Ken LarsonAug 14, 20229 min readTop 100 Defense Contractor Revenues Climb Despite Supply Chain And Fiscal Disruption Turmoil“DEFENSE NEWS” By Joe Gould “Defense revenues of the top 100 defense companies climbed for a sixth consecutive year, a sign of the global...
Ken LarsonAug 13, 20221 min readAt Least One Photo Found For Every Veteran Honored On Vietnam Memorial“STARS AND STRIPES” “At least one photo has been found of each of the more than 58,000 service members listed on the memorial, also known...
Ken LarsonAug 12, 20223 min readSmall Versus Startup Enterprises, Venture Capital And Government Innovation Research Program Needs“C4ISRNET” By Andrew Powell “Despite calling itself “America’s Seed Fund”, the SBIR program expressly ignores professional seed...
Ken LarsonAug 11, 20223 min readPentagon Releases Inflation Guidance to Industry“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZNE” By Scott Freling, Paul Rowley and Evan R. Sherwood “In response to industry-wide questions about price...
Ken LarsonAug 10, 20222 min readFed Procurement Innovation Developing In The Federal Acquisition Institute’s “PTAI”https://www.fai.gov/periodic-table?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery FEDERAL ACQUISITION INSTITUTE The PTAI is a collaborative...
Ken LarsonAug 9, 20224 min read5 Things Every First-Time Bidder For Federal Contracts Should Know“FEDERAL TIMES” “If you’re a small business owner looking into government contracting, you’ve probably seen the well-meaning advice: Just...
Ken LarsonAug 8, 20225 min read10 Largest Department of Defense Contract Awards for July 2022“CLEARANCE JOBS. COM” By Jillian Hamilton “In July, Army had 50% of the 10 biggest contracts. More vaccine awards went out in July, as...
Ken LarsonAug 7, 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 LarsonAug 6, 20223 min readSeizing the Moment in Small Business Federal Government ContractingTHE MOMENT Trends on the horizon point to a bright future for small business in federal government contracting. Federal government...
Ken LarsonAug 6, 20224 min readWhat Are VA Medical and Disability Benefits, and How Do You Get Them?MILITARY.COM By Jim Absher “You may know that veterans may be eligible for free medical care and payments for disabilities, but exactly...
Ken LarsonAug 5, 20222 min readMajor Aerospace And Defense Companies Scouting Tech Startups For Venture Investment“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Ross Wilkers, Senior Staff Reporter “Lockheed Martin doubled the size of its emerging technology-focused...
Ken LarsonAug 4, 20222 min readMark 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,...
Ken LarsonAug 3, 20223 min readContractor 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...
Ken LarsonAug 2, 20223 min readClosing 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...
Ken LarsonAug 1, 20225 min readFY 2021 – Record-Breaking $154.2 Billion In Contracting to Small BusinessesSBA PRESS Release Number 22-61 Contact Tiffani Clements at tiffani.clements@sba.gov “Overall, the federal government exceeded its goal of...
Ken LarsonJul 31, 20222 min readThe 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...
Ken LarsonJul 30, 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 LarsonJul 29, 20224 min readHUB 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...
Ken LarsonJul 28, 20224 min readSmall Business Mentoring And Social Networking“SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken larson “A Mentor’s 16 -Year Comparative Review of The SCORE And MicroMentor Web Sites “ ____________________________...
Ken LarsonJul 27, 20223 min readDOD 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...
