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An Open Call To Visionaries In Government To Change DoD Culture
“DEFENSE NEWS” By Bonnie Evangelista “Whether you acknowledge it or not, all roads in the emerging technology race lead to contracts....

Fixing DoD’s Broken Budgeting System A Big Reform Topic For 2023
“FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” By Jared Serbu “Over the past several years, Congress and DoD have instituted numerous reforms meant to make the...

Utilizing Your Federal Government Contracting Small Business Set-aside Designations
“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “A small business set-aside designation can be a valuable tool if adequately documented, registered,...

Small Business Industry Insights And Trends For 2023
“SBA NEWS AND VIEWS” “It’s difficult to understate all the changes the business landscape has seen in the past few years, and yet...

Snowscape
SNOWSCAPE - Vermillion River Valley Trail, Hastings, Minnesota (click the link and then the pic for telescopic view)...

Pentagon Profiteers: Executive Compensation In The Arms Industry
“FORBES” By William Hartung Contributor - I am a defense analyst, and cover the economics of Pentagon spending. “In 2021, the most...

GAO Finds Too Many Service Members Leave Military Without Career Counseling
“STARS AND STRIPES” By Alison Bath “More than half of all service members leaving active duty don’t attend a mandatory class designed to...

Defining Today’s Business Development Role At The Small Business Contractor
“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Mark Amtower “With the effects of the pandemic diminishing, we now have a hybrid situation. The role of BD for...

Legal Ethics Analysis Required When Hiring Former Government Employees
“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” By Aron C. Beezley, Nathaniel J. Greeson and Patrick R. Quigley “The solution in the end depends on a...

Small Business Government Grants Versus Direct Government Contracts
“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Start-ups, entrepreneurs and new small businesses regularly seek information regarding small business...

Seven Major Defense Agency Contract Opportunities To Watch In FY 23
“DEFENSE NEWS” By Marjorie Censer “Software and data specialist Deltek, which keeps tabs on major government contracting programs, has...

Effectively Using The Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA)
Image: sumtersc.gov “The FOIA is a law that gives you the right to access information from the federal government. It is often described...

Winter Sunrise With A Friend
Vermillion River Trail - Hastings, Minnesota (Click the link and then the pic for closeup view) https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_a...

The Pentagon’s Presumptuous 2nd – Unfunded – Priorities List
“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Julia Gledhill “Just days after the Department of Defense failed its fifth consecutive financial audit, the...

Customs Enforcement ‘Grinch’ Yields Fewer Gifts Reaching US Military Overseas
“STARS AND STRIPES” By Jennifer H. Svan And Kyle Alvarez “U.S. Postal Service screening of parcels meant for service members overseas is...

Unallowable Costs Under Federal Government Contracts
Image: myloview.com “SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “Over the years the federal government has determined that certain costs cannot be...

Fake Parts: A Pentagon Supply Chain Problem Hiding In Plain Sight
PLEASE CLICK ABOVE IMAGE TO ENLARGE “DEFENSE NEWS” By Stephen Losey and Joe Gould “Pentagon leaders say they are developing new tests to...

$57 Million Moon Construction Technology Development Contract Awarded Under NASA SBIR Program
“NEXT GOV” By Kirsten Errick “The award will go toward developing technologies to build infrastructure like landing pads and roads on the...

Pentagon’s Office Of Strategic Capital (OSC) To Spur Investment In Defense Tech
PLEASE CLICK ABOVE IMAGE TO ENLARGE “C4ISRNET” By Courtney Albon “The Office of Strategic Capital, or OSC, will be staffed and...























