The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation and is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with field offices across the United States. One of these offices is a a federally owned and operated research facility in McLean, Virginia named the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center. The Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) isTFHRC is the home of the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's)
Office of Research, Development, and Technology.
TFHRC provides Federal Highway Administration and the world highway community with the most advanced research and development related to new highway technologies. The research focuses on providing solutions to complex technical problems through the development of more economical, environmentally sensitive designs; more efficient, quality controlled constructions practices; and more durable materials. The expertise of TFHRC scientists and engineers encompasses more than
100 transportation-related disciplines that are put to use in the
research laboratories housed at TFHRC. These laboratories provide a vital resource for advancing the body of knowledge that has been created and developed by our researchers. The end result is a safer, more reliable highway transportation system.
The Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) is located at 6300 Georgetown Pike in
McLean, VA 22101. If you're looking for a home in close proximity to TFHRC you might want to check in
Langley.
Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run is located at 6310 Georgetown Pike in McLean, VA 22101.
The mission of the park now known as Claude Moore Colonial Farm is to recreate the life of 1771 tenant farmers. The vast majority of Virginians in 1771 were tenant farmers who grew tobacco to pay their rent and food to eat.
Originally named the Turkey Run Farm when it opened in the early 1970s as a National Park Service operation, Claude Moore Colonial Farm was renamed for a local land developer named Claude Moore. Mr. Moore's large bequest at the time of his death allowed the farm park to establish itself as the only autonomous site in the park system. Claude Moore Colonial Farm takes no NPS funding and operates off of the dividends of its endowment, as well as donations from the public.
Claude Moore Colonial Farm is open to the public (including school groups) Wednesday to Sunday, 10 AM to 4:30 PM from April 1st to mid-December. There is a nominal admission charge for visitors, but memberships are available.
Through-out the year, Colonial Farm hosts numerous 18th-Century events. These events include Farm Skills Day, Dairy Day, clothing workshops, salting fish, herbal remedies, dancing workshops, wheat harvest, tobacco harvest, pickling, the 18th-Century Wedding, Spinning and Dyeing Day, and a winter traditions workshop.
The Central Intelligence Agency (aka the CIA) is an independent agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior US policymakers. CIA headquarters) are in the Langley part of McLean VA,
Dranesville District, Fairfax County, Virginia.
The CIA is separated into four basic components: the
National Clandestine Service, the
Directorate of Intelligence, the
Directorate of Science & Technology, and the
Directorate of Support. They carry out "the intelligence cycle," the process of collecting, analyzing, and disseminating intelligence information to top US government officials.
In addition, the D/CIA has several staffs that deal with
public affairs,
human resources, mission innovation, protocol, congressional affairs,
legal issues, information management, and internal oversight.
Former President George Bush was Director of Central Intelligence and head of the Central Intelligence Agency from 30 January 1976 to 20 January 1977. In honor of his service with the CIA, the Headquarters compound of the Central Intelligence Agency located in Langley, Virginia, was officially designated as the "George Bush Center for Intelligence."
