This article has been updated to adjust the amount of the national debt from what was $16 Trillion in 2012 when we first began our...

“U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS” “The PACT Act is a new law that expands VA health care and benefits for Veterans exposed to burn...

“SMALLTOFEDS” – By Ken Larson “Government contract proposal preparation is time consuming and can be costly. Meeting the agency Request...

“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “As a volunteer counselor over the last 14 years, I have noted common traits among the most successful small...

“GOVCONWIRE” By Edward Tuorinsky “How can businesses like yours proactively manage transformation? It requires a fundamental shift in...

‘NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE ‘ By Sean Carberry “Master’s degree students in Clemson University’s Automotive Engineering Department took a...

BREAKING DEFENSE By Jaspreet Gill “With just one day left until a program used widely within the Pentagon to spur innovation hits its...

PLEASE CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE EDITOR’S NOTE: In 2008 at the tail end of a 36 year career in Aerospace and Defense I was offered a job ...

“MILITARY TIMES” – By Karen Jowers “Defense officials will launch a program in 2023 to place military spouses into paid fellowship...

SMALLTOFEDS By Ken larson “Astute contractors conduct contract baseline management through sound technical, cost and schedule definition...

“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “When pricing government contracts, in particular service contracts, the small business will encounter...

“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Chris Riotta “The federal government launched a new set of strategic partnerships this week aimed at...

“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Walter Barnes III , Founder and President of PM Consulting Group “A company founder shares the lessons learned...

“SBA OFFICE OF ADVOCACY” “In 2019, small businesses with 10–499 employees performed $70.6 billion worth of R&D work and employed over...

By Ken Larson A Vietnam Veteran and former federal contracts manager, who has been in the VA Health Care System for 16 years, offers...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article from “Military.Com” is an excellent treatise from an employer perspective about the challenges...

DARPA “ANCILLARY, aims to develop and flight demonstrate critical technologies required for a leap ahead in vertical takeoff and landing...

“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Lee Ferran “The Pentagon announced $1.2 billion in new investments into biomanufacturing, which it hopes will help...

“THE COALITION FOR GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT” “With the enactment of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) in 1994, there was hope...

“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” By Frederic M. Levy, Michael Pierce and Michael Wagner “Proposed debarments are high-stakes disputes that...