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New Social Security Building May Not Withstand Strong Winds, and Is Behind Schedule

Data Knowledge Center presents this interesting outlook on the new Social Security Building planned to be built in Frederick County.  The recent outbreak of powerful and deadly tornadoes across the United States raises a question: Should data centers be engineered to survive stronger wind storms? Curiously, the Social Security Administration has moved in the...
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Maryland Creates 8,100 New Jobs in February 2011, Triple the National Average

BALTIMORE, MD (March 25, 2011) – Maryland created 8,100 jobs last month and recorded a 0.3 percent rate of growth, triple the national average, according to preliminary data released today by the U.S. Department of Labor. Across the nation, 192,000 jobs were created – a 0.1 percent rate of growth. Maryland’s unemployment rate improved...
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Governor O’Malley Announces that Maryland’s Exports Were Up 10% Last Year

BALTIMORE, MD (March 10, 2011)– Governor Martin O’Malley announced that Maryland’s trade exports – a barometer of the State’s economic health, according to the Governor’s office, – climbed 10 percent in 2010 to $10.1 billion. The State saw a significant increase in exports to the Korean Republic, which jumped 133 percent to $480 million, and...
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Maryland Adds 5,900 Jobs in October 2010

Frederick, MD.  November 24, 2010 Governor Martin O’Malley announced yesterday that Maryland had created an additional 5, 900 jobs in the month of October 2010.  According to the governor’s office October 2010 showed the largest job growth in Maryland since 2000.  The number also is reported to be more than twice the rate of...
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