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2015 年 1 月 16 日
（星期五）
美华商报
英语专版
DDOT to Begin Nightly Right-Lane Closures of Westbound New York Avenue, NE,
From Baltimore-Washington Parkway to the Ramp to Fort Lincoln Drive, NE
DC 交通运输部 1 月 11 日始至 2 月 20 日周一至周四
每晚 9 点至早 5 点半关闭西行纽约大街，
东北行的右车道，
请驱车者保持警觉
Media Contacts: Reggie Sanders, (202) 671-5124, Reggie.Sanders@dc.gov
Michelle Phipps-Evans, (202) 497-0124, michelle.phipps-evans@dc.gov
(Washington, DC)
of the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens Seg⁃
ment construction, the District De⁃
partment
of
Transportation
(DDOT) will begin closing nightly
the right lane of westbound New
York Avenue, NE, from the Balti⁃
more-Washington Parkway to the
ramp to Fort Lincoln Drive, NE,
As part
to conduct electrical work.
The lane closure will occur
from Sunday to Thursday nights
from 9 pm to 5:30 am the follow⁃
ing morning, starting Sunday, Jan⁃
uary 11, 2015, and continuing un⁃
til Friday, February 20, 2015, un⁃
less restricted by holidays or
weather conditions.
During the closure, tempo⁃
rary signs and traffic control mea⁃
sures will be in place to alert
and guide the traveling public
around the work zone. DDOT en⁃
courages all motorists to stay
alert as they travel through the
area.
For more information, and to
follow the progress of the trail
segment and the larger Anacostia
Waterfront Initiative (AWI) Pro⁃
gram, please visit anacostiawater⁃
front.org/kenilworthsegment.
To
join the project or AWI communi⁃
ty contact lists or ask questions,
please email ddot.awi@dc.gov or
call (202) 741-8528.
Visit goDCgo.com for more
information on transportation op⁃
tions in the District.
Governor McAuliffe Announces Veterans and Military Families Legislation
~Governor’ Agenda Seeks to Expand Veterans Employment and Educational Opportunities~
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麦考利夫州长宣布维州退伍军人和军人家庭立法 旨在扩大退伍军人的就业和教育机会
Governor Terry McAuliffe an⁃
nounced today a series of legisla⁃
tive proposals aimed at enhanc⁃
ing employment and educational
opportunities for Virginia veterans
as part of his ongoing effort to
build a new Virginia economy.
The Governor’ agenda would al⁃
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so strengthen Virginia’s support
to military families and defense
installations across the Common⁃
wealth.
Speaking about today’s an⁃
nouncement, Governor McAuliffe
said, “Building a new Virginia
economy requires giving our veter⁃
ans the resources they need to
put their unique skills and train⁃
ing to work in rewarding careers.
I look forward to working with
the General Assembly to pass
these common sense measures to
strengthen our Commonwealth’s
standing as the best place on
earth for military personnel, veter⁃
ans and their families to live,
work and thrive.”
Secretary of Veterans and De⁃
fense Affairs John C. Harvey, Jr.
said, “These legislative initiatives
are a clear indication of Gover⁃
nor McAuliffe’ firm commitment
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to our veterans and will enable
Virginia’ rapidly growing veter⁃
s
an population to make significant
contributions to the new Virginia
economy.”
Below is a summary of the
legislative
proposals
Governor
McAuliffe announced today:
• Creating employment
opportunities for recently
discharged veterans
o
Expand the V3 (Virgin⁃
ia Values Veterans) Program with
a Performance Grant which will
recognize employers who meet
goals for hiring, compensating,
and retaining veterans.
• Awarding
academic
credit for military education and/or training to facilitate transitions for Virginia’ veterans
s
o
The Virginia Community
College System (VCCS) will adopt
policies for each community col⁃
lege to identify, verify and award
credits for a military training
course or program.
• Implementation of a
Military Children Identifier
o
Provide for uniformed
services-connected children to be
identified by school districts in or⁃
der to allow tracking of data to
help inform policy and program
decisions for this unique student
population and to better provide
for federal funding to local
school districts.
• Military Bond Initiative
Allow the Virginia Public
Building Authority to issue bonds
for Military Mission Improvement
and Expansion projects as recom⁃
mended by the Commission on
Military Installations and Defense
Activities.
Governor O’
Malley Releases Genuine Progress Indicator Results
欧曼里州长发布马里兰州的真实发展指标
（GPI） 表明尽管 2013 年经济发展平坦，
，
但马里兰居民生活的整体素质管相对有所提高
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Gover⁃
nor Martin O’Malley today re⁃
leased the latest results of Mary⁃
land’s Genuine Progress Indica⁃
tor (GPI), which shows that the
overall quality of life for Mary⁃
landers increased in 2013, de⁃
spite a relatively flat economy.
“After incorporating 2013 da⁃
ta on health, safety, education
and our environment, we found
that wellbeing had significantly in⁃
creased over the past year even
though economic activity re⁃
mained nearly the same,” said
Governor O’
Malley. “These re⁃
sults are further evidence that
many factors other than money
contribute to our quality of life.”
Maryland first calculated its
Genuine Progress in 2009, mak⁃
ing it the first state govern⁃
ment-sanctioned tool of its kind.
Since then, the GPI has contin⁃
ued to gain acceptance across
the nation as a sound way to
measure the true prosperity of
our society. Maryland was fur⁃
ther identified as a national lead⁃
er for Genuine Progress in a
PBS NewsHour piece on alterna⁃
tive measures, which aired nation⁃
ally last year.
Following suit — Vermont,
Hawaii and Washington state
have now completed state-sanc⁃
tioned GPI calculations, while the
GPI of Ohio, Utah and Colorado
has been calculated in academic
studies.
Oregon has committed
to using the GPI to assist in
shaping their 10 year budgetary
plan and the Vermont legislature
is using it to help guide the for⁃
mation of their yearly state bud⁃
get.
“Here in Maryland, the GPI
remains very relevant,” said Gov⁃
ernor O’Malley. “For example,
a fiscal note using the GPI was
presented to the 2014 General As⁃
sembly, in support of a minimum
wage increase.
Completed by
the Center for a Sustainable Econ⁃
omy, the note showed that the in⁃
crease would provide more than
$2 billion in benefits to Mary⁃
land – nearly three times the
$700 million in direct wages.”
While Maryland’ s Gross
State Product (GSP) did increase
slightly over 2012, the GSP only
measures how much money circu⁃
lates in an economy in a given
year; the calculation does not con⁃
sider what the money is spent
on, who benefits from the spend⁃
ing, or if spending causes harm
to the environment or society.
The GPI’ 26 economic, so⁃
s
cial and environmental indicators
capture factors ignored by GSP;
income is adjusted for inequality,
harms to the environment are
quantified and accounted for, and
the positives (volunteering, house⁃
work) and negatives (crime, com⁃
muting) of society are included.
On the whole, the new data
indicates the GPI increased by
3.27 percent, to $223.52 billion.
Economic factors rose nearly 2
percent, while the cost of environ⁃
mental impacts fell almost 4 per⁃
cent and social factors increased
3 percent.
While spending on personal
consumption in Maryland did rise
slightly, what truly drove the in⁃
crease in the GPI in 2013 was
an improving environment and
positive trends observed in social
factors. Maryland saw improve⁃
ments in both air and water quali⁃
ty in 2013. Fewer fossil fuels
were used, necessitating less in⁃
vestment in replacing energy
sources for future generations.
Social factors, like volunteering,
the value of housework, and cost
of motor vehicle crashes all im⁃
proved from 2012 to 2013. On
the downside, Maryland did see
an increase the cost of commut⁃
ing, as the average time it takes
to commute to work increased in
2013.
Many of the improvements
experienced can be linked to pro⁃
grams like EmPOWER Maryland,
where weatherization of low in⁃
come homes and rebates for ener⁃
gy efficiency have led to a 10
percent reduction in per capita
demand
for
electricity
since
2007.
Environmental legislation
such as the Maryland Healthy
Air Act of 2006, Maryland Clean
Cars Program of 2007, and ac⁃
tions taken to meet Bay restora⁃
tion goals have led to positive
trends in state air and water qual⁃
ity. Maryland has one of the
best educated populations in the
United States, a value included
in the GPI and supported by
state actions such as capping tu⁃
ition increases at 3 percent and
increasing funding for community
colleges by nearly $100 million
since 2007.
The GPI joins a host of inno⁃
vative interactive tools ― such
as GreenPrint, BayStat and the
Maryland Green Registry ― that
have been developed for Mary⁃
land citizens under Governor O’
Malley’ Smart, Green and Grow⁃
s
ing Initiative. The GPI ― along
with a helpful new video that ex⁃
plains the indicator ― is avail⁃
able at dnr.maryland.gov/mdgpi.
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