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...
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,...
