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...
Ken LarsonFeb 20, 20213 min readGlimmers Of Progress In DoD/VA Electronic Health Records Integration “FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” “The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs still have a very long way to go before they achieve the...
Ken LarsonFeb 19, 20213 min readWe – Like The Government – Must Rely On Statistics https://nces.ed.gov/FCSM/agencies.asp “FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK” By Tom Temin “Especially when people are so divided over policy, nothing is...
Ken LarsonFeb 18, 20211 min readTHINK SPRING!https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/50955708036/in/album-72157629232310537/ MOSAIC Skyline over every tree Matchless river...
Ken LarsonFeb 17, 20212 min readFederal Artificial Intelligence (AI) Spending To Top $6 BillionImage: Istock “NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE“ “Washington is projected to invest more than $6 billion in AI-related research-and-development...
Ken LarsonFeb 16, 20213 min readThe True Value Of A Proposal Executive Summary Image: “Proposify” https://www.proposify.com/blog/executive-summary “WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Lisa Pafe “The purpose is to get the...
Ken LarsonFeb 15, 20214 min readBattling Disinformation With A Cognitive Security Proving Ground(monsitj/Getty Images) “C4ISRNET” By Brian M. Pierce “The exponential expansion of the internet, which has boosted our productivity to...
Ken LarsonFeb 14, 20213 min readSBA Paid $10.7 Million To Vendors Without Federal Contracts Or SAM RegistrationsImage: SBA “SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL” “SBA used three vendors without a contract to handle foreclosures...
Ken LarsonFeb 13, 20215 min readFocus On Cyber Prevention Basics Not Reaction “WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY” By Egon Rinderer “Many agencies end up with tool sprawl – adopting too many one-off specialized solutions that...
