The Base Realignment and Closure process is an exercise by the federal government to determine the best use of its military installations. This includes both the closure and realignment of assets in an effort to increase efficiency within the Defense Department.

Walter Reed heading for mixed-use development

With the Walter Reed Army Medical Center set to close in less than a year, DC officials are unveiling their plans to redevelop a 62-acre portion of the hospital grounds into a neighborhood with new homes, shopping, green space and schools.

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Moran says Mark Center 'is not going to work'

Rep. Jim Moran tells Federal News Radio if you take 395 through Arlington, your commute may be about to get two to three hours longer every day.

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Maryland offers BRAC bucks for homebuyers

Moving to the Free State as a result of BRAC? Maryland's got a little something for you when you buy a home.

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Army Materiel moving from Belvoir to 'Bama

The Army Material Command is moving from Ft. Belvoir to Redstone Arsenal. At least most of it is. We get an update from Kate Kelley, chief of the BRAC office.

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Bill would freeze JFCOM BRAC closing

'Stop loss' back pay goes unclaimed

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DISA braces for BRAC and the Beltway

DISA's Dave Bullock has done the loops and the laps. He tells us what he's found.

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Lawmakers join forces in a BRAC fightback

DISA's BRAC move includes a huge commute, TRICARE coverage extended to those under 60

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Army sends in tech squad to fix cemetery

CIO's office detailed experts to assess the problems, and formulate a plan to improve how Arlington National Cemetery manages and tracks veterans' records. Lt. Gen. Sorenson says the first thing is to ensure the data is correct. He says the end result could include an online capability to find out where loved ones are buried.

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Marines are on the move to Guam

Defense officials characterized the realignment of U.S. forces in the Pacific as a strategic move, similar to domestic Base Realignment and Closure moves. We get an update from David Bice, Executive Director of the Joint Guam Program Office.

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Uncle Sam: When in Doubt Move Something

Federal agencies move operations, and people, all the time. Sometimes the reasons are noble: to save taxpayer money, improve operations and for national security. Sometimes they are part of empire-building or please-a-politician reason. Check out Senior Correspondent Mike Causey's column today.

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Alabama becomes new federal hot spot

In 2005, the BRAC recommended the Missile Defense Agency move most of its operations out to Redstone Arsenal in northern Alabama.

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BRAC families get mortgage help in Md.

The new initiative will provide $100 million in mortgage loans to homebuyers in the 10 jurisdictions within the state most impacted by BRAC.

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Vacation cybersecurity advice

GAO questions cloud computing security, DISA lease woes slow cybercommand

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What the cuts in federal building costs really mean

We get analysis from Washington Business Journal Sarah Krouse.

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Bill would block BRAC traffic at the parking lot

It's being called a potential traffic catastrophe. Thousands of federal workers, and their cars, are being shifted to already crowded roads in Northern Virginia as part of BRAC. Now, there are efforts to stop it.

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DISA career fair coming to Ft. Meade

DISA brings a career fair to Ft. Meade for the first time. DISA's director of Manpower, Personnel and Security Jack Penkoske says attendees can build their federal resumes, qualify for security clearances and take advantage of the organization's award-winning quality of life programs.

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2009 Revisited: Mark Warner on BRAC's effect on NoVa traffic

Sen. Mark Warner fills us in on a Northern Virginia traffic study on the effects of BRAC in the region.

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DISA's plans for move from Va. to Md. on schedule

The head of the Defense Information Systems Agency says its move from Arlington, Va., to Fort Meade in Maryland is on schedule.

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Update: Moran announces BRAC reprieve for DoD agencies

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Congressman Moran Announces Security Standards Extension

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