Ken LarsonAug 1, 20242 min readDon’t Overlook The Impact Of The Government Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL)SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken larson “The CDRL is a register of the deliverable data items. Each data item has a discrete numeric identifier, a...
Ken LarsonJul 31, 20243 min readMastering The Year-End Sprint: Keys To Fourth-Quarter Success“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Larry Allen “Experienced government contractors know that this is the time of year when many make or break...
Ken LarsonJul 30, 20244 min readPentagon Creates Regional Partnerships To Sustain Gear Far From Home“DEFENSE NEWS” By Jen Judson “A recognition that sustainment can be performed through a coalition and a network of regional providers,...
Ken LarsonJul 29, 20243 min readNew Federal Fiscal Year Ahead – Have You Managed Contract Funding Risk?“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “As the federal fiscal year draws to a close and the new year opens on 1 October, an astute contractor will...
Ken LarsonJul 28, 20241 min readEVERGREEN LAKE VIEW Vermillion River Trail - Hastings, Minnesota https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/53881899027/in/dateposted-public/
Ken LarsonJul 28, 20245 min readTime To Retire The Phrase ‘Military Industrial Complex’“RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT” By Dan Grazier “President Dwight Eisenhower coined this immortal phrase during his January 17, 1961 farewell...
Ken LarsonJul 27, 20245 min readVeterans Turned Entrepreneurs Are Tackling Some Of Today’s Biggest Challenges“DAV” By Elizabeth DePompei, Communications Writer “Natural disasters. Health care inequity. Disability accessibility. These are the...
Ken LarsonJul 26, 20242 min readCybercom, DARPA Advance ‘Bidirectional’ Tech Partnership“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” By Josh Luckenbaugh, Staff Writer “Instead of building a one-way bridge from each DARPA program to each...
Ken LarsonJul 25, 20243 min readGetting Focused Before Starting A Consulting Firm“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Mark Amtower “Why you need a strategy that clearly differentiates your skillsets when you try to launch your...
Ken LarsonJul 24, 20244 min readHow to Make the Pentagon ‘Software-Centric’“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” By Josh Luckenbaugh, Staff Writer “The Pentagon can’t take the years it normally does writing capability...
Ken LarsonJul 23, 20243 min readWhat Small Business Should Know About FAR and CAS“SMALLTOFEDS” BY Ken Larson “Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) – Rules of the Game and Developing...
Ken LarsonJul 22, 20242 min readWashington Technology 2024 Top 100 Reader’s Guide“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Nick Wakeman, Editor In Chief “The companies, trends and drivers show space and cyber as among the key...
Ken LarsonJul 21, 20241 min readBRIDGES IN THE FOGMississippi River Trail - Hastings, Minnesota https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/53870929751/in/dateposted-public/
Ken LarsonJul 21, 20241 min readMilitary Veteran Satire Writers Once Again Propose “The Department of Warfare” As A BusinessBy Tony and Friends On Rose Colored Glasses CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE We recommend, due to the age of this 17 year old piece, that you click...
Ken LarsonJul 20, 20243 min readPTSD Doesn’t Mean You’re Weak Or A Monster “MILITARY.COM” By Joe Parsetich, National Commander For Disabled American Veterans “While I cannot speak for every afflicted veteran, I...
Ken LarsonJul 19, 20243 min read‘Total Time Accounting’ In Small Business Government Service Contracting“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “It is necessary to establish a written policy and procedure disclosing time keeping practices to government...
Ken LarsonJul 18, 20246 min readNATO Going Commercial To Develop New Tech“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” By Josh Luckenbaugh, Staff Writer “NATO has established the Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North...
Ken LarsonJul 17, 20245 min readMarine Corps Releases New Artificial Intelligence (AI) StrategyCLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE “DEFENSE SCOOP” By Jon Harper “The Marine Corps issued a new artificial intelligence strategy that is expected to...
Ken LarsonJul 16, 20244 min readRisk Analysis And Provisional Indirect Rates In Government Contracting“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “There are no industry average indirect rates in federal government contracting because there are wide swings...
Ken LarsonJul 15, 20242 min readInside The Next Era Of Warfare: How Tech Is Reshaping The BattlefieldIllustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios “AXIOS” By Colin Demarest “Conflicts abroad and defense-contract competitions at home illuminate...
