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Welcome to Carpe Datum’s weekly newsletter, the Federal Data Prospector (Vol. 4, Issue 24) which happens to be the only publication of its kind dedicated exclusively to Data & Analytics companies, who share our passion for serving the Public Sector. This was another busy week for Carpe Datum’s finely tuned, machine learning engine that flags and scores all the opportunities coming out of the Federal procurement process and selects only those that are well-suited for our community. As most of you know, this process ebbs and flows with the seasons and the annual budget process; however, of late, we have noticed a significant increase in opportunities like the one highlighted below, which features a DoD request for commercially available alert/notification and event detection platform for threat intelligence. Similarly, our News Alert is focused on DoD’s implementation of “Ethical AI” … a coincidence? You be the judge and spread the word about our weekly rag!
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Request for Information (RFI) – Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)/PL63 – Alert/Notification and Event Detection Software Platform – to ascertain what commercially available alert/notification and event detection platforms are available in the marketplace. The goal of acquiring an alert/notification and event detection platform is to provide threat intelligence and operational risk management to Government personnel. The Government requires, at a minimum, the following technical characteristics: A web-based alert/notification & event detection platform that can be accessed via PC; Algorithms with increasing alert speed and accuracy rates which provides a signal-to-noise ratio that results in only the alerts of interest being delivered; Ability to pull publicly available information from multiple sources, including Twitter, Reddit, dark web, IoT sensor data, and audio transmissions; evaluate content to detect emerging events as they are developing and push alerts to users based on user-defined criteria; etc.
In other data news, on May 16th, FedScoop published an interesting article entitled, The Pentagon Is Closing in on 'Ethical' AI Implementation. In this article, Lauren C. Williams describes how the Defense Department is still finalizing an implementation plan for its artificial intelligence ethical principles, according to Jane Pinelis, the chief of AI assurance for DoD's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center.
- “Michael Horowitz, the Defense Department's director of emerging capabilities policy, said faster implementation of artificial intelligence and autonomous technology solutions requires budget support and centralized leadership – both of which the Pentagon is working to address with the standing up of its chief digital and artificial intelligence office. ‘If data is the fuel that makes AI go essentially – what is an algorithm without the data that you would use to train it in one way or another – then bringing those together under the [chief digital and artificial intelligence office] construct, I think will be reflected in what a new strategy will likely look like as well,’ Horowitz said during a keynote panel at the event. ‘What's necessary now is to turn those thoughts into reality and to do it faster.’”
The Carpe Datum Team
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SNAP DATA INCOME VERIFICATION
Dept. of Agriculture
| FNS seeks to support and expand all States’ access to TPID data in order to increase the efficiency of States’ earned income verification procedures and identify potential applicant reporting errors in advance of certifying SNAP households... | |
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RFQ - Real Estate Market Transactions and Assessment Data
Dept. of Commerce
| The objective of this procurement is to obtain detailed property-level microdata on real estate transactions and property characteristics across numerous states to verify quality of the data and to fill in gaps of current datasets BEA uses for land valuation and housing-related research... | |
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RFI for Command Control Information Environment (C2IE) Capability
Dept. of Defense
| AFLCMC/HNCJ is seeking industry input for the pursuit of five major capability areas (CA) for the continued development and sustainment of the Command and Control of the Information Environment (C2IE) capability... | |
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ERS Database Subscription Services
Dept. of Agriculture
| The USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) has a requirement for a vendor to provide historical time series data for macro strategy and research... | |
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BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT: Digital Twin for Earth Observations (EO-DT) Using Artificial Intelligence
Dept. of Commerce
| Amendments - May 2o, 2022 | |
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Food at Home / Food Away From Home Data
Dept. of Agriculture
| Question & Answers - May 17, 2022 | |
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Scalable Science Data Exploration (Amendment - 1)
NASA
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TransUnion Data Solutions
Dept. of Defense
| Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) intends to solicit a proposal and enter into a contract with TransUnion Risk & Alternative Data Solutions... | |
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LexisNexis Data Solutions
Dept. of Defense
| Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) intends to solicit a proposal and enter into a contract with LexisNexis Data Solutions... | |
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Sole Source Notice for for the continued maintenance and licensing of the CreditLens software.
United States International Development Finance Corporation
| DFC has implemented software, proprietary to Moody’s Analytics, Inc., called CreditLens... | |
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Sole Source Notice - MTU Scorecard
Dept. of Defense
| DFC’s Office of Finance and Portfolio Management (OFPM) has implemented CreditLens software in their department that is used to streamline DFC’s credit risk management scoring models and their associated workflows... | |
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On May 18, Westminster, CO-based Maxar Technologies announced it was awarded a spot on a Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) with a ceiling value of $241M over five years... | |
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L3Harris wins JAIC contract | On May 17, Melbourne, FL-based L3Harris Technologies announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense to deliver artificial intelligence services to improve intelligence gathering and collaboration across the defense and intelligence communities... | |
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Artificial intelligence experts helping NATO with new ‘horizontal scanning’ initiative | More than 80 artificial intelligence experts from the U.S. and other nations are helping NATO explore the military implications — and opportunities — for leveraging the technology... | |
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Postal Service should 'act swiftly' to scale up identity services, IG says | USPS is working with the General Services Administration on more in-person options for Login.gov, according to a new whitepaper from the U.S. Postal Service's Inspector General... | |
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VA inventorying data assets, constructing virtual test environment for AI apps | The Department of Veterans Affairs is inventorying all of its data assets to ensure it’s at the quality needed to enable artificial intelligence, according to the senior adviser for strategic initiatives... | |
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Energy Department provides $53M for climate change tech | The Department of Energy added to recent investments in clean energy Thursday, announcing $53 million in funding for small businesses pursuing cutting-edge technologies to address climate change... | |
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AV camera footage can aid police investigations | Data collected by autonomous vehicles may help law enforcement with investigations, an internal San Francisco Police Department training document obtained by Motherboard suggests... | |
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Commentary: Calif. Office of Digital Innovation, CalData to Merge | As part of the California state budget, Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed the merging of the Office of Digital Innovation (ODI) with CalData. The new amalgamation will be called the Office of Data and Innovation... | |
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Building a solid foundation for digital identity | Standardization and guidance on identity federation -- a reciprocal, trusted way to authenticate and share information about users – is essential for building a digital identity ecosystem... | |
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AI contracts have special licensing needs to prevent bias, encourage transparency | Artificial intelligence software isn’t like other software, especially when it comes to acquiring it and licensing it... | |
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Tamr Introduces Tamr Enrich to Simplify and Improve the Data Mastering Process | Tamr, the leading cloud-native data mastering solution, today announced the introduction of Tamr Enrich, a set of enrichment services built natively into the data mastering process... | |
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Here's how data science can help solve global crises | Across the world, local officials and NGO workers are heroically responding to overlapping, complex crises – whether they’re battling new waves of the COVID-19 pandemic or delivering aid after natural disasters... | |
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FullContact Launches Verify Product to Optimize IDV and Fraud Prevention Models | FullContact , the industry leader in identity resolution as a service, announced the official launch of Verify, a new identity product that powers identity verification (IDV) and fraud prevention... | |
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LSEG agrees to acquire MayStreet to enhance Data & Analytics division | London Stock Exchange Group has agreed to acquire market data solutions provider MayStreet, with whom it has an existing commercial partnership, to support LSEG’s Real-Time Direct feed offering. | |
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2022 Army Intelligence and Security Enterprise Industry Day– June 16, 2022 | The Department of the Army G-2 and U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) will host an unclassified, 2022 Army Intelligence and Security Enterprise Industry Day on Thursday, June 16, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m (EDT)... | |
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Healthcare IT- Digital Transformation Forum - June 2, 2022 | Join GovCon Wire Events for the Healthcare IT: Digital Transformation Forum to hear from public and private sector leaders across the health industry on the strategic initiatives, emerging technologies and priorities driving the modernization of healthcare today... | |
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