“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Ross Wilkers “The overall dollar amount of contract awards for small businesses is trending upward. On the...

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“THE PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT” By Julia Gledhill “Defense companies are grossly mischaracterizing their financial well-being and...

“MILITARY.COM” By Patricia Kime “The Department of Veterans Affairs improperly spent or lost roughly $3.5 billion in fiscal 2022 across...

“DEFENSE NEWS” By Stephen Losey ” More than 1 million F-35 spare parts worth at least $85 million have gone missing over at least the...

“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “It seems the single word, “Compliance” in small business federal government servoces contracting business...

“DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA)” “The BRIDGES initiative is a pilot effort sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research...

“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “How can a startup or a small business new to government contracting meet the past performance challenge? The...

“GSA.GOV” “Federal executive agencies are required to provide a forecast of expected contract opportunities, including those that small...

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Although by far the most powerful country in the world, the U.S. is suffering from a lack of long term vision. The individual citizen is...

“FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” By Jory Heckman “VA’s annual IT obligations increased from $4.2 billion in 2017 to $6.5 billion in 2021, but the...

(Please click above image to enlarge) Approaching two decades in volunteer small business consulting, I appreciate the many individuals...

Please click above image to enlarge “The Defense Department’s Rapid Innovation Fund, established in 2011 and made a permanent program in...

“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15-204-1 specifies a uniform contract format for federal government...

“FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” By Tom Temin @tteminWFED "The Federal Acquisition Regulation Council is out with a new proposed rule regarding...

Remembering Two of Hastings, Minnesota’s Best https://rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com/2023/05/28/memorial-day-2019-remembering-two-of-h...

“STARS AND STRIPES” “At least one photo has been found of each of the more than 58,000 service members listed on the memorial, also known...

“NEW YORK TIMES” “Nearly all small businesses, even the very tiniest, should consider taking advantage of the deduction.The deduction is...

“DEFENSE NEWS” By Karen DaPonte Thornton “The Department of Defense is investing in two key scholarship-for-service initiatives as well...