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Mark Amtower On Five Keys to Year-End Success on LinkedIn
“I have identified over 2.5 million Feds on LinkedIn via 552 “company” pages of departments, agencies, operating divisions and offices,...

Contractor Cybersecurity Certification Program (CMMC) Voluntary Trial Run
“FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” – By Justin Doubleday “The Pentagon’s contractor cybersecurity certification program took a major step forward...

Closing FAR Small Business Set Aside Loophole To Made-In-China And Non-TAA Products
“THE COALITION FOR GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT” “When the government sets aside a procurement, the product of a domestic small business...

FY 2021 – Record-Breaking $154.2 Billion In Contracting to Small Businesses
SBA PRESS Release Number 22-61 Contact Tiffani Clements at tiffani.clements@sba.gov “Overall, the federal government exceeded its goal of...

The Dark Side of the “World’s Most Admired” Companies
“THE PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT (POGO)” “Fortune magazine recently released a list of the World’s Most Admired Companies. From a...

“Connecting The Dots” In the Military And Veterans Health Care Systems Maze
By Ken Larson A Vietnam Veteran and former federal contracts manager, who has been in the VA Health Care System for 16 years, offers...

HUB Zone Awards Keep Missing Federal Contract Goals A Quarter-Century After Creation
“FEDERAL TIMES” By Molly Weisner “The federal HUBZone program has failed to meet a small-business contracting goal for more than two...

Small Business Mentoring And Social Networking
“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken larson “A Mentor’s 16 -Year Comparative Review of The SCORE And MicroMentor Web Sites “ ____________________________...

DOD Funds $100 Million In Emerging Tech Projects To Help Bridge ‘Valley Of Death’
“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Jaspreet Gill “The Pentagon is giving $100 million million total to various program offices under a new pilot...

Learn About America’s Seed Fund For Small Business
U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION “The Small Business Innovation Research program was signed into law 40 Years Ago. Since then, Small...

Pentagon 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...

The Dire Necessity for U.S. Long Term Strategic Vision
Although by far the most powerful country in the world, the U.S. is suffering from a lack of long term vision. The individual citizen is...

Employers Are Not Complying With Uniformed Services Employment And Reemployment Rights Act
“THE WARHORSE” By Michael de Yoanna "As Troops Face Mounting Demands to Serve in Crises, Civilian Employers Are Firing Them"...

Why You Need To Control Your Personal Brand
“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Mark Amtower “Each of us has a personal brand in the market, things we are known for, things that we have...

Veteran Mental Health Care: A True Lack Of Leadership
“THE HILL” BY KEN FALKE, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR “A recent report from the Rand organization, “Defining the Standards of Care for Veteran...

The ‘Outernet’: Secure ‘Internet In Space’ And Key To Future Space Force Hybrid Architecture
“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Theresa Hitchens “The Pentagon has taken the first steps toward a future “hybrid space architecture” comprising...

Booz Allen Unveils $100M Venture Capital Fund To Back Tech Startups
“DEFENSE NEWS” By Stephen Losey “Booz Allen Hamilton, one of the 10 largest U.S. defense contractors, launched a $100 million venture...

Small Business Lending in the United States, 2020
“Advocacy’s small business lending report examines FDIC data to determine the state of bank lending to small businesses. Small business...

U. S. Single Year Government Funding, Budget Control And The National Debt
"Rose Covered Glasses" By Ken Larson "Having dealt with the funding process in the government contracting industry (both large and...























