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Frederick County, nestled at the Top of Virginia, is an active and growing community located a mere 50 minutes west of Dulles International Airport via the Greenway and four-lane Route 7 and only 75 miles from our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. Steeped in history and small-town quaintness, the Winchester Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Frederick County and the City of Winchester in Virginia, and Hampshire County, WV, has been named to Forbes’ list of The Best Small Places for Business & Careers, coming in at number 15 in 2015! Our mission is to ensure the quality of life of all Frederick County citizens by preserving the past and planning for the future through sound fiscal management.
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center chartered to apply advanced technology to problems of national security. Research and development activities focus on long-term technology development as well as rapid system prototyping and demonstration. These efforts are aligned within key mission areas. The Laboratory works with industry to transition new concepts and technology for system development and deployment.
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the NIH, conducts and supports research in the United States and throughout the world on fetal, infant and child development; maternal, child and family health; reproductive biology and population issues; and medical rehabilitation.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Qualitys (AHRQ) mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used. As 1 of 12 agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services, AHRQ supports research that helps people make more informed decisions and improves the quality of health care services. AHRQ was formerly known as the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
A major gateway to Asia and Alaska, the Port of Tacoma is among the largest container ports in North America.