Ken LarsonAug 5, 20211 min readWomen Are Leading The Way In The Business World“SCORE” “The 2019 State of Women-Owned Business Report by American Express found that the number of women-owned businesses climbed to...
Ken LarsonAug 4, 20211 min readGSA Reopens Some Bids For OASIS Small Business On-Ramp“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” “Thanks to a successful challenge at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, several unsuccessful bidders chasing the...
Ken LarsonAug 3, 20214 min readNSA Releases Security Guidance For DOD Contractors On Public Networks “BREAKING DEFENSE” “The National Security Agency released a set of best practices for using public networks, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth,...
Ken LarsonAug 2, 20212 min readBritain Government Nationalizing Steel Components Maker“DEFENSE NEWS” “The British government plans to nationalize specialist steel components-maker Sheffield Forgemasters in order to protect...
Ken LarsonAug 1, 20211 min readDo You Feel A Draft Coming?“ROLL CALL” “The Senate’s National Defense Authorization Act, which the committee approved on July 21, contains an amendment by the...
Ken LarsonJul 31, 20212 min readDepartment of Defense Wants To Hear From Every Active Duty Military Spouse“MILITARY TIMES“ “For the first time, all active-duty military spouses will be able to participate in the Department of Defense Active...
Ken LarsonJul 30, 20212 min readNational Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Opens New Lab For Unclassified Collaboration“C4ISRNET” “Located in downtown St. Louis, the new Moonshot Labs will encompass 12,000 square feet of shared workspace within the T-REX...
Ken LarsonJul 29, 20212 min readFY 2020 Was A Good Year For Contractors https://about.bgov.com/news/federal-contract-spending-five-trends-in-five-charts-2/ “NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” “Federal contract...
Ken LarsonJul 28, 20211 min readJoint Chiefs of Staff Acquisition Directives To IndustryThe newest Joint Warfighting Concept, which Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, John Hyten essentially rolled out to the defense...
Ken LarsonJul 27, 20217 min readHasten CMMC Compliance Through Zero-Trust “NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” By Ryan Heidorn “It’s hard to have a conversation about cybersecurity these days without hearing about “zero...
Ken LarsonJul 26, 20214 min readProcurement Equity Growth Requires Government Small Business Contracting Improvements“EDITOR’S NOTE” We applaud the recent article in “FCW” and “Washington Technology” by Chris Riotta identifying the risks associated with...
Ken LarsonJul 25, 20211 min read‘Really Big Deal’ As Army Awards Bradley Fighting Vehicle Replacement Contracts“BREAKING DEFENSE “ July 23, 2021 “This is a really big deal,” said Maj. Gen. Ross Coffman, director of the Next Generation Combat...
Ken LarsonJul 24, 20213 min read16 Million Veterans Can Now Get Department of Defense Sponsored Travel Deals“MILITARY TIMES” “16 million veterans are now eligible to use the Defense Department’s discount travel site, under an expansion announced...
Ken LarsonJul 23, 20212 min readGlobal Customers are Waiting for You“U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION” “If you are not exporting then you’re reaching just a small share of potential customers. Go where...
Ken LarsonJul 22, 20214 min readThe CMMC Challenge – A Company Cyber Security Ethos Paradigm Shift “WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” – By By Michael Cardaci “We know that to succeed under CMMC, you need to have the ethos—and it needs to permeate...
Ken LarsonJul 21, 20212 min readThe Impact Of Contract Protests On Technology And ReadinessImage: “Rose Covered Glasses” https://rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com/2021/05/10/never-ending-bid-protests-keep-losing-incumbent-contra...
Ken LarsonJul 20, 20213 min readAir Force Offers Malicious File Detection Software To Private Sector Via “TechLink” "C4ISRNET” “In a first for the Air Force’s new information warfare entity, the service inked patent license agreements with the private...
Ken LarsonJul 19, 20211 min readThe 2021 National SBIR Week“U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION” “The SBIR/STTR programs provide over $4 billion in funding to small businesses each year in a wide...
Ken LarsonJul 18, 20213 min readEvolutionary Innovation Could Speed Weapons Acquisition ModernizationBase Image: Inc. Magazine “BREAKING DEFENSE” By Eleaine Mccusker and Dan Patt “To incentivize exploration, the department needs modest...
Ken LarsonJul 17, 20213 min readSchedule Scrapped For $16 Billion VA Electronic Medical Records Project “MILITARY TIMES” “Veterans Affairs leaders are completely overhauling their training and deployment schedule for their controversial...
