Ken LarsonMar 28, 20231 min readAbout Federal Government Contract Types“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “In contracting for supplies and services the federal government utilizes several different contract types....
Ken LarsonMar 27, 20235 min readPentagon And Small Business Administration (SBA) Team For Tech InvestmentJason Rathje, director of the new Office of Strategic Capital (OSC), speaks at CSIS. (screen capture of CSIS video) CLICK IMAGE TO...
Ken LarsonMar 26, 20231 min readEYESWhite Tail Deer - Vermillion River Trail - Hastings, Minnesota https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/52770578050/in/dateposte...
Ken LarsonMar 26, 20236 min readInterventions, “Special Operations” And The Growth Of The World’s Military Industrial ComplexesView and Search The Vietnam Conflict “Wall of Faces” https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ Vietnam was not a declared war. It was an...
Ken LarsonMar 25, 20233 min readVA To Change Its Motto, Dropping Male-Only Language “MILITARY TIMES” By Leo Shane III, Deputy Editor “Veterans Affairs leaders are changing the department’s mission statement from the...
Ken LarsonMar 24, 20235 min readU.S. Gets An ‘F’ For Erratic, Unfocused Funding Of Defense Innovation, Says Reagan Foundation“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. “A ponderous budget process, overspending on old tech, and chronically late appropriations...
Ken LarsonMar 23, 20234 min readThree Strategies To Avoid Digital Modernization Stall-Outs“FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” By Kyle Tuberson “Focus on key areas: earning worker buy-in, establishing strong communication across the...
Ken LarsonMar 22, 20231 min readINSIGHTS – Using Weighted Guidelines Profit Determination In Government Contract NegotiationsImage: Skyway AcquisitionWeighted Guidelines “SMALLTOFEDS” – By Ken Larson “Understanding the weighted guidelines method can assist in...
Ken LarsonMar 21, 20234 min readThe ‘Freedom Of Information Act’ (FOIA) – Our Flashlight In The Dark“THE BRIDGE – AT THE PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT (POGO)” By Spurthi Kontham “The Freedom of Information Act, passed in 1966 in the...
Ken LarsonMar 20, 20231 min readCost Center Strategic Planning For Small Business Service Contractors“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “A growing small enterprise can enhance competitive rate development and cost management by effective cost...
Ken LarsonMar 19, 20231 min readWinter WaterfrontMississippi River Trail (MRT) Hastings, Minnesota (click the link and then the pic for telescopic view) https://www.flickr.com/photos/ody...
Ken LarsonMar 19, 20239 min readThis Is What We Do in America. We Pause. We Forget. Then We Begin The Next War“THE WARHORSE” By M. Tabar “My stepfather, brother, and I served in Afghanistan and Iraq. We are still there, frozen in the suck—a...
Ken LarsonMar 18, 20233 min readVA To Award $52.5 Million In Grants To Local Organizations Working To Prevent Veteran SuicideU.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS “VA announces the availability of $52.5 million in grants to community-based organizations that...
Ken LarsonMar 17, 20233 min readGAO Report – Pentagon Audit Failures Due To Error Prone Systems And Lack Of Oversight “STARS AND STRIPES” By Doug G. Ware “A lack of oversight guidance within the Pentagon is a major reason why it’s still the only large...
Ken LarsonMar 16, 20233 min readPentagon Wants To Spur Cyber Talent Exchange With Tech Industry“C4ISRNET” By Colin Demarest and Molly Weisner “The Pentagon is evaluating how its 225,000-member cyber workforce can more easily...
Ken LarsonMar 15, 20233 min read‘Vendor Pools:’ One Strategy to Accelerate Acquisition and Increase Competition“AIR AND SPACE FORCES MAGAZINE” By Greg Hadley “What if the Air and Space Forces could create their own dream teams of contractors for...
Ken LarsonMar 14, 20236 min readWomen-Owned Small Businesses Say They Are “Not A Priority” For Federal Government Contracts“19th News.Org” By Chabeli Carranzana “As many as 89 percent of women small-business owners said they feel they are not on a level...
Ken LarsonMar 13, 20232 min readWhat to Expect from Government Small Business Contracting Pre-Award Surveys and Fact Finding“SMALLTOFEDS”By Ken Larson “When a government contracting specific market target has been identified and a proposal has been submitted,...
Ken LarsonMar 12, 20231 min readEAGLES BLUFF VIEWMississippi River Trail (MRT) -Hastings, Minnesota https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/52721621933/in/dateposted-public/
Ken LarsonMar 12, 20235 min readPentagon Zumwalt Acrobatic Arithmetic–Replacing A Projectile Never Bought With A Hypersonic MissileEDITOR’S NOTE: The “Bunker” article by POGO’s Mark Thompson below has special significance to me. Near the end of my career in Aerospace...
