Welcome to Carpe Datum’s weekly newsletter, the Federal Data Prospector (Vol. 3, Issue 39). With the month of September upon us, the Federal Government’s procurement process has officially entered into its “bell lap”. The pace and volume of the buying activity coming from most agencies ’ acquisition offices hits a fevered pitch during these next few weeks. Whether they are trying to fully expend their budgets for the current year or simply preparing for their new FY22 budget amounts, starting on October 1st, this time of year is always exciting and oftentimes quite rewarding. Good luck to all!
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Pre-Solicitation – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) -- Civil Sanctuary – The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is issuing an Artificial Intelligence Exploration (AIE) Opportunity inviting submissions of innovative basic or applied research concepts in the technical domains of human-computer interaction, dialogue generation, and intelligent agents. The Civil Sanctuary Opportunity aims to provide technologies capable of supporting the Department of Defense (DoD) humanitarian assistance efforts by facilitating online social environments where positive behavioral norms – those linked to the productive sharing of information, particularly during crises – are encouraged locally in user conversations through the use of multilingual AI moderators.
In other data news, on August 31st, Federal Computer Week published an interesting article entitled, New Labor Dept. office will focus on UI modernization. In this article, Natalie Alms describes how the Department of Labor launched a new office to lead efforts to modernize and reform unemployment insurance (UI) systems, a benefit delivered through over 50 distinct systems at the state level.
- “The agency will give $140 million to states in the form of "fraud grants" administered by DOL's Employment and Training Administration. That money will cover the subscription costs for identity verification tools, the establishment, and expansion of data analytics, and the implementation of cybersecurity defense strategies. As part of that plan, DOL will work with states on identity verification via a blanket purchase agreement with three vendors for cross-matching technology that will verify the identity of applicants when they file for unemployment insurance and will flag any suspicious activity that comes up after someone has filed.”
The Carpe Datum Team
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Residential Mortgage Data Service
Government Accountability Office
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GAO often needs large database resources to provide quantitative evidence to support analytic findings to support its work for the U.S. Congress... |
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Improving the Cross-Program Data Infrastructure for Foster Care Prevention
Dept. of Health and Human Services
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The goal of this requirement is to enhance the data infrastructure and analytic capacity of State child welfare and Medicaid agencies to improve the delivery and oversight of services for children and families who are clients/beneficiaries of both agencies’ programs and to improve their ability to monitor program spending and conduct cross-program research and evaluation of service outcomes... |
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Pandemic Case Management Suite - Request for Information
Dept. of Defense
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The United States Air Force (USAF), in conjunction with the Air Force Readiness Management Agency (AFMRA), is looking for information in the areas of commercial wearable biometric wearable devices, commercial data integration services, and commercial proximity tracing capabilities in support of the Pandemic Case Management Suite (PCMS)... |
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Service reseller of FICO SBSS, D&B & Experian credit scoring & reporting
Small Business Administration
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Instructions to Offerors - Sept 3, 2021 |
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Media Monitoring Services U.S. Embassy, Islamabad
Dept. of State
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Media Monitoring - September 2, 2021 |
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Aviation Channeling and Data Management System (ACDMS)
Dept. of Homeland Security
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Amendment 1 RFP Provisions for ACDMS OTA Solicitation Final - September 1, 2021 |
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7J20--Fraud Prevention Solution Software Subscription
Dept. of Veterans Affairs
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Giact Brand Name or Equal Fraud Prevention Subscription Services This is a Sources Sought Notice only... |
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Vendor Risk Assessment Tools
General Services Administration
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The following brand-names are being purchased as vendor risk assessment tools to support cyber and supply chain risk management: ● Interos ● Bitsight... |
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Sisense Subscription renewal
NASA
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NASA/NSSC intends to issue a sole source contract to Sisense, Inc. 1359 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10018 under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i)... |
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CoStar Suite Real Estate Database Subscription Service
Dept. of Defense
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The Government intends to sole source this requirement to CoStar Group, Inc.. |
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Spire to Provide NOAA with Satellite Weather Data to Increase Forecasting Accuracy |
Spire Global has secured a contract from NOAA to supply the agency with radio occultation weather data that it will use to enhance the accuracy of its national weather prediction models and lessen forecasting uncertainties...
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Palantir Awarded Space Force Contract Modification for Data-as-a-Service Platform |
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Data analytics key to USPS transformation, IG says - GCN |
The U.S. Postal Service’s investment in data analytics will help drive the transformation of the postal industry, the USPS Office of Inspector General said in a recent report... |
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US Army Wants to Put Facial Recognitionin Daycare Centers |
The U.S. Army wants to use facial recognition and advanced machine learning algorithms to monitor kids at base Children Development Centers and plans to launch a pilot program at Fort Jackson in the near future...
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National Insider Threat Awareness Month: Former NCSC Director Invites Readership to Contribute |
As you may have heard, I have joined the Editorial Board of Homeland Security to continue to champion the safety of our nation’s digital and physical infrastructure... |
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IRS chief tells Warren additional funding needed to crack down on tax cheats | Fox Business |
IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig said Thursday that additional funding could help the agency crackdown on wealthy tax dodgers and recover billions in lost revenue...
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U.S. Data Privacy Laws Protect Profit But Prevent Sharing Data For The Public Good |
In 2021, an investigation revealed that home loan algorithms systematically discriminate against qualified minority applicants. Unfortunately, stories of dubious profit-driven data uses like this are all too common...
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Noisy' Data Can Worsen Credit Inequality |
“We’re working with data that’s flawed for all sorts of historical reasons,” a researcher said... |
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FASC has opportunity to bring supply chain efforts under its umbrella | Federal News Network |
There are more than 30 different supply chain security related efforts going on across government....
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Big data means big money for the UKgovernment as £2bn tender mooted |
The UK government is putting the feelers out for a bundle of big data products and services in a move that could kick off £2bn in tendering... |
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Know Your Customer and CRIF Announce Strategic Investment and Global Commercial Partnership for Premium Corporate KYC |
Leading banking credit information provider CRIF today announced a global commercial partnership with award-winning RegTech company Know Your Customer underpinned by a strategic financial investment into the firm... |
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ZoomInfo introduces first integration with Chorus.ai |
ZoomInfo, a global leader in modern go-to-market software, data, and intelligence, is launching the first available integrations between ZoomInfo and Chorus.ai, a ZoomInfo company and a leader in Conversation Intelligence... |
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Corteva, Planet Labs to Advance Collection of Big Data on Farms |
Corteva Inc. will use Planet Labs Inc.’s satellite imaging products to get more data that’s key to boosting crop health and productivity... |
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GovExec Acquires 1105 Media Inc’s Public Sector 360 Group |
GovExec, the leading information services and insights company for government leaders and contractors, today announced the carve-out and acquisition of 1105 Media Inc’s Public Sector 360 Group, the prominent information, insights, and lead generation company for the government technology community...
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DHS Hosts Technology Pitching Contest for Startups |
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