Ken LarsonSep 21, 20234 min readHow Contractors Are Bracing For A Federal Government Shutdown“FEDERAL TIMES” By Molly Weisner “Contractors responsible for carrying out $600 billion worth of government work each year have been here...
Ken LarsonSep 20, 20232 min read10 Golden Rules For Small Business Success“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Growth is a function of persistence and foresight. Know where your market is headed and get their first –...
Ken LarsonSep 19, 20233 min readWhy Annual Reviews Are Critical For Small And Mid-Tier Contractors“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” – By Mark Amtower “What is important to smaller contractors is developing a do-able, realistic path to growth;...
Ken LarsonSep 18, 20233 min readContract Closeout In Small Business Federal Government Contracting “SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Becoming informed on government contract closeout steps and putting in place processes to support them in...
Ken LarsonSep 17, 20231 min readTRANSITION TIME Autumn on The Vermillion River Trail - Hastings, Minnesota https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/53190273397/in/dateposted-pu...
Ken LarsonSep 17, 20233 min readVA Electronic Health Record Roll Out Unlikely To Resume For A Year After Being Derailed By Problems“MILITARY.COM” By Patricia Kime “Following reviews by the Government Accountability Office and the VA inspector general that found...
Ken LarsonSep 16, 20232 min readAir Force Promises Biggest Building Boom in a Decade for Child Development Centers“AIR AND SPACE FORCES MAGAZINE” By Patrick Reardon “The Air Force is planning to pour $205 million into building 19 new child development...
Ken LarsonSep 15, 20231 min readThank You – From A Small Business Volunteer CounselorIt has been a pleasure for the last 16 years to serve the Micro Mentor and SCORE Small Business Communities as well as many other venues...
Ken LarsonSep 14, 20235 min readWalter Barnes III “All The Things I Wish I Knew When I Started My Business”“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Walter Barnes III , Founder and President of PM Consulting Group “A company founder shares the lessons learned...
Ken LarsonSep 13, 20236 min readEthical Use of AI in the Security And Defense Industries She Kills People From 7,850 Miles Away – What We Tolerate as Warfare Today https://rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com/2015/10/20/she-kills-...
Ken LarsonSep 12, 20236 min readManaging Contract Baseline Risk In Government ContractingImage UCI “SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Scope Creep” can kill a contract, a customer relationship and a past performance record, all of...
Ken LarsonSep 11, 20233 min readGovernment Shutdown Risk Management Planning For Small Business ContractorsBy Ken Larson Nearing the end of a government fiscal year or under a government shutdown a contractor may find delays in funding reaching...
Ken LarsonSep 10, 20231 min readOFF-ROAD Vermillion River Trail - Hastings, Minnesota https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/53177245601/in/dateposted-public/
Ken LarsonSep 10, 20234 min readThe Avoidable Consequences Of A Government Shutdown“DEFENSE NEWS” By Elaine McCusker “The real hostages, and eventual losers are American taxpayers and the national security they support...
Ken LarsonSep 9, 20232 min read5 Veteran Personalities You Can Adopt Once You Get Your DD-214“MILITARY TIMES” By Sarah Sicard “If unable to carve out your own post-service personality, there are few tried-and-true veteran...
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...
