Welcome to Carpe Datum’s Federal Data Prospector (Vol. 3, Issue 14) newsletter. From our perspective, this past week has been quite impactful for the Federal Data & Data Analytics companies who regularly read this publication. First, with the passing of the American Rescue Plan, a cool $1 billion investment in the Fed’s Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) and other tech provisions, can only mean good things for our entire community. Secondly, it’s becoming abundantly clear that any companies that bring solid solutions and/or new innovations to the realm of Identity Management will get an audience with government clients. And, finally, reviewing the myriad of contracting opportunities in this newsletter, it would appear that the Federal Government’s buying cycle has swung into high gear. You know what we say to that … let’s go ... giddyup!
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Request for Proposal (RFP) – Social Security Administration (SSA) Identity proofing and credentialing for EDS Authentication Requirement – The contractor shall provide identity proofing technology Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions in the areas of Identity Proofing including but not limited to resolution, validation and verification, Risk-Based Identity proofing, Client Device Risk Assessment and out-of-wallet questions in support of the broader SSA DI vision. SSA currently has DI services in place and seeks to continue these services. The contractor shall provide the DI service requirements identified in this Statement of Work (SOW). The contractor shall not build or establish a new DI service.
In other data news, on March 10th, Federal News Network published an interesting article/interview entitled, CISA: ‘Identity is everything’ for cyber defense post-SolarWinds. In this article, the author, Jory Heckman, describes how the adversary behind the SolarWinds breach went to extraordinary lengths to remain undetected in affected networks, likely spending millions of dollars and thousands of hours to pull off a supply-chain compromise this sophisticated.
- “Our takeaway from this at CISA’s space is that identity is everything now. We can talk about our network defenses, we can talk about the importance of firewalls and network segmentation, but really, identity has become the boundary, and we need to start readdressing our infrastructures in that manner,” Gazlay (Jay Gazlay, a technical strategist at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) told members of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board."
The Carpe Datum Team
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COTS Configurable Artificial Intelligence Data Broker Platform as Foundational Elements within DCSA’s Enterprise Mission Systems Architecture
Dept. of Defense
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The Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) Acquisition and Contracting Office is seeking information on behalf of the Program Executive Office (PEO)... |
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COTS Configurable Artificial Intelligence Platform as a Service
Dept. of Defense
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The Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) Acquisition and Contracting Office is seeking information on behalf of the Program Executive Office (PEO)... Artificial Intelligence Platform as a Service... |
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National Performance Management Research Data Set (NPMRDS)
Dept. of Transportation
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is conducting a sources sought to identify potential offerors that have an interest in and the resources to accomplish the FHWA's National Performance Management Research Data Set effort... |
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Broad Other Transaction Authority Announcement (BOTAA) for Engineered Resilient Systems (ERS)
Dept. of Defense
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Under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2371b, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) seeks to award Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs or Agreements) to non-traditional defense contractors (NTDCs), traditional defense contractors and non-profit research institutions for prototype projects within ERDC’s Engineered Resilient Systems (ERS) focus areas... |
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Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source - D&B FSS and Risk Alerts
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) intends to award a sole source contract under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b)(2) procedures, to Dun & Bradstreet (DUNS: 135838084) for a subscription to Dun & Bradstreet for Financial Stress Scores, Severe Risk Alerts, and Special Research Projects... |
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Waterbourne Transportation Data
Dept. of Agriculture
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The USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service intends to award a sole source contract with IHS Global Inc. located at 15 Inverness Way E, Englewood, CO 80112 for Waterbourne Transportation Data... |
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Surge Operations & Analytics Support in support of MHS COVID-19 Response
Dept. of Defense
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The Government intends to issue a sole-source bridge contract to extend the MHS COVID 19 Response - MEDLOG Support, to Accenture Federal Services, LLC... |
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Draft Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) Data Readiness Artificial Intelligence Development (DRAID) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)
Dept. of Defense
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Attachment 00004-JAIC Data Draft RFP Questions Matrix - March 21,2021 |
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Air Force DCGS Requirements Support Services (ADReSS)
Dept. of Defense
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Sources Sought Updated - March 11, 2021 |
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IRS-EDCMO-RFI-UPDATE (LISTENING SESSION)
Dept. of the Treasury
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Special Notice Updated - March 15, 2021 |
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Request for Information, Data Science and Software Development Training Subscriptions
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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RFI NG DevCorps ATS Subscription - March 5, 2021 |
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DHS S&T Awards $153K in Phase 1 Funding to Small Business for Maritime Object Tracking Technology |
In order to track suspicious packages, oil spills and hazardous substances, or dangerous debris that needs to be cleared from seas and waterways, agents must have highly accurate monitoring systems. To spur development of such technology, DHS S&T announces today it awarded $153,000 to Morcom International, Inc., a small business based in Chantilly, Virginia... |
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Titan Technologies to Supply Research Data Platform for Los Alamos National Lab |
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First TMF award of 2021 comes hours after watershed $1B appropriation |
The Department of Labor received $9.6 million from the Technology Modernization Fund to update its enterprise data platform, less than a day after lawmakers put a historic $1 billion into the funding vehicle... |
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News Release: DHS Partners with Harvard University to Support Blue Campaign |
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded $775,000 to the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health to conduct research and evaluate the impact of the Department’s Blue Campaign...
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Proposed Data Privacy Bill Creates Federal Data Standard, Empowers FTC |
A newly proposed consumer data privacy bill aims to create a federal data standard and gives the FTC authority to enforce penalties against companies that fail to comply... |
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Operation Hidden Treasure Is Here. If You Have Unreported Crypto, Get Legal Advice |
Damon Rowe, the Director of the Office of Fraud Enforcement at the Internal Revenue Service announced yesterday at a Federal Bar Association presentation on fraud enforcement priorities that the office has “added some crown jewels,” including a dedicated team of IRS Criminal Investigation professionals who are working on “Operation Hidden Treasure.”... |
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New House task force focuses on supply chain vulnerabilities |
The House Armed Services Committee has launched a task force to investigate defense supply chain vulnerabilities, foreign manufacturing concerns and other issues raised by the pandemic... |
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NIST tackles video analytics for public safety |
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is testing a tool that could make it easier for the public-safety community to prototype cutting-edge analytics on streaming video... |
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Korea aims for the sky in masterplan for big data |
As Seoul starts implementing its 'Korean New Deal' post-pandemic stimulus project, the government Thursday unveiled an ambitious national strategy for big data... |
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Assessing regulatory fairness through machine learning |
The perils of machine learning – using computers to identify and analyze data patterns, such as in facial recognition software – have made headlines lately... |
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Data-Driven Policing: Everything You Wanted to Know but Suspected the FBI Already Knew |
Police agencies today are trying to transform into being more data-driven agencies... |
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Facial recognition company sued by California activists |
Civil liberties activists are suing a company that provides facial recognition services to law enforcement agencies and private companies around the world, contending that Clearview AI illegally stockpiled data on 3 billion people without their knowledge or permission... |
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IHS Markit Shareholders Approve Strategic Merger with S&P Global |
IHS Markit (NYSE: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced that its shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve its merger with S&P Global... |
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Umbra Hits Regulatory “Jackpot" for its Satellite Constellation Able to See a Soda Can from Space. |
Umbra, a geospatial intelligence data provider, was granted a license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate its Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite with 1,200 MHz of bandwidth... |
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Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Acquires Creditinfo Group in Partnership with Founder and Management |
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners ("LLCP"), a global private equity firm, announced today that it has acquired Creditinfo Group ("Creditinfo" or the "Company") in partnership with its founder and management team... |
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Event 3/17/2021 -- Using Data to Fight Counterfeiting in E-commerce |
March 17, 2021, 10:00 AM–11:00 AM (EDT)
Join the Center for Data Innovation for a video webinar to discuss the role of data and AI to counter the growing threat from global counterfeiting networks...
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Locate21 Program now live, speakers announced |
Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 March 2021
From engaging plenary speakers, through thought-provoking streams, collaborative discussions within the Virtual Locate Hub, workshops demonstrating the latest ideas & technology and even to virtual coffee tasting, Locate21 is not to be missed!
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