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Security Maturity Has Been Slow In The Race To The Cloud …But It’s Not Too Late
“C4ISRNET” By MacKenzie Brown “Organizations often prioritize growth over security. We have benefited from the cloud’s capacity to scale...

Protecting Intellectual Property and Proprietary Data In Federal Government Contracting
“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Contractual relationships established directly with the US government or under subcontracts and purchase...

Army Truck Competition Pursuing Synergy With Beneficial Commercial Technology
“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” By Pat Acox and Adi Raval “The Common Tactical Truck provides a useful case study for how commercial and...

A Question for Labor Day – Is The Term ‘Talent Pool’ Obsolete?
“SMALLTOFEDS By Ken Larson “Talent is fluid today. It is also being re-defined. Thus, what used to be considered a ‘Pool’ (either...

SUNRISE
SUNRISE - On the Vermillion River Trail - Hastings, Minnesota. (click the link and then the pic for telescopic view)...

The Citizen and the Citizen Military – What Lies Ahead?
Military pay raises have been minimal, recruiting has fallen considerably below target in the services. How do we acquire, train and...

Your Next Visit To A VA Medical Center May Be In Cyberspace
“MILITARY TIMES” By Leo Shane III Deputy Editor “The future of Veterans Affairs health care may not be in brick-and-mortar federal...

7 Techniques to Profile Your Government Contract Competition
“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “An effective competitor profile is a key tool in performing risk analysis and making related trade off...

Doing Small Business With The Navy Shouldn’t Be ‘Artificially Hard,’ Research Chief Says
“DEFENSE ONE” By Lauren C. Williams, Senior Editor “The Navy’s top research organization is “dedicated” to making it easier for small...

Making An Astute Bid/No Bid Decision In Small Business Federal Government Contracting
“SMALLTOFEDS” – By Ken Larson “When considering submitting a proposal to a given government solicitation, conduct a bid/no bid exercise....

DARPA Exploring Technology Needed For Moon-Based Economy
“C4ISRNET” By Courtney Albon Through the lunar architecture study, dubbed LunA-10, the agency aims to establish an analytical framework...

SBA 8(a) Court Ruling Portends Truncated 4th Quarter Spending On Small Business Program
“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Nick Wakeman, Editor-in-Chief “Federal spending on 8(a) contracts typically surges during the fourth quarter,...

Connecting The Dots Between Warfare And The Future Of Our Globe
By Ken Larson The U.S. has spent $Trillions on warfare, incursion and weapons development at many times the rate of any other country. We...

LAKE REBECCA VIEW
Just Off the Mississippi River Trail Hastings, Minnesota (click the link and then the pic for telescopic view)...

VA Healthcare Workforce Tops 400,000 As More Hiring Looms
“FEDERAL TIMES” By Leo Shane III “The Veterans Health Administration this month topped 400,000 employees for the first time with staffing...

Satellite Startup ‘True Anomaly’ Opens Colorado Factory
“C4ISRNET” By Coutney Albon “True Anomaly received authorization from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Federal...

Don’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...

NATO Creates $1.1B Investment Fund To Target Tech Startups
“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Ross Wilkers, Senior Staff Reporter “We will have to think globally about that constant search for “what’s...

What To Expect When Applying For Your First Security Clearance
“FEDERAL TIMES” By Molly Weisner “It takes, on average, 54 days for a secret clearance and 83 days for a top secret, per a 2021 report...























