VOLUME 4. ISSUE 43.

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Welcome to Carpe Datum’s weekly newsletter, the Federal Data Prospector, the only publication of its kind dedicated exclusively to Data & Analytics companies that share our passion for serving the Public Sector. Our featured items begin with a Sources Sought Notice from the SEC for a subscription-based, online solution that facilitates searching and downloading of international public records data. Although a formal price quote is not required, the SEC is interested in understanding the various tiers that might exist within a bidder's price catalog (starting with a single user ... all the way up to an "enterprise" (unlimited use) subscription.

 

 

In other data news, on September 30th, FCW published an article entitled States must plug into USDA antifraud system for SNAP delivery under new rule. In this story, Natalie Alms details a new interim final rule set to be published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture this week. The rule requires states to use a new interstate data system, the National Accuracy Clearinghouse, to reduce the incidence of individuals fraudulently claiming Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in more than one state at a time.

 

  • USDA started working with 18F, a digital service team in the General Services Administration, to build the system in fiscal year 2021. IT company Ventera won a contract to continue developing and eventually roll out the system, and ITCON Services will be running a help desk. The system will be hosted in USDA's cloud environment and maintained by USDA staff and contractors. Now, the department will be working with states to connect them to the new system over the course of five years, said Rebecca Piazza, senior advisor for delivery at USDA's Food and Nutrition Service, which runs nutrition programs including SNAP. ”

 

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Digital Intelligence for INL/Armenia

Dept. of State

Digital Intelligence for Armenia Mobile Forensic Devices Package for Extraction, Recovery, Collection, and Preservation of Digital Information from digital devices, applications, social media and cloud-based sources using analysis and decoding tools to be used as defensible evidence in criminal investigations.

Transformation Research Services

Dept. of Commerce

The USCB recognizes it must continue to evolve and modernize in order to remain relevant as the nation’s leading source of data and adapt in a constantly evolving, diverse data landscape. Thus, a Transformation Research effort was initiated in (FY) 2019. ‘Transformation’ is a broad term used to describe multiple initiatives the USCB is pursuing to adapt and modernize to meet the needs of the staff and customers as well as to improve current processes, operations, communications, culture, and customer service.

Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program

NASA

Under this Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, the vendor shall be responsible for delivery of a comprehensive catalog of its commercial Earth Observation data products indicating at a minimum: the data sets, associated metadata and ancillary information; data cadence; data latency; area coverage; and data usage policy.

Commercial Real Estate Data

Dept. of the Treasury

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a independent bureau of the US Department of the Treasury is conducting market research to fulfil a requirement for commercial real estate data, forecasts, and analysis services. 

TryAi; Artificial Intelligence Demonstrations; Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) for the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC)

Dept. of Defense

The opportunity for demonstrations has been extended for an additional twelve months.

Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS) Architecture and Advanced Analytic Capabilities Support

Dept. of Transportation

Response to questions.

SIR for Airport Mapping Digitization and Data Population

Dept. of Transportation

Response to questions.

Probabilities of Default Data

Dept. of the Treasury

Response to questions.

Sole Source for Global Subscription

Dept. of Defense

DLA Energy intends to award a Sole Source Fixed Price Contract to PortStorage Group B.V., for a Global Subscription to TankTerminals.com. 

Mortgage Performance Data and Analytic Products

Dept. of Housing and Urban Development

The contract objective is to provide the Department of Housing and Urban Development with access via a cloud hosted analytic platform (in a timely manner) to mortgage performance data, forbearance data and analytic products to be used in analysis and research to inform public policy and provide information on trends and loan performance in U.S. mortgage markets.

Palantir Extends US Defense Contract That Prompted Protest at Google

Dept. of Defense

The Defense Department awarded Palantir a contract worth $229 million over one year to provide artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to the Special Forces, the Joint Staff and all branches of the US armed services, the company said Thursday.

NGA Expands Contract With Seerist Federal To Access Augmented Analytics, GIS Data Services

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Seerist Federal, formerly known as Geospark Analytics, is providing the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency with the Hyperion augmented analytics technology and geographic information services data services.

NASA Awards Commercial Small Satellite Data Acquisition Agreement

NASA

NASA has selected GHGSat, Inc., of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to provide commercial small constellation satellite products for evaluation to determine the utility for advancing NASA's science and application goals.

Employment Verification Startup Urges FTC to Probe Payroll Data Brokers

Silicon Valley employment verification startup is urging the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to open an investigation into alleged anti-competitive and anti-consumer practices by some of the biggest providers of income and employment verification services.

The Department of Defense needs more commercial data to weather future storms

In light of this imperative, the Department of Defense, in partnership with NOAA, should expand access to emerging commercial sources of data to get critical weather information into the hands of operators who need it most. 

NGA engages with natural language processing tech

NGA conducted the study of natural language processing through a federally funded research and development center, with hopes to significantly raise awareness of the potential time savings and intelligence gains made possible through greater access to text analytics software.

Treasury watchdog calls on IRS to step up insider threat monitoring

In a report published Sept. 21, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said the IRS chief information officer should work to ensure the agency’s insider threat team has access to all necessary information to carry out its work.

Public health data still facing challenges despite previous recommendations, watchdog says

GAO stated that there are numerous challenges to the way the government manages public health data. In particular, the watchdog noted three deficiencies that the government must address: common standards for collecting data, interoperability and public health IT infrastructure. 

Labor Department Evolves Efforts to Assist States in UI Delivery

A pilot project meant to give the federal government a more central role in unemployment insurance delivery is raising questions inside the Department of Labor and in Congress about the role of identity verification and enforcement authority over states in the system.

Deep data inspection: The overlooked element in government data security

Because encryption can make data quality problems harder to detect and isolate, good quality, properly formatted, exploit-free data is essential.

Digital identity bill heads to the Senate floor

If passed, it would establish a task force on digital identity to work through how government agencies can validate identity attributes and what interoperable digital identity tools would look like.

Abusers of Consumer Data Will Be Punished

Customers are much more informed now, and they will not tolerate any abuse of data originated from them—that might include personally identifiable information, or seemingly anonymous data. Consumers will get angry when the lines that they set are crossed.

Behavioral analytics from NeuroID integrated by TransUnion to stop fraud and false positives

The new TruValidate Device Risk with Behavioral Analytics from TransUnion uses device recognition, context signals, and device and user behavior to prevent fraud, while letting customers complete their transactions. 

Equifax CISO Jamil Farshchi Named Strategic Engagement Adviser to FBI

Farshchi will work with the law enforcement agency to address cybersecurity threats facing U.S. businesses by strengthening partnerships with the private sector.

Snowflake Data Names Most Successfully Used Companies In Data Stack

Snowflake, best known for its data cloud, released a report -- Modern Marketing Data Stack -- that looks at patterns and the technologies used by nearly 6,000 of its customers that generated revenue between June 1, 2021, to June 1, 2022. The idea was to understand what technologies they use in their marketing data stack to help others build out strategies.

PROJECT 38: Volume is merely one leg of the data challenge

The statistics alone are daunting on how much data is being created in the world. Babel Street CEO Michael Southworth offers up those figures and what the tech industry's answers are in this episode with our Ross Wilkers.

Unlock the Hidden Potential of Your First-Party Data: Drive Impact Across Acquisition, Retention and More -- October 6, 2022

Join Resonate CMO Ericka Podesta McCoy as she reveals how to leverage the first-party data you already have to drive impact for acquisition, retention and upsell initiatives.

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