VOLUME 3. ISSUE 37.

Welcome to Carpe Datum’s weekly newsletter, the Federal Data Prospector (Vol. 3, Issue 37). We hope everyone is healthy and getting back into the swing of things as the Feds’ FY21 closeout buying bonanza kicks into overdrive. The content of this week’s newsletter reflects the government’s heighten focus to fully utilize their annual budget allocations. Specifically, we are seeing a healthy dose of exciting opportunities for companies selling data and analytic services. These opportunities cut across a diverse set of requirements – including global business information, background screening services, consumer data, fraud detection solutions, and insider threat services. Hopefully, there’s something for everyone!    Please share this publication with anyone who might find it interesting, educational or rewarding - Click here to sign-up for the newsletter.   Request for Information (RFI) – Headquarters Air Force Research Laboratory, Systems Engineering and Program Management Division (HQ AFRL/ENS) and Directorate of Staff Information Protection (HQ AFRL/DSI) -- Science and Technology (S&T) Protection –  In order to reduce the risk of losing any R&D to adversaries, AFRL is interested in a technology solution that can provide the user with a risk assessment of doing business with specific persons and/or entities (e.g., companies, associations, academic institutions, etc.). The risk assessment should consider all of the information provided by the user (e.g., SF424), as well as information from public and private sources.   In other data news, on August 19th, Nextgov published an interesting article entitled, States Snag $240M to Combat Unemployment Fraud. In this article, Andrea Noble describes how the U.S. Department of Labor announced it will allocate $240 million in grants to states to bolster fraud detection and prevention efforts. The money includes $100 million in leftover CARES Act funding and $140 million from the American Rescue Plan.   “Acknowledging that too few states have the resources and expertise necessary to address the wide scope of attacks that unemployment systems have faced during the pandemic, the Labor Department also announced that it is working with three companies—LexisNexis, TransUnion and V3Gate—that utilize cross matching technology to verify the identity of unemployment program applicants. The department is making those identity verification services available to states to purchase. The department did not provide the cost of services.” The Carpe Datum Team

CIGIE Technology Committee Industry Day Series – Data Analytics and Visualization Technologies The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency The CIGIE Technology Committee plans to hold a series of industry days on various topics throughout the year. On October 20, 2021, we will be conducting an industry day, which will cover specific data analytics and visualization tools, software, and services that vendors can provide to OIGs for their operational missions...

Access to Publicly Available Electronic Information (PAEI) and Social Media Data Dept. of Defense The purpose of this sources sought notice is to identify contractors capable of providing DITMAC analysts with an automated capability to receive publicly available electronic information (PAEI) inclusive of (but not limited to) social media data on referred individuals in an effort to contextualize behavior that may be indicative of a potential insider threat...

Intelligence Risk Mitigation Platform Dept. of Health and Human Services The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract for the subject requirement...

Counter WMD Analysis Cell (CWAC) Dept. of Defense This is a non-personal services contract to provide application of Data Science capabilities, supporting the Object Based Production (OBP) process, and Graphic Information Systems (GIS) support to the Counter WMD Analysis Cell (CWAC) WMD Data Fusion Portal and the Target Assessment Team...

D--Broad Agency Announcement for 3D Lidar Data - Dept. of the Interior ENTERPRISE DATA CATALOG SOFTWARE OR THE EQUIVALENT - Dept. of Health and Human Services USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service, Commodity Procurement Program Notice of New Reporting Requirements to GS1 Global Data Synchronization Network - Dept. of Agriculture Program Announcement for AIE - Dept. of Defense RFI - Crowd Count and Analysis - Dept. of Homeland Security Pilot IRS EDCMO AR Draft RFP - IRS Request for Information (RFI) Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Automated Marking Tool - Dept. of Defense SUBSCRIPTION AGENT SERVICES - Dept. of Housing and Urban Development AN23--VA Data Commons SaaS (VA-21-00020277) - Dept. of Veterans Affairs Expert Lookup Tool Subscription - Dept. of Agriculture

Artificial Intelligence Integration Center (AI2C) - Transformative Artificial Intelligence Research and Applications Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Dept. of Defense Special Notice Updated - August 17, 2021

Electronic Data Sets for Real Property Management Tool Dept. of Transportation NDAA Rep-Cert - August 17, 2021

Operational Medicine Data Service Dept. of Defense Sources Sought Updated - August 19, 2021

Subscription for Virtual Currency Tools for the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Dept. of the Treasury QAs Final - August 16, 2021

sentinel surveillance reports summarizing findings from existing surveys and other data collection efforts aimed at obtaining rapid and sentinel information on tobacco use (including the use of e-cigarettes/vaping products) and related measures from youth - Dept. of Health and Human Services Transportation Security Innovative Concepts Broad Agency Announcement - Dept. of Homeland Security FEMA EMMIE to FAC-TRAX Data Cleaning (Public Assistance) - DRAFT SOW - Dept. of Homeland Security

Armed Conflict Location & Events Data Project (ACLED) Dept. of State The Department of State (DoS) is issuing this notice to inform of its intent to award a sole source, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to ACLED Analysis Incorporated for the continuation of data collection services, maintaining uniformity with the $6,430,605.32 data inventory established under grant SLMAQM17CA2014...

Qintel’s products: Intelligence & Investigations Subscription; Qintel Investigative Support; CrossLink Development Support and Data Integration; and Intelligence Analysis Research Training Dept. of the Treasury The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to award a sole source purchase order to Qintel LLC, Inc., 322 North Shore Drive Suite 300, Pittsburg, PA 15203 for obtaining the following Qintel’s products: Intelligence & Investigations Subscription; Qintel Investigative Support; CrossLink Development Support and Data Integration; and Intelligence Analysis Research Training...

CLEAR License Plate Recognition Subscription Dept. of Commerce The Department of Commerce/NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) has a requirement for an annual subscription access to Thomson Reuters CLEAR License Plate Recognition Data and intends to negotiate with and issue a sole source, firm-fixed price award to Thompson Reuters/West Publishing Company....

Panjiva Subscription Dept. of Homeland Security The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Procurement Operations (OPO) on behalf of the Office of Intelligence & Analysis (I&A) hereby issues this notice of intent to award a sole source procurement to S&P Global Market Intelligence, LLC to renew Panjiva subscription...

RAPID GATE SUBSCRIPTION - Dept. of Homeland Security S&P - Dept. of the Treasury Global Trade Atlas Subscription - Dept. of Homeland Security IDEA - Data Analysis Software - Dept. of the Treasury TRACES Cost Book (Cost Data Update) - Dept. of Defense

Blacksky Receives NRO Contract Modification for Real-Time Satellite Imagery The National Reconnaissance Office has awarded a contract modification to BlackSky Holdings for access to real-time satellite imagery that provides defense and intelligence communities with information on pattern-of-life anomalies...

Maxar secures NGA NOME contract On August 19, Westminster, CO-based Maxar Technologies announced it has been awarded a five-year contract worth up to $26.4 million by the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to sustain and enhance the National System for Geospatial Intelligence Open Mapping Enclave (NOME)...

Maxar Awarded Big Data Analytics Contract from NGA Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR), a trusted partner and innovator in Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure, today announced it signed a 5-year, $60 million contract with the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to continue development and operations of a classified big data analytics program...

NASA's cloud push is motivated by data constraints - FedScoop NASA’s move to the cloud is in large part to accommodate the data it’s receiving from space and accelerate resulting innovations, rather than simply migrate applications to a more secure environment...

FDIC Selects PeerIQ, Palantir, Others for Proposals to Accelerate Adoption of Modern Tech Tools PeerIQ, a top online lending data and analytics operation, has been selected along with several other firms to submit proposals to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) aiming to boost the utilization of modern technology tools...

Northern Command using data platform to better detect incoming threats The combatant command in charge of protecting the U.S. homeland has a new weapon in that fight: data...

CDC Launches Public Health Data Exchange Interoperability Center CDC has announced the creation of a new center that aims to boost public health data exchange interoperability to prepare for future emergencies...

Background Check Agency Wants a Social Media Search Tool Study: Fintech PPP Loans Face High Risk of Potential Fraud SEC Working to Require Corporate America to Disclose Workforce Data How CDC data problems put the U.S. behind on the delta variant IG: 5 Things USAID Needs to Do to Better Protect Personally Identifiable Information

China's New Data Privacy Law Doesn't Protect People Against the Biggest Threat: TheGovernment The law just addresses use of individuals' data by private companies, carving out exceptions for government harvesting of data...

Global spending on big data and analytics to hit $215.7 billion in 2021 IDC expects spending on BDA to increase 10.1% over 2020 as the global economy recovers...

Ohio Denies Unemployment System Has Been Hacked Amid Hijacks A number of Ohio residents have said scammers have hijacked their unemployment insurance accounts. The state, however, said its system hasn't been compromised. Some officials aren't buying that statement...

How Arizona saved $40 billion in payouts on fraudulent unemployment claims The COVID-19 pandemic caused an enormous spike in unemployment insurance claims across the country. But the complexity and financial enticement of these programs attracted a high volume of fraud attempts on state coffers...

Dataset demands and remote leadership among top challenges for CDOs during pandemic How predictive analytics keeps corrections staff, inmates safe Does affective computing have a place in federal law enforcement?

Neustar Launches the Fabrick Impact Assessment to Protect Brands Against Data Deprecation Due to Loss of Third-Party Cookies and Device IDs Neustar Inc., a global information services and technology company and leader in identity resolution, today released the Fabrick Impact Assessment, a new process to help marketers both diagnose and mitigate the impact of third-party cookie deprecation and device ID loss across their media and measurement investments...

Equifax Brings Differentiated Data to AWS Data Exchange | MarTech Cube Collaboration Builds on Equifax Cloud™ Strategy and Makes Data Assets Only Equifax Can Provide More Easily Available to Business Customers for Faster Decision Intelligence...

Airbus’ UP42 partners with Indian startup HyperVerge for AI-based satellite imagery analytics UP42, a geospatial developer platform and marketplace wholly owned by Airbus, has partnered with Indian startup HyperVerge Inc. to offer satellite imagery services using Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based change detection algorithms...

Planet Labs and Google Cloud join forces in data analysis agreement Satellite operator Planet Labs is beefing up its existing partnership with Google Cloud. Under a new agreement, Planet customers can use Google Cloud to store and process data, and access Google’s other products such as its data analytics warehouse BigQuery...

Orbital Insight launches supply chain intelligence solution to create end-to-end supply chain visibility and illuminate risk using AI Illinois Bought Invasive Phone Location Data From Banned Broker Safegraph xyzt.ai and Spire Aviation Announce Data Partnership Partnership Makes Data Assets More Readily Available for Businesses  Accenture Federal Services Completes Acquisition of Novetta Clearview AI Announces Formation of Advisory Board TransUnion (TRU) Appoints New International Business President BlackSky Enhances Executive Leadership Team BlueHalo acquires Intelligent Automation, Inc

DHS to host first Homeland Security Startup Studio Showcase Thursday, August 26 1 PM ET - 4:30 PM ET Keynote. Pitches. Networking.

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