June 7 - July 22, 2009 News

• 7-22-09 Gazette.Net:  SHA pitches reversible lane on Connecticut Avenue -- 'Flip flop' lane would help ease increased traffic from BRAC
• 7-22-09 Gazette.Net:  Planning Board approves White Flint update
• 7-22-09 Gazette.Net:  A buyer's market in White Flint -- Economic downturn has led to a glut of luxury apartments
• 7-22-09 Gazette.Net:  Hearing on moving police/fire academy set -- PSTA site is seen as crucial to building 'Science City'
• 7-22-09 Gazette.Net:  Neighbors attempt to balance small-town, downtown interests -- Planners say Kensington and Wheaton will stay distinctly different as both sector plans updated
• 7-22-09 Gazette.Net:  Discussions on proposed Metropolitan Branch bike trail continue, but obstacles still exist -- funding also needed before design can begin
• 7-22-09 Gazette.Net:  Vote puts damper on plans for pedestrian bridge at library -- Bridge would have connected parking garage to new Silver Spring library
• 7-22-09 Washington Post:  O'Malley Pitches $281.5 Million in Md. Cuts, Shifts -- Aid for Public Universities on List of Trims
• 7-22-09 Washington Post:  Environmentalists Protest Plans to Widen I-270
• 7-22-09 The Nation:  Commentary by Ben Adler: A Seat on the Bus? -- As the administration is so fond of noting, the Recovery Act included an impressive $48 .1 billion for roads and transit.  The problem is that those funds are dedicated almost exclusively for new investments instead of supplementing existing operating funds. Alas, even while states and cities are laying train tracks and buying new buses, they are being forced to cut bus routes and raise subway fares.
• 7-22-09 Navy Times:  Mental health issues rising among vets
• 7-22-09 Army Times:  Senate OKs Army increase of up to 30K
• 7-22-09 Army Times:  National Museum of the Army gets large donation
• 7-22-09 PBS:  Blueprint America: PBS reports on infrastructure -- Rep. Oberstar on the transportation bill
• 7-21-09 Baltimore Sun:  More signal move to Md. -- 58% in federal survey say they'll follow jobs transferred from Va.
• 7-21-09 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation News Release:  State Resurfacing Work Underway with Stimulus Funding
• 7-21-09 Washington Post:  Soldiers Question the Defense Secretary About Long Deployments
• 7-21-09 Washington Post:  Army Adding 22,000 Soldiers To Meet War Needs, Gates Says
• 7-21-09 Washington Post:  Stimulus Funds -- $260 Million Earmarked For Va. Roads, Interchange
• 7-21-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  $1B in stimulus includes Fairfax Co. Parkway funding
• 7-21-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Lawmaker outraged that driving study withheld
• 7-21-09 Annapolis Capital:  Developers expect BRAC to fill new building
• 7-20-09 Baltimore Sun:  Arundel office building hopes to accommodate BRAC growth
• 7-20-09 Washington Post:  Both Md. Hands Out For U.S. Transit Aid -- Baltimore, D.C. Area Plans Pursued
• 7-20-09 Washington Post:  (MAP)  Proposed Md. Transit Projects
• 7-20-09 Washington Post:  In Maryland, a New Leader Hopes to Unite Tech Firms
• 7-20-09 Washington Post:  Preparing for Battle: A Certification Exam Requires Study Time on the Front Lines
• 7-20-09 Gazette.Net:  Maryland retains AAA bond rating -- State to sell $485M in bonds in coming weeks
• 7-20-09 Maryland Daily Record:  Maryland retains top bond rating
• 7-20-09 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Defense, Veterans Affairs Collaborate on Brain Injuries
• 7-20-09 University of Delaware UD Daily:  University launches U.S. Army partnership site
• 7-19-09 Inside NoVA.com:  SUDS: Rehab or adventure
• 7-17-09 WMATA (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority) News Release:  Metro seeks input from riders who bike or walk to Metro -- Top 10 Metrorail stations accessed by bicyclists during weekday morning rush hours: 3. Medical Center
• 7-17-09 Washington Post:  Montgomery Panel Passes Redevelopment Plan -- A densely packed "science city" near Gaithersburg, clusters of 25-story high-rises in White Flint along Rockville Pike and new developments with minimal parking are among the sweeping proposals approved yesterday by Montgomery County planners
• 7-17-09 Washington Post:  (GRAPHIC)  Site for Proposed Johns Hopkins 'Science City' -- The Montgomery County Planning Board yesterday approved wide-ranging redevelopment proposals, including a Johns Hopkins University plan for a multipurpose science community in west Gaithersburg
• 7-17-09 Washington Post:  Interstate 270 Corridor -- Many at Meeting Call for Transit, Widening of Road to Ease Traffic
• 7-17-09 Washington Post:  (GRAPHIC)  Proposed Routes for Corridor Cities Transitway, Purple Line
• 7-17-09 Washington Business Journal:  Shady Grove life sciences park to expand
• 7-17-09 Gazette.Net:  Commercial Real Estate: Lease renewals are biggest game in town
• 7-17-09 Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation News Release:  Offices within MCDOT Relocate
• 7-17-09 Business Wire:  Fitch Rates Maryland's $485MM GOs 'AAA'
• 7-17-09 Inside NoVA.com:  Groundbreaking held for emergency operations center
• 7-16-09 Associated Press:  Pentagon eyes plan to increase Army by 30,000
• 7-16-09 New York Times:  Vets' Mental Health Diagnoses Rising -- A new study has found that more than one-third of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who enrolled in the veterans health system after 2001 received a diagnosis of a mental health problem, most often post-traumatic stress disorder or depression.
• 7-16-09 Washington Post:  METRO -- Restructuring of Bus Management Hurting Service, Some Workers Say
• 7-16-09 Washington Post:  Robert McCartney Metro column -- Chop a Tree, Save the Environment
• 7-16-09 Washington Post:  Silver Spring Library Designs Draw Debate --  Residents Divided on Exterior Options
• 7-16-09 Gazette.Net:  Planners OK Gaithersburg plan that 'lacks elements of perfection' -- Several commissioners cite flaws in vision for biotech urban village in Shady Grove
• 7-16-09 Gazette.Net:  Maryland resurrects MARC station development -- Transportation agencies looking for mixed-use, transit-oriented plans
• 7-16-09 Washington Business Journal:  Maryland tax revenue drops 12 percent in June
• 7-16-09 Washington Business Journal:  Northern Virginia's work force shrinks
• 7-16-09 Baltimore Business Journal:  Harford County homestead tax credit becomes law
• 7-16-09 Springfield (VA) Connection:  Supervisors Approve Springfield Mall Redesign
• 7-16-09 NNMC Journal:  Commander's Column -- New leadership in integration and transition
• 7-16-09 NNMC Journal:  This Week at Bethesda
• 7-16-09 NNMC Journal:  NNMC, WRAMC hit integration milestone -- Army, Navy leaders finish selecting clinical integrated departmental chiefs; host celebration
• 7-16-09 NNMC Journal:  Did you know? -- Montgomery County Ride On bus line
• 7-16-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Geren highlights Soldiers, families as he prepares to leave post
• 7-16-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Leaders: behavioral health care available, not a sign of weakness
• 7-15-09 Washington Business Journal:  National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board wants federal money for bus system
• 7-15-09 Washington Post:  LaHood Defends Stimulus, Impact on Jobs -- Transportation Secretary Says Program Has Created 'Thousands' of Jobs
• 7-15-09 U.S. Army News Release:  Counselors help combat mental health stigma
• 7-15-09 Gazette.Net:  SHA pitches reversible lane on Connecticut Avenue -- ‘Flip flop' lane would help ease increased traffic from BRAC
• 7-15-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Plans for rapid bus network gain momentum
• 7-15-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Layoffs loom as leaders prepare to tackle budget
• 7-15-09 Springfield (VA) Connection:  NGA Unveils First Phase -- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency cut the ribbon on the first phase of the construction at the Engineering Proving Ground
• 7-15-09 Directions Magazine (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency News Release):  NGA Takes Charge of Two New Campus East Buildings
• 7-15-09 Greater Greater Washington blog:  Montgomery removing one useless underpass while planning another
• 7-15-09 CNN:  Pentagon: Troops won't lose their war-zone smokes
• 7-15-09 CBS News:  U.S. Slayings by Vets Linked to War Stress -- Army Says Combat in Iraq may have Fueled Hostility by Colo. Soldiers Accused in 11 Killings; Warning Signs
• 7-15-09 Washington Post:  A Fast Track to a Busway -- Agency May Seek U.S. Funds for Network of Special Lanes
• 7-15-09 Washington Post:  (GRAPHIC)  Network of Special Lanes -- A proposal that would use $300 million of federal stimulus money to optimize bus service is under review today. Enhancements to bus corridors and a reconfiguration of K Street are among the central elements of proposed improvements
• 7-15-09 Washington Post:  Editorial: Rethinking the Cities -- President Obama delivers a wise assignment. Some of the work begins with him
• 7-15-09 Washington Examiner:  Region's transportation gurus hope for federal stimulus cash
• 7-15-09 Gazette.Net:  A lesson for motorists in crosswalk etiquette -- Don't berate someone who has been struck
• 7-15-09 Gazette.Net:  Chevy Chase neighbors clash over Purple Line plan -- Jones Bridge Road residents fear increase in traffic, safety problems
• 7-15-09 Gazette.Net:  Pick for NIH director known for science, leadership experience -- President Obama to nominate Dr. Francis Collins as head of medical research center
• 7-15-09 Gazette.Net:  Council asked to delay Clarksburg development -- Commissioners concerned over water quality; developers say plans must continue
• 7-15-09 Gazette.Net:  A buyer's market in North Bethesda -- Economic downturn has led to a glut of luxury apartments
• 7-15-09 Gazette.Net:  Kensington wants small-town feel built into plan -- Planning Board to start worksessions later this month
• 7-15-09 Gazette.Net:  Leggett's Vietnam trip an emotional journey -- County executive, former soldier relives past in a changed setting
• 7-14-09 Washington Business Journal:  Rollin Stanley talks Montgomery County Growth at DesignDC
• 7-14-09 New York Times:  Medical School Says Former Army Surgeon Hid Ties to Medtronic
• 7-14-09 Wall Street Journal:  Doctor Accused of Falsifying Studies Gave Ethics Talk
• 7-14-09 CNN:  Veterans' facilities fall short in women's treatment standards
• 7-14-09 Federal Computer Week:  GAO: Better management needed for e-health project -- GAO says DOD and VA are making progress on interoperability, but management improvements are needed
• 7-14-09 Baltimore Sun:  Michael Dresser's Getting There column -- Rumblings against Red Line get louder
• 7-14-09 Fairfax County Times:  Editorial: Wake-up call -- Recent traffic report should serve as an invitation to action for entire region -- Last week, a study by the Texas Transportation Institute concluded that the D.C. region had the country’s second-worst traffic -- ...Just ask the folks at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, whose campuses in Loudoun and Montgomery counties sit less than ten miles apart, but require 60 to 90 minutes of travel time on a typical weekday....
• 7-14-09 Fairfax County Times:  Defense wave brings flow of developers
• 7-14-09 Montgomery County Councilmember Rpger Berliner News Release:  Montgomery Councilmember Berliner Asks Maryland State Leaders to Establish ‘Sustainable Transportation Corridors’
• 7-14-09 Washington Post:  Montgomery County: Builders Target Freeze, Tax Boost -- More Relief Sought in Downturn
• 7-14-09 Baltimore Sun:  New leader for Baltimore Army Corps of Engineers
• 7-14-09 Washington Examiner:  Defense ‘transformation’ back from the grave
• 7-13-09 New York Times:  TV Journalist Wounded in Iraq Returns to the War
• 7-13-09 Maryland Politics Watch blog:  Berliner Calls for New Transportation Policy on Wisconsin Avenue
• 7-13-09 NewsChannel 8:  Neighbors Concerned About Suburban Hospital Sprawl
• 7-13-09 Wall Street Journal:  UPDATE: Aetna, UnitedHealth, TriWest Win Tricare Contracts
• 7-13-09 Gazette.Net:  Residents debate library design options -- Exterior plans offer different aesthetics, both with an eye toward Purple Line inclusion
• 7-13-09 Maryland Daily Record (Associated Press):  Amtrak shows off first of 81 passenger cars
• 7-13-09 ABC News:  Report: Pentagon 'Savings' Plan Will Cost Millions -- Defense Department Plan to Save Over $1 Billion Held Back by Soaring Costs, Delayed Deadlines
• 7-13-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Transit system to ease I-270 traffic delayed
• 7-13-09 GlobeSt.com:  Quantico Corporate Center II Inching to Full Occupancy
• 7-13-09 Washington Post:  'Hard to Put a Price Tag' On Quality of Life -- More Budget Cuts in the Cards, Fairfax Grapples With Trimming Its Cherished Cultural Diversions
• 7-13-09 USA TODAY:  Monitoring faulted in rise of soldier suicides
• 7-13-09 York (PA) Daily Record:  Facts questioned in e-mail about Obama, wounded military
• 7-13-09 Roll Call:  Infrastructure Health Essential to the Economy -- Commentary by Bill Graves, a former governor of Kansas and president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations
• 7-12-09 New York Times:  Veterans Affairs Faces Surge of Disability Claims
• 7-12-09 Washington Post:  Safety: Region's Overall Traffic Deaths Down -- Better Enforcement Credited by Officials
• 7-12-09 Washington Post:  Transit Timesavers -- The toy department for travelers has more and more goodies. Transit users and drivers can play around with transportation tools designed to get you where you're going -- or at least tell you how much trouble you've gotten yourself into. Here are some of my favorite online calculators and real-time information displays
• 7-12-09 Washington Post:  (GRAPHIC)  Trip Planner
• 7-12-09 Washington Post:  Editorial: Green-Light the Purple Line -- Maryland Gov. O'Malley should endorse light rail without delay
• 7-12-09 Minneapolis Star Tribune:  Study by Medtronic consultant comes under fire -- A highly regarded surgeon and Medtronic consultant is under investigation for an allegedly fraudulent medical study involving an orthopedic product made by the med-tech giant
• 7-12-09 Minneapolis Star Tribune:  The Kuklo controversy: A timeline
• 7-12-09 Parade Magazine:  Can Brains Be Saved? -- Medical breakthroughs are bringing new hope to people with traumatic brain injuries
• 7-12-09 USA TODAY:  Vets with post-traumatic stress are at high risk of dementia
• 7-12-09 Wilmington (DE) News Journal:  BRAC influences Cecil College's newest programs
• 7-11-09 Washington Post:  Md. Starts Fiscal Year $700 Million in Red
• 7-11-09 Washington Post:  Do We Need Another Stimulus? -- The Post asked economists and politicians to weigh in. Below are contributions from Alice Rivlin, Robert Reischauer, Donna Edwards, John Boehner, Mark Zandi, Martin Feldstein, Dino Kos, Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Lanny Davis
• 7-11-09 FOX News:  Report: Smoking Ban May Strike Military -- Pentagon health experts are reportedly pressing Defense Secretary Robert Gates to ban the use of tobacco by troops and ends its sale on military property
• 7-11-09 Minneapolis Star Tribune:  Linda J. Bilmes and Joseph Stiglitz: A war not easy to leave behind -- The situation is precarious; our troops are troubled; debts have mounted; elsewhere, the Taliban beckons. We haven't won yet.
• 7-10-09 Baltimore Business Journal:  Nearly $460M in federal BRAC money earmarked for Md.
• 7-10-09 Washington Post:  More Maryland Budget Woes
• 7-10-09 Baltimore Sun:  O'Malley readies $700M in cuts as Md. budget shortfall widens
• 7-10-09 Baltimore Sun:  Getting There blog -- Forget Red Line tunnels, Montco blogger warns
• 7-10-09 Frederick News-Post:  Senator supports local highway project
• 7-10-09 San Francisco Chronicle:  David Ewing Duncan column: God, Science, and Francis Collins -- Profile: The famed geneticist, Christian evangelical, and Washington political operator has been tapped to run the $28 billion National Institutes of Health. His arrival will be akin to a tsunami
• 7-10-09 Army.com (U.S. Department of Defense News Release):  Report Urges Timeline for Tobacco-free Military
• 7-10-09 Gazette.Net:  O'Malley against second stimulus -- Says first spending package must be spent first
• 7-10-09 Gazette.Net:  Silver Spring project appeals to pedestrians -- Merchants hope linkages project will boost sales
• 7-10-09 Gazette.Net:  'Strong community hospital' added to UM's network -- Needing capital, Harford hospitals to be acquired by university system
• 7-10-09 Washington Examiner:  Commentary: Marta Mossburg on dollars to nowhere -- Some states are doing a better job of monitoring where stimulus money is being spent and by whom. Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and his administration should be commended for creating such a detailed site at www.statestat.maryland.gov/recovery.asp that allows visitors to see how much is being spent in each county on which projects. It also gives information on how to apply for ARRA grants and contracts.
• 7-9-09 USA TODAY:  Ban on tobacco urged in military
• 7-9-09 Psychiatric Times:  Point/Counterpoint -- PTSD Is a Valid Diagnosis: Who Benefits From Challenging Its Existence?
• 7-9-09 Baltimore Sun:  O'Malley open to 2nd stimulus -- Governor backs funding for state's infrastructure repairs
• 7-9-09 Washington Post:  Montgomery Urged to Revisit Watershed Development Plans
• 7-9-09 Washington Examiner:  D.C. pulled $50M share of Metro dedicated funds
• 7-9-09 NNMC Journal:  Movers & Shakers -- This is an installment in a series of articles spotlighting some of the hardworking and dedicated individuals who are making a big difference toward the smooth transition and success of the integration between Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval Medical Center
• 7-9-09 NNMC Journal:  This Week at Bethesda
• 7-9-09 NNMC Journal:  DCI retires, remembers 22 years of service
• 7-9-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Civilian integration – the move to DoD and beyond -- Editor's note: The following article was submitted by the Joint Task Force Civilian Human Resources Council
• 7-9-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Integration moves forward as DCI moves on
• 7-9-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Officials discuss status of incentives, surveys concerning civilian employees
• 7-9-09 WRAMC Stripe:  News Briefs -- Mass Transit Benefits distribution
• 7-9-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Occupational Medicine integrates with success
• 7-9-09 Fort Detrick Standard:  Commander's Column -- Fort Detrick: Relevant, Respectful, Responsible and Ready
• 7-9-09 Fort Detrick Standard:  Drinking Water Quality Report
• 7-9-09 Fort Detrick Standard:  Mandatory Phase II Suicide Prevention Stand-Down Training
• 7-8-09 Associated Press:  Obama names gene guru Francis Collins NIH chief
• 7-8-09 Washington Post:  Obama Picks Francis Collins as NIH Director
• 7-8-09 New York Times:  Cities Lose Out on Road Funds From Federal Stimulus
• 7-8-09 Baltimore Sun:  Agency consolidated as part of BRAC to open headquarters -- Baltimore's RTKL Associates was part of team that designed center for National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
• 7-8-09 Washington Business Journal:  Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments wants $1.5B from feds for Metro
• 7-8-09 Washington Post:  Traffic Eases Nationwide -- Except in D.C., Study Finds
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• Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A & M University:  Urban Mobility Information -- 2009 Annual Urban Mobility Report
• 7-9-09 Baltimore Sun:  No letup in traffic congestion -- Baltimore not affected by pre-recession drop in use of automobiles
• 7-8-09 Washington Post:  Auto Congestion: D.C. Area Ranks Second in Nation -- Misery Index in Washington Area Has Increased
• 7-8-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  You spend 62 hours a year stuck in traffic
• 7-8-09 WRC/NBC4-TV (Associated Press):  DC Chasing LA for No. 1 in Bad Traffic -- Washington the only major metropolitan area wasting more time in traffic
• 7-8-09 CNN:  Stuck in traffic less? Study says thank economy
• 7-8-09 FOX Business:  Statement by American Road & Transportation Builders Association President & CEO Pete Ruane Regarding the Texas Transportation Institute's Annual "Urban Mobility Report"
• 7-8-09 Corridor Inc.:  BRAC Bulletin -- Job fair for BRAC agency draws thousands; Out-of-state employees showing interest in Maryland; Road worries
• 7-8-09 Washington Post:  Montgomery Planning Board Backs I-270 Rapid Bus Line
• 7-8-09 Washington Post:  Transportation -- Cash Incentives for Carpooling to Get a Trial Run in D.C. Area
• 7-8-09 Gazette.Net:  Downcounty hospitals having growing pains -- Neighbors of Holy Cross accept expansion, while residents near Suburban are fighting the plans
• 7-8-09 Gazette.Net:  Study says most city-maintained intersections safe for pedestrians -- But crossroads maintained by county need more work
• 7-8-09 Gazette.Net:  Rapid-bus route and toll lanes recommended for 270 corridor -- Planning Board weighs in on CCT proposal
• 7-8-09 Gazette.Net:  NIST nuclear research and test reactor license renewed
• 7-8-09 Gazette.Net:  City earns award for promoting commuter alternatives
• 7-8-09 Gazette.Net:  Residents remain angry over plans to relocate bus depot -- Say Casey 6 and 7 properties are not appropriate, but county is moving forward
• 7-8-09 Gazette.Net:  Pedestrian walkway to increase foot traffic in south Silver Spring -- Merchants hope pedestrian linkages project will help businesses
• 7-8-09 Gazette.Net:  'Smart Site' to spur revitalization -- Wheaton picked as one of 15 locations in Maryland for state program intended to cut down on regulation, lure developers
• 7-7-09 U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski News Release:  Mikulski Advances Fight to Put Funds in Federal Checkbook to BRAC-Ready Maryland
• 7-7-09 New York Times:  Back Home, and in Need of Support
• 7-7-09 Frederick News-Post:  Fort Detrick -- Efforts to cap Area B landfill sites to be completed in September
• 7-7-09 Washington Business Journal:  Gov. O'Malley names EYA's Arts District Hyattsville a Smart Site
• 7-7-09 Miami Herald:  FAU student-built submarine wins national race -- Florida Atlantic University team's submarine is fastest -- and it doesn't sink or float
• 7-7-09 Associated Press:  Big increase in troops' kids seeking mental help
• 7-7-09 Washington Post:  David Ignatius Op-Ed: Robert McNamara -- Certainty That Hit a Wall
• 7-7-09 Washington Post:  Getting Back in the Game -- At Walter Reed, Wheelchair Basketball Helps Wounded Vets See the Possibilities
• 7-7-09 Washington Post:  The Growing World of Collegiate Wheelchair Basketball
• 7-6-09 Inside NoVA.com:  Updating hospital progress -- Members of the Mount Vernon community and officials from Fort Belvoir came together June 30 at Woodlawn Elementary School for an informational briefing on the new Fort Belvoir Community Hospital and other large projects under way at the post
• 7-6-09 Directions Magazine (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency News Release):  NGA Accepts Turnover of First Two Buildings at New Home for GEOINT
• 7-6-09 Gazette.Net:  UM adds 'strong community hospital' to its network -- Needing capital, Harford hospitals to be acquired by university system
• 7-6-09 Washington Business Journal:  Maryland seeks developers for MARC station in Laurel
• 7-6-09 New York Times:  France’s Stimulus Projects, Unlike in U.S., Were ‘Shovel Ready’
• 7-6-09 Washington Examiner:  Schools now planning for cash-strapped 2011
• 7-6-09 Congressional Quarterly CQ Politics:  LaHood: On the Road to Sell Stimulus — Still
• 7-6-09 Corridor Inc.:  ‘No Such Agency’ seams to be expanding, but no one’s talking
• 7-6-09 Corridor Inc.:  Columbia looks to turn village circles into city grid
• 7-6-09 Corridor Inc.:  BRAC zoning to bring garage, development to Savage
• 7-6-09 TIME:  A Brief History Of: Camouflage -- By World War II, painters, sculptors and even admen were clamoring for jobs at the Fort Belvoir, Va., headquarters of U.S. camouflage development...
• 7-5-09 Washington Post:  To Be or Not to Be Fairfax County? -- That Is the Question Residents, Leaders Ask in the Increasingly Urban Suburb
• 7-5-09 Washington Post:  Everything's Fine in Fairfax (City) -- Residents Taken Aback by Possible Change in County's Status
• 7-5-09 Washington Post:  Robert McCartney column -- Fairfax's Idea To Be a City Powerful Ammo For Road Funds
• 7-5-09 Washington Post:  Greenway Revenue, Traffic At Odds -- Fewer on Va. Road Since Tolls Went Up
• 7-5-09 Washington Post:  (PHOTOS)  Wilson Bridge Trail Opens -- The Woodrow Wilson Bridge Trail, though not yet completed, opened on June 6, just in time for a scenic summer ride
• 7-4-09 Baltimore Sun:  Eyeing stimulus money for Westport development -- Bonds approved by city haven't been sold
• 7-3-09 Human Events:  Commentary: Are American Hospitals Behind the Disaster Curve? -- ...the "Bethesda Hospitals' Emergency Preparedness Partnership (BHEPP)" is a shining example of collaboration and community interface....
• 7-3-09 Washington Business Journal:  Suburban Hospital neighbors seek Montgomery County board chief recusal
• 7-3-09 Washington Examiner:  Commentary: Marta Mossburg on why state roads should not be left to the feds
• 7-3-09 Gazette.Net:  New fiscal year, same old song -- Fiscal 2010 finds state mired in revenue declines, as O'Malley readies budget cuts
• 7-3-09 Gazette.Net:  Commercial Real Estate: Vacancy rise stretches to second year in suburbs -- Market weakens in Montgomery and Prince George's
• 7-2-09 Washington Post:  (scroll down)  Maryland Noteboook -- Miller vs. Miller On Maryland Gas
• 7-2-09 Gazette.Net:  Planners recommend not to build bus maintenance depot in Clarksburg -- Planning Board will be asked to defer other development to protect water quality
• 7-2-09 Gazette.Net:  Planners look to improve road safety near Andrews -- Auth Road among residents' top priorities
• 7-2-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio (Associated Press):  Highway deaths fall in 2009, lowest since '61
• 7-2-09 Mount Vernon (VA) Gazette:  Status Report on New Hospital
• 7-2-09 NNMC Journal:  Future WRNMMC takes shape
• 7-2-09 NNMC Journal:  NNMC, WRAMC host integrated chiefs celebration
• 7-2-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Mass Transit Benefits can be applied for online
• 7-2-09 WRAMC Stripe:  WRAMC South Lot parking open to all
• 7-2-09 WRAMC Stripe:  (scroll down)  Integrated chiefs named
• 7-2-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Walter Reed, Bethesda GI clinics join others in integration process
• 7-2-09 Christian Science Monitor:  Patchwork Natioon blog -- Obama’s approval rating jumps in military communities
• 7-2-09 Lawyers and Settlements.com:  There’s the Right Way, the Wrong Way and the Army Way
• 7-2-09 Washington Examiner:  Unhappy with roadwork, Fairfax eyes becoming city
• 7-2-09 Washington Post:  Metro -- Frustration and Praise as Bus Arrival Time System Rolls Out
• 7-2-09 Washington Post:  Traffic Accidents -- Highway Conditions Contribute To Over Half of Fatal Auto Crashes
• 7-2-09 Washington Post:  Planner's Extended Presence Matters
• 7-2-09 Washington Post:  Officials to Seek Funding for Bike Trail
• 7-2-09 Maryland Daily Record (Associated Press):  Big US cities see resurgence in population growth -- Reversing a decade-long trend, many of the largest U.S. cities are now growing more quickly than the rest of the nation, yet another sign of an economic crisis that is making it harder for people to move
• 7-2-09 Baltimore Sun:  UM to acquire hospitals in Bel Air, Havre de Grace -- Deal would mean larger share of market for UM, more resources for Harford group
• 7-2-09 Corridor Inc.:  Jobs are coming
• 7-1-09 Gazette.Net:  Anchor could be elusive in weak economy -- County continues to seek corporation, government agency to spur redevelopment in downtown Wheaton, but some say efforts should focus on bolstering small business
• 7-1-09 Army.com:  Yellow Ribbon Fund Keeps Troops’ Families Mobile
• 7-1-09 CBS:  Cash-Strapped States Face Tough Choices -- California To Use IOU's; One of 18 States Struggling With Deficits
• 7-1-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Montgomery Co.: Quit whining about speed cams
• 7-1-09 Maryland Daily Record:  Opus East files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
• 7-1-09 Congressional Quarterly CQ Today:  Administration Seeks $20 Billion to Cover Highway Fund Shortfall
• 7-1-09 WJZ-TV13:  Baltimore County 911 Gets Upgrade
• 7-1-09 USA TODAY:  Students design, build, race pedal-powered submarines
• 7-1-09 Fairfax County Times:  State outlines transportation spending
• 7-1-09 WAMU 88.5 FM:  (AUDIO)  (scroll down)  Metro Planning For BRAC At National Naval Medical Center -- Ridership on Metro's Red Line is expected to jump considerably when expansions are completed at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda. Metro's Medical Center station is expected to see a massive surge in traffic due to the 3,000 workers who will be moved to the hospital in 2011. The agency is working on ways to make sure that doesn't affect already congested vehicle traffic on Rockville Pike, which runs in front of the hospital.
• 7-1-09 Washington Post:  Montgomery Transportation -- Planners Back Bus Rapid Transit Over Light Rail for I-270 Corridor
• 7-1-09 Gazette.Net:  Bethesda brain injury center to open next year -- Work began last month after cost-cutting measures
• 7-1-09 Gazette.Net:  New group scrutinizes stimulus spending, transportation priorities -- Coalition also questions 'shovel-ready' restrictions
• 7-1-09 Gazette.Net:  Upcounty bus price more than doubles -- Riders say they did not get chance to comment on fare hikes
• 7-1-09 Gazette.Net:  Despite meeting with officials, Madaleno still opposes Purple Line -- State senator denies siding with town
• 7-1-09 Gazette.Net:  Planning Board gives OK to Woodmont Central project -- Commissioners criticize plans for apartment, commercial buildings
• 7-1-09 Gazette.Net:  Student-created submarines make a splash at Carderock -- Biennial International Submarine Races return to the David Taylor Model Basin
• 7-1-09 Gazette.Net:  County planners choose rapid-bus line for CCT -- Recommendation goes next to Planning Board
• 7-1-09 Gazette.Net:  Letter to the Editor -- BRAC study missing key element
• 7-1-09 Baltimore Business Journal:  Upper Chesapeake Health System joins University of Maryland Medical System
• 6-30-09 Great Falls (VA) Connection:  Fairfax Out of Road Money -- If it's not already under construction, it probably won't happen anytime soon
• 6-30-09 Washington Post:  Federal Stimulus Funds -- Rail Spending Applauded; Overall Maintenance Booed
• 6-30-09 Washington Post:  (MAP)  Federal Stimulus Funds: Local Stimulus Projects -- Explore the District, Maryland and Virginia to see how federal stimulus dollars are being spent on transportation projects
• 6-30-09 Gazette.Net:  Some local residents, cyclists miffed about Woodrow Wilson Bridge Trail  -- Access, connection issues linger for new link
• 6-29-09 Gazette.Net:  Officials to seek funding for long-delayed bike route -- Metropolitan Branch Trail would connect downtown Silver Spring with downtown Washington, D.C.
• 6-29-09 WMAR/ABC2-TV (Baltimore):  Harford County Leaders Defend Safety For BRAC Exodus
• 6-29-09 Maryland Daily Record:  Plan is for less ‘highway to nowhere’
• 6-29-09 Baltimore Business Journal:  Advocates: Maryland stimulus projects score high marks but mass transit shortchanged
• 6-29-09 U.S. Army News Release:  Expanded Homeowners Assistance Program could help with BRAC hardships
• 6-29-09 U.S. Army News Release:  Army team gives special welcome home to all wounded
• 6-29-09 Business Wire:  Fitch Rates Anne Arundel County, Maryland's $49MM Rfdg GOs 'AA+'; Outlook Negative
• 6-29-09 Annapolis Capital:  Navy begins reviews of 2 old county sites -- David Taylor, Bay Head looked at every five years
• 6-29-09 Washington Post:  Retiring Marine Pushed Establishing Support for Recuperating Troops
• 6-28-09 Washington Post:  Walter Reed Clinic's Cheerful Chaos (and a Brownie) Soothes All but the Toughest -- Regular readers of this space know Adele Levine for her humorous outlook. This is a glimpse into the serious side of her life
• 6-28-09 Washington Examiner:  Metro: Money needed for more than just rail cars
• 6-28-09 Baltimore Sun:  Population growth slows in Howard -- Planners blame rising home prices early in the decade; but births make up for migration
• 6-28-09 Baltimore Sun:  New neighborhood may rise -- As planned Red Line brings transit to Southeast Baltimore, proposed 'Highlandtown Loft District' could bring residents, merchants
• 6-28-09 WBAL-AM 1090 (Baltimore):  Crime Complaints Near APG
• 6-27-09 Congressional Quarterly CQ Politics Today:  Will Oberstar's Grand Highway Plan Stall?
• 6-27-09 Washington Post:  Where We Live: An Eclectic Wonderland Makes a Resurgence -- Condos Recall Former School's Quirky Charms
• 6-27-09 Washington Post:  Where We Live: National Park Seminary -- Geography and Demographics
• 6-26-09 Washington Post:  CBO Paints Dire Portrait of Long-Term Revenue, Spending
• 6-26-09 Washington Post:  White House Says Transportation System Overhaul Must Wait
• 6-26-09 Washington Post:  Maryland National Guard -- Former All-Black Unit Enjoys the Respect It Was Once Denied
• 6-26-09 Washington Business Journal:  Residents, retailers comment on the Purple Line-spurred Takoma/Langley plan
• 6-26-09 Baltimore Business Journal:  Montgomery County approves Donohoe Development's Bethesda project
• 6-26-09 Baltimore Business Journal:  BRAC-inspired housing project pitched for Howard County -- New $25M apartment complex seeks contractor
• 6-26-09 Chronicles of Higher Education:  Community Colleges Mobilize to Train Cybersecurity Workers -- With a new White House push against computer crime, two-year institutions try to put themselves on the front lines
• 6-26-09 Gazette.Net:  Planners recommend buses for Corridor Cities Transitway -- Option is more efficient, less costly than light-rail alternative, officials say
• 6-26-09 Gazette.Net:  Metro crash prompts federal funding talks -- Budget still needs money for unfunded projects
• 6-26-09 Gazette.Net:  McIntosh wants to put the 'smart' back in growth --  'Time for consensus to stop,' chairman of House environmental committee says
• 6-26-09 Gazette.Net:  Biotechs: We could use stimulus money -- Lawmakers also criticize NIH exclusion from mandatory small-business grants program
• 6-26-09 Gazette.Net:  Commercial Real Estate: St. John Properties takes over Aberdeen complex -- Opus East drops out as fight over College Park federal site strains finances
• 6-26-09 Annapolis Capital:  Meade picked for new cyber security command
• 6-26-09 Frederick News-Post:  Trucking takes brunt of bad economic times
• 6-25-09 New York Times:  All States Beat a Deadline on Transportation Spending
• 6-25-09 Washington Post:  Groups Urge VA to Reform Disability Claim Procedures
• 6-25-09 Washington Post:  Crash Raises Political Questions Over Metro Funding -- System Lacks Dedicated Revenue Source
• 6-25-09 Washington Post:  Montgomery Planners Push For Project's Fast Approval
• 6-25-09 Washington Post:  Montgomery Notebook -- Council Agrees to Delay Planning Board Departure
• 6-25-09 Washington Business Journal:  WMATA approves $2.1B budget
• 6-25-09 Maryland Daily Record:  Red Line, Purple Line: A dash for the cash
• 6-25-09 Military.com:  Costs Could Force Troop Cuts
• 6-25-09 Inside NoVA.com:  Quantico BRAC fairs scheduled for July
• 6-25-09 Financial 24:  Fitch Rates Arlington County, Virginia GOs AAA; Outlook Stable
• 6-25-09 Gazette.Net:  Prince George's County Council urges county start for Purple Line -- Decision could come this summer
• 6-25-09 NNMC Journal:  Deputy Commander for Integration's Column
• 6-25-09 NNMC Journal:  NNMC's marketing staff communicates through designs, images
• 6-25-09 NNMC Journal:  DeGraba named deputy director, chief of medicine for NICoE
• 6-25-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Walter Reed hosts joint graduation -- Graduates to take care of nation's 'cream of the crop'
• 6-25-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Health care, communication top retiree concerns
• 6-25-09 Fort Detrick Standard:  TBI meeting expands understanding of injuries
• 6-25-09 Fort Detrick Standard:  MRMC CG ready for challenges, eager to meet, learn and lead
• 6-25-09 Andrews AFB Capital Flyer:  Andrews members see ease in traffic congestion
• 6-24-09 Washington Business Journal:  Metro to get $34.3M to buy 52 new cars
• 6-24-09 Washington Post:  Gates Creates Cyber-Defense Command
• 6-24-09 Washington Post:  Fees Likely To Double on Dulles Toll Road by 2012
• 6-24-09 New York Times:  Crash Puts Focus on Aging Rail Fleets
• 6-24-09 New York Times (Greenwire):  Baltimore Drivers to Test 'Near-Enough Perfect' Electric Fleet
• 6-24-09 Gazette.Net:  Study to look at biker, walker paths near BRAC -- Sidewalk, intersection Metro upgrades meant to ease traffic near Navy Med
• 6-24-09 Gazette.Net:  Brain injury center to open on Naval Medical Center campus next year -- Work began last month after cost-cutting measures
• 6-24-09 Gazette.Net:  Ilaya Rome Hopkins Letter to the Editor -- Access critical for BRAC to succeed
• 6-17-09 Gazette.Net:  Editorial -- Smart growth
• 6-24-09 Gazette.Net:  Planners decide on funding timeline for White Flint -- County has about two years to work out how to pay for infrastructure upgrades
• 6-24-09 Gazette.Net:  Town of Chevy Chase weighs Purple Line law suit -- Could pay up to $750,000 to try to stop light rail
• 6-24-09 Gazette.Net:  Officials urge patience in Crossroads -- Stakeholders concerned about lack of consensus, discrepancies regarding redevelopment plans
• 6-24-09 Gazette.Net:  I-270 corridor proposals draw crowd at public hearing -- Transit line and impacts of road widening debated at forum
• 6-24-09 Gazette.Net:  Feds criticized in wake of Metro crash -- Aging cars need replacement, council member says
• 6-24-09 Gazette.Net:  Speed humps cause bumpy relationships among neighbors -- County Council to take up issue of rules to install traffic calming measure; no date set
• 6-24-09 Gazette.Net:  Grasmick: All school systems must address dropout rate -- Maryland still does better than most states, data show
• 6-24-09 United Press International:  Bill would allow soldiers to sue doctors
• 6-23-09 Washington Post:  Confidence in Stimulus Plan Ebbs, Poll Finds -- Obama's Approval Rating Remains High, but Shift in Public Outlook Has Political Implications
• 6-23-09 Washington Post:  Washington Post-ABC News Poll -- This Washington Post-ABC News poll was conducted by telephone June 18-21, 2009, among a random national sample of 1,001 adults including users of both conventional and cellular phones. The results from the full survey have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three points. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by TNS of Horsham, Pa.
• 6-23-09 Washington Post:  (GRAPH)  Pulling the Purse Strings -- Near-universal concern about the federal budget deficit and an even split in views on President Obama's handling of it appear to present an early challenge to the the administration's ambitious and expensive agenda. While the public gives the president a wide advantage over Republicans on dealing with the deficit and sees him as a careful steward of taxpayer dollars, those with deep concerns about the deficit have more closely split views.
• 6-23-09 Baltimore Sun:  Md. poised to reap cyber security rewards -- State may win big as increase in federal spending creates jobs, funds research
• 6-23-09 Baltimore Sun:  BRAC project gets new developer -- St. John Properties takes over from Opus East
• 6-23-09 Congressional Quarterly CQ Today:  Against Obama's Wishes, Work to Begin on Surface Transportation Bill
• 6-23-09 Baltimore Sun:  Hoyer: Congress might consider giving more money to Metro -- But he cautions against 'jumping to conclusion' funding shortage a factor in crash
• 6-23-09 Washington Times (Associated Press):  EPA to oversee Md. toxin cleanup -- Deal aimed at clearing Fort Meade waste faster
• 6-23-09 New York Times:  Medtronic Gets Subpoena Regarding Disputed Study
• 6-22-09 Washington Post:  Recovery's Missing Ingredient: New Jobs -- Experts Warn of A Long Dry Spell
• 6-22-09 Washington Post:  Drawn by the Glow of Greener Streets -- Despite Costs, Md. Town Seeks LED Street Lamps
• 6-22-09 New York Times:  A Chance for Clues to Brain Injury in Combat Blasts
• 6-22-09 Gazette.Net:  Biotechs: We could use stimulus money -- Cardin, Edwards also criticize NIH exclusion from small-business grants program
• 6-22-09 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Gates Praises Volunteers' Efforts at Walter Reed
• 6-22-09 National Journal:  Expert Blogs: Transportation -- What Difference Would An 18-Month Delay In Reauthorization Make?
• 6-22-09 New York Times:  New Inquiry in Surgeon's Bone Study for Army
• 6-22-09 The Hill:  PMA's fallout shines spotlight on revolving door of lobbyists
• 6-22-09 Army.com:  Suicide Prevention Message Rolls Through Cities Nationwide
• 6-22-09 BikePortland(OR).org:  Oberstar releases full transportation bill: New federal office would study cyclists' rights
• 6-21-09 Washington Examiner:  Metro set to approve $2.14B budget
• 6-20-09 Washington Post:  In D.C., More Jobs and More Jobless -- District Unemployment Surges Past 10% Despite Expanding Government
• 6-20-09 Washington Post:  Where We Live: Where Diversity Is the Draw -- Defying White Flight, NW D.C. Neighborhood Carved Its Identity
• 6-20-09 Washington Post:  Where We Live: Shepherd Park -- Boundaries and Demographics
• 6-19-09 Scientific American:  Human-Powered Subs Start Your 'Engines' -- Student submariners gather at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Maryland to compete in a race that tests their engineering skills -- and ability to pedal under water
• 6-19-09 CBS Evening News:  When The War Went Away -- Assignment America: Friendships Grown Among Men Who Fought On Opposite Sides Of Vietnam War
• 6-19-09 Vancouver Sun (Agence France-Presse):  Research sheds light on post-traumatic stress disorder
• 6-19-09 USA TODAY:  Alcohol abuse by GIs soars since '03
• 6-19-09 Baltimore Sun:  Plan to give house to triple-amputee veteran collapses -- Family turns out to own 2 homes in Georgia
• 6-19-09 Baltimore Sun:  Second Opinion blog -- Donors of house for veteran shouldn't get discouraged
• 6-19-09 Gazette.Net:  Biopark developers fail to sway Montgomery board -- Planners will forward Gaithersburg West master plan to county officials next month
• 6-19-09 Gazette.Net:  Slump rakes architecture industry -- With building stagnant, many firms have downsized
• 6-19-09 Washington Business Journal:  I-270 corridor peppered with biotech space from Human Genome Sciences, others
• 6-19-09 Washington Business Journal:  University System of Maryland to break up biotechnology institute
• 6-19-09 Frederick News-Post:  Research center showcases advances in telemedicine
• 6-19-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Mayor hits the gas on speed bumps in D.C.
• 6-19-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Va. close to finalizing HOT deal on I-95/395
• 6-19-09 Psychiatric News:  Clinical & Research News -- Military Strengthens Effort to Solve Growing MH Crisis
• 6-18-09 Senator Barbara Mikulski News Release:  Mikulski Applauds Passage of Emergency Supplemental -- Bill puts funds in the federal checkbook to support Maryland’s military families, ensure best care for wounded warriors
• 6-18-09 New York Times (Greenwire):  Oberstar, Mica Plan $500B, 6-Year Transportation Reauthorization
• 6-18-09 House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure:   The Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2009: A Blueprint for Investment and Reform -- Executive Summary
• 6-18-09 Senator Ben Cardin News Release:  Cardin, Mikulski Announce $823K for Silver Spring Transit Center -- Completes $50 million federal investment
• 6-18-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Warfighters, families, wounded warriors drive budget requests, says nation's top military officer
• 6-18-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Joint senior enlisted executive leadership course focuses on integration, work in joint environment
• 6-18-09 WRAMC Stripe:  WRAMC South Lot parking open to all
• 6-18-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Joint graduation set for today
• 6-18-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Legal conference focuses on warrior support
• 6-18-09 Andrews AFB Capital Flyer:  Andrews members: Be aware of detour
• 6-18-09 Andrews AFB Capital Flyer:  Commaner -- Wow! What a Ride It’s Been!
• 6-18-09 Frederick News-Post:  I-270/U.S. 15 Multi-Modal Corridor Study public hearing set for this evening
• 6-18-09 Gazette.Net:  Study to look at biker, walker paths near BRAC in Bethesda -- Sidewalk, intersection, Metro upgrades meant to ease traffic near Navy Med, NIH
• 6-18-09 Annapolis Capital:  West county may get new 'contract' school -- Private group, officials would develop academy
• WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Should Purple Line be bus or rail system?
• 6-18-09 NNMC Journal:  Course offers ways to recognize, cope with stress
• 6-18-09 NNMC Journal:  Commanders's Column -- Navy’s Hospital Corps
• 6-18-09 NNMC Journal:  This Week at Bethesda
• 6-18-09 NNMC Journal:  DCI discusses cultural integration
• 6-18-09 NNMC Journal:  Enlisted execs attend joint training course
• 6-18-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Commuter Connections to pay people to carpool
• 6-18-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio (Associated Press):  Number of VA claims poised to hit 1 million
• 6-18-09 Washington Post:  Officials Seek Alternative To Moratorium
• 6-18-09 Washington Post:  Fort Detrick: Inventory Uncovers 9,200 More Pathogens -- Laboratory Says Security Is Tighter, but Earlier Count Missed Dangerous Vials
• 6-18-09 Wall Street Journal:  Medtronic Paid the Surgeon Accused Of Falsifying Study Nearly $800,000
• 6-18-09 Congressional Quarterl;y CQ Today:  Defying Obama, Oberstar Pushes Highway Bill
• 6-18-09 Tacoma (WA) News Tribune:  Leading by example -- Change of command: Wounded soldier takes over Warrior Transition Battalion at Fort Lewis
• 6-17-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio (Associated Press):  Transportation panel unhappy with new highway cuts
• 6-17-09 Washington Examiner:  Proposed Purple Line light rail wins unanimous regional planners' vote
• 6-17-09 Journal of Commerce:  LaHood Asks for 18-month Highway 'Authorization'
• 6-17-09 Washington Business Journal:  National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board adds Purple line to plan
• 6-17-09 Baltimore Sun:  Md. representatives ask $5.3 billion for transit -- Proposals expected to include funds for limiting storm runoff in waterways
• 6-17-09 Frederick News-Post:  Jenkins: Vote for Purple Line could affect I-270 improvements
• 6-17-09 Minnesota Finance and Commerce:  Transportation fund construction ahead -- Federal lawmakers debating size, source of dollars for roads, bridges, transit
• 6-17-09 Washington Post:  Interstate 270 Corridor -- Many at Meeting Call for Transit, Widening of Road to Ease Traffic
• 6-17-09 Washington Post:  (Maps)  Proposed Routes for Corridor Cities Transitway, Purple Line
• 6-17-09 Washington Post:  Va. Is Last State to Request Stimulus Funds for Roads
• 5-22-09 Washington Post:  Map: Local Stimulus Projects -- Explore the District, Maryland and Virginia to see how federal stimulus dollars are being spent on transportation projects
• 6-17-09 Gazette.Net:  Some stimulus money hits snags -- State may need year to use school construction funds
• 6-17-09 Gazette.Net:  County to seek developer to rebuild Wheaton -- Officials targeting end of summer; aiming to start downtown revitalization project by early 2010
• 6-17-09 Gazette.Net:  Request to ease biotech developers' burdens rejected -- Planning Board keeps requirements in new ‘Life Sciences' zone
• 6-17-09 Baltimore Sun:  Brighter news for Baltimore economy -- Study finds area is faring better than U.S. average
• 6-16-09 Washington Examiner:  Regional board to vote on Purple Line plans
• 6-16-09 Washington Post:  Get There: Dr. Gridlock blog -- Who Owns the Streets?
• 6-16-09 Howard County Times:  Savage site receives BRAC Zone award -- County could receive up to $500,000 through program
• 6-16-09 Montgomery County News Release:  Leggett Hails Congressional Action Saving the Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence at Bethesda Naval Hospital
• 6-16-09 U.S. Department of Transportation News Release:  DOT Secretary Ray LaHood, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Announce Interagency Partnership for Sustainable Communities -- Partnership sets forth six ‘livability principles’ to coordinate policy
• 6-16-09 Washington Post:  A Twist In Debate On Speed Humps -- Who Should Have A Say Is at Issue In Bethesda Dispute
• 6-15-09 The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation:  Analysis of Conference Agreement on Second FY 2009 War Supplemental (H.R. 2346/S. 1054)
• 6-15-09 The Hill:  Pentagon looking for more savings after Orszag request
• 6-15-09 Washington Business Journal:  RIP Cape May Road in Silver Spring
• 6-15-09 CNN:  Traffic snarls Obama golf trip
• 6-15-09 Associated Press:  VA expands health care eligibility for nondisabled
• 6-15-09 Baltimore Business Journal:  Aberdeen, Howard County designated BRAC Zones
• 6-14-09 Washington Examiner:  Corridor Cities Transitway plan gains traction in Md.
• 6-14-09 New York Time:  Questions for Ray Lahood -- The Roads Warrior
• 6-14-09 Army Times:  New paternity leave policy helps soldiers
• 6-14-09 Wilmington (DE) News Journal:  Editorial -- It's past time to bring a 'new' form of government to Cecil County
• 6-13-09 Washington Post:  Pentagon Cyber Unit Prompts Questions -- New Command's Offensive Role Complicates Administration's Global Outreach
• 6-13-09 Washington Examiner:  Montgomery weighs relaxing speed bump rules
• 6-12-09 New York Times:  Medtronic Paid Surgeon While He Was in the Army
• http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/2009/06/12/ray-lahood-a-transformational-time-for-the-us-transit-system.html
  6-12-09 U.S. News & World Report:  Ray LaHood: A 'Transformational' Time for the U.S. Transit System
• 6-12-09 Washington Post:  Spending Stimulus Money Takes Money -- Funds Allocated to Federal Bureaucracy as It Gears Up to Oversee Programs
• 6-12-09 Gazette.Net:  Vying for bio -- Montgomery County, Baltimore work to bolster their bioscience communities
• 6-12-09 Gazette.Net:  County's bio centered in Shady Grove -- Montgomery opened Rockville park decades ago
• 6-12-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Does Metro deserve its bad reputation?
• 4-27-09 Understanding Government:  Executive Summary: America’s Best Ride? Understanding Government Reports on the Washington Metro
• 4-27-09 Understanding Government:  A Special Report: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) -- America's "Best Ride" Strives to be Mass Transit Leader: Can Washington's Metrorail and Metrobus be a transportation model for the nation?
• 6-12-09 Baltimore Business Journal:  Harford BRAC office park in jeopardy -- Developer’s troubles may lead to bankruptcy, delays
• 6-12-09 Washington Business Journal:  GSA seeks IT firm to redesign Recovery.gov
• 6-11-09 New York Times (Greenwire):  With Highway Bill on the Distant Horizon, Reformers Eye Climate Measure to Make a Splash
• 6-11-09 CNN:  Army: Suicide rate among soldiers continues on record pace
• 6-11-09 MSNBC:  Army sees jump in reported suicides in May -- More than twice as many as in April; 1 confirmed, 16 investigated
• 6-11-09 Washington Examiner:  Metro looking to update outdated bus garages
• 6-11-09 Washington Examiner:  Montgomery County proposes higher fees, deadline on construction project
• 6-11-09 NNMC Journal:  Movers & Shakers -- Captain John Korka, Naval Facilities Engineering Command’s (NAVFAC), Washington’s Commanding Officer, Officer in Charge of Construction, Bethesda
• 6-11-09 NNMC Journal:  Bethesda, WRAMC GI clinics integrate with success
• 6-11-09 NNMC Journal:  Did You Know? -- Guaranteed Ride Home program
• 6-11-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Walter Reed Garrison command changes hands -- Col. McHugh takes reins from Col. Haselden
• 6-11-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Staff recognized for ‘exemplary’ customer service
• 6-11-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Heroes for hire -- Career fair offers new beginning for wounded warriors
• 6-11-09 WRAMC Stripe:  Officials set rules for parking in lot, Rumbaugh Garage
• 6-11-09 Fort Detrick Standard:  Fort Detrick welcomes new commander
• 6-11-09 Fort Detrick Standard:  From the lab to the battlefield
• 6-11-09 Andrews AFB Capital Flyer:  Hot on Andrews -- Andrews members: Be aware of detour
• 6-11-09 Andrews AFB Capital Flyer:  Family Practice Clinic closes
• 6-11-09 Washington Post:  Congestion Report Includes Pedestrians -- Analysis Shows Worst Intersections
• 6-11-09 Washington Post:  County's Busiest Pedestrian Crossings
• 6-4-09 Washington Post:  Montgomery Traffic: A Crown Made Sparkling By a Mass of Brake Lights -- County Lists Top Intersections in Gridlock
• 6-4-09 Washington Post:  Montgomery Traffic:  10 Most Congested Crossroads -- A report released yesterday shows the 10 most congested intersections in Montgomery County. These were chosen based on a score factoring in the movement and volume of traffic, physical configuration and traffic signaling
• 6-11-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Metro receives first $17M in stimulus money
• 6-11-09 Springfield (VA) Connection:  EPG Extension Now Fully Funded -- Fair Lakes Interchange also has the cash to go forward
• 6-10-09 Government Executive:  Change in Army relocation plans draws fire from appropriators
• 6-10-09 Washington Examiner:  Metro considers ways to reel in pricey MetroAccess service
• 6-10-09 Minneapolis Star Tribune:  Pentagon traveled on med-tech firms’ money -- Companies say they need input of medical personnel on their products and need to train them on use, but critics cry conflict of interest
• 6-10-09 Washington Business Journal:  Montgomery County growth policy to boost infill development
• 6-10-09 Washington Business Journal:  Montgomery County stops residential development in Bethesda, other areas
• 6-10-09 Gazette.Net:  Intersection in Derwood tops list of most congested -- Park and Planning data will be used to assess transportation priorities
• 6-10-09 Gazette.Net:  Business Notes: Montgomery College program gets OK --  (scroll down)  In other news, Montgomery College and six other state community colleges are offering specialized training classes for employees of construction companies who plan to work on sensitive or secure sites as part of the U.S. Base Realignment and Closure initiative
• 6-10-09 Gazette.Net:  Bethesda parking lot to close for two months
• 6-10-09 Gazette.Net:  Pike redesign may depend on rapid buses -- Planning Board will wait until next year to decide on road changes in White Flint
• 6-10-09 Gazette.Net:  Urban thinking goes into proposed policy shift -- Discounts recommended for building close to transit
• 6-10-09 Gazette.Net:  Bethesda Community Store to expand -- Addition will double size of shop on Old Georgetown Road
• 6-10-09 Gazette.Net:  Widening of I-270 puts low-cost housing in peril -- Public hearings scheduled for next week
• 6-10-09 Gazette.Net:  Ceremony marks dedication of Crescent trailhead -- Area memorializes Bethesda woman who was a teacher, trail user
• 6-10-09 Congressional Quarterly CQ Today:  LaHood Questions Reports About Stimulus Spending
• 6-10-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Traffic fatalities cut in half; Speed cams credited
• 6-9-09 Journal of Commerce:  Report Calls for New Direction in Transport Policy -- Bipartisan group seeks 'comprehensive' reform of federal policy, links transportation to energy, environmental goals
• 6-9-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  An expansion of toll lanes not coming soon in Md.
• 6-9-09 Associated Press:  House panel orders curbs to Pentagon budget
• 6-9-09 Washington Post:  Sea Change Recommended In Montgomery Growth Policy
• 6-9-09 Washington Post:  Get There -- Section of D.C. Hiker-Biker Trail Under Construction
• 6-9-09 Washington Examiner:  DC begins construction on new stretch of trail
• 6-9-09 Washington Examiner:  MontCo short on undeveloped land
• 6-9-09 Medill Reports:  Military members prepare for a tough job market
• 6-9-09 Frederick News-Post:  Report calls for USAMRIID computer security review
• 6-9-09 WTOP 103.5 FM News Radio:  Only 4 percent of Montgomery Co. left to develop
• 6-8-09 Montgomery County Planning Department News Release:  Planners Release Recommendations to Better Manage Future Development as First Step to Producing Countywide Growth Policy
• 6-8-09 Montgomery County Planning Department:   Montgomery County...growing smarter -- County planners drafting the 2009-2011 Growth Policy are rethinking how we manage growth, looking beyond basing it just on congestion relief and school capacity. Instead, we will focus on ways to enhance quality of place in our communities  (37 pp)
• 6-9-09 Washington Post (Associated Press):  Army closing some special care units
• U.S. Army:  United States Army Warrior Transition Command
• 6-9-09 Washington Post:  Metro Takes Another Look At Rising Paratransit Costs
• 6-9-09 Stars and Stripes:  Younger soldiers under stress more likely to get help
• 6-9-09 Stars and Stripes:  Battalion's leaders look for stress relief -- With basics lacking, survey finds low morale
• 6-9-09 Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star:  A. P. Hill added 3,000 buffer acres in '08 -- Fort A. P. Hill making inroads with conservation easements outside its gates
• 6-9-09 Washington Business Journal:  Janelia Farm Research Campus to expand -- The Howard Hughes Medical Institute plans to move dirt by early fall on a $23 million expansion of its Janelia Farm Research Campus in Ashburn
• 6-8-09 Washington Examiner:  Wounded Warrior program offers massage and facial therapies
• 6-8-09 Reuters:  U.S. war funding bill brims with unrelated extras
• 6-8-09 Progressive Railroading:  Maryland Transit Administration to expand light-rail parking lot
• 6-8-09 Washington Examiner:  Arlington moves ahead with Columbia Pike streetcar project
• 6-8-09 CNN:  Work begins on nation's largest mass transit project
• 6-8-09 NewsChannel 8:  Connolly Proposes Extending Metro to Centreville, Woodbridge
• 6-8-09 Government Health IT:  Report: VA's IT plans threaten health care services
• 6-8-09 ABC News:  Too Little, Too Much Sleep Harms Health; Exercise May Shorten Sleep Duration -- Sleep Conference Highlights Importance of Regular Slumber to Health
• 6-8-09 CBS News (Associated Press):  600,000 New Jobs In Works, Obama Says -- President Ramps Up Stimulus Spending As U.S. Unemployment Rate Continues To Rise
• 6-8-09 Congressional Quarterly CQ Today:  White House Announces Plans to Speed Up Stimulus Expenditures
• 6-7-09 Washington Examiner:  Metro plans to boost pedestrian access to meet increase in foot traffic
• 6-5-09 Greater Greater Washington blog:  More people walking, biking, riding the bus to Metro stations
• 6-3-09 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA): Metro's Bicycle & Pedestrian Facilities Planning Study  (11 pp)
• 6-2-09 Letter from WMATA General Manager John Catoe to Congressman Chris Van Hollen supporting proposed pedestrian tunnel at Medical Center Metro station
• 6-7-09 Washington Post:  Wilson Bridge Bike Path Gets Rolling -- Users Contemplate Connecting Trails
• 6-7-09 Washington Post:  Wilson Bridge Bonuses -- The Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project had a goodie for everyone this past week. Well, nearly everyone. The transit crowd is still waiting for two bridge lanes to be converted for bus or rail use. But for drivers, cyclists and walkers, there was progress at the Telegraph Road interchange and on the bridge. Here's a look at what's going on
• 6-7-09 Washington Post:  (Map)  New Ramps Open at Telegraph Road -- New elevated ramps take drivers from the outer loop over Telegraph Road without the need to stop for a traffic signal
• 6-7-09 Baltimore Sun:  A question of space -- 6 primary schools expect overcrowding as older areas produce more kids
• 6-7-09 ScienceBlogs:  Adventures in Ethics and Science -- Familiar themes in a new instance of scientific misconduct: the Kuklo case
• 6-7-09 Clarksville (TN) Leaf-Chronicle:  Editorial -- Confront soldiers' stresses

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