Welcome to Carpe Datum’s weekly newsletter, the Fed Data Prospector (Vol. 3, Issue 32). While we are now officially into the “dog days” of summer and the heat index here in DC seems to keep climbing; however, we do have the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan beginning this week. Similarly, the U.S. Federal Government’s procurement cycle for Data and Analytics Services appears to be gearing up for a fantastic finish to Fiscal Year 2021 (Sept. 30, 2021). While the parallels between the Olympic Games and federal contracting may seem remote, the ultimate winners in both endeavors receive gold … or at least something equivalent. So, do yourself a favor and begin your personal journey for gold by devouring this week’s issue of our newsletter!
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Request for Information (RFI) – DoD/Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) -- Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science Technologies to Support Countering WMD and Emerging threats – This RFI is specifically directed at collecting information about AI/ML/DS technologies or capabilities being developed by commercial companies, universities, FFRDCs, and other organizations with applicability to DTRA’s mission and essential functions. DTRA will primarily focus development and use of AI/ML/DS technologies in the following mission areas: Improve situational awareness and decision-making for CWMD, CTN, and deterrence missions with the development of AI/ML/DS modeling and simulation, predictive analytics, and other capabilities; Develop or adapt AI/ML/DS capabilities that reduce the time for or automate the identification of CWMD, CTN, and deterrence terms, objects, activities, or entities in data; Develop or adapt AI/ML/DS capabilities that rapidly and efficiently deliver information to meet CCMD, other DoD or allied partner, and warfighter critical operational needs.
- “The private sector is witnessing a proliferation of commercial companies which not only provide unique data but also bundle that data with analytic tools that enable new and striking insights. Maximizing the utility of OSINT requires the open source community to partner with industry in much the same way that the GEOINT community currently partners with commercial imagery providers. We need an anticipatory policy that enables the IC to safely, effectively, and ethically team with the private sector to evolve critical open-source collection and analytic capabilities.”
The Carpe Datum Team
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OEMA Historical Credit Report Database
Army
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The U.S. Government currently intends to award a base plus two option year supply contract to access historical credit report database records exclusively available from Experian Information Solutions, Inc. (Experian), to be utilized for purposes by the Office of Economics Manpower and Analysis at the United States Military Academy on a SOLE SOURCE basis, and is seeking vendors that may be able to perform this requirement in order to support a competitive procurement... |
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Vendor Risk Management Tool
Dept. of Defense
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USTRANSCOM is seeking sources that possess the availability and capability to provide a Vendor Risk Management Tool subscription... |
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Request for Information: Presidential Library Social Media Module
National Archives and Records Administration
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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is conducting market research and is requesting information from companies capable and interested in utilizing the Agile development process to design, develop and implement an interactive, user-friendly Presidential Library website component to present the public with archived social media data that meets NARA and federal standards... |
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Subscription for Virtual Currency Tools for the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
Dept. of the Treasury
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Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) requires a commercial online blockchain tracing tool, to conduct mission-critical research and analysis... |
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Macroeconomics Data
Dept. of the Treasury
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Amendment - July 14, 2021 |
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Operational Medicine Data Service
Dept. of Defense
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Sources Sought Updated - July 14, 2021 |
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IRS-EDCMO-RFI-UPDATE
Dept. of the Treasury
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Special Notice Updated - July 13, 2021 |
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NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE; AGGREGATED RETAIL POINT-OF-SALE/SCANNER TRANSACTION DATA
Dept. of Commerce
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This is a notice of intent to sole source a procurement with NielsenIQ to obtain real-time point-of-sale grocery and pharmacy sector data about individual retailers. The objective of this procurement is to improve the quality of Census Bureau retail data products while also reducing the burden to respondents... |
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Hospital Data to Supplement National Hospital Care Survey
Dept. of Health and Human Services
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to Premier Healthcare Solutions to provide twelve (12) months of final, de-duplicated inpatient (IP) and emergency department (ED) data from hospitals for the calendar year 2020... |
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Intent to Sole Source Subscription Requirement
Dept. of Defense
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DLA Energy intends to award a Sole Source Firm Fixed Price Contract to Insights Global for a subscription that allows users access to published storage prices over time that will enable DLA Energy Market Research to identify overall storage market trends, as well as localized trends in specific storage hubs throughout the world where DLA Energy has storage requirements... |
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LexisNexis® Risk Solutions awarded $1.2 Billion Blanket Purchasing Agreement with U.S. Department of Labor to combat Fraud in State Workforce Systems
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LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, a leading provider of data, analytics and technology to help organizations predict and manage risk, today announced that the United States Department of Labor (DOL) has awarded the company a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to provide industry leading digital identity verification for state unemployment insurance program...
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Accenture wins lucrative visa processing contract |
The global consultancy has won an initial tranche of work worth $60 million... |
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NCI protects its turf with CMS win |
A $21 million win may not be large but the message about its legacy speaks volumes... |
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NIH to Create Coordinating Center for AI Diversity Efforts |
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity (AIM-AHEAD) program seeks to better engage underrepresented communities... |
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Building Data-Driven Government -- Mike Horton discusses the DHS’ data intelligence domain |
Data is transforming virtually every aspect of government — and the ability for agencies to deliver public services more effectively. Hear the lessons learned from public sector IT leaders on how IT modernization helps agencies better manage, store, secure and analyze their data to drive better government... |
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S&T Leading the Way in Adapting to Climate Change and Building Community Resilience |
The DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) takes its responsibility to the planet very seriously and has a history of work—particularly, in its support of public safety and first responders—aimed at adapting to climate-related risks and building resilience that aligns with Administration priorities to address climate change challenges...
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From Macy’s to Ace Hardware, facial recognition is already everywhere |
Customers are largely unaware that some of their favorite stores are using facial recognition tech... |
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Avoid These 5 Common Data Pitfalls to Maximize the Impact of an Analytics Program |
Operating in an analytics-driven manner is a priority for agencies across the U.S. public sector... |
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Real-time data analytics and the value of continuous actionable intelligence |
Kathy Schneider, CMO of KX, discusses the value of continuous actionable intelligence when it comes to real-time data analytics... |
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Informatica’s Data Governance and Catalog Cloud relaunch unifies siloed workflows |
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Broadcom No Longer in Talks to Buy SAS Institute, Sources Say |
A deal by the chip maker would have valued closely held SAS in the range of $15 billion to $20 billion... |
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ZoomInfo acquires Chorus.ai for $575M to expand its sales intelligence platform |
Publicly-traded ZoomInfo Technologies Inc., which supplies enterprises with market intelligence they use to find new customers, today announced that it has inked a deal to buy sales analytics startup Chorus.ai Inc. for $575 million... |
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Quantexa raises $153M to build out AI-based big data tools to track risk and run investigations |
Quantexa — one of the more interesting startups that has been building AI-based solutions to help detect and stop money laundering, fraud and other illicit activity — has raised a growth round of $153 million...
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Quantum AI + Machine Learning |
Event date: 8th September, 2021
Join the world’s first event that will unite major industry, research institutions, government agencies, and investors in a journey to commercialize and deploy Quantum AI and ML technologies across industrial applications...
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LexisNexis Risk Solutions Government Identity Fraud Summit - July 21, 2021 |
Welcome to the LexisNexis® Risk Solutions Government Identity Fraud Summit, a virtual event featuring the latest strategies that will help government agencies fight fraud... |
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Protecting Critical Infrastructure: Improving the Sharing of Threat Data |
August 9, 2021
This panel examines the mechanisms for how government shares threat data with industry regarding critical infrastructure...
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