VOLUME 4. ISSUE 16

Welcome to Carpe Datum’s weekly newsletter, the Federal Data Prospector (Vol. 4, Issue 16)  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. The release of this week’s issue loosely corresponds with the end of the U.S. Federal Government’s second quarter – making 2022, halfway over … which is truly hard to fathom. Nevertheless, with time racing on, war in Europe, and a global recession looming, the world’s greatest buying entity, which happens to be the focal point of this publication's energies, continues to fire on all cylinders. So, whatever you do, make sure you read this week’s newly released opportunities (and a whole lot more!) ... because the opportunities are significant.   Please take the time to share our newsletter with anyone whom you think might find it useful and/or interesting - Click here to subscribe.   Request for Proposal (RFP) – Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rural Development (RD) – Credit Risk Rating - USDA-RD is a capital markets financial institution and as such requires credit risk management tools. These tools will support the staff in executing RD’s credit lending missions efficiently, generate risk metrics that prioritize investments and workouts, and produce historical and predictive risk reports for leadership so that future policy modifications are data-driven.   In other data news, on March 21st, FedScoop published an interesting article entitled, New Army unit will combine military intelligence with open source data on foreign adversaries. In this article, Mark Pomerleau describes how the Army has created a new group that will blend historical military intelligence activities with commercial data and public information to support cyber operations.    “By blending military intel with commercial data, publicly available information on foreign adversaries and certain national intelligence systems, it will provide insight necessary for Army Cyber Command to operate and defend networks and influence foreign audiences, the spokesperson added … Army Cyber Command has been in the midst of a multi-year transformation effort to expand its focus beyond cyber to the broader information environment to pursue what it calls ‘information advantage,’ deliberately eschewing the term ‘information warfare.’” The Carpe Datum Team

Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) AI DevSecOps Request for Information Dept. of Defense The JAIC plans to implement best practices to develop, mature, secure, and operate AI tools and platforms that support the full Artificial Intelligence (AI) lifecycle...

Flood Data Collection & Analysis Dept. of Homeland Security There is a virtual industry day for this call on March 31, 2022. The first deadline for applications under this call is May 4, 2022. The final deadline for applications is September 2, 2022...

Commercially-available, web-based research databases that contain the following content: news/business information, legal information, public records, dockets, and legal news. Executive Office of the President The Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of Administration (OA), Library and Research Services (LRS) Division, is seeking sources for commercially-available, web-based research databases that contain the following content: news/business information, legal information, public records, dockets, and legal news...

Request for Information (RFI) for Enterprise Data Catalog Tool Dept. of the Treasury The Treasury Department is seeking information on companies capable of providing an Enterprise Data Catalog tool that can be efficiently and cost effectively implemented to meet the Treasury’s metadata management requirements...

Property-Level Data - Dept. of the Treasury Globus Subcription Renewal - Dept. of Health and Human Services Industrial Risk Analysis Services - Dept. of Defense Drug Database Licensing - Dept. of Health and Human Services Sources Sought: Congressional Research Service Subscription - Office of Personnel Management

Subscription Service to Perform Due Diligence on Individuals and Companies MCC Amendment - March 28, 2022

Geospatial Support Services 2.0 (GSS2) - Request for Information (RFI) Dept. of Defense Sources Sought Updated - March 15, 2022

Request For Information (RFI) - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)  Cloud-Based Telemetry Processing Dept. of Commerce Special Notice Updated - March 28, 2022

Seaport Assessments & GIS Support Dept. of Defense RFI Q&A - March 22, 2022

Artificial Intelligence Radar Enhancement (AIRE) - Dept. of Defense Army Network Capability Set Technical Exchange Meeting 8: Data Centric Operations with Capability Set 25/27 - Dept. of Defense Daily Legislative & Policy Publication Subscription - National Transportation Safety Board

Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Market Information Data Analytics System (MIDAS) Securities and Exchange Commission The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) intends to award a sole source contract to MayStreet, Inc. for a Market Information Data Analytics System (MIDAS)...

Pyrra Tech Platform Dept. of Defense This is considered a sole source to Pyrra Technologies Inc. because – based on market research and to the best of MICC West Point’s knowledge – Pyrra Technologies Inc. is the only known source that can provide the exact software needed to meet our requirements...

Agrochemical (Pesticide) Data Dept. of Agriculture The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Contracting Operations Branch (COB) intends to award a sole source purchase order for Agrochemical Data for the Economic Research Service (ERS)...

Market Intelligence Analysis License Subscription Dept. of Defense The U.S. Government currently intends to award a contract for a subscription to IBISWorld’s ProcurementIQ on a SOLE SOURCE basis, but is seeking vendors that may be able to provide this requirement in order to support a competitive procurement...

International Data Subscription - Dept. of Commerce Natuvion TDA data scrambling tool - Dept. of the Interior D--I2 Subscription HHS/OIG - Dept. of the Interior Historical data forecast from Benchmark Mineral In - Dept. of the Interior TRM Enterprise Subscription - Dept. of Justice Project Brown Heron/Data as a Service (PBH/DaaS) - Dept. of Defense

Opportunities in defense AI, biometrics announced by Paravision, Biometric Signature ID Paravision has been awarded a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) to provide the artificial intelligence expertise it has acquired in developing facial recognition and computer vision algorithms to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)...

Accenture Federal Services Snags $118M State Department Data Management Contract The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has named the participants of a new program that seeks to study concepts that would enable the identification of individuals from long distances and through atmospheric distortions...

IRS unit gets no funds to enforce sanctions on rich Russians For all of the talk about slapping sanctions on Russian oligarchs, there was a notable omission in the Ukraine aid package approved this month by Congress...

Facial Recognition Tech is Controversial Yet Key Piece of Federal Biometrics Strategy Biometric data and technologies are being deployed within multiple federal agencies to boost the accuracy of identity verification and free up human decision makers for other, more complex and cognitive tasks, according to federal officials...

CBP’s new biometric kiosks processing travelers in 3.5 seconds U.S. Customs and Border Protection is nearing completion on an upgrade of the software for its biometric ‘facial comparison’ kiosks, while also rolling out new touchless ones...

DHS Directorate Looking for Flood Data Collection, Analysis Tech to Support Emergency Management Operations The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate is soliciting technologies that could deliver near real-time flood information remotely to the Federal Emergency Management Agency...

Panel closes in on federal data use recommendations IC Tech Acquisition Spotlight: Artificial Intelligence National Institute of Standards and Technology Report Highlights Biases in AI DHS seeks to automate video surveillance on 'soft targets' like transit systems, schools  Facing CFPB Criticism, Credit Bureaus Dramatically Reduce Medical Debt Credit Reporting

CDO Council sees 'unique opportunity' to elevate data talent across government The Biden administration is calling on agency chief data officers to collectively tackle some major projects under the Federal Data Strategy...

EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDS Significant Improvements Are Needed to Ensure Transparency and Accountability for COVID-19 and Beyond...

Institutionalizing Data Analysis in German Federal Governance  An overview and recommendations from the U.S. experience...

EU, US agree on data transfer deal to replace defunct Privacy Shield  What trends are driving public sector planning in 2022? US Federal Government must act swiftly on data andanalytics to protect pandemic funding

C3 AI’s Application Platform to Support DCSA’s Security Clearance Processes C3 AI has partnered with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency on the use of artificial intelligence in modernizing the federal organization’s background investigation processes...

Unacast Expands Its Location Data Solution to Include UK Trends Unacast, a global location data and analytics firm, announced today that it has expanded its human mobility data solution to include trends for the UK. Customers will now have access to clean, location data-based trends across the UK that provide precise foot traffic insights that will enable better business decisions...

Navig8 Selects Windward's Maritime AI Platform to Enhance Business Development, Compliance, and Due Diligence Processes Windward (LSE: WNWD), the Predictive Intelligence company applying AI to transform global maritime trade, announced today that it has partnered with Navig8, the world's largest independent pool, and commercial management company...

Aqfer and FullContact Announce Partnership to Enhance Identity Resolution Capabilities Aqfer, a leading provider of big data marketing solutions, today announced a partnership with FullContact, one of the leading providers of consumer Identity Resolution as a Service...

Simon Data and Snowflake Join Forces to Make Customer Data Marketable  Thomson Reuters : launches Global Beneficial Ownership and additional sanctions data to CLEAR offering NICE Actimize Introduces AI-Powered X-Sight Entity Risk Solution to Provide a Single Trust Score Precisely Expands Partnership with Snowflake to Unlock Data for Better Business Decisions New Report: Data Literacy for the Public Sector: Lessons from Early Pioneers in the U.S. Haywood Talcove, CEO of Government Business at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Earns 3rd Consecutive Wash100 Recognition for Fraud Prevention, Risk Management Impacts Verato Announces New Executive Position to Drive a People-First Culture of Innovation and Growth Digital ID trends for finance: cloud authentication, tokenization and credit profiles Government Is a Data Partner You Might Not Want, But You Have  Facial recognition inappropriate for high-risk applications, experts say

FedScoop Event Delivering Better Outcomes Through Automation Join top decision-makers and automation experts from government and tech at TOGETHER as they share how agencies are adopting automation to build capacity, efficiency, and accuracy to deliver better outcomes to the American public. JUNE 14, 2022 | 8:30AM-3PM ET

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