Ken LarsonJun 104 min read‘Revolutionary FAR Overhaul’ Shows Progress“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” By Scott Freling, Michael Wagner and Sarah Schuler “The FAR rewrite is spearheaded by the FAR Council and...
Ken LarsonJun 94 min readManaging Subcontractors And Independents As A Small Business Prime Contractor“ SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “If you are the prime contractor on a multiple company program by virtue of a teaming agreement, the...
Ken LarsonJun 83 min readWhat Happens To Our Leaders?Left to right and top to bottom above: Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Colin Powell , Dwight Eisenhower, Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter and...
Ken LarsonJun 81 min readYoung Promise Vermillion River Valley - Hastings, Minnesota https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/54573252500/in/dateposted-public/
Ken LarsonJun 75 min readMythbusters: Breaking Down 10 Myths of Military Service“CLEARANCE JOBS” By Steven Matthew Leonard “ Much of what the military does is shrouded in myth, little of which is based on fact. Where...
Ken LarsonJun 62 min read“EVMS” Drives True Project Status, By Integrating Project Cost, Schedule And Estimate At CompletionImage: . wikipedia.org “SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “ Prudently used, an Earned Value Management approach gives insight into the dynamics...
Ken LarsonJun 51 min readA Tool To Assess The Forthcoming Major Changes To The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)Image: Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Contracting Cone (PLEASE CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE) GSA is working with the FAR Council and...
Ken LarsonJun 43 min readNeed For Agility Drives New Large And Small Business Technology Partnerships“ WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Scott Lee “Smaller players and the larger contractors work together in a new model of agile programs. With...
Ken LarsonJun 34 min readWe Still Have Work To Do To Attract New Defense Contractors“AIR AND SPACE FORCES MAGAZINE” By John A. Tirpak “Small and medium businesses are skeptical of defense work despite years of effort and...
Ken LarsonJun 22 min readYour Free Small Business Federal Government Contracting Advisory Service“SMALLTOFEDS” By SCORE and MicroMentor Counselor Ken Larson “Small Business Federal Government Contracting Smalltofeds is a FREE web...
Ken LarsonJun 11 min readVIEW FROM THE HILL Vermillion River Valley - Hastings, Minnesota https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/54558952104/in/dateposted-public/
Ken LarsonJun 14 min readThe “Moral Injury” Carried By Our Returning SoldiersThis extract from a 2015, 3-Part Columbia University Dart Center – award-winning journalism article, “A War of Moral Injury” by a...
Ken LarsonMay 316 min readWhat Americans Are Getting Wrong About VeteransPLEASE CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE “TASK AND PURPOSE” By Haley Britzky “As of 2018, less than 10% of adults in the U.S. were veterans,...
Ken LarsonMay 302 min readU.S. Special Operations Command Using AI To Speed Up Acquisition Workflows“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” – By Allyson Park “Advanced algorithms like AI, machine learning and generative AI allows SOCOM to gather and...
Ken LarsonMay 295 min readShould You Consider Small Business Federal Government Contracting?“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Small business federal government contracting is different from the commercial marketplace in terms of...
Ken LarsonMay 283 min readGSA’s AI Strategy: Using The Tech While Learning How To Buy It“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Nick Wakeman, Editor In Chief “ In deploying its own AI chatbot, the General Services Administration is also...
Ken LarsonMay 274 min readManaging Risk In Small Federal Government Contracting Business System Development“SMALL TO FEDS” By Ken Larson “Most small enterprises must undertake some form of business process augmentation when entering federal...
Ken LarsonMay 253 min readMemorial Day 2025 – Remembering Two Of Hastings, Minnesota’s Unforgettable VeteransGordy Schmidt and Bob Niederkorn _____________________________________________ Gordon Charles Schmidt, 69, of Hastings, MN, passedaway...
Ken LarsonMay 251 min readVIBRANCY Vermillion River Valley - Hastings, Minnesota https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/53660387824/in/dateposted-public/
Ken LarsonMay 245 min readThe Nomad: Veterans In The Post-Transition Employment Space“CLEARANCE JOBS” By Steve Leonard “ Nearly half of 200,000 veterans entering the workforce annually leave their first job within a year...
