Ken LarsonMar 12, 20214 min readFederal Ethics Program Guidance Update Useful for Smaller BusinessesPLEASE CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE “NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE” By Ann R. Harris “In June 2020, the Department of Justice criminal division...
Ken LarsonMar 11, 20213 min readVeterans Can Play Crucial Role Filling Cyber Security Needs“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY“ “Military veterans are problem-solvers who understand the importance of maintaining a strong defense posture and...
Ken LarsonMar 10, 20214 min read8 Principles For Successful Technology ConvergencePLEASE CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE “C4ISRNET” By Vince Vlasho ” In 2021, three maturing technologies — artificial intelligence, big data and...
Ken LarsonMar 9, 20214 min readTeleworking Is Here To Stay – Basic Defensive Threat Awareness“C4ISRNET” “It’s clear that telework is here to stay. In November, the Department of Defense extended COVID-related telework...
Ken LarsonMar 8, 20213 min readInter-Agency Update -Task Forces on Veteran Small Business Development “Updates from the Departments of Defense, Labor, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs; General Services Administration; Office of Management...
Ken LarsonMar 7, 20212 min readThe U.S. Conducted Counter-Terrorism Operations In 85 Nations Around The World In 2018, 2019, and 20PLEASE CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE “THE PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT (POGO)” “A pair of new reports published February 25 cast stark...
Ken LarsonMar 6, 20213 min readIs the F-35 Program at a Crossroads?(Illustration: Renzo Velez / POGO) “THE PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT (POGO)” “As the most expensive weapons system in history, the...
Ken LarsonMar 5, 20211 min readDARPA Opens Door To More Private Equity-Backed Firms“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY“ “The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will now allow small businesses that are majority owned by private...
Ken LarsonMar 4, 20212 min readNIST Announces 2021 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase 1 Topics“ National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)” “NIST has announced its fiscal year 2021 Small Business Innovation Research...
Ken LarsonMar 3, 20212 min readSmall Number of States Dominate Defense Spending “NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE“ “A huge portion of U.S. defense spending is going to contractors and military personnel based in just a...
Ken LarsonMar 2, 20212 min readGAO Clears Protests – VA Will Make Further $22.3B T4NG Contract On-Ramp Awards https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79385/tac-talks-2-transformation-twenty-one-total-technology-next-generation-t4ng/ “WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY“ ”...
Ken LarsonMar 1, 20211 min readMiddle East Military Power By The Numbers [PLEASE CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE] "DEFENSE NEWS“ “Which Middle Eastern countries have a quantitative edge? Data provided by the...
Ken LarsonFeb 28, 20214 min readWanted: A Joint Ethics Code For The Armed ForcesU.S. soldiers with the New Jersey National Guard take the oath of office to serve with Capitol Police in the Visitor Center at the U.S....
Ken LarsonFeb 27, 20219 min readVietnam, Iraq And Afghanistan – Three Wars, No Victory – Why? “NATIONAL REVIEW” By Bing West “In all three wars, the policy hub was primarily responsible for the failures. In not one case did the...
Ken LarsonFeb 26, 20212 min readBuilding Back Better After Solar Winds Breach“FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” “The breach compromised the networks of nine agencies and about 100 private-sector companies.About 18,000...
Ken LarsonFeb 25, 20215 min readSmall Business “Rule of Law 2” Court Ruling Has Far Reaching ImpactFEDERAL NEWS NETWORK“ “A court ruling in favor of small businesses who protested what experts called a ridiculously poor choice by the...
Ken LarsonFeb 24, 20212 min readHow a “Small Business” Kingpin Wins Billions in Defense ContractsPhotos: Stephanie Hillier / Vimeo still; Eduard Marmet / Flickr; Getty Images; Illustration: Leslie Garvey / POGO) “THE PROJECT ON...
Ken LarsonFeb 23, 20213 min readSpecial Operations Developing “Influence Artillery” For On-Line Campaigns“C4ISRNET” “To stay ahead of rapidly moving threats in the information space, 1st Special Forces Command is building an Information...
Ken LarsonFeb 22, 20214 min readRecord Government Use In 2020 Of GSA Schedules And GWAC’S“FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK“ “Customer agencies flocked to the schedules program, the assisted acquisition services and the governmentwide...
Ken LarsonFeb 21, 20213 min readEroding America From Within: Marketing Data Threatens Military Cohesion“C4ISRNET” By Maj. Jessica Dawson and Lt. Col. Todd Arnold “The troves of intricately detailed information collected by online and social...
