The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in support of the Office of Geography (SFG) is seeking information on how an interested contractor could provide a pre-existing dataset of geospatial information depicting the ground transportation network on a worldwide or regional scale that meets minimum standards for accuracy and topological integrity and is suitable as the base for further attributional enrichment.

The Department of Treasury/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has a requirement that is looking to provide statistical products that safely allows researchers to perform statistical analysis using administrative tax data while protecting the confidentiality of taxpayer information.  It will develop a framework to produce synthetic public-use files on individual information derived from tax returns, and third party. 

The U.S. Department of Commerce is committed to advancing transparency, innovation, and the responsible use and dissemination of public data assets, including for use by data-driven AI technologies. To this end, we are pleased to issue this Request for Information (RFI) to seek valuable insights from industry experts, researchers, civil society organizations, and other members of the public on the development of AI-ready open data assets and data dissemination standards.

John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (“Volpe”) in Cambridge, Massachusetts is seeking to identify potential sources to assist the Volpe Center in conducting research on behalf of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) related to liability insurance coverage for commercial motor carriers. As part of this research, the Volpe Center requires data on the following: (1) truck and bus companies’ liability insurance coverage levels, (2) the annual cost of this coverage, i.e., premium costs, and (3) the dollar value of liability claims paid under those policies.

General solicitation has closed as of April 15, 2024.

Hackathon Statement of Work Reopened. Overall timeline amended.

Published contact information of those registered for the event.

Date offers due extended to May 2, 2024.

SSR Health US Prescription Brand Pricing Data is the only commercially available source for estimates of U.S. brand drug prices net of estimated rebates.

CABI databases are essential resources for obtaining background information on pests and diseases and learning about disease incidence and distribution of pests and pathogens. They are essential to the work of Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) laboratory scientists and risk analysts with PPQ’s Science & Technology-Plant Pest Risk Analysis program. Staff members use information and data obtained from CABI databases to provide essential scientific support to risk-based policymaking across a broad range of phytosanitary issues.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hereby announces its intent to issue a sole source order to Georgia Department of Public Health for Data on cases of acute occupational pesticide-related illnesses and injuries year 2024.

The Strategic Chaos Engine for Planning, Tactics, Experimentation and Resiliency (SCEPTER) program seeks to develop analytic engines that will produce machine-generated strategies, capable of competing with humans in the planning of real warfare as evaluated within trusted simulation environments. SCEPTER will discover novel and surprising courses of action (COAs) by exploring the high complexity state-action space of military engagements at machine speed.

The FDP – which will be based on technology from big data firm Palantir – is intended to provide a central infrastructure for connecting health service information and services at a national level. The architecture will also enable individual trusts and integrated care boards (ICBs) to create their own data platform and connect it to those established by other local NHS entities.

“We are extremely grateful to our customer for trusting our team to tackle this critical work in applying advanced AI technology to support our nation’s national security mission,” said Larry Denton, Chief Growth Officer at Applied Insight. “We are proud to expand our work with our customers to help maintain America’s leadership in artificial intelligence...”

ICE pursuing privacy approvals related to controversial phone location data

The move comes as civil rights advocates have raised repeated concerns about the use of commercial telemetry data. Relatedly, Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., have introduced the Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act, which seeks to rein in the government’s use of this information, among other measures.

New DCSA director sees a data-driven future for security clearances and more

In his first interview since taking over as DCSA director in late March, David Cattler discussed his initial thoughts and priorities for the agency’s vast mission. Cattler has extensive experience throughout the intelligence community. He most recently served as NATO’s top intelligence and security official.

FTC: Cerebral agrees to pay $7M, amend user data, cancellation practices

In the proposed order and complaint, the FTC alleges that the company drew in customers with promises of “safe, secure and discreet” mental health services. Despite this, Cerebral failed to disclose or “buried” information on its data sharing practices, FTC said, and made multiple claims that it would seek consumers’ consent before sharing data.

Army CIO: New Policy Creates Data 'Chain of Responsibility'

The new responsibilities aim to address control and protection of data assets – including data products in transit and at rest – and ensure Army users handle these data assets properly and adhere to legal, Pentagon, and Army requirements and guidance.

Congressional privacy bill looks to rein in data brokers

The American Privacy Rights Act, developed by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., would subject companies to a sweeping set of new requirements that would limit and regulate how they use, store, protect and share the personal data they collect directly from customers and through other means.

House passes bill barring spy agencies, law enforcement from buying Americans' personal data

The bill “does not affect the ability of foreign adversaries or the private sector to obtain and use the same information, thus negating any privacy benefit to U.S. persons while threatening America’s national security,” the White House said Tuesday.

Hong Kong AI start-up tracks government policy patterns to predict major regulatory changes

“Governments are always telling everybody what to do, or what they are doing, because they have to communicate at some point with the public. And that is a very rich data source,” said Ryan Manuel, the company’s founder. “The more that we can read those communications around the world, across different languages, across different cultures, the better off we will be.”

Treasury giving agencies a fighting chance to prevent fraud

David Lebryk, the fiscal assistant secretary at the Treasury Department, said Treasury is offering new and existing platforms and databases to help agencies move from being reactive to proactive in stopping fraudulent payments.

Think yourself: Why we should not let AI make decisions for us

But my own research as a psychologist who studies how people make decisions leads me to believe that all these risks are overshadowed by an even more corrupting, though largely invisible, threat. That is, AI is mere keystrokes away from making people even less disciplined and skilled when it comes to thoughtful decisions.

Dataminr Unveils ReGenAI, the First Generative AI That Automatically Regenerates in Real Time

"ReGenAI moves generative AI beyond the 'prompt' paradigm, with automatically regenerating event briefs that dynamically update in real time as an event evolves," said Ted Bailey, Dataminr's Founder and CEO. "With ReGenAI, Dataminr is transforming the future of real-time information, shifting away from static event reports and creating the first ever 'live' information..."

Experian told to 'make fundamental changes' and stop sharing data without consent

A two-year investigation by the ICO found that the businesses — Experian, Equifax and TransUnion — were trading, enriching and enhancing people’s personal data without their knowledge. This processing resulted in products which were used by commercial organisations, political parties or charities to find new customers, identify the people most likely to be able to afford goods and services, and build profiles about people.

Salesforce Eyes Informatica to Boost Data Capabilities

Benioff is in talks to buy Informatica Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, in a move that would add to Salesforce’s data integration and management capabilities. The companies could reach a deal as soon as within a week, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks were private. A final agreement could take longer than that, or the talks could still end without one, they added.

New Hampshire's Rich Lavers talks AI's potential to streamline government services

Rich Lavers, Deputy Commissioner, Dept. of Employment Security, New Hampshire, joined Scoop News Group’s Wyatt Kash at Google Cloud Next ’24 to discuss how AI is improving government services in New Hampshire, including unemployment benefit decisions.

Google’s Karen Dahut on the biggest opportunities for AI in the public sector

The conversation covered a lot of ground, taking in all of the announcements from Next, reflecting on the upcoming two-year birthday of Google Public Sector and what’s been accomplished in that time, how generative AI is permeating the public sector, and what’s ahead.

Elastic’s Chris Townsend on the power of AI and cloud computing

Chris Townsend, Vice President of Public Sector at Elastic, joined Scoop News Group’s Wyatt Kash at Google Cloud Next ’24 to talk about AI and cloud computing in the public sector. Townsend discusses how agencies are looking for ways to operationalize data no matter where it lives and why they are turning to AI to both support mission and introduce efficiencies.

CBP's Industry Partnership and Outreach Program Office FY24 Industry Day for Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The purpose of the event is to provide Industry insight into AI at CBP: Background on CBP’s use of AI; Responsible AI; and Gen AI. The event will also have mission and procurement representatives to discuss implementation of AI at CBP.

CDAO Responsible AI (RAI) Community of Interest (COI) April Meeting

In this session, we will host a panel discussion titled "Understanding Cyber and Adversarial Risks to AI Capabilities" This conversation will delve into the cyber and adversarial challenges associated with AI capabilities, including large language models, through a discussion on recent research and developments in this field.

The CISA Future Forward Series: Usage of AI to Internally Support CISA’s Mission and Emergency Communications

Join us for a discussion on how AI is used for CISA’s mission and Emergency Communications. CISA’s Emergency Communications Division (ECD) will discuss the ways Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are assessed and used to enhance the communication network of an Emergency Communications Center, as well as the importance of Information Sharing Framework (ISF) Service platform for emergency communications.

Enforcement Roundup: Developments and Considerations with Data Analytics and AI

Join us for a discussion on the overlap of data, AI, analytics, and government enforcement in the healthcare space and the trends that will continue to be prevalent in 2024.