VOLUME 3. ISSUE 43.
Welcome to Carpe Datum’s weekly newsletter, the Federal Data Prospector (Vol. 3, Issue 43). For any of our regular, weekly readers, you’re already aware of our strange fascination to find connections or threads to link our two featured items each week (one being an active federal procurement opportunity for data and analytics services, and the other represents the most relevant news item from the last week) … and this week’s issue is no exception. In this case, the linking element is HHS’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which is consistently one of the Feds larger consumers of 3rd party data and analytics services. In this instance, CMS is requesting support for current income verifications for both individuals and households participating in health exchanges; likewise, in the news, CMS describes how they want to reduce the time it takes to spot and respond to fraud by deploying an unsupervised ML platform that alerts employees as things happen. If your company can assist CMS in either endeavor, please consider yourself informed!
 
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In other data news, on September 29th FedScoop published an interesting article entitled, HHS unit wants insurance fraud-detection platform largely unsupervisedIn this article, Dave Nyczepir describes how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) want to evolve their health insurance fraud-detection platform into a real-time, machine learning (ML) platform that’s largely unsupervised, according to the director of marketplace IT. 
 
  • “Marc Richardson said the currently supervised ML platform is able to identify suspicious behavior on the part of insurance agents and brokers, like gaming answers on consumer applications to boost commissions or redirecting mail away from consumers to deal with the government directly. CMS, which is a unit of the Department of Health and Human Services, administers Medicare and also works to identify instances of fraud and abuse within the health insurance system. The department also works with state governments to administer Medicaid.”

The Carpe Datum Team
Request for Information: Commercial GEOINT Access Portal
NGA
The CGAP capability will enable discovery of CI and products from a variety of sources including multiple content data providers and national systems. Content available includes basic imagery, orthorectified imagery, stereo pairs, and orthomosaic products...
DATA FUSION/AI FY22
Dept. of Defense
The Naval Air Systems Command, specifically the NAWCAD Avionics Department, has been directed to identify, assess, and evaluate autonomy, AI / ML and DF opportunities for use in Naval Aviation systems and propose alternatives or improvements as necessary...
Pentagon Seeks Public Comments on Supply Chain Opportunities, Vulnerabilities
Dept. of Defense
The Department of Defense (DOD) is requesting industry comments on supply chain challenges as part of efforts to strengthen and secure the defense industrial base in accordance with an executive order signed in February...
ADVANCED TRACKING ARCHITECTURES USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) (ATA-AI)
Dept. of Defense
BAS 20-18 Amend 2 first repub - Sept. 29, 2021
GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE PROCESSING AND EXPLOITATION (GeoPEX)
Dept. of Defense
Presolicitation Updated - Sept, 29, 2021
FDIC Business Data Services (FBDS) II Engagement Outline
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Confidentiality Agreement - Sept. 30, 2021
Media Monitoring Services U.S. Embassy, Islamabad
Dept. of State
Amendment and Question Answers - Sept. 30, 2021
CoStar Suite Real Estate Database Subscription Service
Dept. of Defense
CoStar Suite is a web-based real estate database subscription service used to analyze real estate markets by calculating current vacancy rates, absorption rates, average rental rates and forecasting future trends based on user-selected variables...
D--Sole Source Justification-Pitchbook Data, Inc.
Dept. of Energy
ARPA-E will subscribe to Pitchbook and Pitchbook Data Feed provided by Pitchbook Data, Inc...
Brand Name or Equal Bloomberg Anywhere Subscription
General Services Administration
General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Office of Information Technology Category (ITC) is issuing this Request for Quotation (RFQ) as a full and open, Brand Name or equivalent requirement to purchase Bloomberg Anywhere Subscriptions to Support Cyber and Supply Chain Risk Management Business Intelligence Analysis...
Continuation of Unified Immigration Portal (UIP) application and services
Dept. of Homeland Security
The objective of this posting is to provide the Government's written notice of its intent of informing industry of issuing a task order to Deloitte Consulting LLC (Deloitte)...
1Spatial wins £8m digital transformation contract
Location data group 1Spatial said it had won an £8 million contract to deliver a digital transformation programme for a department of the UK government...
HawkEye 360 to Help NGA Map Radio Frequency Emissions
HawkEye 360 has received a potential five-year, $10 million contract to support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in the detection, characterization and mapping of radio frequency emissions across large geographic areas...
NGA awards economic-related GEOINT contract
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded a new flexible contract that is designed to enable best of class analytic solutions for economic related GEOINT challenges, NGA announced September 29...
Federal Trade Commission Hosts Panels Related to Consumer Privacy and Data Security at Privacycon
This summer, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) hosted its sixth annual PrivacyCon, an event focused on the latest research and trends related to consumer privacy and data security...
State, Commerce data strategies underpin broader agency goals
The State Department and Commerce Department are both launching strategies to maximize the use of their data...
NASA's Planning a New Initiative to Train People How to Make Use of Its Space Data
A NASA initiative aims to teach the public how to effectively use open-source tools and software to answer data-centered questions on their own...
Beating Security and Privacy Concerns to Manage Data at DHS
Data management is a journey, and DHS components try to learn from each other...
Changes in store for Arizona's unemployment insurance program in wake of massive fraud
At the start of the pandemic, Sheri Calzadillas was working from home doing political survey calls, but the job ended and she was left with few other work options...
Pandemic oversight board to preserve data analytics tools beyond its sunset date
The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee got started last year borrowing on what worked more than a decade earlier, when the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board oversaw more than $480 billion in stimulus spending following the 2008 recession.
Why the government market for artificial intelligence technology is expanding
Recent research has found that artificial intelligence technology is expected to remain a major priority for federal agencies...
Civis Analytics Raises $30.7 Million in Series B Funding
Civis Analytics, a technology company that powers effective, data-driven audience campaigns, announced a $30.7 million Series B round of financing, with participation from Alumni Ventures and existing investors Drive Capital, Verizon Ventures, Eric Schmidt (former Executive Chairman & CEO of Alphabet and co-founder of Schmidt Futures), and Silicon Valley Bank, among others...
Enterprise software firm Informatica files for U.S. IPO
Enterprise software developer Informatica Inc on Friday filed for an initial public offering in the United States, paving the way for a return to the public markets more than six years after being taken private in a $5.3 billion deal...
Facial recognition contractor Clearview AI withdraws subpoenas served on nonprofit
A technology company that provides facial recognition technology to at least four government agencies has withdrawn subpoenas it served on a nonprofit...
Why Smart-City Tech Startups Are A Smart Investment
DoorDash driver, an Amazon delivery van, and a commuter—stressed and running behind schedule—have all been circling the same block or double parked for 15 minutes when, finally, a parking spot opens up...
The USPTO AI Innovation Journey with Scott Beliveau, Branch Chief of Advanced Analytics at the USPTO
Thursday, October 21, 2021. | 11:30 ET
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