Ken LarsonMar 24, 20211 min readSmall Business Facts – Paths To Business OwnershipPLEASE CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE “U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION” – Office of Advocacy “About two-thirds of business owners start...
Ken LarsonMar 23, 20213 min readTop Pentagon Research Arm Combats ‘Aggressive’ Foreign Investors“C4ISRNET” “The goal for the accelerator, established by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is to move 150 technologies out...
Ken LarsonMar 22, 20212 min readFour Growth Areas In Defense IT Spending For 2021 to 2022“FEDERAL TIMES“ “GovWin from Deltek’s recent Defense IT Priorities and Strategies, 2020-2022 report projects that the Department of...
Ken LarsonMar 21, 20211 min readSBA Lenders Make $692 Million In Duplicate PPP Disbursements To 4,260 Borrowers“SBA INSPECTOR GENERAL” “We determined SBA did not always have sufficient controls in place to detect and prevent duplicate PPP loans. As...
Ken LarsonMar 20, 20214 min readVA Modernizing Aging Facilities With Maintenance Backlog"FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” “The Department of Veterans Affairs has a growing maintenance backlog at its facilities, a problem that’s only...
Ken LarsonMar 19, 20213 min read$1.4 Billion Defense Health Agency (DHA) Draft Solicitation “WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” “The [draft] solicitation includes incentives for traditional primes to include non-traditional vendors on their...
Ken LarsonMar 18, 20213 min readA ‘Splinternet’ Won’t Solve Global Cyber Defense Problems “C4ISRNET“ “As attack capabilities become more advanced, including the use of data with artificial intelligence, new crypto networks, and...
Ken LarsonMar 17, 20212 min readTechnology Modernization Fund (TMF) Receives $1B In COVID Relief Bill“WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” “The Technology Modernization is poised to receive one heck of a present for its three-year anniversary – a $1...
Ken LarsonMar 16, 20213 min readNASA’s Mentor-Protégé Partnerships Could Benefit DOD“NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE“ By Shaliza Tolliver “NASA-sponsored mentor-protégé partnerships between entities such as Boeing and Southern...
Ken LarsonMar 15, 20213 min readGAO: “DOD $1.3 Trillion Real Property Management Issues No Longer ‘High Risk’“FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK“ “In releasing its latest version of the list, updated every two years with each new Congress, GAO determined the...
Ken LarsonMar 14, 20213 min read5 Largest Defense Companies Spent $60 Million In 2020 To Influence Policy“MILITARY.COM” “Five of the nation’s biggest defense contractors — Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon Technologies and...
Ken LarsonMar 13, 20212 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 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...
