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Fannie and Freddie, March Madness lobbying, & BRAC
On this week's Capital Impact show, Bloomberg Government analysts discuss Fannie and Freddie underwriting practices, how much colleges and universities spend on lobbying, and how BRAC is changing the area around Fort Meade.
March 28, 2013
Tags: acquisition , Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac , qualified mortgage rule , dodd-frank act , Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , Base Realignment and Closure , NSA , Cyber Command , DISA , lobbying , Allen Scott , Nela Richardson , Peter Crispino , The Arundel Voice , Peter Brusoe , Bloomberg Government , Capital Impact
A tale of two (Maryland) schools
Host Mark Amtower is joined by Ellen Hemmerly, executive director of BWTech at the UMBC Research and Technology Park, and Capitol College President and CEO Mike Wood.
October 17, 2011(Encore presentation November 28, 2011)
Tags: acquisition , contracting , ellen hemmerly , bwtech , UMBC , capitol college , Mike Wood , cybersecurity , maryland cyber challenge , information technology , Mark Amtower , Amtower Off Center
Cyber Command
In about 18 months a new military cyber command should be up and running. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates signed a memo yesterday instructing the U.S. Strategic Command to start the planning process. The command will coordinate the Pentagon's efforts to defend its networks and conduct cyber warfare. The new command is expected to be based at be located at Fort Meade. The decision to launch the unit verifies the growing concern about the nation's cyber vulnerabilities.
Tags: technology , Pentagon , Cyber , Robert Gates ,
BRAC side effect: Greener buildings
Because of mandates requiring new DoD buildings to meet minimum requirements for environmental design, tens of thousands of Defense employees are making moves from older, energy inefficient buildings into greener ones.
Tags: DoD , BRAC , BRAC Impact , Fort Belvoir , Bethesda National Naval Medical Center , LEED , U.S. Green Building Council , David Bullock , Travis Edwards , Don Carr , John Mateczun , Green buildings , Jared Serbu
Growth of bases means more creature comforts for feds
For military bases in the national capital region, forget the "closure" part of Base Realignment and Closure. The 2005 BRAC round means huge growth at bases around Washington, and along with it, a need for new infrastructure and creature comforts for the growing workforce.
Tags: DoD , BRAC , BRAC Impact , DISA , Fort Belvoir , David Bullock , Dan Thomas , Don Carr , Travis Edwards , Mark Center , Jared Serbu
Part 4: A traffic 'meltdown' waiting to happen?
When Stewart Schwartz, executive director of the Coalition for Smarter Growth, takes a look at the local BRAC sites -- the Mark Center, Fort Belvoir, Quantico Marine Base, Bethesda Naval and Fort Meade -- he sees a "meltdown."
Tags: BRAC , Fort Belvoir , Quantico Marine Base , Mark Center , Bethesda Naval , Adam Tuss , DISA
DISA cuts ribbon on new headquarters
The Defense Information Systems Agency celebrated the ceremonial opening of its new 95-acre headquarters campus on Friday. Less than half of the 4,600 employees already work at its new headquarters at Fort Meade, Md. The agency expects the rest of its staff to move there from several northern Virginia locations by late August.
Tags: DoD , BRAC , DISA , Carroll Pollett , Barbara Mikulski , NSA , U.S. Cyber Command , David Bullock , Jared Serbu , DoD Report
Westboro Baptist protests 'brute-beast' Ft. Meade students
Five members of the Westboro Baptist Church, infamous for anti-homosexual slurs and protests at military funerals, demonstrated outside an area school Thursday morning.
Tags: Westboro Baptist Church , Meade High School ,
DISA's telework helps take a bite out of BRAC
Reducing traffic at Fort Meade relies on telework.
Tags: technology , Telework Center , telework , Polycom , Suzanne Kubota , DISA , BRAC ,
Searching for 'free' online can cost you
Fort Meade contractor Zytel to be acquired for $28.6M, Mozilla halts Firefox security updates
Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , McAfee , Zytel , Firefox
