Meade TV presents Meade Week every week for the Ft. Meade community. This week’s edition is below.

WBAL.com

One of the federal agencies that is relocating to Fort Meade next year as a result of BRACC [sic] is holding a job fair Saturday for college students and recent graduates.

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) will hold the job fair at the Anne Arundel Community College’s Arundel Mills Center, on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

The center is located at 7009 Arundel Mills Circle in Hanover.

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Penkoskie says at least 100 jobs are expected to be filled at Saturday’s job fair.

The positions to be filled are Intern positions, which are entry level jobs for recent college graduates. Penkoskie says the starting salaries for some of these jobs is $40,000-$50,000 per year. He also notes there are CO-OP positions for students who are still in school

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Penkoskie says that the agency is looking mainly for computer science, engineering and businesses majors.

Penkoskie says the agency will make offers for some jobs on Saturday. He adds applicants should bring resumes.

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Starting in the fall of next year, 4,300 DISA employees will be moved from the Pentagon to Fort Meade, as a result of BRACC [sic].

More info at DISA’s website here.

Michael Dresser mentions this:

The proposal being batted around in Prince George’s would take the Green Line as far north as Route 32 near Savage before it would curve east toward Fort Meade and Odenton. That would make it a lot easier to get to Washington via Metro without getting mixed up in traffic jams.

He also links to the Greater Greater Washington post on the subject. Dresser proposes that the MTA in MD get together with the WMATA in making the two systems more connected if this happens. He mentions the possibility of the light rail connecting to Metro somewhere as well as the B30 bus from BWI making trips to the new terminus of the green line (it now goes to Greenbelt.)

Another intriguing proposal Dresser mentions is allowing for off-hours or weekend connections for MARC’s Camden Line in the Savage or Laurel area.

Baltimore Business Journal

President Barack Obama has tapped the head of the National Security Agency to head up the military’s cybersecurity effort, potentially drawing hundreds of jobs to Fort George G. Meade in Anne Arundel County.

Obama has nominated Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander, now director of the super-secret spy agency, to serve as director of a new government agency called the U.S. Cyber Command.

If Alexander is confirmed by the U.S. Senate, he would run the outfit from the NSA’s headquarters at Fort Meade. U.S. Cyber Command would be charged with overseeing the nation’s efforts to protect itself against computer hackers and other electronic attacks.

As the Baltimore Business Journal reported July 31, the agency could draw hundreds of jobs to the Anne Arundel County military base and create new opportunities for Greater Baltimore’s IT community to do business with the agency.

US Attorney’s Office

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
AUSA VICKIE E. LEDUC or
MARCIA MURPHY at 410-209-4885
September 29, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/md

U.S. ARMY PRIVATE AND THREE OTHER MEN INDICTED ON SEX TRAFFICKING AND DRUG CHARGES

Allegedly Recruited 16 Year Old Girl to Travel from Ohio to Maryland for Prostitution;Indictment Calls for Forfeiture of Property Used in Criminal Activity

Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has indicted a Millersville, Maryland man and three conspirators from Ohio on charges of running a sex trafficking business from an apartment in Millersville, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein. The indictment was returned on September 24, 2009 and unsealed today upon the arrest of the defendants. The indictment calls for the forfeiture of all property used in the commission of the crimes, including financial proceeds and a 2006 Chrysler 300 registered in Ohio.

“This case demonstrates the Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force’s policy of zero tolerance for child prostitution,” said U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein. “Anyone who profits from sex with children should be on notice that law enforcement agents and prosecutors are standing by to send them to federal prison. Our goal is to prosecute the perpetrators and seize all profits generated by the criminal activity.”

“Protecting our communities from the threats and vulnerabilities posed by criminal organizations engaged in human trafficking is a top priority for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),” said William Winter, Special Agent in Charge for ICE in Baltimore. “As a member of the Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force, ICE is committed to working with our law enforcement partners to investigate human trafficking, as well as working with our local non-governmental, community-based, and faith-based organizations to identify, rescue, and assist victims of trafficking.”

According to the indictment, Craig Allen Corey II, age 23, a resident at Fort George G. Meade Army installation in Anne Arundel County, is a private first class with the U.S. Army. From January to April, 2009, the indictment alleges that Corey conspired with Ohio residents Robert Harris, age 21, Richard Johnson, age 22 and Jacob Tyler, age 22, to operate a prostitution business at Corey’s former Millersville, Maryland apartment. The defendants are alleged to have used online classified ads and social networking websites to recruit females for prostitution and to advertise sexual services. They allegedly arranged for the travel of females, including one girl who was 16 years old, from Ohio to Maryland to engage in prostitution. The defendants allegedly shared the cash proceeds of the prostitution and used the profits to purchase illegal drugs including ecstasy, which they then distributed to associates, prostitutes and customers.

Tyler is also alleged to have used a gun in a threatening manner against a sex customer and Harris allegedly assaulted an 18 year old female who had been brought from Ohio to Maryland to work as a prostitute.

All of the defendants face a maximum sentence of five years in prison for the prostitution conspiracy, 10 years in prison for transportation for prostitution, 20 years in prison for enticement and 20 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute ecstasy and BZP. Corey, Harris and Johnson also face a maximum sentence of life in prison for sex trafficking by force. Corey also faces a maximum sentence of life in prison for sex trafficking of a minor, 20 years in prison for distribution of child pornography and 20 years in prison for distribution of BZP. Corey is scheduled to have his initial appearance in federal court in Baltimore today at 2:00 p.m. Harris, Johnson and Tyler will have their initial appearances in federal court in Columbus, Ohio before their removal to Maryland.

The case was investigated by the Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force formed in 2007 to discover and rescue victims of human trafficking while identifying and prosecuting offenders. Members include federal, state and local law enforcement, as well as victim service providers and local community members. For more information about the Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force, please visit http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/md/Human-Trafficking/index.html.

United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Anne Arundel County Police Department, Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney’s Office, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command and the Chillicothe, Ohio Police Department for their assistance and investigation. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Solette A. Magnelli, who is prosecuting the case.