Maryland BRAC Overview

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Maryland BRAC Overview

March 5, 2010

Presented to:

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Largest Economic Growth in Maryland Since

WWII

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60,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs

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New Neighbors, New Friends, New

Marylanders

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28,000 new households

What BRAC Means for

Maryland

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Maryland’s Construction Industry

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Maryland Construction Workforce

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Estimate 19,000 new jobs

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Occupations include home building,

construction workers, highway workers,

roofers, carpenters, construction and

building inspectors, plumbers,

electricians, elevator installers

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BRAC Impacts

Fort George G. Meade

  Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

•  Approximately 4,300 personnel

•  Groundbreaking on April 16, 2008

•  1,070,515 sq ft facility

•  Google, OnStar and AT&T for DoD

  Co-location of Adjudication Activities

•  Approximately 760 personnel

•  151,000 sq ft facility

•  Security clearances

  Defense Media Activity (DMA)

•  Approximately 650 personnel

•  185,870 sq ft

•  Direct line of communication for news and information to U.S.

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Maryland BRAC Planning

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BRAC Studies (2006)

•  Task 1: Assessment of Direct BRAC Jobs

•  Task 2: Housing, Utility, Schools and Tax Analysis

•  Task 3: Educational Needs Assessment

•  Task 4: Security Clearances Assessment

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Governor’s BRAC Subcabinet

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Workforce Creation

•  As many as 50 percent of BRAC jobs will need to

be filled = Opportunity for Marylanders

•  Close to 90% of the jobs

require a security clearance

Understanding the Workforce

Challenge

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Expanding the Maryland Workforce

•  Established One-Stop Employment Centers at Ft.

Monmouth, NJ & One-Stops at DISA in Arlington, VA

•  With the support of the General Assembly HB1452

passed which allowed individuals licensed in New

Jersey and Virginia who are moving to the State due to BRAC to more easily obtain Maryland licenses.

27 Licenses Total. Examples Include:   Plumbers, Architects, Beauticians

  Teachers – license reciprocity for K-12

Preparing to Meet the Workforce

Challenge

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Preparing to Meet the Workforce

Challenge

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Maryland Public Schools

•  Establish Security Clearance education for 7th-12th graders in partnership with Ft. Meade Alliance – Project SCOPE

  Harford County Schools to adopt SCOPE this Fall

  Ft. Meade Alliance to expand their PILOT SCOPE project to 2-year certificate

degrees and 4-year college degrees to provide a more intense curriculum

•  Expand Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) and Career & Technology Education programs to all parts of the State

  Triple number of STEM Teachers/ increase 5 year retention rate to 75%

  Align P-12 STEM curriculum with college/ workplace requirements

  Cecil County Public Schools to introduce STEM to K-3

  Harford County Public Schools:

  2 STEM magnets; 3rd school to open

  Partnership with Towson U to implement ‘green engineering’

program for grades 5-7 sciences

•  Maryland Ranked #1 overall for Public Schools

•  Maryland Ranked #1 in Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations (Education Week magazine)

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Higher Education and Continuing Education

•  In-State college tuition for those families relocating

due to BRAC

•  Credit transfer agreement with NJ/VA institutions

•  BRAC Internship Exchange

•  Developing a website to serve as a clearinghouse

for internship opportunities in the BRAC-related fields

•  Allow interns to begin process of obtaining a

Preparing to Meet the Workforce

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Preparing for the Workforce

Challenge

BRAC Higher Education Fund

  A grants program to promote the educational

programs necessary to fulfill the incoming military missions to the state.

  FY‘09 and ‘10 Grants: 28 total awards

•  Towson University: A grant to develop 4 online

graduate-level courses designed especially to serve two types of knowledge workers employed by DoD and/or their contractors: (1) technical

writers and editors and (2) information technology (IT) specialists and mangers.

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2009 Legislative Session

SB257/HB306 Military Education Compact

  Makes Maryland a member of the Interstate

Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. The Interstate Compact enables states to collaborate and provide the must needed

consistency to eliminate penalties and redundancy that military children often encounter when their parents are transferred or deployed. Issues

addressed in the compact include:

•  Transfer of Records

•  Course Sequencing

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How Towson University Can Assist

  Accelerate Towson U and Harford CC Partnership

•  Agreement to provide seamless transfer opportunities from HCC

  Implement Beacon Associates Study

Recommendation: to develop strong marketing efforts to reach Maryland secondary school

students.

  Explore potential Cooperative Research &

Development Agreements (CRADA) with DoD agencies.

  Get Career Center more engaged with BRAC

internship and job opportunities – market to students!

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The Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for

Service (SFS) program

•  Grant from the National Science Foundation

•  Provides funding to colleges and universities to award scholarships to students in the information assurance and computer security fields.

•  Upon graduation, after their two-year

scholarships, recipients will be required to work for two years in the Federal Government.

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Maryland BRAC Contact Information

for Education

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Maryland State Department of Education

Mary Gable, Director of Instructional Programs

410-767-0349

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Maryland Higher Education Commission

Dr. John Stephenson, BRAC Coordinator

410-260-4531

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Maryland BRAC Website

www.brac.maryland.go

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