Newsroom

There are a number of ways to keep informed about COG, its members, and programs. The Newsroom feed lists news releases and highlights as well as TPB News articles. A variety of content is also available through digital subscriptions.

For story ideas, data inquiries, and to connect with officials and subject matter experts, reporters should contact the Office of Communications. For questions about TPB News, please contact the Department of Transportation Planning.

COG Video Series: Collaboration in Action

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Introducing Collaboration in Action, COG's video series hosted by Executive Director Clark Mercer. The series spotlights COG's work with member jurisdictions and private, nonprofit, and civic organizations on a wide variety of programs and initiatives that improve the quality of life for everyone in our DMV region. Come along as Clark takes you behind the scenes of several of our initiatives, spreading the word about the value of regional partnership and highlighting the leaders and experts in our network that are making a positive impact in our communities.

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COG Podcast

Prior to Collaboration in Action, COG produced a podcast, Think Regionally, to raise awareness about metropolitan Washington's biggest challenges and focus on solutions. The podcast, which was hosted by former Washington Post columnist Robert McCartney, featured local government, business, and non-profit leaders talking about a variety of timely topics, including the region's economy, racial equity, transportation, housing, and climate change.

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Newsroom Archives

News Highlight

Chesapeake Bay Program Opens Public Comment Period on Draft Management Strategies

Mar 18, 2015
The Chesapeake Bay Program has announced the public release and the opening of the public comment period for the twenty-nine draft management strategies under the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.
News Release

COG, Area Governments Project More Than One Million Additional People, Jobs in D.C. Region by 2040

Mar 18, 2015
The region will add more than one million people and jobs over the next 25 years according to the most recent draft of forecasts jointly developed by COG and area governments. The forecasts are used to inform planners and decision-makers as they prepare for the region's continued growth.
Region Forward Blog

Regional Group Launches Work to Identify Promising Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies

Mar 17, 2015
A regional group convened by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments to identify promising strategies for significantly reducing the region’s greenhouse gas emissions recently launched its work with a formal kick-off meeting on January 30. Over the next several months, the group will hold more detailed discussions and analyze potential emissions-reduction strategies.
Region Forward Blog

COG Board Launches 2015 Focus on Regional Economic Competitiveness

Mar 13, 2015
Elected leaders from around metropolitan Washington agree that enhancing the economic competitiveness of the region will require encouraging the growth of the area’s strongest industries, developing its workforce and promoting messages that communicate the value of doing business and living here.
News Highlight

Senator George Barker Introduces Virginia Purchasing Bill

Mar 11, 2015
New legislation in Virginia, introduced by State Senator George Barker, will enable localities to purchase from a COG contract and to participate in cooperative procurement with COG. While COG has routinely handled major procurements in conjunction with state and federal grants on behalf of Virginia localities, Virginia law precluded COG from contracting on behalf of Virginia localities for goods and services.
News Highlight

Heart of COG: Maia Davis

Mar 11, 2015
Last fall, Maia Davis had just a week and a half to pull together an application for a White House climate and energy competition. Fortunately, she had a lot of strong examples ready to highlight thanks to COG’s work promoting local and regional activities.
TPB News

Updated "Cooperative Forecasts" Will Feed Analyses of 2015 CLRP Update

TPB Weekly Report

Mar 9, 2015
Before the Transportation Planning Board votes later this year to approve an annual update to the region's Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan (CLRP), including six major additions and changes, it will conduct two detailed analyses, one that forecasts future changes in travel patterns under the proposed update, and another that quantifies the air quality impacts of those changes.
TPB News

Public Seeks VDOT Committment to Non-Driving Options in I-66 Express Lanes Proposals

TPB Weekly Report

Mar 2, 2015
NOTE: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that a majority of public comments received on the I-66 proposal sought more details and greater commitments from VDOT related to the multimodal aspects of the proposed projects. Many, though not a majority, of the comments expressed such sentiments.
Region Forward Blog

Region Forward Coalition Features New Leadership, Theme for 2015

Mar 2, 2015
At its January 23rd meeting, the Region Forward Coalition focused on the future of Region Forward as well as regional economic competitiveness.
TPB News

Jerry Miller to Retire After 25 Years Serving COG and the TPB

TPB Weekly Report

Feb 23, 2015
In 1989, the Washington region was growing quickly, with new and mounting demands being placed on its transportation system. Funding was tight, and planners and elected officials at the Transportation Planning Board were looking for ways to do more with less. In December of that year, a successful national policy researcher from the Urban Institute named Jerry Miller joined the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments to serve its department of transportation planning and the TPB.

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