Ken LarsonOct 23, 20244 min readGovernment To Help Small Business Meet Cybersecurity RequirementsU.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD News) By C. todd Lopez, DOD News “For small businesses who might not have the resources to meet stringent...
Ken LarsonOct 22, 20245 min readMultiple-Front Marketing In Small Business Federal Government Contracting“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “The prudent small business will target agencies and teaming partners that best fit its products and...
Ken LarsonOct 21, 20244 min readRTX (Raytheon) Pays More Than $950M To Resolve Bribery, Fraud ClaimsJ USTICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE – Raytheon Agrees to Pay Over $950 Million in Connection with Defective Pricing, Foreign Bribery and...
Ken LarsonOct 20, 20241 min readTRAILWOOD FRIENDSVermillion River Valley - Hastings, Minnesota (click the link and then the pic for closeup view) https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyo...
Ken LarsonOct 20, 20242 min read“THE DEBT BOMB” More Spending On Interest Than On National DefenseCLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE “THE PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT – THE BUNKER” By Mark Thompson “Spending like a drunken sailor threatens...
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...
