Monday, January 14, 2013
Efforts to keep NSF and land FBI are wholly unrelated, congressman says.
U.S. Rep. Jim Moran, who has spent months working to keep the National Science Foundation in Arlington, is optimistic that work will pay off. "People have come to the conclusion that the best location is right near where they are — in the Ballston corridor," Moran told Patch last week following a news conference about Virginia's efforts to land the new FBI headquarters. "I think the NSF is going to stay in Ballston," he said, noting the number of its employees who live within a short distance of the facility. Moran, who brought together Northern Virginia leaders with a "singular focus" of landing the new FBI headquarters in Virginia, said the two projects were wholly unrelated. Arlington is perhaps the only jurisdiction in Northern …
Friday, December 14, 2012
Properties at the Hoffman Center, Carlyle Plaza will submit bids to bring agency headquarters to Alexandria.
At least two locations in Alexandria want to be the new home of the National Science Foundation, or NSF. The NSF is currently located in Ballston, which has some of the most expensive office space in Arlington. Local officials are working hard to keep it there. "The synergy that exists in our technology hub in Ballston is what makes Arlington so desirable to tech companies, and NSF is the centerpiece of that synergy," Jennifer Ives, director of business investment at Arlington Economic Development, told Patch in an email. "The unique partnerships and collaboration that exist between NSF and other agencies, including DARPA, ONR (the Office of Naval Research) and private companies, are critical to the successful missions of all of these …
Monday, September 10, 2012
Congressman wants to buy time to fend off suitors from Maryland.
The first step to ensuring the National Science Foundation remains in Arlington County is to delay the ongoing procurement process for new space, U.S. Rep. Jim Moran told Patch. The NSF currently holds two leases for space in adjacent buildings in Ballston. Those leases expire next year, and the General Services Administration has begun the process of accepting bids for a future home. While bids would certainly be accepted to keep the foundation at its current location — or, at least, in Arlington County — the cost of office space here has made other, cheaper locations eager to get in the game. The GSA, which manages leased federal office space, so far has only received formal bids from locations in Virginia, spokeswoman Mafara Hobson …
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Congressman's office doesn't want Northern Virginia to compete with Maryland.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Moran has made it clear he wants the National Science Foundation to stay in Ballston — and his office is now working to make sure Northern Virginia remains competitive by keeping Maryland out of the picture. "You've got a brain trust that's been established in the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor. It hurts their synergy and is bad for Arlington and the region to split that up," Moran Chief of Staff Austin Durrer stated in an email. The NSF's two leases for its space in adjacent buildings in Ballston expire next year. The General Services Administration, which manages the agency's office space, has been accepting bids for potential sites from across Northern Virginia. The administration is under pressure to find cheaper …
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Friday, August 10, 2012
Leone: Agency has helped Ballston evolve into 'a center for innovation.'
For Tina Leone, it’s not hard to imagine that two strangers would start talking while in line for coffee at Buzz Bakery and end up planting the seeds for a major research and development contract. The National Science Foundation, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Office of Naval Research and the Virginia Tech Research Center are all located within a few blocks of each other — not to mention a slew of smaller companies that do business with them. That connectivity has helped define Ballston and benefits everyone involved, she said. Leone, the executive director of the Ballston Business Improvement District, said the presence of the National Science Foundation, or NSF, helped Ballston to evolve into what it is today — “a …
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
For many, the event would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
A little after 6 p.m. Tuesday, Northern Virginia residents will have an opportunity to witness one of the rarest predictable celestial events: a transit of Venus. Often referred to as the "Evening Star" or "Morning Star," Venus is the brightest natural object in our sky after the sun and the moon. It's also the second planet from the sun. A "transit" of Venus occurs when Venus passes between Earth and the sun in such a way that we can see Venus's silhouette backlit by the sun's brilliant light. It last happened in 2004, but it won't happen again until 2117. Unless you plan to shatter some human longevity records, this is probably your last chance. Were Venus either large enough or close enough to block out the sun's light as it passed, we…
Thursday, May 31, 2012
The 73-year-old engineer pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday.
A world-renowned earthquake engineer who spent more than 30 years with the National Science Foundation engaged in a five-year scheme to pocket thousands of dollars in gifts and fraudulent payments, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Shih-Chi Liu, 73, of Silver Spring, Md., pleaded guilty to a single count of making a false statement in federal court Wednesday as part of a plea deal that protects him from further prosecution. Liu joined the Arlington-based National Science Foundation (NSF) in 1975 and spent much of his career there as program director for its Earthquake Hazards Mitigation Program. By 2000, he was director of the Sensors and Sensing Systems Program, which supports research on acquiring and using sensor data …
Dan Wendell
2:18 pm on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Don't you think that Ballston is going through a makeover? The addition of DARPA and other buidlings at the 4000 block of Wilson Blvd, the Va Tech building at the corner of Glebe and Wilson, the new Harris Teeter coming to the corner of Carlin Springs and Glebe. Yes, Ballston Common needs to be updated, but it will come. Everything is not going to happen all at the same time. The mall will … more ›