Ken LarsonOct 19, 20243 min readNew VA Medical Clinics Funded By Congress In 2022 Stalled For Months In Bureaucratic Wrangling“MILITARY TIMES” – By Leo Shane III , Deputy Editor “As part of the PACT Act — sweeping veterans benefits legislation signed into law...
Ken LarsonOct 18, 20242 min readAre You Driving the Tools & Not the Car In Launching Your Small Business?“SMALLTOFEDS ” By Ken Larson “Don’t let poor judgments on technology detract from your idea as well as raid your treasury before you...
Ken LarsonOct 17, 20242 min readOMB Releases AI SOFTWARE PROCUREMENT Guidelines“NEXTGOV/FCW” By Alexandra Kelley “Interagency collaboration and risk mitigation are the two big themes included in the Office of...
Ken LarsonOct 16, 20244 min readStrengthened Government-Industry Collaboration To Keep Adversaries Off Balance“BREAKING DEFENSE” -By Scott Alexander “How can industry and government best work together to push critical systems into the hands of our...
Ken LarsonOct 15, 20245 min readJob Cost Accounting Basics For Small Business Government Service Contractors“SMALLTOFEDS” BY Ken Larson “Job cost accounting and business system challenges involving Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Cost...
Ken LarsonOct 14, 20242 min readCMMC 2.0 Final Rule For Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Released“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Carley Welch “CMMC 2.0 introduced a third-party assessment dependent on contractor’s CUI capacity. Starting in...
Ken LarsonOct 13, 20247 min readThe Real Versus Perceived Power Of The U.S. PresidencyEDITOR’S NOTE: Many of us in the military combat veteran community, who have also worked for years with the federal government, are...
Ken LarsonOct 13, 20241 min readTRAILSIDE PEACE Vermillion River Valley - Hastings, Minnesota https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/54057376818/in/dateposted-public/
Ken LarsonOct 12, 20244 min readVeterans Health Records System Needs Progress“MILITARY TIMES” By Joe Chenelly “In 2017, Congress allocated $16 billion to build and implement a modern electronic health records...
Ken LarsonOct 11, 20242 min readAgencies Have Struggled To Meet IDEA Act Requirements, GAO Finds“NEXTGOV/FCW” By Edward Graham “The IDEA Act’s modernization requirements called for platforms to be accessible; consistent;...
Ken LarsonOct 10, 20242 min readPentagon Commercially Seeking Cheap One Way Drones“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Carley Welch “We have no cap on the number of vendors involved, but it will be bounded by capabilities offered and...
Ken LarsonOct 9, 20243 min readSurvey – Few DoD Contractors ‘Fully’ Ready For CMMC 2.0 Ahead Of 2025 Rollout“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Carley Welch “A new survey suggests that very few defense industrial base companies are ‘fully” prepared for the...
Ken LarsonOct 8, 20243 min readPractical Intellectual Property Management for Small Business Federal Government Contractors“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson Intellectual property and proprietary data protection should be tailored to your organization, its industry...
Ken LarsonOct 7, 20242 min readDefense Tech Companies Can Apply For Pentagon Loans Starting Next Year“DEFENSE NEWS” By Courtney Albon “Nearly $1 billion has been set aside for the Defense Department to award direct loans ranging from $10...
Ken LarsonOct 6, 20241 min readRIVER VALLEY TRANSITIONSMississippi River Trail (MRT) - Hastings, Minnesota (click the link and then the pic for closeup view) https://www.flickr.com/photos/ody...
Ken LarsonOct 6, 20245 min readTime for Congress to Challenge Years of Failed Pentagon Audits“THE PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT” By Greg Williams “DOD Financial Management has remained on the Government Accountability Office’s...
Ken LarsonOct 5, 20244 min readVeterans Nationwide Can Now Use Their Phones To Get Emergency Care From VA“ MILITARY.COM ” By Patricia Kime “The VA announced that its tele-emergency care program, called tele-EC, is now available across the...
Ken LarsonOct 4, 20244 min read10 Common Traits Among Successful Small Business Government Contractors“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “ As a volunteer counselor over the last 17 years, I have noted common traits among the most successful small...
Ken LarsonOct 3, 20244 min readThe Extraordinary Leverage Commercial Off-The-Shelf Systems And Components Offer“ SPACENEWS.COM ” By Charles Beames “Our government would be wise to peek behind the curtain of commercial companies, at their financial...
Ken LarsonOct 2, 20245 min readDepartment of Defense IT And Cyber Priorities For Fiscal Year 2025“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Grier Eagan “Grier Eagan from immixGroupIT breaks down the $64.1 Billion (IT/CA) fiscal 2025 budget estimate...
