<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Government</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/va/fairfax/government?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><description>Government</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Dangers From Dogs Open To Dispute]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48617-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48617-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ They might snarl, drool, bark or even bite, but dogs are innocent until proved guilty in Northern Virginia.]]></description><author> Michelle Boorstein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dispatch System Frustrates Fairfax]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59384-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59384-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Less than a year after installing a multimillion-dollar emergency dispatch computer, Fairfax County may be looking for a new one.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Pleas, Fairfax Set to Cut Tax Rate By 13 Cents]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57863-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57863-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Fairfax supervisors are preparing to slash 13 cents from the county's property tax rate Monday, making it the lowest in modern history.]]></description><author> Lisa Rein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choke Point Slows Orange Line Trains]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54434-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54434-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It is 8:25 a.m. at the Orange Line's  Court House Station, a train headed for downtown Washington arrives, and waiting passengers surge to the doors.]]></description><author> Peter Whoriskey</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Allows Homicide Statement]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35509-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35509-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An Annandale man's taped statement that he strangled a woman and her toddler daughter last year, then stashed their bodies in the crawl space of their Merrifield townhouse, can be used at his capital murder trial, a Fairfax County judge ruled yesterday.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deeper Tax Rate Cut Mulled in Fairfax]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26274-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26274-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Soaring real estate assessments are pressuring Fairfax County's Board of Supervisors to cut the tax rate more than its advertised 10-cent reduction, members said.]]></description><author> David Cho</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superintendent Right at Home in Her New Position]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22071-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22071-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Linda Burgee is, in her own words, "psyched."<br>The Frederick native has been named superintendent of the school system from which she graduated, to which she sent her three kids and where she spent three decades as an elementary school teacher, principal and administrator. No wonder she...]]></description><author> Elizabeth Williamson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistan's Order Lifts Lockheed F-16 Plant]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1963-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1963-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Bush administration's decision to sell F-16 fighter planes to Pakistan is likely to be as warmly greeted in Fort Worth as it is in Karachi.]]></description><author> Charles R. Babcock and Renae Merle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55540-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55540-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     Integral Systems  of Lanham said the Space and Missile Systems Center told the company to resume work on the Rapid Attack Identification Detection Reporting System contract. Work was suspended when another bidder contested Integral Systems' classification as a small business. The Small Business Administration determined Integral qualifies as a small business under the terms of the procurement.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officials Say Fairfax Left Out of Loop]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38274-2005Mar15.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38274-2005Mar15.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pentagon is criticized for not informing county responders of previous incident.]]></description><author> Jerry Markon and Lisa Rein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transit Funding Shortage Foreseen]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35397-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35397-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As Northern Virginia drivers spend more time in their cars on bottlenecked highways, money to expand the state's road and transit network is disappearing fast, transportation experts said yesterday.]]></description><author> Lisa Rein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Potomac Mills Owner Proposes Upscale Mall]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28582-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28582-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The owner of Potomac Mills, the region's mecca of discount shopping, wants to develop a high-end retail mall nearby that would be surrounded by luxury lofts and sidewalk cafes to meet the demands of Prince William County's burgeoning group of well-heeled residents, officials said yesterday.]]></description><author> Nikita Stewart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spotlight on Davis]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25311-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25311-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[If it weren't for his love of baseball, Rep. Thomas M. Davis (R-Va.)once joked, he never would have entered politics. Now Davis finds himself leading Congress's investigation into steroid use in baseball.]]></description><author> Spencer S. Hsu  and Michael D. Shear</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taylor Cleared]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24598-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24598-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Redskins safety Sean Taylor was cleared Thursday of all charges stemming from a traffic stop last fall.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[briefs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20451-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20451-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   State's High Court to Hear Dispute Over McLean Park <br>The Virginia Supreme Court said it would hear an appeal from the Fairfax County Board of Zoning Appeals and the West Lewinsville Heights Citizens Association stemming from a dispute over the private use of a public soccer field in McLean.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republican Primaries  Promise Clash of PACs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18712-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18712-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ During the next 97 days, Virginia voters will be introduced to the combatants in what are sure to be especially nasty political primary campaigns, as the two wings of the Republican Party battle over taxes.]]></description><author> Michael D. Shear</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Connolly Attacks Unfunded Mandates]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18714-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18714-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Fairfax Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald E. Connolly called on Congress yesterday to relieve the burden on his county and other local governments of billions of dollars a year in unreimbursed federal costs.]]></description><author> Lisa Rein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15545-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15545-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     MPRI , an Alexandria-based subsidiary of L-3 Communications of New York, won a six-year, $400 million contract from the U.S. Department of Justice to support the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistant Program. MPRI will provide law enforcement advisers and trainers as well as administrative, logistics, facilities and command and control support.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bragging Rights Over Cuts In Tax Rate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15321-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15321-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As Northern Virginia governments cut property tax rates to stave off taxpayer rebellions, Fairfax County board Chairman Gerald E. Connolly opened a competition Monday with neighboring Prince William County over who is proposing the "Biggest Tax Rate Cut."]]></description><author> Lisa Rein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sheriff's Pay, Police Increases Held Back]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1514-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1514-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/va/fairfax/government</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:40:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Fairfax County sheriff's deputies would no longer have pay parity with Fairfax police officers, and the police department's request for 25 more patrol officers would be sliced to eight, in the budget proposed Monday by County Executive Anthony H. Griffin.]]></description><author> Tom Jackman</author></item></channel></rss>