Ken LarsonFeb 26, 20222 min readTraining Academy Goes Viral Prepping Veterans For Tech Careers“MILITARY TIMES” “The Microsoft Software and Systems Academy will now be offered as a fully online, fully funded 16-17-week course....
Ken LarsonFeb 25, 20225 min readA New Era Of Workforce Management For Government Contracting“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Nick Wakeman “Government contractors are working to embrace a permanent hybrid workforce that brings many...
Ken LarsonFeb 24, 20227 min readMajor Cyber Attacks Need Not Be The New Normal“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE”By Gentry Lane “Cyberspace is the only warfighting domain in which daily degradation of critical assets is...
Ken LarsonFeb 23, 20222 min readRussia Success Hacking U.S. Defense ContractorsImage: CNN “BREAKING DEFENSE – By Lee Ferran “For the last two years hackers backed by the Russian government worked to infiltrate...
Ken LarsonFeb 22, 20223 min readItalian Intelligence Watchdog Flags Small, Sneaky Foreign Takeovers In Defense“DEFENSE NEWS” By Tom Kington “Italy’s intelligence watchdog has called for tighter, U.S.-style monitoring of corporate acquisitions...
Ken LarsonFeb 21, 20221 min readWar Veterans Comment On The ‘Mother’ Of Bad Ideas – The JR-15 Children’s Assault Riflehttps://www.salon.com/2022/01/28/maker-slammed-for-25-pound-childrens-rifle-based-on-ar-15_partner/ THIS IS NOT A TOY – IT IS A FULLY ...
Ken LarsonFeb 21, 20223 min readReport On Consolidation In The Defense Industrial Base“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Aaron Mehta “The report, “State of Competition within the Defense Industrial Base,” comes out of a July executive...
Ken LarsonFeb 20, 20229 min readWar Making Decisions – Power And The Price We Pay‘THE ATLANTIC” From “The Iraq War and the Inevitability of Ignorance” By James Fallows “The U.S. is destined to keep overlearning the...
Ken LarsonFeb 19, 20224 min readLeaving The Military – Pursuing Your Passion Or Just Finding A Job“MILITARY TIMES” By Kirk Windmueller “Understand that your passion might be in your work or it might lie outside of it. Know the...
Ken LarsonFeb 18, 20221 min read“SBA Advocacy” – Statistics About Small Business Finance, 2022PLEASE CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION “Advocacy’s Small Business Finance Frequently Asked Questions details a...
Ken LarsonFeb 17, 20223 min readTeaming With Prime Contractors “WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” – By Mike Lisagor Adapted from the new book: How to Win in the Government Market (co-authored with Mark Amtower)...
Ken LarsonFeb 16, 20222 min readSBA Introduces New Course in Government ContractingU.S. Small Business Administration “The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the launch of Journey 6 of the Ascent...
Ken LarsonFeb 15, 20222 min readDOD Joint Artificial Intelligence Center Awarding T&E Agreements To Small And Large BusinessesPLEASE CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE JAIC PUBLIC AFFAIRS “As of this week, these awards include 44 small businesses and 35 large businesses,...
Ken LarsonFeb 14, 20224 min readHow To Improve Your Project Manager’s Performance“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Michael Lisagor “Despite training and good intentions, project managers often make the same mistakes over and...
Ken LarsonFeb 13, 20222 min readBoeing Has Now Paid $5.4 Billion In Pre-Tax Charges On KC- 46 Tanker Cost Overruns A KC-46 refuels a Navy F:A-18F using its centerline drogue system. (DoD) “BREAKING DEFENSE” By Valerie Insinna “The KC-46 program has...
Ken LarsonFeb 12, 20223 min read$400M VA Program To Help COVID-Unemployed Veterans Produces Few New JobsMargarita Angelo talks to veteran Robert Ryan “MILITARY TIMES” By Leo Shane III “Only a few dozen veterans have landed jobs through the...
Ken LarsonFeb 11, 20222 min read14 Critical Emerging Tech Areas Pursued By Defense Department Research And EngineeringPLEASE CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE “C4ISRNET” By Courtney Albon “Pentagon Research and Engineering is crafting a strategy for investment in 14...
Ken LarsonFeb 10, 20227 min readPentagon Seeking New Entrants Into Defense Industrial Base “NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE" By Yasmin Tadjdeh “To entice new companies to work with the Pentagon, the department is “doubling down” on...
Ken LarsonFeb 9, 20225 min readLowering Barriers To Commercial Firms For High Tech Defense Production Opportunities Via OTA’S“BREAKING DEFENSE” By Christopher Zember “In order to achieve the potential that the commercial market has to offer, DoD needs to expand...
Ken LarsonFeb 8, 20222 min readPentagon’s Main Cyber Security Initiative For Defense Contractors Switches Hands“C4ISRNET”By Mark Pomerleau The Department of Defense’s chief information officer will now oversee the department’s cybersecurity...
