VOLUME 4. ISSUE 10.

Welcome to Carpe Datum’s weekly newsletter, the Federal Data Prospector (Vol. 4, Issue 10) -- the only publication dedicated exclusively to Data and Analytics companies, who share our passion for serving the Public Sector. Over the last two weeks, your partners at Carpe Datum have noticed a marked increase in the overall volume of relevant activity coming from our marketplaces – both in the form of qualified government contracting opportunities, as well as germane news stories and industry announcements. Please take a close look and make your own assessment. As always, send us a note if there is anything that you have questions about or if you’d simply like to give us some feedback – we’re all ears (and eyes)!    Please take the time to share our newsletter with anyone whom you think might find it useful and/or interesting - Click here to subscribe.   Request for Information (RFI) – United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (RFS) – IDEAL WSSH Activity – USAID is conducting market research … on how improving data use can also advance equity by directing resources to the most vulnerable communities. USAID’s Digital Strategy highlights the opportunity to “improve measurable development… outcomes through the responsible use of digital technology in USAID’s Programming”. The strategy further notes that approaches such as prioritizing investments through geospatial analysis are essential to making development more effective and efficient; likewise, the WSSH data landscape has grown dramatically with new monitoring efforts, new data collection approaches, emerging data standards, and more frequent data sharing between institutions.   In other data news, on February 10th, Daily Dot published an interesting article entitled, A new bill might force data brokers to delete everything they have on you.  In this article, Andrew Wyrich describes how a newly introduced data privacy bill wants to make it easier for consumers to delete all the information that data brokers have collected about them.   “Specifically, the bill would direct the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to create an online dashboard where Americans could submit a one-time request that all data brokers delete information that’s been collected about them. The data brokers, who would have to register with the FTC, would have 31 days to delete the data. The bill was introduced by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), and Rep. Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) The law defines a data broker as ‘an entity that knowingly collects or obtains the personal information of an individual with whom the entity does not have a direct relationship’ that then uses that information to perform a service for a third party or ‘sells, licenses, trades, provides for consideration or is otherwise compensated’ for giving that information to a third party. ” The Carpe Datum Team

SIGNALS INFORMATION EXPLOITATION TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS (SIETE) Dept. of Defense Seeking innovative research to investigate algorithms, methodologies, and techniques for the demonstration and evaluation of enhanced signal information exploitation, dissemination, and analytics of existing and emerging adversarial systems...

Fiddler Program Proposer's Day Dept. of Defense The objective of the Fiddler program is to improve automatic object recognition in SAR images. Object recognition often requires significant examples to train machine learning (ML) classification algorithms. Obtaining training data can be time consuming, expensive, and even impossible in dynamic conditions...

Request for Quotes (RFQ) - Purchase of Cross-border Merger and Acquisitions Data Dept. of Commerce This RFQ is for access to a cross-border merger and acquisitions data solution for companies located in the United States. Specifically, the Direct Investment Division must be able to efficiently identify when foreign direct investment relationships are created, modified, or dissolved...

Retail Marketing Support Library of Congress The Library’s retail shop has a requirement for marketing content development and support services, which include creative services that support the production and distribution of digital flipbooks, print collateral and advertising...

DATA FUSION, CORRELATION AND HARMONIZATION - Dept. of Defense Request for Information - Operational Imperative #2, Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS)/Air Force Joint All Domain Command and Control - Dept. of Defense Basic and Applied Scientific Research topic Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) - Dept. of Defense News Clipping Service - Government Accountability Office RFI for Data Science Training Subscriptions - Dept. of Defense

R410--Accelerating VA Innovation and Learning (AVAIL) Dept. of Veterans Affairs Presolicitation Updated - Feb 8, 2022

Request for Information: Strategic Risk Management (SRM) award under the Next Generation Global Health Supply Chain Suite of Programs (NextGen)/Worldwide Agency for International Development SRM Industry Day Q&A - Feb. 9, 2022

CMS Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) including Cyber-SCRM Sources Sought Dept. of Health and Human Services Sources Sought Updated - Feb. 8, 2021

GLOBAL MACROECONOMIC MODEL SOFTWARE - Dept. of the Treasury Sources Sought - Characterizing Nuclear Cyber Security Using Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning - Nuclear Regulatory Commission

INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE - Preqin Data Products Dept. of the Treasury The Bureau of Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service), on behalf of The Office of Financial Research (OFR) and the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), intends to contract with Preqin Ltd, 3rd Floor, Vintners Place 68 Upper Thames Street London, DC4V 3BJ GBR, on a sole source basis...

Synopsis - Sole Source - Jane's Online Data Base Dept. of Defense The AFTC Installation Operational Contracting Division (AFTC/PZIOA), 308 West D Avenue Eglin AFB, FL 32542 intends to award a SOLE SOURCE, Firm-Fixed Price contract to Jane’s Group US LLC, 1201 Wilson Blvd, 27th Floor Arlington, VA 22209...

Intent to Sole Source AERIS Rating Reports and Performance Mapping Subscription Service for Re-lender Eligibility under the Community Facility Direct Loan Program Dept. of Agriculture The USDA, Rural Development (RD), Procurement Management Office, intends to award a sole source, Firm-Fixed Price Contract for a Base Year and Four Option Years to AERIS INSIGHT, INC., for Aeris Rating Reports and Performance Maps Subscription in order to meet the Federal Register Vol. 81, No. 129...

CQ Rollcall Subscription Dept. of Defense the Government does not foresee a feasible alternative to the selected source. SSP will continue to monitor the marketplace for viable, cost effective options to meet this requirement...

USAF Taps Tomorrow.io to Build Satellites for 3D Weather Data The U.S. Air Force has awarded Tomorrow.io a $19.3 million contract to develop weather satellites designed to deliver 3D global weather and ocean data to the service branch...

Galois Secures DOE Funding to Create Platform for Data Sharing, Privacy Preservation Galois will develop a platform for enabling data analysis while ensuring its privacy as part of a grant awarded by the Department of Energy under its Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs...

U.S. Navy Selects NCI for $13.4M NAVAIR Fiber Optic Network Modernization Prime Contract Defense technology leader will design and install state-of-the-art network to improve Naval Air Warfare Center systems speed and security...

Technica wins JAIC BPA Spire Global Secures $8M NOAA Contract Tomorrow.io Wins $19.3M Air Force Contract to Build Weather Satellites

Industry cites outdated standards as flaw in FDA’s real-world data draft guidance The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should adopt updated data standards that accommodate the “evolving and emerging” nature of real-world data not currently reflected in the Data Standards Catalogue, according to industry comments on the agency’s draft guidance...

Senators: CIA Surveillance Program Involved Citizens' Data  In a recently declassified letter to Central Intelligence Agency Director William J. Burns and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines dated April 13, 2021, two U.S. senators urged transparency around alleged "bulk surveillance" conducted by the CIA...

IRS Drops Facial Recognition Program Used to Verify Identities  This week the IRS decided to drop the controversial ID.me program that required users to upload a video selfie to create a new IRS account to access government services...

GSA won’t use facial recognition with Login.gov for now New app tracks terrorism-linked events in local U.S. communities CMS Eyes Demographic Data Repository for Health Equity; Mark Plaugher Quoted

White House Unveils Updated Critical and Emerging Tech List The White House has issued an updated list of critical and emerging technologies that are important to U.S. national security...

Connected vehicle data often goes unused Cities that can access and manage data from connected vehicles will find it easier to improve road safety, emergency planning, congestion and electric vehicle expansion, a recent report says...

AI could match 'fingerprints' of texts to their authors, under new intelligence program Nextgov was pre-briefed by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity on a soon-to-be-released, broad agency announcement that might one day help combat disinformation campaigns and human trafficking...

Connected vehicle data often goes unused Cities that can access and manage data from connected vehicles will find it easier to improve road safety, emergency planning, congestion and electric vehicle expansion, a recent report says...

New US bill aims to cut algorithmic amplification of harmful content Collecting, managing vaccination info advances agency data maturity China uses big data to crack down on multinational companies involved in tax evasion

Three Data and Analytics Predictions for 2022 The ability to make fast accurate decisions over every aspect of the business was arguably one of the most powerful business capabilities of 2021...

Tiger Global invests in AI analytics platform founded by ex-undercover CIA  Devron has raised $12 million in a Series A financing round led by leading investment firm Tiger Global in order to fuel the adoption of its machine learning platform that enables businesses and governments to extract actionable insights from enterprise-wide, distributed data...

CFPB seeks more free consumer access to credit reporting info Late last month, the three nationwide consumer reporting companies — Equifax, TransUnion and Experian — announced that they would allow people to check their credit reports for free once a week through December...

DOD tasks Orbital Insight to help identify intentional GNSS disruptions A new platform will detect and characterize GNSS spoofing operations using artificial intelligence and commercially available data...

Google Analytics Risks French Ban Over U.S. Data Spy Fears Agencies can't get enough data as they try to improve customer experience  TransUnion becomes UK’s first credit reference agency to ingest buy now, pay later data Altana AI Selects Chain.io’s Data Connectivity Tools to Help Enable Trusted Global Trade DataRobot Selected by U.S. Department of Defense to PowerGovernment's AI London-based no code startup channels $1.2 million to make dataanalytics more Kleos Space partners with Satellogic to scout government and commercial deals Stirista Fortifies Senior Leadership Team with New Chief Commercial Officer and Other Executive Promotions ZoomInfo Available to Federal Government Agencies Under GSA Schedule Jacobs Acquires Mobility Analytics Leader StreetLight Data, Inc Contextualizing supply chain risks in a SaaS environment Can big data firm BigBear.ai (BBAI) take on Palantir (PLTR)?

DIA virtual Industry Day The DIA Senior Acquisition Executive is hosting a virtual Industry Day on 22 February 2022 from 0900-1200. No registration is needed. The event will be held via MS Teams. Detailed agenda and link/dial-in information will be provided by 11 February 2022.

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