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March 2011 News

 

• 3-31-11 WRAMC Stripe:  National Museum of Health and Medicine to close exhibits Sunday; prepares for move to Silver Spring
• 3-31-11 WRAMC Stripe:  NewsBriefs -- Post closures announced  (scroll down)
• 3-31-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Soldiers among first to get new robotic foot
• 3-31-11 Clarendon-Courthouse-Rosslyn Patch:  Officials Predict Busy Highway Construction Season -- Transportation officials briefed members of the press and elected officials on a number of major highway construction projects in Northern Virginia on Thursday morning
• 3-31-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  No pain, no gain on Virginia transportation work
• 3-31-11 WMAR/ABC2-TV:  1800 new jobs headed for Harford County
• 3-30-11 Washington Examiner:  Alexandria wants Pentagon to pay for green space
• 3-30-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  BRAC traffic impacts sooner than expected
• 3-30-11 Gazette.Net:  A new hospital springs up around Navy Med neighborhoods in Bethesda -- Merger with Walter Reed Army Medical Center brings buildings closer to community
  • 3-30-11 Gazette.Net:  The president's hospital
  • 3-30-11 Gazette.Net:  Hawkins Lane: A Bethesda neighborhood preserved in time  -- Historical district neighborhood uninvolved in BRAC despite proximity to Navy Med
• 3-30-11 Gazette.Net:  Cedar Lane bridge in Bethesda to close for summer renovations -- Span to be readied for next school year, BRAC projects
• 3-30-11 Bethesda Patch:  Bethesda Parking Rates May See Hike; Lots, Garages May Charge on Saturdays -- The cost of parking in Bethesda may go up if a council resolution, introduced Monday, is passed
• 3-30-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  BAE Systems hiring nearly 200 in Maryland
• 3-30-11 Washington Examiner:  What makes D.C. the nation's hottest market?
• 3-30-11 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Realignments Add to Busy Summer Moving Season
• 3-29-11 Rockville Patch:  The Pike, Post Script: For Neighbors, the Pike Plan Improves 'Utility, Mobility and Aesthetics' -- Twinbrook homeowners association: Adopt the Rockville Pike plan without delay
• 3-29-11 Harford County Aegis:  Don't push the envelope -- At Harford master plan hearings, public says limit development
• 3-29-11 Army Times:  New disability evaluation system goes worldwide
• 3-28-11 Annapolis Capital:  Job seekers get cybersecurity training -- 'This gives you an edge'
• 3-28-11 Gazette.Net:  New Andrews facility could boost economy in Prince George's, officials say -- 2,400-worker building part of ongoing BRAC boom at military base
• 3-28-11 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Summit Seeks to Improve Nonmedical Care
• 3-28-11 Health Data Management:  Problems Persist to Coordinate Wounded Warrior Care
  • 3-23-11 Government Accountability Office:  GAO Report GAO-11-250 -- DOD and VA Health Care:  Federal Recovery Coordination Program Continues to Expand but Faces Significant Challenges  (45 pp)
• 3-28-11 Federal Times:  DoD expects up to $100B more in cuts
• 3-28-11 Aberdeen Patch:  Aberdeen Misses Out on Early BRAC Population Growth
• 3-27-11 Washington Post:  Accustomed to generosity, Montgomery County struggles with budget limits
• 3-25-11 Huffington Post:  Hal Donahue Commentary -- Navy: New Walter Reed Is to be Navy Hospital
• 3-25-11 Washington Business Journal:  BRAC produces less short-term growth than expected in Maryland and Virginia counties
• 3-25-11 Washington Business Journal:  Feds give District better acreage for Walter Reed redevelopment
• 3-25-11 Gazette.Net:  Commercial Real Estate: Apartment deals continue to lead recovery -- Saul Centers to team with White Flint group
• 3-25-11 Governor Martin O'Malley's BRAC blog:  MeadeRide Arrives
• 3-25-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Maryland lawmakers weigh BRAC-tied university
• 3-25-11 Harford County Aegis:  Editorial -- On the right road
• 3-24-11 Federal Computer Week:  Wounded warriors' care impeded by incompatible systems -- Lack of data sharing between VA and DOD causing gaps, duplications in care
• 3-24-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Forbes: Baltimore second best place for minority entrepreneurs
• 3-24-11 WRAMC Stripe:  BRAC -- Workshop helps staffers prepare
• 3-24-11 WRAMC Stripe:  TBI rehab gets dose of persistence on Capitol Hill -- Panelists discuss challenges, triumphs of living with traumatic brain injury with congressmembers
• 3-24-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Leggett: BRAC will turn Wisc. Ave. into 'parking lot'
• 3-24-11 NNMC Journal:  NICoE, Renowned Researchers Partner in Search of Answers
• 3-24-11 NNMC Journal:  Chief of Staff for Integration & Transition's column -- New Community Hospital at Fort Belvoir
• 3-24-11 Frederick News-Post:  Fort Detrick leaders seek lessons from Harpers Ferry -- Garrison commander Col. Judith Robinson turns over control of the post in July; Fort Detrick's Forest Glen Annex is expanding because of Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure initiatives; and the garrison will move from the Medical Command to Installation Management Command, meaning a new chain of command and a new way of doing things
• 3-24-11 Washington Examiner:  Gridlock: Area unprepared for 30,000 relocating defense workers
• 3-23-11 United States Army News Release:  Army shines light on TBI vision problems
• 3-23-11 Maryland Daily Record (Associated Press):  Wounded Warriors helping vets back to work
• 3-23-11 Gazette.Net:  Community leaders strive to get commuting message across in Bethesda -- Alternative commuting up over past decade
• 3-23-11 Gazette.Net:  National medical museum carves out new home in Forest Glen -- Museum showcases bullet that killed Lincoln, antique surgical tools
• 3-23-11 Gazette.Net:  Sidewalk considered for Wisconsin Avenue to connect Bethesda and Friendship Heights -- State Highway Administration to fund Wisconsin Avenue design
• 3-23-11 Gazette.Net:  Developers bid for commercial space in county's Great Seneca Science Corridor -- 400,000 square feet can be developed in first stage
• 3-23-11 Baltimore Sun:  Johns Hopkins, Anne Arundel Health System to open medical offices in Odenton
• 3-23-11 Harford County Aegis:  Aberdeen, HdG eyed for growth
• 3-23-11 Bisnow Real Estate:  Making Lemonade --  BRAC doesn’t have to be a bad thing for Crystal City.
• 3-23-11 PublicCEO.com:  Local Governments Face New Pathway to Fund Local Projects
• 3-23-11 Eldersburg (MD) Patch:  Military Retirees Face Increased Health Care Costs --  An increase in the annual individual premium might mean an uncomfortable adjustment for more than 50,000 veterans living in Maryland
• 3-22-11 Baltimore Sun:  Most businesses don't have big hiring plans for 2011 -- Economic uncertainty and productivity gains hold back job creation
• 3-22-11 WTTG/FOX5-TV:  Crystal City Prepares For Departing DOD Employees, See Opportunity
• 3-22-11 Odenton Patch:  BRAC Officials Push for Federal Funding -- A top BRAC official said nearly $5 billion in transportation money is needed to comfortably accommodate all of the growth coming to the Fort Meade area. County Executive John R. Leopold is asking for additional federal funds
• 3-22-11 USA TODAY:  City's design, transit system can ease gas costs
• 3-21-11 Washington Post:  Metro to lure bike-to-rail commuters -- The Medical Center Station in Bethesda attracts the most bike riders in Maryland and is the top station in the transit system in the percentage of peak-period riders who cycle to the station — 7.1 percent.
• 3-21-11 Washington Post:  Capital Business -- DISA relocates headquarters
• 3-21-11 Washington Post:  PROMISES, PROMISES: Early retirement credit for Guard, Reserves doesn’t apply to all
• 3-21-11 Annapolis Capital:  Fort Meade gains 1,300 employees since January
• 3-20-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Public hearing Thursday for proposed Woodbridge interchange
• 3-18-11 Washington Post:  Counties to Congress: Fund roads for BRAC
• 3-18-11 Washington City Paper:  Starting Over At Walter Reed
• 3-18-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  BRAC spurs hospital expansions -- Local hospitals are expanding to meet the medical needs of 30,000 relocated military workers
• 3-18-11 Southern Maryland Online (Capital News Service):  Pentagon Proposing Health Insurance Premium Increase for Vets
• 3-18-11 United States Army News Release:  TBI rehab gets dose of persistence on Capitol Hill
• 3-18-11 Gazette.Net:  Developers bid for commercial space in Montgomery's Great Seneca Science Corridor -- 400,000 square feet allowed in first stage
• 3-18-11 Gazette.Net:  Prince George's officials ‘extremely' disappointed on HHS decision -- Agency stays in Rockville
• 3-18-11 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery County economic development aims to do more with less -- Agency faces 5.2 percent cut in Leggett's budget plan for 2012
• 3-18-11 Alexandria Gazette Packet:  Alexandria’s ‘Green Zone’ -- West End business and residents prepare to become militarized
• 3-17-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  A new vision for redeveloping Walter Reed
• 3-17-11 American Public Transportation Association:  BRAC Closings = More Personnel + Need for Public Transit
• 3-17-11 Huntington-Belle Haven (VA) Patch:  Environmental Assessment is Topic of Wednesday's BRAC-133 Advisory Group Meeting -- Residents and advisory group members expressed concern over the traffic consequences of the proposed HOV ramp
• 3-17-11 Wheaton Patch:  Wheaton Redevelopment Advisory Committee (WRAC) Update: Looking for a Few Good New Committee Members -- B.F. Saul initial plan presented to public partners last Friday
• 3-17-11 Tom Philpott's Military Update:  Surprise Appointment Intrudes on TRICARE Fee Debate
• 3-17-11 WRAMC Stripe:  National Museum of Health and Medicine to close exhibits April 3 -- Move to Forest Glen nears with fall opening expected
• 3-17-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Town hall meeting updates staff on integration
• 3-17-11 NNMC Journal:  2011 Annual Plan on Target
• 3-17-11 NNMC Journal:  The Patient Navigator -- Help Us Help You
• 3-17-11 NNMC Journal:  Town Hall Provides Supervisors Tools for Integration
• 3-17-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Beneficiaries urged to respond to notification regarding health care facility reassignment
• 3-17-11 Fort Detrick Standard:  Around Fort Detrick -- Free Ride to Work
• 3-17-11 Washington Business Journal:  D.C. gets more of Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus
• 3-17-11 WRC/NBC4-TV:  (VIDEO)  Public Comments on Alexandria BRAC Traffic  -- A meeting about traffic around the new BRAC building in Alexandria, Va., turned heated Wednesday night. Some neighbors fear their opinions don't matter
• 3-17-11 Washington Examiner:  Examiner Local Editorial: BRAC exposes failure of local government 'planning'
• 3-17-11 Washington Examiner:  Regional board cool with HOT lanes
• 3-17-11 Baltimore Sun:  Job hunters vie for 1,200 high-tech spots at Fort Meade event -- 80 employers offer positions; some openings related to BRAC
• 3-17-11 Harford County Record:  Army seeks federal money for two Aberdeen intersection improvements -- Proving ground garrison chief says $26 million requested for Route 22 to ease BRAC traffic
• 3-17-11 New York Times:  Lawmakers Find a Path Around an Earmarks Ban
• 3-16-11 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Officials Generally Pleased with Base Closure Process
• 3-16-10 WMAR/ABC2-TV:  More than 1200 positions open at Ft. Meade -- Career Fair Wednesday will help fill openings
• 3-16-11 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery County executive proposes property tax increases, layoffs -- Leggett's $4.35 billion budget proposal fills $300 million shortfall
• 3-16-11 Cecil Whig:  U of Delaware gets $19.5 milion federal grant that aims to help rehab efforts of nation's wounded warriors
• 3-15-11 Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett News Release:  Leggett Closes $300 Million Budget Gap, Bringing Five-Year Reductions to $2.5 Billion; Hard Choices Made Include Significant Reductions in Employee Staffing and Compensation and Cuts in Programs and Services -- Transportation incentive funds for commuters using transit or ridesharing in Bethesda would be eliminated.
  • 3-15-11 Washington Post:  Leggett’s Montgomery County budget has something for everyone to fight
• 3-15-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Upcoming Baltimore-area job fairs
• 3-15-11 WRC/NBC4-TV:  Medical Museum to Be Creepy Elsewhere
• 3-15-11 Washington City Paper:  Gray Talks Up Walter Reed, First Source Incentives
• 3-15-11 Corridor Inc.:  Governor's BRAC Subcabinet wins award for innovation
• 3-15-11 Roll Call:  Members Rethink Earmark Ban
• 3-14-11 Washington Post:  Tricare target of Pentagon cuts as health care projected to reach $65B
• 3-14-11 Washington Post:  Md. health agency expands search but still finds no sign of cancer cluster near Fort Detrick
• 3-14-11 Chevy Chase Patch:  Residents Weigh In on Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan -- Residents voiced concerns and hopes at Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan Community Design Workshop Saturday
• 3-14-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Alaskan defense contractor hiring in Aberdeen
• 3-14-11 Washington Post:  MTA's overhauled Penn Line commuter train schedule begins Monday
• 3-14-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Study: High gas prices will increase public transit burden
• 3-12-11 Washington Post:  Real Estate -- Home-shoppers on a mission: Understanding military buyers
• 3-12-11 Washington Post:  Roger K. Lewis Shaping the City column -- Smart growth bill capitalizes on Maryland transit
• 3-12-11 Washington Examiner:  More housing, retail proposed for Kensington
• 3-11-11 Catholic News Service:  Walter Reed is a 'sacred place,' says celebrant of Ash Wednesday Mass
• 3-11-11 United States Army News Release:  Defense Department makes 'great strides' in brain-injury care
• 3-11-11 Gazette.Net:  Feds tap Montgomery County again for HHS offices -- Prince George's loses bid; developer plans $100M in improvements to Rockville site
• 3-11-11 Gazette.Net:  Despite 7,100 lost jobs, unemployment rate falls -- State again reports monthly decline
• 3-11-11 Gazette.Net:  Fuel-tax hike polarizes businesses -- Chambers favor increase for transportation projects
• 3-11-11 Inman News:  Summary: 10 Real Estate Markets to Watch in 2011
• 3-11-11 FOX Business:  Help for Soldiers Coping With Traumatic Brain Injury
• 3-10-11 Baltimore Sun:  Maryland job gains proved slim in 2010 -- Home sales are on the upswing, but it turns out employment is not
• 3-10-11 Baltimore Sun:  MARC to launch new schedule Monday
• 3-10-11 Washington Examiner:  Congress may provide $20m for Mark Center roads
• 3-10-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Wounded Warrior barracks slated for July completion
• 3-10-11 NNMC Journal:  Town Hall Meeting Updates Staff on Integration
• 3-10-11 NNMC Journal:  Uniform Center Relocates, NEX to Follow
• 3-10-11 Washington City Paper:  Last Day to Visit the National Museum of Health & Medicine at Walter Reed is April 3
  • 2-28-11 National Museum of Health & Medicine News Release:  Medical Museum to Close Exhibits on April 3, 2011 to Prepare for Move to Silver Spring, MD
• 3-10-11 Government Computer News:  Army Cyber Command is open for business -- Unit is a work in progress as it fleshes out command hierarchy, infrastructure and operational goals, and hires new personnel
• 3-10-11 Howard County Times:  Business database set up to help defense contractors
• 3-10-11 Washington Post:  Bicycle advocates lobby Congress with jobs pitch
• 3-9-11 Gazette.Net:  Woodside community discusses Capital Crescent Trail -- Residents meet with county and state officials
• 3-9-11 Washington Post:  Report reveals steep increase in war amputations last fall
  • 3-9-11 Washington Post:  (GRAPHIC)  Rise in limb loss -- U.S. troops suffered a dramatic rise in amputations and genital injuries last year, according to surgeons at the U.S. military hospital in Germany through which nearly every seriously wounded soldier passes
• 3-9-11 Gazette.Net:  Navy Med veterans to ride Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda Friday -- Ride will coincide with morning traffic
• 3-9-11 Gazette.Net:  White Flint, Rockville looking at two different methods to fix Rockville Pike  -- Congestion concerns lead to different solutions
• 3-9-11 Rockville Patch:  From I. Magnin to Borders to Vacant? -- What will replace the soon-to-be-vacant Borders at White Flint Mall?
• 3-9-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Do you know what the backward traffic wave is?
  • Autoblog (Web Site):  The Science Behind Traffic Jams -- Traffic can be infuriating, especially when there is no obvious cause.  However, mathematicians have discovered some of the root causes, and one of them may be you.
• 3-8-11 Washington Business Journal:  Mixed-use developments -- StonebridgeCarras buys Patrinely site in Bethesda
• 3-8-11 Severn (MD) Patch:  ICC Bus to Fort Meade Gets Going -- ICC Route 202 started service last week, connecting riders in Montgomery County to the Army base
• 3-8-11 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  Team Focus Brings Synergy to Warfighter Support -- Not everyone at Fort Monmouth, N.J., was happy in 2005 when the announcement came down that the post would close and that most of its mission would move [to Aberdeen, Md.,] as part of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission plan.
• 3-8-11 U.S. Air Force, Air Education and Training Command News Release:  Leaders sign agreement for future military structure in San Antonio -- A year of positive transition is ahead as a new era of military medical care is established in the San Antonio area, as mandated by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Law.
• 3-8-11 Washington Post:  Annual report of real-time traffic data ranks D.C. area congestion fourth
  • 3-8-11 Washington Post:  (GRAPHIC)  Precisely how bad it is -- A new report shows that the Washington area ranked fourth nationally in traffic congestion in 2010, based on data fed by GPS devices caught in traffic. The worst is on Interstate 95 southbound from the intersection with I-395 for almost 24 miles
  • 3-8-11 INTRIX National Traffic Scoreboard:  Ranking the most congested cities and the worst traffic bottlenecks -- How bad is traffic?  Where is it worst?  What can we do about it?
• 3-8-11 Washington Post:  Cycling advocates head to National Bike Summit
• 3-8-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Federal budget cuts could jeopardize Metro
• 3-8-11 Bethesda Patch:  Suburban Pushes for Lincoln Street Abandonment with Petition -- Road abandonment necessary for hospital to move forward with its contested expansion plans
• 3-8-11 DCStreetsBlog.org:  Can the U.S. Make Bus Rapid Transit Work as Well as Latin America?
• 3-8-11 Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News:  Overview of the Number Three and Four Biotech Clusters in the U.S.
• 3-8-11 Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star:  U.S. 1 traffic crunch brewing -- Thousands of new jobs starting at Quantico, Fort Belvoir as state considers public transit options
• 3-7-11 WRC/NBC4-TV:  (VIDEO)  Traffic Concerns Remain as BRAC Nears
• 3-7-11 U.S. Department of Defense News Release:  BRAC Transforms Aberdeen Proving Ground Mission
• 3-7-11 New York Times:  Green Column -- U.S. Gets a Lesson From Developing Countries on Buses
• 3-7-11 Washington Post:  Boeing consolidating Washington presence with new Crystal City office -- Defense contractor Boeing is bolstering its Washington area operations by finalizing plans for two new office complexes, in Crystal City and Germantown, where it will collectively move nearly 1,000 employees.
• 3-7-11 Baltimore CityBiz Real Estate:  Villages of Laurel Sell for $6.5M
• 3-7-11 Petersburg (VA) Progress-Index:  Museum funds could be lost
• 3-6-11 Washington Post:  Worries grow about Defense Department base traffic
  • 3-6-11 Washington Post:  (MAP)  September Shock?  -- The Defense Department's base realignment program, scheduled to take place by Sept. 15, is expected to create massive traffic headaches in Northern Virginia
• 3-6-11 Bethesda.com:  What's Wrong With This Picture?
• 3-6-11 Frederick News-Post:  Fort Detrick research center helps to develop products for regenerative medicine
• 3-6-11 Washington Post:  Amputations and genital injuries increase sharply among soldiers in Afghanistan
• 3-4-11 Bethesda Patch:  Bethesda Transportation Solutions Launches New BRAC Site -- New section of bethesdatransit.org educates residents about how BRAC will affect their commute
  • Bethesda Transportation Solutions BRAC web site:  We Want You to be Ready!
• 3-4-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  (AUDIO BROADCAST)  The Politics Program -- Rep. Moran: BRAC will add two hours to area commutes
• 3-4-11 KSAT/ABC12-TV (San Antonio):  Massive Military Medical Facility Opens -- Research Institute Pools Resources To Provide Top-Notch Care For Wounded Warriors
  • 3-4-11 KSAT/ABC12-TV (San Antonio):  (VIDEO BROADCAST)  Massive Military Medical Facility Opens -- The Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute opened on Friday at Fort Sam Houston. The facility will house medical research teams from the Army, Navy, and the Air Force
• 3-4-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Good and bad news for I-270 congestion
  • Maryland State Highway Administration:  Montgomery County projects in 2010-2016 Consolidated Transportation Program
• 3-4-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Gas-mask maker Avon Protection to hire in Belcamp
• 3-4-11 Washington Post:  Government ending telework center funding
• 3-4-11 Washington Post:  Telework sites closing across the Washington area
• 3-3-11 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery County council chats with Bethesda, Chevy Chase residents -- At least 150 turn out for town hall meeting
• 3-3-11 Annapolis Capital:  Northrop cutting hundreds of county jobs -- Company executives blame slowdown in defense spending
• 3-3-11 WTOP 103.5 FM:  Md. transit group urges more Frederick MARC trains
• 3-3-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Protecting history -- Officials enhance efforts to safeguard legacy of WRAMC as September closing nears
• 3-3-11 WRAMC Stripe:  Transition specialist earns Garrison recognition -- Retired officer helping Walter Reed through ‘dynamic’ BRAC process
• 3-3-11 WRAMC Stripe:  We’re moving — beware of theft
• 3-3-11 Baltimore Sun:  Maryland shows increase in economic activity -- Businesses proposed plans to add more than 15,000 jobs last year 
• 3-3-11 Baltimore Business Journal:  Md. business investment grows 25% to $4B in 2010
• 3-3-11 Fort Detrick Standard:  National Museum of Health and Medicine to close exhibits April 3, preparing for move to Silver Spring
• 3-3-11 Fort Detrick Standard:  Around Fort Detrick -- Free ride to work
• 3-3-11 NNMC Journal:  Commander's Column -- 140th Birthday of the Navy Medical Corps
• 3-3-11 National Journal:  IED Casualties Up Despite Increased Vigilance -- Military's outgoing head of IED-combating task force says insurgents will continue to use the cheap, deadly weapons
• 3-2-11 Baltimore Sun:  Northrop Grumman to cut 500 jobs, most in Baltimore area -- Defense contractor says it will try buyouts before layoffs
• 3-2-11 Washington Post:  White House revamping plan to sell federal buildings
• 3-2-11 Gazette.Net:  Doubly-signed road are a sign of improved intersection in Chevy Chase -- Crossing, light improvements for Connecticut Avenue intersection
• 3-2-11 Gazette.Net:  Montgomery County task force to address funding for rapid transit -- High-speed bus system among top priorities
• 3-2-11 Gazette.Net:  Officials prep for downtown Bethesda construction -- Three years of construction for Lot 31 retail, housing project expected to start in fall
• 3-2-11 Gazette.Net:  Residents, officials cracking down on rats in downtown Bethesda -- Health specialist: Proximity to Capital Crescent Trail, Bethesda Row could contribute to rodent problems
• 3-2-11 Gazette.Net:  ICC bus route connects Burtonsville Crossing to BWI Airport -- Route free through March 14
• 3-2-11 Inside NoVA.com:  New Fort Belvoir Community Hospital logo unveiled
• 3-2-11 Inside NoVA.com:  BRAC facilities 'LEED' post toward net-zero goal
• 3-2-11 National Defense Industrial Association:  U.S. Cyber Command Wrestling With Unresolved Technology and Policy Issues -- The Pentagon's Cyber Command, inaugurated less than six months ago, already has hired nearly a thousand people, and continues to expand its work force and its facilities at Fort Meade, Md.
• 3-2-11 Washington Examiner:  Report: McDonnell roads plan would expand Va. economy by $13 billion
• 3-2-11 Washington Post:  Lt. Gen. John Kelly, who lost son to war, says U.S. largely unaware of sacrifice -- The American public is largely unaware of the price its military pays to fight the United States' distant conflicts. Less than 1 percent of the population serves in uniform at a time when the country is engaged in one of the longest periods of sustained combat in its history.
• 3-1-11 Bethesda Patch:  Transportation Officials Hear Feedback on South Bethesda Metro Station Entrance -- Some transit advocates don't want to wait on the Purple Line to build new entrance
• 3-1-11 REIT.com:  Washington CRE Market Remains Strong
• 3-1-11 Norwich (CT) Bulletin:  Officials: No base closings planned for 2015
• 3-1-11 TBD News.com (Associated Press):  Express bus service begins on ICC -- New routes connecting Shady Grove Metro Station to BWI and Fort Meade
  • Maryland Transit Administration:  ICC Express Bus Routes, Fares, Info
• 3-1-11 Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star:  Fredericksburg apartment complex sells for $18.25 million
• 3-1-11 Washington Post:  Arlington's Cafe Scientifique draws crowds to discuss technical topics with experts

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