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WHAT’S NEWS? (early October, 2007) 

This page has news from early October 2007 on the BRAC process affecting Montgomery County and the surrounding region. 

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• 10-18-07 NNMC Journal:  Medical Conference Speeds Up the Integration Process
• 10-18-07 NNMC Journal:  Mass Casualty Exercise Today
• 10-18-07 Navy Times:  Pentagon set to launch new disability system
• 10-18-07 Maryland Daily Record: Montgomery officials plead for their share of BRAC money
• 10-18-07 Annapollis Capital:  BRAC prep focuses on 'Meade transportation zone' -- Committee wants 5-mile radius around post targeted
• 10-18-07 The Military Family Network (Armed Forces Press Service):  America Supports You: Groups Team Up to Entertain Military Kids
• 10-18-07 Northeast Booster (Baltimore County): Building boom starts at Franklin Square
• 10-17-07 Baltimore Sun:  No state funding for Meade transit projects10-16-07 Maryland Daily Record:  New Group Seeks Transit Funds -- Study says traffic woes cost $3B a year
• 10-16-07 Washington Post:  A Duty to the Wounded -- Our Newest Veterans Need Help Now, by Bob Dole and Donna Shalala, co-chairs of the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors
• 10-16-07 Annapolis Capital:  Fake disasters train Scouts in emergency preparedness
• 10-16-07 Marine Corps Times:  Private developers fix, replace base housing
• 10-16-07 Annapolis Capital:  Transportation officials push gas tax hike
• 10-16-07 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  Meeting to discuss Fort Monmouth survey -- Special session to spotlight results of month's worth of public development talks
• 10-15-07 Federal Computer Week:  NAS panel -- Army needs unified net-centric center
• 10-15-07 Baltimore Sun: Schools revamp ahead of BRAC -- Two area community colleges modernize cramped facilities
• 10-15-07 Washington Post:  Walter Reed Playground Project -- In a Place of Pain and Recovery, Room to Romp10-13-07 Washington Examiner:  Despite $2M grant, gaping need for road fixes remains
• 10-12-07:  GAO Report -- Defense Health Care: DOD Needs to Address the Expected Benefits, Costs, and Risks for Its Newly Approved Medical Command Structure
• 10-12-07 Medical News Today: Commission Report Recommends Changes For Veterans' Health Care
• 10-12-07 Frederick News-Post:  MARC train expansion discussed
• 10-12-07 Washington Business Journal:  Crystal City's potential future becomes clearer
• 10-12-07 Baltimore Chronicle:  Commentary -- Planning for BRAC in the Baltimore Region -- Public to meet on Oct. 25 to discuss what the Baltimore region should look like in 2015
• 10-11-07 Fort Detrick Standard:  Fort Detrick interagency collaboration helps protect taxpayers' pockets, lives 
• 10-11-07 NNMC Journal:  Bethesda Prepares for Disaster
• 10-11-07 Baltimore Sun:  Md. delegation backs BRAC economics
• 10-11-07 Baltimore Examiner:  Hoping to lure BRAC workers, Maryland touts state
• 10-11-07 Washington Post:  BRAC Plan Expected to Bring 22,000 Homeowners -- 8% of Influx is Projected to Settle in Prince George's, Housing Official Says Mortgage Aid is Likely
• 10-11-07 Washington Post:  Crystal City Looks to Recast Itself as Job Losses Loom
• 10-11-07 Washington Post:  Springfield Faces Competiton for 6,200 Army Jobs
• 10-10-07 Montgomery County Sentinel:  Metro Eyes Larger Fares
• 10-10-07 WTOP News Radio: Maryland Loaded with Federal Defense Dollars
• 10-10-07 Wichita Falls (TX) Times-Record-News:  Hearing to address BRAC delays, cost savings
• 10-10-07 Baltimore Business Journal:  Army awards contract for $477M Aberdeen Proving Grounds project
• 10-10-07 Gazette.net:  East county centers host November job fair -- Sixty employers featured at job fair at Fort Meade
• 10-10-07 Baltimore Sun:  Md. economy bolstered by U.S. millions -- Census figures show state is third-highest recipient
• 10-9-07 Annapolis Capital: Residents concernd about Rt. 175 upgrades  
• 10-8-07 Federal Computer Week: DOD plans new media hub at Fort Meade
• 10-8-07 Montgomery County Press Release:  Leggett to Host Lieutenant Governor at Public Forum on BRAC Issues
• 10-8-07 Baltimore Sun:  The BRAC alphabet soup comes in a booklet -- Base relocation guide defines acronyms
• 10-8-07 Annapolis Capital:  BRAC may increase housing troubles -- Influx of new jobs could mean fewer affordable homes available
• 10-8-07 WTOP Radio:  Walter Reed's Move Means More Traffic on Roadways
• 10-7-07 Baltimore Sun:  News Digest -- BRAC seminar geared to nonprofits
• 10-7-07 Annapolis Capital:  Northrop Grumman to open facility in Millersville
• 10-6-07 Asbury Park (NJ) Press: OK'D BY CHAIRMAN: Stage set for hearing -- RENEWED HOPE: Advocates are pleased -- House to probe decision to shut fort
• 10-5-07:  WTOP Radio:  Bottlenecks Near NIH Created by Perfect Traffic Storm
• 10-5-07 Baltimore Sun:  Funding BRAC growth at issue -- State studies options for getting private developers on bases to share cost
• 10-4-07 Washington Examiner:  Montgomery County seeks new 'vision' for tech corridor
• 10-3-07 CoStar Group Real Estate Newsletter:  Communities Face Challenge of Adaptive Reuse of Major Military Base Closures -- Government, Military, Public and Private Sectors, and Communities Join Together for Highest and Best Use of Former Military Bases
• 10-3-07 Gazette.Net:  BRAC moves ahead; county’s priorities come into focus
• 10-3-07 Washington Business Journal:  Belvoir hospital contract awarded to Turner-Gilbane
• 10-2-07  Dayton (OH) Business Journal:  Senate approves amendment to disclose BRAC funding
• 10-1-07 Baltimore Sun:  Officials in Md. worry as Army signs deals -- Base projects must share improvement costs, critics say   
  
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