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Officials: Military, Realtors need to know renters’ rights
- Military service members moving into the region may not be aware of their right to break rental agreements if they are deployed, as some have turned down housing after being denied such protection, officials said.
Officials praise federal funding for BRAC but urge no drop-off
- Federal funding for Base Realignment and Closure expansion must continue its current flow into Maryland to handle the thousands of incoming jobs — or face congested roads — officials said.
Maryland officials question federal funding to teach children of service members
- A military pact promises more federal funding to educate children of military service members, but Maryland school officials question the availability of this money at a time when federal aid is already short.
Planned Anne Arundel bus depot could be explosive
- Howard and Anne Arundel would have to pay $500,000 to determine whether unexploded explosives are buried at a former artillery test site for a planned bus depot and remove them, as the counties seek to improve transit for the increase in employees coming to Fort Meade.
- Howard and Anne Arundel would have to pay $500,000 to determine whether unexploded explosives are buried at a former artillery test site for a planned bus depot and remove them, as the counties seek to improve transit for the increase in employees coming to Fort Meade.
House panel may get some relief for roads facing congestion from military relocation
- Roads around Fort Belvoir and Bethesda National Naval Medical Center could receive a funding boost if a House committee can get the Pentagon to give some relief for communities about to be swamped by thousands of new military jobs.
Report bolsters requests for increased BRAC aid
- Local officials called upon the federal government to cough up more money to help their communities expand for the coming influx at Maryland’s military bases after a congressional report urged the Pentagon to provide more funding.
Military agency looks to Maryland for new recruits
- A key military agency is actively recruiting Marylanders to fill anticipated openings when it moves to Fort Meade in three years.
Officials ready for more congestion when agency moves to Fort Meade
- A large influx of federal workers say they plan to trek 30 miles through one of the nation’s most congested areas to follow their agency’s move to Fort Meade in 2010, and officials are scrambling to get the road and rail network ready in time.
Officials: Lone tenant stonewalling at possible site for BRAC housing
- A lone government agency that occupies part of a cluster of General Services Administration warehouses in Springfield is stonewalling efforts for the potential relocation of 6,200 military jobs, two Fairfax County supervisors have been told.
Harford looks to fill incoming BRAC jobs with locals
- Fifty-fifty may not happen — 70/30 might have to be good enough, Jim Richardson thinks.
Fairfax schools chief threatens Army over BRAC influx
- The top elected school official in Fairfax County said the system may sue to force the Army to recognize that an upcoming job influx at Fort Belvoir will bring a flood of new students.
Belvoir chief’s retirement prompts worries over BRAC
- Fort Belvoir’s commander will retire in less than two months, prompting worries that the southern Fairfax County base is losing a key asset in planning for a crush of new workers as a major deadline swiftly approaches.
Schools, Belvoir chiefs spar over base realignment
- The Army and Fairfax County school officials have made little progress in forging a consensus on the number and destination of incoming students who can be expected when the military shifts 19,000 new jobs to Fort Belvoir.
