Ken LarsonApr 24, 20243 min readNew National Archives Digitization Center To Digitize Initial 500 Million Records By 2026“FEDERAL TIMES” By Molly Weisner “A tenfold increase in scanning capacity that will make millions of original records accessible online...
Ken LarsonApr 23, 20243 min readData Fabrics Deal With Exponentially Growing Volumes And Fragmented EcosystemsCLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE “FEDERAL TIMES” By Pragyansmita Nayak “Enabling self-service data consumption, supporting data through automated...
Ken LarsonApr 22, 20243 min readThe Many Registration Opportunities In Small Business Federal Contracting“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Someone or something one day attracts your attention with the suggestion that the federal government may be...
Ken LarsonApr 21, 20241 min readTRANSITIONVermillion River Trail Hastings, Minnesota (click the link and then the pic for telescopic view) https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_...
Ken LarsonApr 21, 20243 min readA Soldier’s View-Vietnam,The Balkans,Iraq, Afghanistan,Ukraine And Now The Continued Middle East BedlamEvery U.S. citizen from the individual voter to the politician must view our country’s recent, recurring, war making motives as factors...
Ken LarsonApr 20, 20242 min readVA Support Program To Buy Up Veterans’ Defaulted Home Loans“MILITARY TIMES” By Leo Shane III “Starting next month, Veterans Affairs officials will offer a “last-resort” program for tens of...
Ken LarsonApr 19, 20245 min readUnderstanding The Federal Government Uniform Contract Format“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15-204-1 specifies a uniform contract format for federal government...
Ken LarsonApr 18, 20241 min read‘Ascent’ Packed With FREE In-Depth Information To Help Women Grow Their Businesses“SBA” “Women own or co-own 45% of all businesses in the United States. These businesses represent all types of industries and are owned...
Ken LarsonApr 17, 20244 min readStock Buybacks In Defense Companies And How Contract Incentive Structures Can Change The Practice“DEFENSE NEWS” By Jerry McGinn, Mikhail Grinberg and Lloyd Everhart “Contracting incentives can motivate companies that are doing...
Ken LarsonApr 16, 20242 min readYour Capability Statement For Small Business Government Contracting“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Focused and direct, your CAPE must be informative, concise and a snapshot of the very best you can offer.”...
Ken LarsonApr 15, 20245 min readPublic Opportunity To Comment – FAR Part 40 Addition – ‘Information Security And Supply Chain Security’“REGULATIONS .GOV” "Content Action Notice of request for information (RFI). Summary DoD, GSA, and NASA recently established Federal...
Ken LarsonApr 14, 20244 min readMedal of Honor Recipient Who Recently Died Spoke Of Our Greatest EnemyCol. Puckett was the last living Medal of Honor recipient from the Korean War and Passed Away April 9, 2024 https://taskandpurpose.com/ne...
Ken LarsonApr 14, 20241 min readSPRING BREAKIn the Valley (click the link and then the pic for telescopic view) https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/53651300995/in/date...
Ken LarsonApr 13, 20242 min readMarine Barracks Modernization Plan Aimed At Keeping Marines From Exiting The Service“MARINE TIMES” By Irene Loewenson “Marines in some barracks have had to live with visible mold, vermin, broken appliances and other...
Ken LarsonApr 12, 20247 min readFailure To Understand FCPA and ITAR Has Consequences For Any US Government Export ContractorThe Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) must be thoroughly understood by any...
Ken LarsonApr 11, 20243 min readHow Federal Agencies Can Separate AI Hype From Reality“FEDERAL TIMES” By John Mark Suhy “Federal agencies should look past the marketing hype created by companies trying to sell to the U.S....
Ken LarsonApr 9, 20245 min readHappy 40th Birthday To The FAR, But Has It Gone Too Far?“FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” By Roger Waldron “The current FAR is over 2,000 pages long, . Small business participation in the federal market...
Ken LarsonApr 8, 20242 min readFor April 2024 National Volunteer Month – What Makes It All Worthwhile?By Ken Larson Smalltofeds “The ultimate reward ? When a small business puts their own unique twists on basic suggestions and develops a...
Ken LarsonApr 7, 20241 min readMinnesota Sunrise At The Boat Lift https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/53633583930/in/dateposted-public/
Ken LarsonApr 7, 20243 min readAre Americans Truly Independent?THE BRANCH UPON WHICH WE SIT Technology has permitted marvelous advances and opportunities in communication and convenience. It has also...
