Welcome to Carpe Datum’s weekly newsletter, the Federal Data Prospector, the only publication of its kind dedicated exclusively to data and analytics companies that share our passion for serving the public sector. Our featured items begin with the Army’s request for industry input on the next generation of its Intelligence Data Platform (AIDP), a modular cloud-to-edge system that supports global intelligence operations. The Army is seeking feedback on agile development, third-party integration, and deployment strategies to inform its FY26 acquisition approach.
In other data news, on April 29th , First Breakfast published an article entitled Why AI Agents Are the Government's Next Essential Hire. In this story, Greg Little describes how AI agents – persistent, autonomous digital teammates – are becoming essential for modern government operations by extending human capabilities and replacing bureaucratic toil with speed, accuracy, and decision-ready action. Drawing on examples from the private sector, Little urges government agencies to adopt AI agents through outcome-based contracts and reframe their operating models around commercial software, not labor hours.
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“Agencies can use Commercial Solutions Openings (CSOs) to select a back-office function—invoice validation, FOIA processing, audit, HR onboarding, you name it—and run a 90-day test with commercial vendors. Let the results speak. Use performance-based contracts tied to cost savings. Bake off the magic. Contract to those that deliver outcomes. The reward? Government employees are freed from the toil of mandraulic bureaucratic processes and elevated into higher-level cognitive work. This isn’t about replacement—it’s about unleashing human potential.”
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The Carpe Datum Team
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Area of Interest for the DoD Office of Strategic Capital (OSC): Increasing Access to Data and Effective Knowledge Management
Dept. of Defense
| OSC seeks to find and secure the best solutions available from private industry to access data and manage knowledge to effectively establish and manage a federal credit program within the Department of Defense. | |
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Civil Surgeon Credential Verification
Dept. of Homeland Security
| 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: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) and Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.). | |
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Support Services to Conduct Risk Analysis in Support of the U.S. Coast Guard Office of Performance Management and Assessment (DCO-81) and Domestic Port Security Evaluation Division (CG-PSA-2)
Dept. of Homeland Security
| This BPA combines all strategic operational risk analysis initiatives currently conducted for the DCO under a single framework supporting strategic planning and program management. The BPA will primarily support two (2) initiatives in place to assess and model maritime risk: the Maritime Security Risk Analysis Model (MSRAM) and the Risk Based Maritime Security Response Operations (RBMSRO) optimization tool. | |
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Commercial World Fleet Vessel Register Data & Information for Application to Data Verification & Analysis in Support of the Waterborne Navigation Program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Dept. of Defense
| This purchase description (PD) and the scoping outlined herein has been developed to provide explanation and specifications concerning acquisition of commercial vessel registers by the Institute for Water Resources (IWR) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The general requirement or specification is for acquisition of commercial vessel registers which contain data and information as typically listed in a commercial register for the world’s fleet of ships with provision or access to such data and information to the fullest extent of fleet coverage (i.e., greatest number of individual hulls or ships) as contained in or as available for a given vendor’s register. | |
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Geospatial Intelligence Processing and Exploitation (GeoPEX)
Dept. of Defense
| Procurement contact changed. | |
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Electronic Research Services (ERS) Tax Research Services
Dept. of the Treasury
| Offer due date changed to May 12, 2025. | |
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FY22-FY26 Strategic Trends Division Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
Dept. of Defense
| Procurement contact changed. | |
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Spectrum Information System (SIS) Sustainment and Enhancement
Dept. of Defense
| Answers to questions provided and response due date extended to May 7, 2025. | |
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IHS Global Sea Web
Dept. of Defense
| SDDCTEA has developed propriety GOTS software in order to consume and disseminate S&P Global's unique Sea-web port infrastructure data including GOTS software called AMP and AMP-PAT that are dependent on the data that only S&P provides in their proprietary format. | |
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CJNET Access Subscription
Dept. of Defense
| This requirement provides a subscription to the Florida Criminal Justice Network. This is a secure, private, statewide intranet system managed and maintained by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) to connect Florida criminal justice agencies to various data sources provided by the criminal justice community. | |
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India – Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness
Government of India
| The Government of India has requested to buy SeaVision software (including requested software enhancements); Technical Assistance Field Team (TAFT) training; remote software and analytic support; access to SeaVision documentation; and other related elements of logistics and program support. The estimated total cost is $131 million. | |
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Parliament buys £340k open-source intel tool to monitor threats
Houses of Commons and Lords (UK)
| According to the company’s website, its platform complements artificial intelligence capability with “expert analysis, [and] delivers actionable intelligence, helping risk professionals and security teams forecast, analyse, and respond effectively to emerging threats”. The procurement notice reveals that Westminster wishes to deploy the technology to help track cyberthreats, as well as potential information leaks and direct threats made against individual parliamentarians. | |
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Seerist and SOCOM Enter Five-Year CRADA to Advance AI and Machine Learning for Operations
Dept. of Defense
| Under the CRADA, Seerist and SOCOM will leverage its AI-powered analytics to improve information gathering, situational awareness, and predictive modeling capabilities. Through this Collaborative effort, Seerist's suite of AI-driven tools will be further refined and adapted to SOCOM's mission requirements, conceivably providing U.S. special operations forces data-driven insights into emerging threats and geopolitical instability. | |
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National AI Action plan should expand open-source offerings, respondents say | As more advanced, generative AI systems continue to evolve, open-source software enables both the democratization of knowledge regarding how the software is developed, and where it may be vulnerable. Expanded access to advanced models also offers under-resourced developers and entities the chance to gain experience and build tools with AI. | |
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DOGE is developing a master database for immigration enforcement, sources reveal | As impressive as its technological prowess may be, Palantir’s involvement has set off plain alarms among lawmakers worried about violations of privacy. Mistakes in the main database can present serious hazards. This is particularly pertinent given its plan to consolidate sensitive data from numerous state agencies onto a single platform. | |
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How to manage federal programs better using state and local data | Federal agencies who fund programs the states administer often face an oversight problem. Namely, poor or missing state or municipal data. | |
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DISA Building Data Analytics Support Cell 'Out of Hide' | Lt. Gen. Paul Stanton, USA, commander, Joint Forces Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network (JFHQ-DODIN) and director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), is building a data analytics support cell within each of the sister organizations to cross-coordinate and synchronize their efforts and better align data capabilities. | |
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Actionable data can help governments 'listen' to citizens, says Georgia's AI chief | “Every time, every service we deliver, we are having a conversation with our constituents. We are having a conversation, a transaction, with our customers. And data is really how we learn, how we listen,” Deshpande said during a presentation Tuesday at the National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ midyear conference in Philadelphia. The need for data-driven decisions is, he said, driven by the need to improve citizen services, as well as government’s interest in making these improvements. | |
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How AI helps problem-solve 3 complex, public sector challenges: road safety, human productivity and environmental management | Government, academic, nonprofit and NGO technologists share how AI and cloud lead to unexpected approaches for tackling common public sector challenges. | |
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California deploys new generative AI tools across state agencies | As part of the new initiative, the California Department of Transportation will use use generative AI to analyze highway data and reduce congestion, while the Department of Tax and Fee Administration will use AI tools to streamline its customer service systems. The state will also deploy AI analytics aimed at preventing traffic fatalities and improving public safety. | |
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Leveraging OSINT to Navigate & Mitigate Supply Chain Risks | The traditional approach to supply chain management — prioritizing efficiency over resilience — has proven inadequate in addressing modern challenges. To adapt, organizations must rethink their strategies, moving from reactive problem-solving to proactive risk mitigation. Organizations must leverage advanced analytics, continuous monitoring and real-time vendor risk assessments to safeguard supply chains and ensure operational effectiveness against adversarial actions. | |
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S&P Global Announces Intent to Separate Mobility Segment into Standalone Public Company | Following the separation, S&P Global will benefit from simplified operations, increased focus on its enterprise strategy and a unified approach to powering public and private markets. With a strong leadership team bringing relevant industry experience, S&P Global will be optimally positioned to build on positive momentum in its product innovation and AI initiatives, as well as its proven track record of driving profitable growth among leading global brands. | |
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Dataminr reveals agentic AI roadmap with launch of Intel Agents for real-time decision-making | The company’s first agentic AI capability, called Intel Agents, tasks AI agents with autonomously generating critical context as events, risks and threats unfold. Intel Agents build on Dataminr’s ReGenAI technology, introduced in April 2024, adding a new layer of continuous, real-time context to event briefs produced by the platform. | |
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How Covered California sent patient’s personal health data to LinkedIn | The website that lets Californians shop for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, coveredca.com, has been sending sensitive data to LinkedIn, forensic testing by CalMatters has revealed. As visitors filled out forms on the website, trackers on the same pages told LinkedIn their answers to questions about whether they were blind, pregnant, or used a high number of prescription medications. The trackers also monitored whether the visitors said they were transgender or possible victims of domestic abuse. | |
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning could aid in making decisions on space missions | There’s almost too much data for humans to consider when making decisions now during space missions. Operators can become bogged down in analyzing all the avenues of information at their disposal. Enter artificial intelligence and machine learning. The application here could help make those decisions for them, especially as missions take place further and further away from the Earth itself. | |
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Find Out How Data Is Making S&T’s Societal Impacts Measurable | Information analytics company Elsevier is building on a two-year collaboration with the National Science Foundation to jointly host a webinar highlighting how data is playing a crucial role in science and technology research. Scheduled for this Wednesday, April 30, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., the session will explore topics like how data enhances research visibility, speed and resilience and the importance of both regional and international partnerships, Elsevier told ExecutiveGov. | |
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An Open Symbology Regulatory Workshop: The Proposed Role of Data Standards within the FDTA and Beyond | Join Bloomberg & other financial experts on Wednesday, May 7 in our Washington, DC Office to explore the evolving role of data standards in the context of the Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA), and the broader implications for regulatory reporting, compliance, and data interoperability. Attendees will gain insights into how standardized data formats cited in the FDTA can enhance transparency, reduce reporting burdens, and improve regulatory efficiency across agencies. | |
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