The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is seeking Sales Tax Data, both State and Local, for the purpose of developing data that the Policy and Program Impact Lab needs to create general sales tax tables and to update the sales tax deduction calculator for IRS.gov.

The CHIPS Program Office (CPO) requires licenses to an all-in-one data platform to assist employees in accessing and working with financial data of publicly-traded semiconductor companies, including security and Exchange Commision (SEC) filings and earnings transcripts. This data helps inform CPO decision-making around overall risk profile, risk ratings, underwriting analysis, and portfolio monitoring for CHIPS direct funding and loan award applicants.

The contractor shall provide the necessary architecture, engineering, technical advisory, design, development, post deployment and strategic support to the EDP program and build data pipelines, data products, data access, and analytics to support the Information Technology (IT) Modernization at IRS.

The Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity (DHACA) on behalf of Program Executive Office Defense Healthcare Management Systems (PEO DHMS) in support of the EIDS PMO is seeking information on how an interested contractor could support the EIDS product management, engineering/architecture, data exchange, data solutions, technical data governance, application development, and cloud hosting requirements.

Sources Sought Notice attached.

The abstract due date will be extended. The RFI will be amended to add these dates once known.

Response to questions. Date offers due extended to February 18, 2025.

A Questions and Answers (Q&A) document is posted in the Attachments section.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Procurement Management Office, Contracting Operations Division intends to issue a firm fixed price sole source award utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Certain Commercial Products to Bloomberg Finance L.P.

Under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) intends to issue a sole-source award for the GEOINT Data Transformation Service (GDTS) IV requirement. The scope of GDTS-IV includes ingest services for a variety of standard and non-standard sources. Additionally, the scope includes the continued sustainment, development, integration, and modernization of the GDTS hardware and software baseline, which hosted in a hybrid architecture (cloud/datacenter model).

The Resource Evaluation (RE) Program of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) consists of five major components, one of which is G&G Data Acquisition and Analysis. The main objectives of this acquisition and analysis is the development of maps identifying areas favorable for the accumulation of hydrocarbons as well as fair market value determination for acreage being offered for lease. This is done by incorporating the data acquired through G&G surveys to develop a basic knowledge of the geologic history of an area and its effects on hydrocarbon or strategic/critical minerals generation, distribution, and accumulation within a planning area.

For Task 1, the EODC team will use their subject matter expertise to develop a new, novel data format to improve the accessibility of Earth observation data in the cloud. This development work will prototype open-source software that enables efficient analysis and visualization of legacy data formats from NASA's Earth science data archive. This modification requires software upgrades and system knowledge and expertise to overcome challenges related to handling massive, multi-dimensional data.

Gartner provides unique capabilities in its research and advisory services, executive programs, and Gartner for Technical Professionals (GTP) subscription that NSF needs for faster and more effective architecture, engineering, and implementation decisions.

Congress wants the Army to start collecting more open-source intelligence

Buried deep in the 2025 National Defense Authorization is a short provision suggesting that the Army might—maybe, if it feels like it—look into standardizing the way it procures open-source intelligence-collection software. The provision says the Army secretary “may designate an existing program executive office within the Army to be responsible for the acquisition of open-source intelligence tools for the Army”—for example, software programs that scour the internet for publicly available news stories, social media posts, and other sources to get a picture of a security situation.

Identity fraud for FEMA disaster relief raises questions on timeline for digital ID

In the worst tradition of disaster capitalism, fraudsters have targeted victims of California’s wildfires, committing identity theft to access financial assistance and other disaster relief through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard as Trump's intelligence chief

Gabbard told committee members in writing that she supports a warrant requirement for the intelligence community to query data on U.S. persons, a view largely opposed by most of the panel and past intelligence officials, who have argued that a warrant would slow down timely national security investigations.

Scoop: Big Tech is "on notice" with FTC's hires

The Federal Trade Commission under President Trump is beefing up its staff with a string of new hires who are skeptical of Big Tech. Trump has support from several Big Tech leaders — Elon Musk chief among them. But the president's new FTC chair, Andrew Ferguson, is an outspoken Big Tech critic on X and is signaling the panel won't be stacked with pro-industry quislings.

Efficiency − or empire? How Elon Musk’s hostile takeover could end government as we know it

Elon Musk’s role as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE, is on the surface a dramatic effort to overhaul the inefficiencies of federal bureaucracy. But beneath the rhetoric of cost-cutting and regulatory streamlining lies a troubling scenario.

China's DeepSeek, Trump are playing spoilsport at the Paris AI Action Summit

The Paris AI Action Summit is setting the stage for some intense geopolitical manoeuvring this week. World leaders, tech giants, and researchers are gathering to discuss how to manage artificial intelligence (AI) as the technology advances at lightning speed. However, tensions between major players, including China and the United States, are threatening to derail collaborative efforts. 

OSINT gets its own subcommittee on House intelligence panel

“Open-source intelligence is essential for a wide audience of policymakers, decisionmakers, and other consumers who gain situational awareness without having to rely on classified or restricted sources,” Wagner said in a statement provided to Federal News Network. “Our adversaries are working together now more than ever before and for that reason they pose an even greater threat to the United States. Open-source intelligence helps provide a better understanding of the volatile playing field we find ourselves in.”

Musk says he will agree to take back OpenAI takeover bid, if Sam Altman stops from going for-profit

Elon Musk has thrown a curveball in his ongoing feud with OpenAI, making an unsolicited $97.4 billion bid for the nonprofit that controls the company. But there’s a condition—Musk says he’ll withdraw the offer if OpenAI scraps its plan to transition into a for-profit business.

Fact check: Musk, Trump deceive about a Trump-era Pentagon contract for ‘social deception’ defense

The $9.1 million contract was awarded to Thomson Reuters Special Services, a company that provides “data-driven solutions” to the federal government and other clients, to work on defenses against “social engineering” cyberattacks, which use “social deception” tactics to trick humans. In a Wednesday social media post that didn’t explain what the contract was actually for, Musk insinuated that the Reuters news agency, which has the same parent company as Thomson Reuters Special Services, was paid by the government to engage in deception.

Diffbot’s AI Model Suggests “Smaller Is Better” for LLMs

Each newly released large language model (LLM) often shatters the parameter record of its predecessor, a trend that has become a central benchmark for measuring progress in LLM development on Hugging Face. But is bigger always better? Diffbot Technologies, a California-based startup known for its knowledge graph technology, does not think so.

Accelex and FactSet research reveals data issues amid private markets growth

The results showcase that 55 per cent of fund administrators consider data acquisition and data governance their primary operational challenge, expressing significant concerns about data availability, accuracy, and timeliness. The biggest trend compounding this challenge is the growth of private markets, driven by the inclusion of retail investors and the growth of private credit. These trends have increased data volume, complexity, and reporting demands.

The Competition for Alternative Risk Data: Credit Bureaus Embrace Holistic Assessment

What makes an excellent subprime lending customer? Often, it’s not the consumer’s record of previous credit use because there isn’t one. If there is, it may record past activity that doesn’t accurately represent the consumer’s current ability to repay. Those are big reasons why so-called alternative credit data is making inroads in the credit assessment and reporting industry.

Industry Day - U.S. Air Force Weather and Maine

U.S. Air Force Weather and the University of Maine with the Roux Institute will hold its inaugural partnership event – Industry Day in Portland, Maine on Apr. 1st and 2nd 2025. The Industry Day will bring together leaders, educators, and innovators from academic institutions and private industry to collaborate on tough problems facing Air Force Weather as they pivot to high-end readiness.