Ken LarsonMar 16, 20245 min readWhy Employment Is Only Half The Battle For America’s Veterans “THE HILL” By Rachel Scully “There is no “one size fits all” regarding career transitions for veterans. While changing career paths is...
Ken LarsonMar 15, 20244 min readHow Risk Drives Fixed Price Versus Cost Plus In Federal Government Contracting“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “A conversation with an astute, anonymous interviewer for those who may be confused at times with regard to...
Ken LarsonMar 14, 20243 min readNew Pentagon Weapons Tester Pledges Not To Accept Defense Contractor Jobs For 2 Years After Departure“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Valerie Insinna “The Pentagon’s new independent weapons tester has agreed to ethics restrictions that for two years...
Ken LarsonMar 13, 20243 min readManaging Risk In Small Business Federal Government Contracting“SMALLTOFEDS”By Ken Larson “The challenges and difficulties for the small business in government contracting are not so much in the areas...
Ken LarsonMar 12, 20244 min readPentagon’s High-Tech Transition Doomed Without Buy-In From PrimesCLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE “FEDERAL TIMES” By Jere Glover “Incentivizing the major primes to incorporate small business technological...
Ken LarsonMar 11, 20244 min readFixes To Pentagon Broken Budgeting System Identified By PPBE CommissionClick Image to Enlarge “BREAKING DEFENSE By Valerie Insinna “The commission calls for the wholesale replacement of the PPBE system with a...
Ken LarsonMar 10, 20241 min readSPRING CLEAN-UP CREW ARRIVES Turkey Vulture, Red Tail Hawk And Bald Eagle - Mississippi River Trail (MRT) Hastings, Minnesota https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_...
Ken LarsonMar 10, 20245 min readDecades-Old AUMF’s Allowing Presidential Carte Blanche War-Making Are Ticking Time BombsPLEASE CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE “TRUTHOUT” By Mike Ludwig “Twenty-two years after Congress gave former President George W. Bush the...
Ken LarsonMar 9, 20246 min readWhat Americans Are Getting Wrong About VeteransPLEASE CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE “TASK AND PURPOSE” By Haley Britzky “As of 2018, less than 10% of adults in the U.S. were veterans,...
Ken LarsonMar 8, 202419 min readThe Role Of Risk In Federal Government Contract Types“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “In contracting for supplies and services the federal government utilizes several different contract types....
Ken LarsonMar 7, 20244 min read7 Government Contracting MythsImage: media.licdn.com “WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Mark Amtower “Depending on where one starts his or her journey of doing business with...
Ken LarsonMar 5, 20249 min readTechniques For Small Business Product/Services Development In Government Contracting“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “There are approaches to develop a product and/or a service to the point where it can be marketed in the...
Ken LarsonMar 4, 20246 min read26 Essential Sites for Women Business Owners“SCORE RESOURCE BLOG“ By Rieva Lesonsky “Supporting women entrepreneurs has long been a mission of mine, so I’m always searching for...
Ken LarsonMar 3, 20241 min readSPRING BREAKUPVermillion River Valley - Hastings, Minnesota (click the link and then the pic for telescopic view) https://www.flickr.com/photos/odys...
Ken LarsonMar 3, 20242 min readMarine Corps Passes $46.3 Billion Finance And Assets Audit – First Military Branch To Do So“TASK AND PURPOSE” By Nicholas Slayton “The United States Marine Corps just scored a major victory. Not over an enemy force, but over its...
Ken LarsonMar 2, 20242 min read‘Warrior Rising’- Empowering U. S. Military Veterans And Their Families In Small Business“JUST GIVING” “Warrior Rising https://www.warriorrising.org/ empowers U.S. military veterans and their immediate family members by...
Ken LarsonMar 1, 20241 min readProcurement Integrity and the Law “SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “In dealing with government officials the small business owner must be aware of regulations regarding...
Ken LarsonFeb 29, 20243 min readSmall Business Partnerships Are Now Even More Important For Large Contractors“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Lisa Veith “As we look toward the future of federal contracting, it’s becoming clear that large government...
Ken LarsonFeb 28, 20243 min readWhy Customer-Designated ‘Key Personnel’ Matter In Government Contracting Proposals“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Mike Lisagor and Lou Kerestesy “Key personnel are often (and should be) one of the top evaluation criteria in...
Ken LarsonFeb 27, 20245 min read10 Misconceptions About Small Business Federal Government Contracting1. It is easy to become established in the federal marketplace by founding a start up in small business contracting to the federal...
