Ken LarsonSep 8, 20232 min readStriking The Right Balance In Small Business Company Training“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Conducting business in the fast-paced modern era demands that company training be sophisticated, interactive...
Ken LarsonSep 7, 20233 min readSecurity 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...
Ken LarsonSep 6, 20235 min readProtecting 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...
Ken LarsonSep 5, 20234 min readArmy 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...
Ken LarsonSep 4, 20232 min readA 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...
Ken LarsonSep 3, 20231 min readSUNRISESUNRISE - On the Vermillion River Trail - Hastings, Minnesota. (click the link and then the pic for telescopic view)...
Ken LarsonSep 3, 20233 min readThe 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...
Ken LarsonSep 2, 20233 min readYour 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...
Ken LarsonSep 1, 20235 min read7 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...
Ken LarsonAug 31, 20233 min readDoing 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...
Ken LarsonAug 30, 20233 min readMaking 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....
Ken LarsonAug 29, 20232 min readDARPA 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...
Ken LarsonAug 28, 20232 min readSBA 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,...
Ken LarsonAug 27, 20234 min readConnecting 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...
Ken LarsonAug 27, 20231 min readLAKE REBECCA VIEW Just Off the Mississippi River Trail Hastings, Minnesota (click the link and then the pic for telescopic view)...
Ken LarsonAug 26, 20232 min readVA 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...
Ken LarsonAug 25, 20232 min readSatellite Startup ‘True Anomaly’ Opens Colorado Factory“C4ISRNET” By Coutney Albon “True Anomaly received authorization from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Federal...
Ken LarsonAug 24, 20232 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 LarsonAug 23, 20233 min readNATO 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...
Ken LarsonAug 22, 20234 min readWhat 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...
