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November, 2015 News
- 11-30-15 Frederick News-Post: Fort Detrick Alliance executive director to resign
- 11-30-15 Washington Post: Road closures along part of Rockville Pike for five to 10 days -- Drivers beware — Part of MD 355 near Cedar Lane in the Bethesda area will be closed starting Tuesday for road repairs from a major water main break.
- 11-30-15 Bethesda Magazine: Developers Propose Up to 375 Units for New Neighborhood in Tower Oaks Area of Rockville
- 11-30-15 Association of Defense Communities: Senior Navy Officer Nominated to Lead Pentagon’s Installations, Energy Office
- 11-28-15 Washington Post: Prince George’s considers connecting with Capital Bikeshare
- 11-25-15 Tom Philpott's Military Update: Congress, beneficiary groups prepare for health reforms
- 11-24-15 Maryland State Highway Administration: UPDATE: WSSC WATER MAIN REPAIRS BEGIN NOV. 30; TEMPORARY LANE CLOSURES -- Beginning Monday, November 30 (weather permitting), the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) will begin comprehensive repairs to a water main along MD 355 (Rockville Pike) between the ramps to I-495 (Capital Beltway) and the MD 355 Cedar Lane/West Cedar Lane intersection. Weather permitting, the work should be complete by mid- to late December.
- 11-24-15 Bethesda Magazine: Leggett Says County Will Move Ahead With Bus Rapid Transit without Transit Authority -- County executive said he hopes to review recommendation for one or two initial routes in time for next year’s budget
- 11-24-15 Association of Defense Communities: Walter Reed Transfer Could Take Place Next Spring -- The District of Columbia could take possession of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center as early as next spring, when the city and the Army are planning to close on the sale of the 66-acre portion of the property slated to be redeveloped into a mix of residential, office and retail space.
- 11-24-15 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: DoD working around $17 billion deficit for 2017
- 11-23-15 Bethesda Magazine: Silver Spring’s Ripley East Apartment Project Set for Key County Approvals -- High-rise would bring 360 apartment units to Georgia Avenue and Bonifant Street
- 11-23-15 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Defense experts school Congress on waste -- Another option for cutting back on DoD’s high infrastructure and overhead costs is to do another round of base realignment and closures (BRAC), the experts said.
- 11-23-15 Montgomery County Government: One Year Later, Leggett Measures Progress On His Economic Agenda; Privatizing Economic Development, Workforce Blueprint in Place, County Permit Review Reduced to 19 Days
- 11-23-15 POLITICO: Key DoD budget decisions made for next year
- 11-23-15 WAMU 88.5 FM: Maryland Remains Serious About Maglev, Despite Skeptics
- 11-21-15 Bel Air (MD) Patch: Clark Turner Homes Files for Bankruptcy -- Company with developments in Bel Air area has filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to report. | Patch -- One of the company’s developments, Charlestown Crossing in Cecil County, stalled for six years after the anticipated demand due to BRAC (base realignment and closing) at Aberdeen Proving Ground did not materialize as the housing market collapsed
- 11-20-15 WAMU 88.5 FM: Saying Goodbye To Building 18 — Symbol Of Neglect For Military's Medical System -- At the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Walter Reed's neglected Building 18 became a brick-and-mortar symbol of the troubles wounded soldiers encountered.
- 11-20-15 Bethesda Magazine: Planning Board Agrees to Allow Taller Building Heights at Key Westbard Properties
- 11-20-15 Bethesda Magazine: Report: Carr Properties Agrees to Buy, Redevelop Bethesda’s Apex Building -- As part of deal, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists will reportedly move to developer’s 4500 East West office building
- 11-20-15 U.S. Department of Defense: DoD Meets Interoperability Requirements for Electronic Health Records -- The Defense Department has met the interoperability requirements for electronic health records as called for in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2014, according to DoD officials.
- 11-20-15 St. Louis Business Journal: Defense leaders recommended moving National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) to Illinois in 2005 -- A council of top military leaders in 2005 recommended moving the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) St. Louis and Arnold facilities to land near Scott Air Force Base, according to meeting minutes reviewed by the Business Journal.
- 11-19-15 Montgomery County Government: Leggett Spells Out Montgomery County Priorities for Upcoming Session of Maryland General Assembly
- 11-19-15 Montgomery County Government: Montgomery County’s Priorities for the 2016 Session
- 11-19-15 Bethesda Magazine: Montgomery County Wants Potential for Affordable Housing at Little Falls Library Site in Bethesda
- 11-19-15 NSA-Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Traffic Safety Awareness – A Message from your Installation Safety Director -- Very recently, a tragic accident occurred just outside our South Gate that claimed the life of a motorcycle rider.
- 11-19-15 NSA-Bethesda/Walter Reed NMMC Journal: Safe Harbor Puts Focus on Wounded Warrior Caregivers -- While November has been designated as Warrior Care Month, their caregivers can often be overlooked
- 11-19-15 Business.com: What to Do In the Hot Seat: How to Recover From a Scandal -- Has your business found itself in a mess? Manage your reputation -- Not moving quickly enough is what damaged the reputation of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, whose care of wounded soldiers has been under the microscope since 2007.
- 11-19-15 Stars and Stripes: McCain pushes to lift defense spending caps after Paris attacks
- 11-18-15 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Lawmakers demand higher NIH funding from House Appropriations -- As agencies demand more funding from Congress in the fiscal 2016 budget, many members want NIH to receive what Senate Appropriations has already approved.
- 11-18-15 Bethesda Magazine: Elected Officials Call on State to Make Immediate Improvements Near Sites of Pedestrian, Bicyclist Deaths -- Requested safety improvements come after Bethesda residents were killed by cars on Massachusetts Avenue and River Road
- 11-18-15 Fort Meade Soundoff: Kimbrough to become tobacco-free medical campus
- 11-17-15 Washington Post: Md. receives four proposals to build light-rail Purple Line -- The private firms have until Dec. 8 to reveal financial details of bids.
- 11-17-15 Frederick News-Post: 16 buildings at Fort Detrick to be demolished or leased -- 16 buildings at Fort Detrick, including the current home of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, will be demolished or repurposed over the next five years.
- 11-17-15 Defense News: Beyond US Budget Deal, Defense Faces Uncertainty
- 11-17-15 Construction Equipment Guide.com: MD 355 Intersection Receives Much-Needed Improvements
- 11-16-15 Pittsburgh Tribune-Revoew: After 30-year career in Navy, Hempfield native looks forward to next step -- Retirement from a long military career will mean more time to help civilians for Hempfield native Dr. David Bitonti.
- 11-16-15 Washington Business Journal: Will Paris attacks accelerate federal defense spending?
- 11-16-15 Association of Defense Communities: BRAC Still Required despite Budget Deal, Conger Says
- 11-15-15 Military Times: Military doctors, patients come together after medical errors
- 11-15-15 Washington Post Magazine: How Nazi scientists and their wind tunnels ended up in D.C.’s suburbs -- It was more than 70 years ago, at the chaotic end of World War II, that the singular fate of the 660 acres that would become the Naval Surface Weapons Center was decided. Five miles from the District line and alongside New Hampshire Avenue in a neighborhood known as White Oak, the land was wooded and the surroundings were country; suburbia was still a decade away.
- 11-13-15 Baltimore Sun: Corporate security threats drive a shift for Maryland's government-focused cyber industry
- 11-13-15 Fort Detrick Standard: Fort Detrick Shifts Focus in 1968 -- In November 1968, nearly 47 years ago, President Richard Nixon outlawed offensive biological research in the United States. As a result, research at Fort Detrick became focused on defensive measures including public health considerations, diagnostics, preventive measures and treatments for biological warfare infections.
- 11-13-15 Fort Detrick Standard: Fort Detrick Environmental Efforts Increase Lifespan of Landfill and Save Thousands
- 11-12-15 Frederick News-Post: Frederick City continues planning road through Fort Detrick's Area B
- 11-12-15 Washington Post: A leading killer of firefighters: crashing the truck on the way to a call
- 11-12-15 Bethesda Magazine: Westbard Sector Plan Puts Role of Planners, Planning Board and County Council Under the Microscope -- Residents opposed to development in the area claim Planning Board’s decisions must reflect their desires
- 11-12-15 Washington Post: Is carpooling the next hot transportation trend? Yes, we said carpooling.
- 11-12-15 Washington Post: Why are bike lanes such heated symbols of gentrification?
- 11-12-15 Maryland Public Policy Institute: Analyzing the proposed BaltimoreLink transit plan and its effect on area transit
- 11-12-15 BayNet.com: Is there a BRAC lurking out there in the dark? -- Like in a Halloween slasher movie, it’s out there in the dark ready to pounce on unsuspecting St. Mary’s County. It’s not Michael Myers or the Creature from the Black Lagoon. It goes by the name of BRAC and it is deeply feared in a community so dependent on the defense industry.
- 11-11-15 Federal News Radio 1500 AM: 30 years after Goldwater-Nichols, Senate eyes another DoD reorganization
- 11-11-15 Fort Meade Soundoff: Walter Reed Shuttle pickup location moved to Reece Road
- 11-11-15 Washington Post: Are electric bikes the wheels of the future or just the new Segways?
- 11-11-15 Bethesda Magazine: Housing Homeless Veterans Remains a Priority for Local Outreach Group -- Bethesda Cares has reduced the number of homeless veterans on Bethesda’s streets to a ‘functional zero’ but challenges remain
- 11-11-15 Washington Post: McAuliffe announces milestone in ending veteran homelessness
- 11-11-15 Modern Healthcare: Congress and VA evaluate facilities and resources
- 11-11-15 WTOP 103.5 FM: Veterans, military lead the way in future of pain management
- 11-11-15 Washington Post: The graying of the green: America’s vets grow fewer and older
- 11-11-15 Huffington Post: 5 Common Myths About Veterans and Military Families -- Colonel David W. Sutherland blog
- 11-10-15 Washington Post: Spacious new retreat for wounded veterans opens in Prince William
- 11-10-15 Bethesda Magazine: Real Estate Report Finds Bethesda Has Most Expensive Home Prices in Maryland -- Bethesda also ranked highly when compared to other areas in the country
- 11-10-15 Angelus-The Tidings: Ric Burns and PBS recall our ‘Debt of Honor’ to disabled veterans
- 11-10-15 Montgomery County Government: Leggett Hails News of County’s 2015 Triple-A Bond Rating; County Among Best in Nation for Fiscal Responsibility
- 11-9-15 Washington Post: The NSA school: How the intelligence community gets smarter, secretly -- The National Cryptologic School is a school unlike any other
- 11-9-15 Baltimore Business Journal: Greater Baltimore's transportation system gets a 'D' in new report card
- 11-9-15 Frederick News-Post: Groups push for traffic safety over capacity
- 11-7-15 Washington Post: Feds award $28 million to study ‘maglev’ train system for Maryland
- 11-7-15 USA TODAY (Kaiser Health News): New questions require doctors to learn about military medicine -- Most former servicemen and women (and their families) get their health care at civilian facilities, where only rarely do health professionals ask patients if they or close relatives have a military background.
- 11-6-15 Washington Post: Researchers to local officials: Forget Marriott’s headquarters, fix the economy
- 11-6-15 Bethesda Magazine: Ike Leggett Won’t Submit Transit Authority Legislation This Year -- County executive said ‘significant community concern’ and lack of awareness about bus rapid transit led to his decision
- 11-6-15 WJZ/CBS13 TV (Associated Press): Fort Detrick Looking For Possible Remnants Of Agent Orange
- 11-5-15 United States Army: Army researchers connect with partners at open campus open house
- 11-5-15 United States Army-Africa: African standby force, U.S. forge new partnership
- 11-4-15 Montgomery Community Media: Rockville Ranked Among Top 25 Small Cities in America -- Wallethub recently released "2015’s Best & Worst Small Cites in America" and Rockville cracked the top 25, coming in at 23.
- 11-4-15 Bethesda Magazine: Could Bethesda’s Apex Building Be Razed Before Purple Line Construction Starts? -- Attorney for building owner said a ‘prospective developer’ is still in the mix even after the county declined to provide an incentive package to redevelop
- 11-4-15 Washington Post: Dr. Gridlock: ‘Gridlock Sam’ foresees era of smarter travel -- Trained in an era when traffic engineers moved cars, Sam Schwartz sees a better -- but more complicated -- future for commuters.
- 11-3-15 Bethesda Magazine: Bethesda Residents ‘Take to the Streets’ to Ask For Lower Speed Limits, Crosswalk Lights -- After a cyclist and pedestrian were killed recently on Bethesda roads, residents are pushing the State Highway Administration to make changes
- 11-3-15 ExecutiveGov.com: David Lane Named Director of Walter Reed Military Medical Center
- 11-2-15 Chicago Tribune: For some military families, timely medical care is a struggle -- "There's a mind-set that military families should be able to navigate any obstacle and endure any level of inconvenience in order to obtain care. We were contacted by a family in Fredericksburg, Virginia, that was told in order to get physical therapy, they were going to have to have appointments in Bethesda, Maryland. That's like asking a family in Waukegan (Illinois) to go to Gary (Indiana) for physical therapy," an 85-mile-trip through thick traffic.
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