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Take
Action – Keep 25,000+ Jobs Near Metro
The Defense Department has
announced dramatic proposals to move offices---with tens of thousands of local
workers---from the District and Arlington, VA to dispersed, suburban locations
like Fort Meade in Maryland and Fort Belvoir in Virginia. These proposals would
dramatically reshape the National Capital region. By uprooting federal employees,
contractors and their families, the moves would undo decades of regional planning
and set a dangerous precedent for other agencies.
Moving these jobs away from
Metro would put thousands more cars on already congested roads. The inner suburbs
and DC would also be left to cope with the loss of local business as the agencies
and associated consultants and contractors make the move outward.
The independent Base
Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) is taking comment and will provide
their comments on the Defense department’s proposal by September 8th.
[Click here for more background]
There is still time to act!
1. Send comments
to the BRAC Commissioners opposing the detrimental proposals within
the Commission’s recommendations. Send a copy of your comments to
your Congressional
& local public officials.
2 . Call Senator Warner (VA) and Senator Allen (VA),
and Representative Tom Davis (VA) and have them tell the BRAC Commission
to keep Northern Virginia offices where they are.
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1. Send comments to the BRAC Commissioners opposing the detrimental
proposals within the Defense Department’s recommendations.
Send comments online,
call (703) 699-2950, or send written comments to:
2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission
2521 S. Clark St., Ste. 600
Arlington, VA 22202
Sample Message: I’m concerned with the proposal to relocated tens
of thousands of federal workers from Crystal City and the traffic impact
it would have. Please find a way to improve security for our federal offices
while maintaining the integrity of our Nation’s Capital region, and
without disrupting decades of planning for our communities and our families.
Additional
Talking Points
2 . Send your comments to your members of Congress and call them
to let them know you want them to tell the Commission to find ways to protect
our federal offices that don’t require federal workers, contractors
and their families and communities to bear the costs. We need to keep federal
agency offices, and the private companies that service them, in locations
with the infrastructure to support them: in DC and the inner suburbs.
Click on the names below to send them a message via
email
NEXT STEPS:
1. Forward this site to friends and family members who you think may be
interested.
2. Let us know when you take action by emailing us at 
3. Check the website for updates.
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