The VA Payer Compliance Tool (PCT) is intended to enhance the VA’s ability to detect improper payments and ensure proper payment integrity and compliance with established reimbursement policies and guidelines. The project entails the design, development, deployment, and ongoing support of a scalable and efficient PCT that integrates with existing VA systems, ingests a wide variety of claims and healthcare data, and leverages advanced analytics and machine learning to identify improper payments.

Designated Civil Surgeons perform immigration medical exams. USCIS requires verification of medical license status, certification status, and reporting of any derogatory or adverse actions impacting the standing of the designated Civil Surgeons (M.D.s and D.O.s).

S&T seeks white papers in the areas of Next Generation  Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Networking and Data Management, Biotechnology  and Human Interface, Next Generation Effects and Precision Strike, and Next Generation Mobility  and Signature Management to build the Hyper Enabled Operator.

The Remote Identity Validation Rally (RIVR) will challenge industry to demonstrate secure, effective, and accurate remote identity validation technologies that can combat identity fraud when users apply for government services, open bank accounts, or verify social media accounts, and more.

Updated solicitation documentation and extenstion of the response date to August 11, 2025.

Updated to add Army Research Risk Assessment Program to Criteria for Selection.

Response deadline extended to August 15, 2025, with response to questions forthcoming.

Response deadline extended to September 2, 2025 and questions will be accepted through August 18, 2025.

DIU can use to illuminate Beneficial Ownership, Global Sanctions, State Owned Enterprises, and other concerning networks connected to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). This solution will aid in monitoring and analyzing risk exposures that may negatively affect DIU Portfolio companies and Federal and Department of Defense stakeholders. The WireScreen is a software platform that hosts the most comprehensive registry of information on Chinese public and privately-held corporations and their U.S. based procurement arms, the equity stakes that exist under those arms and within higher echelons of corporations that are considered China SOEs.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) (Washington DC) intends to procure via a single source from Octus Intelligence, Inc. (f/k/a Reorg Research) to purchase Americas Core Credit Annual Subscriptions for DOJ U.S. Trustee Program (USTP).

OLPA’s staff have reviewed the capabilities of several PR software tools and have determined that Cision exclusively suits our needs, as it has the largest advertised database of media contacts, with 1.6 million (more than 500,000 larger than the largest advertised competitor). While other services with smaller databases may be appropriate for other media organizations, NSF needs the most expansive information possible, as we are often looking to track down reporters who cover specific subsets of science or science-interested reporters from regions, industry reporters and bloggers.

OLE Special Agents and Enforcement Officers are sworn law enforcement officers with specified authority to make arrests and enforce over 37 statutes, as well as numerous treaties related to the enforcement of the Seafood Monitoring Program under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the Lacey Act, and IUU fishing. To effectively enforce these statutes, OLE requires current market analysis and pricing for each unique fishery located throughout the six divisional offices hosting 56 field offices across the U.S. and overseas.

The Army has determined that Palantir's Federal Cloud Service (PFCS) environment platform represents a uniquely integrated solution essential to ongoing operations. PFCS is proprietary. PFCS enables users to ingest, manage, search, transform, analyze, and present data in a variety of ways depending on their needs and technical proficiency. Alternative vendors lack Palantir’s comprehensive integration with existing Army systems, its specifically tailored data ontology, and its validated operational performance.

The Administrative Office of the US Courts is awarding a contract to Sprout Social, Inc.

The SEC requires enterprise access of Credit Default Swap (CDS) reference data. The data shall include information on entities, obligations, corporate actions and credit events. This data is used to support confirmations of CDS trades and to help reduce the risk of trade breaks with counterparties.

This requirement is for a comprehensive commercial-of-the-shelf clinical and dental drug and pharmacology database to provide drug reference information, guidance, usage, and considerations to providers and clinicians who prescribe, order, dispense, or administer medications.

How the Coast Guard is transforming data into action at sea

In the first two articles of this series, we explored how Project Minerva is building the tools to “sense” maritime activity and “make sense” of it using advanced data systems. Now, we focus on the final step: How the Coast Guard can “act” on that information to shape operations with speed, precision, and mission impact.

States sue USDA over efforts to gather food stamp data on tens of millions of people

The new federal lawsuit, led by Democratic attorneys general from California and New York, argues the USDA has not followed protocols outlined in various federal privacy laws. The states are asking a judge to block USDA from making its data demand or withholding funds from states that do not turn over the data.

Report calls for halt to TSA’s ‘facial recognition experiment’

The report is filled with numbers and testimonials organized to make the case that facial recognition needs to be put on pause at TSA checkpoints. A key takeaway is that many people surveyed for the report across 91 U.S. airports felt that TSA officers had presented facial recognition to them as mandatory, when it is in fact voluntary.

CIA's In-Q-Tel Hits 800 Investments in AI and Defense Tech

In-Q-Tel, the CIA's nonprofit VC firm founded in 1999, invests in startups like Palantir and Anduril to advance national security through AI, data analytics, and defense tech. Reaching its 800th investment in 2025, it fosters innovation amid ethical concerns..

How Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine and DOGE Got Access to a Federal Payroll System That Serves the FBI

New reporting from WIRED, including the review of hundreds of pages of documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, offers insight into the comprehensive access DOGE operatives were able to gain to federal systems in the early days of the second Trump administration—and just how quickly they got it.

America's AI Action Plan: What's In, What's Out, What's Next

The Plan envisions "a new golden age of human flourishing," marked by three simultaneous transformations: an industrial revolution, an information revolution and a renaissance in science and the arts. It is structured around three core pillars: 1) Accelerate AI Innovation, 2) Build American AI Infrastructure and 3) Lead in International AI Diplomacy and Security.

Privacy Law Exemptions Often Let Data Brokers Off the Hook. EPIC’s New White Paper Provides Recommendations to Fill the Gaps

Today, EPIC published Unbridled and Underregulated: Removing FCRA and GLBA Exemptions from Privacy Laws to Hold Data Brokers Accountable, a white paper by EPIC Law Fellow Caroline Kraczon and EPIC Scholar in Residence Justin Sherman. The paper shows that many state privacy laws include exemptions for data or entities covered by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). These exemptions can let data brokers partly off the hook and allow privacy-invasive and harmful data broker activities to go unregulated.

Microsoft Confirms It Cannot Ensure Data Sovereignty in the European Union

Tech giant Microsoft has admitted that it is not able to guarantee it will not be forced to send EU data to US authorities. Under the US Cloud Act, the US Government is given the power to access any data held by US-based technology companies, wherever in the world that data is held.

Hundreds of registered data brokers ignore user requests around personal data

“Our findings reveal rampant non-compliance and lack of standardization of the data access request process,” wrote authors Elina van Kempen, Isita Bagayatkar, Pavel Frolikov, Chloe Georgiou and Gene Tsudik. “These issues highlight an urgent need for stronger enforcement, clearer guidelines, and standardized, periodic compliance checks to enhance consumers’ privacy protections and improve data broker accountability.”

Socure presents new dispute abuse anti-fraud tool

Socure has released a new anti-fraud product that analyzes the likelihood of individuals abusing dispute processes. The risk assessment tool is designed to identify consumers who falsely dispute legitimate transactions for goods and services in order to get their money back by analyzing data from over 350 million identities and nearly 30 billion transactions.

Informatica enhances IDMC with AI-powered MDM, governance, and compliance tools

The ability to clean, trace, and unify data across silos has become a critical necessity for enterprises looking to operationalize generative AI and agentic applications, as the accuracy of their responses is dependent on the quality of underlying data, Vitaldevara said. These new features, which have been made generally available, are designed to automate much of the groundwork required to prepare data for AI workloads, expanding upon the company’s broader strategy to position itself as a foundational layer for AI readiness, Vitaldevara said.

New AI-Powered Experian Assistant for Model Risk Management Streamlines and Accelerates Governance Processes

“Our partnership with Experian represents a major step forward in operationalizing AI for governance and model risk management,” said ValidMind CEO Jonas Jacobi. “By embedding ValidMind’s automation and governance capabilities into the Experian Assistant for Model Risk Management, we’re helping financial institutions move faster and satisfy regulator expectations.”

OSINT AI Tech Predicts Global Threats and Powers Risk Strategies - SEERIST's John Goolgasian

John Goolgasian, President of SEERIST federal shares his journey from the intelligence community with Geospark Analytics and leading innovation at Seerist, a platform trusted by over 400 government and commercial clients. Learn how AI models, neural nets, and human-machine teaming are transforming the way we detect global instability, predict geopolitical disruptions, and support mission-critical decisions.

Understanding Federal Procurement Consolidation with Brian Friel

This week, the GovNavigators sit down with Brian Friel, Co-Founder of BD-Squared, for a discussion on how federal procurement looks in the age of consolidation. An expert in procurement data, Friel offers great insight into how past efficiency efforts have led us to this administration's push to rid the federal government of duplicative and unnecessary contracts.

AI Virtual Forum: Data & Policy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Join Data Foundation for a dynamic virtual forum focused on the intersections of data, policy, and artificial intelligence (AI). The Data Foundation AI Public Forum invites researchers, policy experts, technologists, and advocates to share bold ideas, important questions, and forward-looking proposals on how data policy should evolve in response to the rapid advancement of AI technologies and uses in the public sector.

OSINT Unveiled: Distinguished voices shaping the future of OSINT – Part 1

In this session, leaders across the intelligence and national security community — including former senior officials from the State Department, NGA, ODNI and CIA — weigh in on the structural challenges holding OSINT back and the urgent need for public-private partnerships that modernize how intelligence is derived from commercial and public data.

OSINT Unveiled: Distinguished voices shaping the future of OSINT – Part 2

In this follow-up to our conversation on modernizing open-source intelligence, we reconvene national security leaders to explore the path forward for mission-driven AI integration.