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WINTER SCULPTURE AND MAJESTY
Eagles Bluff On The Mississippi - Hastings, Minnesota (click the link and then the pic for telescopic view) https://www.flickr.com/photo...

VA Announces $5M In Grant Funding For Homeless Veterans Transitional Supportive Housing
“As a part of ongoing efforts to end Veteran homelessness, the Department of Veterans Affairs published a Notice of Funding...

Space Force To Put Firms Under Contract For Commercial Reserve By 2025
“DEFENSE NEWS” By Courtney Albon “The Space Force expects to begin identifying members for its Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve, an...

Office Of Federal Procurement Policy Mandates ‘Rule Of 2’ Small Business Designation For Task Orders On Multiple Award Contracts
“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Ross Wilkers “Requires agencies to reserve contracting at the task order level for small businesses, whenever...

What To Expect from Government Pre-Award Surveys And Proposal Fact Finding
“SMALLTOFEDS”By Ken Larson ‘When a government contracting specific market target has been identified and a proposal has been submitted,...

How To Find That Pathway To Success Through The SBIR Program
“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Nikhil Shenoy ‘Colvin Run Networks CEO Nikhil Shenoy shares how his company used the SBIR program and the...

Is Small Business SETA Contracting For You?
“SMALLTOFEDS” – By Ken Larson “SETA contracting is often utilized by the government to enhance small business contracting participation...

Arming The World For Warfare – US Foreign Military Sales Set New Record at $80.9 Billion, Up 55.9 Percent in 2023
‘AIR AND SPACE FORCES MAGAZINE’ By John A. Tirpak “The U.S. transferred a record $80.9 billion worth of military equipment and services...

MID-WINTER THAW
Vermillion River Trail - Hastings, Minnesota https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/53507026922/in/dateposted-public/

5 Tips for Succeeding Even When You’re the Only Veteran in the Room
“MILITARY.COM” By Lida Citroën “Most Americans don’t have prior service, and many don’t know someone who’s served. To succeed in your...

The Difference Between A Free Lancer And A Small Business Federal Government Contractor
“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Talented free lancers often wish to grow independently as individuals in the government contracting market...

Reconciling Sourcing Anomalies Between The ‘Buy American Act’ And The ‘Trade Agreements Act’ For Supply Chain And National Security
“FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” By Roger Waldron “The anomaly arising from the interplay between these laws needs to be addressed. Given the...

Establishing Compliant Small Business Systems For Federal Government Services Contracts
“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “To effectively market a federal government services contract a small business must sell on the basis of...

In Norway, Young People Compete To Serve In The Military
‘DEFENSE ONE‘ By Elisabeth Braw “Other countries mulling wider national service plans should learn about the Norwegian model.“...

A Free Resource Articles Library From Ken Larson at ‘Small To Feds’
A repository of recent articles published by ‘Small Business Federal Government Contracting’ which is a FREE web site, developed...

Great Egret Birds Eye View Seasonal Time Lapse
GREAT EGRET BIRDS EYE VIEW SEASONAL TIME LAPSE - Lake Rebecca - Mississippi River Trail (MRT) Hastings, Minnesota (click the linke and...

A Citizen’s Guide To Critique The Pentagon
This article has been updated to adjust the amount of the national debt from what was $16 Trillion in 2012 when we first began our...

Nearly 50K Veterans Used Emergency Suicide Prevention Program In Its First Year
“THE HILL” By Lauren Sforza “The VA announced that 49,714 veterans and former service members took advantage of a new benefit that...

Small Business Awarded $2.5 Million Contract For DOD’s First Operational, Production-Level Quantum Computing Software
“AIR AND SPACE FORECES MAGAZINE” By Greg Hadley “Quantum Research Sciences has received a $2.5 million, three-year Phase III Small...