By Jason Flanagan —
Job fair for BRAC agency draws thousands
By the time the doors open to the Defense Information System Agency’s recent career expo in Laurel, more than a thousand people stood in line to vie for jobs coming soon to Fort Meade.
Before they closed, 5,000 people attended the job fair, and 1,000 resumes were submitted online for jobs such as information technology specialists, electrical engineers and budget analysts.

Funds to help pay for a parking garage at one of Howard County’s busiest MARC stations will be coming soon after the state approved a new tax incentive zone near Fort Meade on June 15.
Howard County is the latest recipient of the state’s Base Realignment and Closure Revitalization and Incentive Zone, a new program aimed at giving local governments money to help pay for much-needed infrastructure upgrades near military bases slated for major expansion.
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