Welcome to Carpe Datum’s weekly newsletter, the Federal Data Prospector (Vol. 4, Issue 17) which happens to be the only publication of its kind dedicated exclusively to Data and Analytics companies who share our passion for serving the Public Sector. Interestingly, as we are putting the finishing touches on this week’s issue, we happen to be reporting from a major Defense Industry Trade Show/Conference (Sea-Air-Space 2022) on the outskirts of Washington, DC – it’s quite amazing to see 15k people crammed into a hotel ballroom. Thus, in keeping with our (very) loose tradition of identifying weekly themes, this week's issue highlights the Department of Defense and several exciting Data-intensive initiatives, including one where this community’s direct involvement is essential!
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Special Notice (SN) – Department of Army, Cyber Command (ARCYBER) Technical Warfare Center (TWC), in collaboration with the Cyber Fusion Innovation Center (CFIC) – Data As A Service Assessment Event - Army will host an Assessment Event (AE) to identify the expertise for access to, and distribution of, various data streams to allow analysts to provide actionable insights for data-informed decisions to drive operations. Data-driven decision-making requires timely data acquisition to inform and develop knowledge and actionable insights. For example, access to publicly available information (PAI), social media, ad-tech, crawl, or other online data that is enriched or unenriched, and geo-locatable when possible, in order to allow the US Army to assess the Information Environment (IE) efficiently and effectively.
In other data news, on March 30th, GovConWire published an interesting article entitled, Air Force’s Data Fabric in Maturation Stage. In this article, Summer Myatt describes how the U.S. Air Force is not quite where it wants to be in the maturation of its data fabric; however, the service branch has made significant progress recently, according to Air Force officials.
- “As organizations see an exponentially increasing amount of data from a myriad of sources, Sanjay Sardar (SVP, SAIC) said the focus must be on ‘the contextual understanding of data' for citizens and data scientists alike … this common understanding will be even more critical as organizations begin to implement AI technologies and systems. He added, ‘We also have to start pushing and making sure that those who are using the data have that data literacy, understand where it’s coming from, understand what the context is as we get into AI so we get the right analysis and the right interpretation.’”
The Carpe Datum Team
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FY 22 Strategic Trends Division Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
Dept. of Defense
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DTRA's Strategic integration Directorate (SI), Strategic Trends and Effects Department (ST), Strategic Trends Division (SI-STT) seeks white papers and proposals from outstanding public and private research institutions to deliver research products that generate operationally- relevant, timely, credible, actionable insights and recommendations into emerging threats within DTRA’s mission space in order to enable and guide warfighter understanding of the range of military operations in the next five (5) to ten (10) years... |
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DLA G2 - Risk Management Subscription
Dept. of Defense
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The purpose of this Performance Work Statement (PWS) is for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to obtain a subscription to an online risk advisory service that offers a knowledge base of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) information, as well as access to subject matter experts on a periodic, on-demand basis... |
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USAC RFP: Identity and Access Management Consultation and Support Services
Federal Communications Commission
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The purpose of this Request for Proposal (“RFP”) is to obtain a select a qualified professional services firm to provide Identity and Access Management Consultation and Support Services... |
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Research, Broad Agency Announcement (NGA BIG-R BAA)
Dept. of the Treasury
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Solicitation Updated - Mar. 29, 2022 |
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Subscription Service to Perform Due Diligence on Individuals and Companies
Millennium Challenge Corporation
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Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Updated - Mar. 28, 2022 |
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FDIC Data Catalog
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Solicitation Updated - Mar. 30, 2022 |
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Request for Information (RFI) for Enterprise Data Catalog Tool
Dept. of Defense
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Special Notice Updated - Mar. 30, 2022 |
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Intent To Sole Source - MailingList
Dept. of the Treasury
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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 Infinite Media Concepts Incorporated, 190 E Post Rd Fl 2, White Plains, NY 10601-4918, on a sole source basis... |
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Military Balance Plus (MILBAL +) Subscription Licenses
Dept. of Defense
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The Department of The Navy, Assistant for Administration (DON/AA), Contract Management Division (CMD), 1000 Navy Pentagon, Room 5E158 Washington, DC 20350 intends to issue a sole source award utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures under FAR Parts 8 and 13 to International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)... |
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Quorum Software Subscription
Dept. of Defense
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Headquarters Marine Corps has a new requirement for Quorum Software Subscription in support of the Office of Legislative Affairs... |
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MarkLogic Wins Department of Defense Contract to Accelerate AI Development |
MarkLogic Corporation, a leader in complex data integration and portfolio company of Vector Capital, announced that it has won part of the new $240 million Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center’s (JAIC) Data Readiness AI Development contract... |
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GovCIO & Torch.AI Partner to Provide AI Data Broker Solution to U.S. Department of Defense |
GovCIO, a leading provider of high-end technology and digital services to federal agencies, announced today that it has partnered with Torch.AI, the leader in artificial intelligence powered ultra-high speed data processing, to provide the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) with AI/ML technology to increase its unstructured data processing... |
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IRS Awards $70 Million Contract For Digital Modernization |
The contract lays a foundation for machine learning and automation within the IRS’s business operations... |
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Labor Dept. seeks $3.4 billion for UI programs, including IT modernization |
The increase in unemployment funding would include $150 million for program integrity efforts including identity verification services for states... |
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Login.gov plans to scale up without facial recognition tech – for now |
The General Services Administration isn't ruling out using biometrics in its Login.gov service, but the agency has concerns about equity and accessibility... |
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DHS hit with FOIA lawsuit over social media data collection program for visa applicants |
A nonprofit has sued the Department of Homeland Security to obtain records about a social media data collection program for visa applicants and other foreign visitors...
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NIH Gears Up for Data Sharing Policy, Modernized Biomedical Data Ecosystem |
Data leader Susan Gregurick discusses how the agency is improving data sharing and usability for biomedical research... |
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Six Steps to Responsible AI in the Federal Government |
An overview and recommendations from the U.S. experience |
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Senators look to root out contractor conflicts of interest |
A bipartisan group of senators have introduced legislation they say will help prevent potential conflicts within businesses that work with the federal government after concerns were raised over McKinsey's work with the Food and Drug Administration while it was consulting with pharmaceutical firms... |
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Agencies can accelerate AI deployments with ModelOps |
ModelOps helps agencies get models from the lab through validation, testing and deployment phases as quickly as possible while ensuring quality results... |
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General Services Administration Switches to Government Owned Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) |
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Big on data, always and forever |
Since I began covering the data and analytics space over a decade ago, it seems like everything has changed. Really, though, it's just a tech cycle repeating itself. Data is, and will be, a part of every such cycle... |
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HG Insights Acquires Intricately |
HG Insights acquires Intricately, a global leader of real-time cloud product adoption, usage, and spend data, adding to HG’s market-leading optimization of the world’s top technology brands’ Go-To-Market... |
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Yelp expands restaurant health ratings in partnership with food tech startup Hazel Analytics |
Yelp is broadening its partnership with Seattle-based food tech startup Hazel Analytics to expand health ratings on its platform, the company announced on Thursday...
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The climate divide: How Facebook's algorithm amplifies climate disinformation |
If you are among the half of UK or US adults who get their news through social media, you might be under the impression that scientific consensus surrounding human-made climate change is still a matter of debate. You would be wrong...
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The Federal Executive Forum's Machine Learning and AI in Government 2022 |
Date: April 12, 2022 Time: 1 p.m. ET. Duration: 1 hour
Machine learning and artificial intelligence technology is very important in helping agencies with their people, processes and technology. But how are agencies utilizing this technology and what benefits do they see?
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