Free Mentoring for Small Business

A Way Out Of Being “Lost In The Woods” On Acquisition Reform
“DEFENSE NEWS” By Tom Welter “While every aspect of the defense acquisitions process has been lamented, studied, overhauled and altered...

Almost Never-Ending Bid Protests Keep Losing Incumbent Contractor Working For Years
“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Nick Wakeman “This is one of those protest stories that is easy to hate. Since the first award, in late 2018,...

To Be Truly Inclusive, Companies Must Recruit And Hire Military Spouses
“MILITARY TIMES” By Meredith Lozar, Lauren Weiner and Donna Huneycutt “As business and nonprofit leaders, we must recognize the success...

In Search Of Leadership At The National Personnel Records Center
“MILITARY TIMES” By Rep. Warren Davidson “Last March, like many other government office buildings, the National Personnel Records Center...

2020 DOD Lockheed Martin Awards Alone – Exceeded The Entire Budgets Of Several Other Agencies
http://upriser.com/posts/ben-from-ben-jerry-s-takes-on-wasteful-trillion-dollar-f-35-jet-program THE PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT...

Startup Awarded Contract For AI-Based Counter-Drone System
“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” “Citadel Defense, a San Diego-based startup, recently received a multi-million dollar contract from the...

Beta.Sam.Gov Still A Work In Progress
Image: Georgia Tech Contracting Education Academy “WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Nick Wakeman “The General Services Administration has...

Why And How GovCon CEOs Should Use LinkedIn
WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Mark Amtower “Those companies and executives that utilize how LinkedIn can help them communicate to the market...

Defense Department Releases Its Top Contractor List
Image: DSM Forecasting International “THE PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT (POGO)” “In 2020, Lockheed Martin pocketed $76.8 billion, a...

DOD IG Finds Questionable Consortium OTA Spending
https://rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com/2020/12/29/pentagon-awards-2-5-billion-spectrum-forward-other-transaction-agreement-ota/...

NATO Tees Up Negotiations On Artificial Intelligence In Weapons
“C4ISRNET” “The move comes amid a grand effort to sharpen NATO’s edge in what officials call emerging and disruptive technologies, or...

The World Spent Almost $2 Trillion On Defense in 2020
PLEASE CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE “DEFENSE NEWS” “Global spending on militaries rose to $1.981 trillion last year, an increase of 2.6 percent...

For-Profit/Non-Profit “Conglomerate” Thinking Hazards
“MICROMENTOR Q&A“ “Using the term “Conglomerate” serves very little useful purpose. It is a generally descriptive term, but it has no...

Cloud Software Marketplaces Could Drive Innovative Commercial Tech Into DOD
“C4ISRNET” By Matthew T. Cornelius “As DoD moves the Cloud Computing Program Office from the Pentagon to the Defense Information Systems...

DoD Must Be More Transparent With Startups
“DEFENSE NEWS” “Officials across the Pentagon recognize that the technologies that the department needs to stay competitive in the coming...

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification FAQ From Contractors
“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” “The National Defense Industrial Association has held a series of webinars for its members focusing on the...

Is the U.S. National Defense Strategy right-sized?
“THE PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT (POGO)” “Keep pretending you can do it all when we can’t even defeat a band of Afghan insurgents...

SBA High Value Small Business Programs Focus On Veterans Minorities and Women
“U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION“ “Small business set aside contracting programs and veteran-owned business acquisition of donated GSA...

Military Times Launches New Online Obituary Platform
Flowers lay on a bench during a funeral at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu. (Staff Sgt. Jamarius Fortson/Army)...