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...
Ken LarsonOct 1, 20243 min readUnsolicited Government Contract Proposals – A Multiple Stage Challenge“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Unsolicited proposal opportunities generally arise as a result of observing or cultivating a requirement...
Ken LarsonSep 30, 20242 min readArmy’s AI Strategy Sprints Forward With 500-Day Plan“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” By Laura Heckmann “The Army’s ongoing effort to accelerate the secure adoption of artificial intelligence...
Ken LarsonSep 29, 20241 min readPrairie Autumn Vermillion River Valley - Hastings, Minnesota (click the link and then the pic for closeup view) https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_...
Ken LarsonSep 29, 20246 min read“Odyssey of Armaments” A Veteran’s Perspective On 36 Years of Combat, Weapons And Warfare“Odyssey of Armaments ” By Ken Larson “ I hope this FREE account of my 36-years in warfare and weapons programs is useful to those...
Ken LarsonSep 28, 20243 min readSpouses And Vets Key To Changing ‘Broken’ Narrative“MILITARY TIMES” By Karen Jowers “Conveying a more positive view of the military experience by spouses and veterans could be key in...
Ken LarsonSep 27, 202410 min readIn War And Society, Large Language Models Are What We Make Of Them“WAR ON THE ROCKS” By Benjamin Jensen, Yasir Atalan And Ian Reynolds “No technology is a panacea or poses a risk independent of the...
Ken LarsonSep 26, 20246 min readSeven Management Techniques To Achieve A Small Business Government Contract“ SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “ Entering government contracting as a small businesses is indeed a challenging time, but there are many...
Ken LarsonSep 25, 20244 min readAmerica’s Future Advantage Depends On Quick Adoption Of Advanced Tech“MILITARY TIMES ” By Mark T. Esper Many of our existing platforms, are defined — and usually trapped in time — by their hardware, ...
Ken LarsonSep 24, 20242 min readContent May Be King, But Growing An Audience Is The Ace“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” – By Mark Amtower Marketing guru Mark Amtower offers the keys to getting potential customers and partners to...
Ken LarsonSep 23, 20245 min readWhat Small Business Needs to Know About SAM Contract Opportunities“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Strategic guidance on The System for Award Management and factors for using it in small business marketing...
Ken LarsonSep 22, 20241 min readAUTUMN TRAIL HIKE Vermillion River Valley - Hastings, Minnesota https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/54006811763/in/dateposted-public/
Ken LarsonSep 22, 20246 min readThe Road To A $1 Trillion U.S. Defense Budget“NATIONAL SECURITY JOURNAL” By Brent M. Eastwood “A trillion here and a trillion there. Pretty soon, you are talking about…a big...
Ken LarsonSep 21, 20243 min read6 Things Veterans And Their Families Can Do To Help Unite America“ MILITARY.COM ” By Joe Plenzler “In a nation as diverse and complex as the United States, the task of uniting all our people is...
Ken LarsonSep 20, 20243 min readTaking Off The ‘Handcuffs’ And Making DoD Information Technology Buying More ‘Agile’“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Carley Welch “We still buy IT as if it was a weapon system,” John Hale, Chief of Cloud Services at DISA, said,...
Ken LarsonSep 19, 20245 min readWith ‘Guardrails’ – Army Will Let GenAI Draft Acquisition Documents“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. “Tasks may prove one of the most delicate DOD has yet asked algorithms to tackle in its...
