Section Two:
BRAC: WHERE THE JOBS ARE
BRAC OCCUPATIONS
More than 15,000 positions will be in information,
professional, scientific and technical services:
• Software engineering
• Systems engineering
• Electronics engineering
• Telecommunications
• Computer science
• High-tech science
• Artificial Intelligence
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT JOBS WILL BE GS-5 POSITIONS
• Intelligence analysis
• Requirements: A four-year college degree, master’s degrees,
PHDs, various computer certifications, and security clear-
• Knowledge management
ance. Criminal records and bad debts can prevent or hold
• Financial management
up a clearance.
• Program management
• Average annual salaries of all BRAC and BRAC-related jobs:
over $70,000.
• Project management
• Eighty-three percent of BRAC-related occupations, which
• Data mining
include retail, education, health care and construction, will
• Data transcription
also require a bachelor’s degree.
• Program Analysis BRAC ZONES
• Technical writing and editing
Gov. Martin O’Malley signed legislation
in May 2008 creating BRAC Revitalization and
• Equipment operation
Community Enhancement zones. They enable
• Administration
local governments to seek state funding for
improvement projects in specific geographic
• Linguists areas. There are seven Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)
zones in Maryland.
The City of Aberdeen’s BRAC zone includes nearly 1.2 mil-
lion square feet of development space, including the 756,000-
square-foot North Gate Business Park, a project by Columbia’s
Corporate Office Properties Trust.
In Howard County, the 600,000-square-foot Savage Towne
Center project was picked to be a BRAC Zone. The mixed-use,
13-acre development includes office, residential, retail and
hotel space.
• Westport in Baltimore BRAC Zone
• Laurel BRAC Zone
• Odenton BRAC Zone
• Frederick BRAC Zone
• Land near Andrews Air Force Base, Prince George’s County
Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown chairs the Subcabinet
on BRAC for the State of Maryland. Maryland Department of
Business and Economic Development Maryland Department of
Planning.
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