Ken LarsonJul 13, 20231 min readSmall Business Profiles For Major Metropolitan Areas“SBA” “The Office of Advocacy has launched a new series, the Small Business Profiles for Major Metropolitan Areas. The metropolitan area...
Ken LarsonJul 12, 20232 min read“EVMS” Drives True Project Status, By Integrating Project Cost, Schedule And Estimate At Completion “SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Prudently used, an Earned Value Management approach gives insight into the dynamics of physical...
Ken LarsonJul 11, 20234 min readUS Military Calls For Better Weapons To Fight Inexpensive Autonomous AI Threats“MILITARY TIMES” – By Hope Hodge Seck “After years of catching grief for exquisite weapons acquisition programs with creeping...
Ken LarsonJul 10, 20235 min readShould You Consider Small Business Federal Government Contracting?“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Small business federal government contracting is different from the commercial marketplace in terms of...
Ken LarsonJul 9, 20231 min readMellow Yellow Summer On The Vermillion River - Hastings, Minnesota https://500px.com/photo/1073309092/mellow-yellow-by-ken-larson
Ken LarsonJul 9, 20233 min readGlad I Did Not Take The Job – ‘The Destroyer Without A Round For Its Gun’PLEASE CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE EDITOR’S NOTE: In 2008 at the tail end of a 36 year career in Aerospace and Defense I was offered a job...
Ken LarsonJul 8, 20233 min readPTSD Doesn’t Mean You’re Weak Or A Monster“MILITARY.COM” By Joe Parsetich, National Commander For Disabled American Veterans “While I cannot speak for every afflicted veteran, I...
Ken LarsonJul 7, 20233 min readPentagon Lacks ‘Comprehensive’ Strategy For Buying AI Tech, GAO Warns“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Jaspreet Gill “The GAO provided DoD, the Army, Navy and the Air Force with recommendations centered around creating...
Ken LarsonJul 6, 20234 min readManaging Risk In Small Federal Government Contracting Business System Development“SMALL TO FEDS” By Ken Larson “Most small enterprises must undertake some form of business process augmentation when entering federal...
Ken LarsonJul 5, 20233 min readAll Government Contractor Employees Need Customer Engagement Training“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Nic Coppings “Customer engagement training is as important as ethics and compliance training. Every employee...
Ken LarsonJul 4, 20232 min readDoD Investing In Startup Developing Mobile Space-Launch Platforms“SPACE NEWS” By Sanda Erwin “The Spaceport Company received $1.5 million from the National Security Innovation Capital fund. The NSIC...
Ken LarsonJul 3, 20233 min readFive Winning Strategies For Small Business Federal Government ContractorsIllustrations by istock “SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Acquisition officials are speeding up the acquisition process, issuing necessary...
Ken LarsonJul 2, 20231 min readMonarch ManorVERMILLION RIVER TRAIL - Hastings, Minnesota (click the link and then the pic for closeup view) https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_...
Ken LarsonJul 2, 20235 min read50 Years Since US Troops Left Vietnam, Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Continues To Kill“ALJAZEERA” By Chris Humphrey US has channelled millions to clean up UXO but farmers and children continue to discover unexploded...
Ken LarsonJul 1, 20232 min readVA Hospitals Outperform Non-VA Hospitals Nationwide In Medicare Recent SurveyEDITOR’S NOTE: Having been in the care of the VA Medical Health Care System at the Minneapolis Hospital for over 16 years, I can attest...
Ken LarsonJun 30, 20231 min readTap Guidance And News In Small Business Government ContractingNews And Views For Small Business Federal Government Contractors – By SCORE and MicroMentor Counselor, Ken Larson...
Ken LarsonJun 29, 20234 min readManaging The Top ‘Pain Points’ In Government Social Communications “FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” By Mark Rybchuk “Social media provides government agencies with a powerful tool to keep citizens informed and...
Ken LarsonJun 28, 20235 min readUsing Artificial Intelligence (AI) To Streamline Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Workloads“FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” By Jory Heckman “The State Department is looking at artificial intelligence and automation tools to process...
Ken LarsonJun 27, 20232 min readU.S. Small Business Administration Announces Strategic Alliance to Support Small Business ExportersSBA PRESS RELEASE 23-39 Published on June 20, 2023 “Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the signing of the...
Ken LarsonJun 26, 20234 min readThe Pentagon’s $52,000 Trash Can (Video) “RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT” By Connor Echols “With military spending at record highs, many contractors have hiked the cost of relatively...
