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All 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...

DoD 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...

Five Winning Strategies For Small Business Federal Government Contractors
Illustrations by istock “SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Acquisition officials are speeding up the acquisition process, issuing necessary...

Monarch Manor
VERMILLION RIVER TRAIL - Hastings, Minnesota (click the link and then the pic for closeup view) https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_...

50 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...

VA Hospitals Outperform Non-VA Hospitals Nationwide In Medicare Recent Survey
EDITOR’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...

Tap Guidance And News In Small Business Government Contracting
News And Views For Small Business Federal Government Contractors – By SCORE and MicroMentor Counselor, Ken Larson...

Managing 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...

Using 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...

U.S. Small Business Administration Announces Strategic Alliance to Support Small Business Exporters
SBA PRESS RELEASE 23-39 Published on June 20, 2023 “Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the signing of the...

The 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...

Delicate Delights
Vermillion River Trail - Hastings, Minnesota https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/52994349455/in/dateposted-public/

Gaining Trust By Listening – Then Learning From Each Other
We have grown acclimated to viewing the world through media sound bites and opinionated, biased news, financed by those that spend...

Stepping Into Civilian Shoes? What To Keep In Mind
“MILITARY TIMES” By Blake Stillwell “Veterans are quickly becoming a bigger part of the American population. We now make up slightly more...

3 Optimal Scenarios To Sell A Government Contracting Firm When The Time Is Right
“FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” By Mike Kapetanovic “Factors to consider include the state of the market, the economic climate and the overall...

Small Business Teaming in Government Contracting
“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “There should be technical, management and market segment similarities between you and any company with whom...

Meet Amelia, The US Navy’s Conversational AI Tech-Support Tool
“C4ISRNET” By Colin Demarest “The U.S. Navy will begin rolling out a conversational artificial intelligence program known as “Amelia”...

Your Entry Points Into Small Business Federal Government Contracting
Image: Ocean5strategies.com “SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “The Federal Government has a continuing need for products and services of every...

NATO Invites Startups To Compete For Cash
“DEFENSE NEWS” By Vivienne Machi “The Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic, or DIANA, opens up applications for its...




















