Ken LarsonSep 28, 20222 min readDOT And Commerce Departments Teaming On Small Business Contracting And SBA Capital Investment “WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Chris Riotta “The federal government launched a new set of strategic partnerships this week aimed at...
Ken LarsonSep 27, 20225 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 26, 20221 min readSmall Business Contributions To Research And Development“SBA OFFICE OF ADVOCACY” “In 2019, small businesses with 10–499 employees performed $70.6 billion worth of R&D work and employed over...
Ken LarsonSep 25, 20224 min read“Connecting The Dots” In the Military And Veterans Health Care Systems MazeBy Ken Larson A Vietnam Veteran and former federal contracts manager, who has been in the VA Health Care System for 16 years, offers...
Ken LarsonSep 24, 20225 min readAn Employer Perspective And A Veteran’s Response To: “Top 9 Obstacles To Employment Veterans Face”EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article from “Military.Com” is an excellent treatise from an employer perspective about the challenges...
Ken LarsonSep 23, 20221 min readDARPA Seeks Leap-Ahead Capabilities For Vertical Takeoff And Landing X-Plane (VIDEO)DARPA “ANCILLARY, aims to develop and flight demonstrate critical technologies required for a leap ahead in vertical takeoff and landing...
Ken LarsonSep 22, 20223 min readPentagon To Pour $1.2 Billion Into ‘Critical’ Biomanufacturing Industry“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Lee Ferran “The Pentagon announced $1.2 billion in new investments into biomanufacturing, which it hopes will help...
Ken LarsonSep 21, 20225 min readReversing The Slow, Painful Death Of Commercial Item Contracting“THE COALITION FOR GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT” “With the enactment of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) in 1994, there was hope...
Ken LarsonSep 20, 20224 min readCase Affirms Rights of Contractors Facing Debarment“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” By Frederic M. Levy, Michael Pierce and Michael Wagner “Proposed debarments are high-stakes disputes that...
Ken LarsonSep 19, 20223 min readDOD Issues FAR Deviation After Continued SAM UEI Transition Delays“FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” By Jason Miller “The Defense Pricing and Contracting office issued a deviation to the Federal Acquisition...
Ken LarsonSep 18, 20224 min readPentagon Diverted Small Business Fund To Defense Industry Giants“RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT” Written by Tevah Gevelber and Connor Echols “In just one year, more than $300 million earmarked for small...
Ken LarsonSep 17, 20223 min read Costs Of US Wars Linger For More Than 100 Years Benefits To Veterans And Their Families Continue Long After Conflicts Are Over. AP News By Mike Baker “If history is any judge, the U.S....
Ken LarsonSep 16, 20222 min readPentagon Issues Memorandum To Contracting Officers On Managing Existing Contracts Inflation“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Ross Wilkers “The plan is for DOD to consider upward adjustments to contract prices based on current economic...
Ken LarsonSep 15, 20222 min readPentagon Seeks Commercially Available Modelling Software For Supply Chain Disruption Solutions“C4ISRNET” By Courtney Albon “In a solicitation from the Defense Innovation Unit, a Pentagon agency that fosters DoD adoption of...
Ken LarsonSep 14, 20224 min readHow The Government Contracting Community Can Better Appeal To Gen Z“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” – By Glenn Kurowski “Generation Z is a small part of today’s workforce, but they are the future and we know...
Ken LarsonSep 13, 20221 min readAcquisition Regulation Comparator Is Now Live On Acquisition.Gov“FEDERAL ACQUISITION INSTITUTE“ “The Acquisition Regulation Comparator (ARC) provides Acquisition.gov users the ability to compare up to...
Ken LarsonSep 12, 20221 min read2022 Small Business Profiles For The States, Territories, And NationU.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION “Advocacy’s annual State Profiles gather the latest federal economic data into state-by-state...
Ken LarsonSep 11, 20224 min readSuccessful 50-Year Small Business Innovative Research Program (SBIR) Faces Expiration This Month At “FEDERAL TIMES” – By Josh Lospinoso “The SBIR program has served the DOD, tech and science industries well for half a century. We need to...
Ken LarsonSep 10, 20223 min readGAO Finds Fault With VA Agent Orange Claims System“STARS AND STRIPES” By SARA SAMORA “The Department of Veterans Affairs may have denied benefits to thousands of Vietnam veterans...
Ken LarsonSep 9, 20221 min readGrow By Winning Service Contract Renewal Competitions And Acquiring The Incumbent Workforce“SMALLTOFEDS” “During the course of marketing to the federal government the small business will encounter opportunities involving...
