Ken LarsonOct 13, 20221 min readChanges Impacting Small Business In Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2022-008“FEDERAL ACQUISTION INSTITUTE (FAI)” “Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2022-08 was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 23, 2022....
Ken LarsonOct 12, 20224 min readHackers Attack Defense Company Stealing Sensitive Info – Tips To Keep Your Small Business Cyber-Safe“C4ISRNET” By Colin Demarest “Hackers infiltrated a defense industrial base organization, maintained “persistent, long-term” access to...
Ken LarsonOct 11, 20221 min readFREE Small Business Government Contracting Materials Plus SCORE And MicroMentor Counselingttps://larsoke4.wixsite.com/website/blog With well over a decade in volunteer small business consulting, I appreciate the many...
Ken LarsonOct 10, 20222 min readFully Fund America’s International Affairs Budget“DEFENSE ONE” By PATRICK MURPHY and BLAIR MILO “Americans across the country are seeing global crises affect their lives and families....
Ken LarsonOct 9, 20226 min readA Citizen’s Guide To Critique The PentagonThis article has been updated to adjust the amount of the national debt from what was $16 Trillion in 2012 when we first began our...
Ken LarsonOct 8, 20221 min readNew Benefits For Multiple Generations Of Veterans – “Assumed Presumptive Condition” Explained“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...
Ken LarsonOct 7, 20221 min readMaking An Astute Bid/No Bid Decision In Small Business Federal Government Contracting“SMALLTOFEDS” – By Ken Larson “Government contract proposal preparation is time consuming and can be costly. Meeting the agency Request...
Ken LarsonOct 6, 20222 min readConsider The 10 Most Common Traits Of Successful Small Business Government Contractors“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “As a volunteer counselor over the last 14 years, I have noted common traits among the most successful small...
Ken LarsonOct 5, 20223 min read Common Business Transformation Missteps And Tips To Fix Them“GOVCONWIRE” By Edward Tuorinsky “How can businesses like yours proactively manage transformation? It requires a fundamental shift in...
Ken LarsonOct 4, 20227 min readStudents Teach Army About Rapid Prototyping‘NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE ‘ By Sean Carberry “Master’s degree students in Clemson University’s Automotive Engineering Department took a...
Ken LarsonOct 3, 20224 min readCongress Saves Successful 40 Year Small Business Innovation Program At Last MinuteBREAKING DEFENSE By Jaspreet Gill “With just one day left until a program used widely within the Pentagon to spur innovation hits its...
Ken LarsonOct 2, 20223 min readA Classic Story Of What Must Change In Government Technology Development - The Destroyer With No GunPLEASE 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 ...
Ken LarsonOct 1, 20223 min readDoD-Funded Military Spouse Fellowship Program Coming in 2023“MILITARY TIMES” – By Karen Jowers “Defense officials will launch a program in 2023 to place military spouses into paid fellowship...
Ken LarsonSep 30, 20222 min readBaseline Control With Earned Value Yields Project Management SuccessSMALLTOFEDS By Ken larson “Astute contractors conduct contract baseline management through sound technical, cost and schedule definition...
Ken LarsonSep 29, 20221 min readCompliance With The Service Contract And Davis-Bacon Acts By Developing A Bid Conformance Table“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson “When pricing government contracts, in particular service contracts, the small business will encounter...
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...
