The General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), Office of General Supplies and Services (GSS), Supply Chain Program Operations Systems Division (QSDDC) is seeking information regarding Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) subscription services that provide comprehensive shipment tracking capabilities via an Application Programming Interface (API). The goal of this RFI is to identify potential vendors and understand available solutions that can enhance our ability to track shipped packages, standardize tracking data from multiple carriers, and reduce the internal burden of maintaining tracking integrations and codebases.

Headquarters, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (HQ SACT) has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a transformational solution that provides an Artificial Intelligence (AI) enhanced analytics service to deliver Broad Area Surveillance and Enhanced Indicators and Warnings (I&W). It uses automated Machine learning AI algorithms to produce daily activity warnings of various regions and seas to include the Mediterranean Sea, Baltic Sea, and Black Sea accessed via an unclassified web-enabled dashboard. 

The U.S. Army is seeking information from industry, academia, and research institutions regarding artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions to assist in the process of making initial determinations for declassification of historically valuable records.

The USCG seeks to improve Maritime Domain Awareness to support those missions by creating a modeling and simulation (M&S) program. The simulation starts by ingesting the geospatial data that defines the AOR. This includes landmasses, bathymetry, boundaries of territorial waters, and environmental conditions. The USCG program then populates the AOR with the specified USCG assets and initiates both civilian and malicious agents that operate within the defined boundaries and in accordance with passed observed behaviors in that region.

The original posting had "Unclassified/FOUO" markings and has been updated to reflect "Unclassified" and also have included the SOW attachment.

Updated Areas of Interest (AOI) published.

Answers to questions posted and due date extended to Friday, May 23, 2025.

Proposal due date extended to May 26, 2025.

OFR requires long-term trend information on principal parties, mergers and acquisitions, and trends in the primary syndicated loan market pursuant to monitoring risks across broad market sectors. Dealogic Debt Capital Market Analytics and Loan Analytics are a competitive benchmarking system covering the Global Debt Capital Market and the Global Syndicated Loans Market. Reporting packages include company rankings by industry and region, deal lists, and profiles of individual transactions. Dealogic M&A Analytics database provides a comprehensive view of merger and acquisition activity worldwide, enabling clients to identify macro level trends in the industry.

The support encompasses the design and maintenance of data repositories, datasets, data extracts, analysis, synchronization with relevant Army systems (e.g., Enterprise Marketing Management System (EMMS), Data Warehouse (DHW), Leads and Mission Awards (LEMA) databases, Army Recruiting Information Support System (ARISS), and Vantage) and multiple third-party systems to support marketing analytics (e.g., Google Analytics, Adobe Experience Manager, Sprinklr, and Datorama).

The Office of Financial Research (OFR) requires an analytics dataset which provides individual user access to financial data comprised of sovereigns, credit, mortgages, money markets, municipal bonds, preferred equity, private equity, public companies, economics, research, commodities, indexes, currencies, and derivatives. This functionality is imperative to OFR’s mission in analyzing systematic risk in all markets simultaneously.

The National Defense Business Operations Plan requires ongoing analysis of various DoD lines of business and areas of focus, such as: human resource management; financial management; real property management; logistics and supply chain management; healthcare management; community services; cyber defense and information technology management, and testing and evaluation. Additionally, a data-first approach, at scale, is required to perform analysis across the spectrum of strategic intent, budgeting, spending, and outcomes to optimize business operations in support of the National Defense Strategy.

The Login.gov program requires a bridge contract with LexisNexis Special Services, Inc. (LNSSI) to provide continuity of critical identity verification services to allow for the award of new competitive BPA call orders, and the process to get the new identity verification products fully integrated into the Login.gov workflow and cleared through GSA’s IT security Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process.

Aptima will lead the commercialization arm of DARPA’s Semantic Forensics program (SemaFor), building on its prior role as the test and evaluation lead for the initiative. Launched by DARPA’s Information Innovation Office in 2020, SemaFor aims to detect and analyze media not just at the signal level such as alterations in pixel data or compression artifacts, but also at the semantic level.

The monthly subscription service permits the UMUHC Business Office, Front Office (Patient Registration), and Pharmacy Tech to verify 3rd Party eligibility for patients to determine whether Medicaid/Medicare and/or private insurance can be applied. The subscription services allow the biller, patient registration and the Pharmacy Tech to access coverage information.

OT seeks a commercial, off-the-shelf, internet-based trade shipment database and trade analysis platform as a research and shipment analysis tool. This tool will be used to augment existing government analysis platforms by conducting queries on available data.

Judge refuses to block IRS from sharing tax data to identify people illegally in U.S.

In a win for the Trump administration, U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich denied a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by nonprofit groups. They argued that undocumented immigrants who pay taxes are entitled to the same privacy protections as U.S. citizens and immigrants who are legally in the country.

CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell sensitive information about Americans, including financial data, credit history, and Social Security numbers. The CFPB proposed the new rule in early December under former director Rohit Chopra, who said the changes were necessary to combat commercial surveillance practices that “threaten our personal safety and undermine America’s national security.”

DOGE went looking for phone fraud at SSA — and found almost none

After installing anti-fraud checks for benefit claims made over the phone early last month, the Social Security Administration is considering walking back the policy after finding only two cases that had a high probability of being fraudulent. The anti-fraud tool set up last month after weeks of changes to the agency’s telephone policies has slowed retirement claim processing by 25% and led to a "degradation of public service,” according to an internal May document obtained by Nextgov/FCW that examined potentially cutting the anti-fraud tool for phone claims.

Booz Allen Selected by NGA to Enhance Geospatial Intelligence Capabilities with Commercially Available Data

Selected as a vendor for both the Luno A and Luno B commercial data indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts, Booz Allen will deliver outcome-oriented and scalable data science and analytics built upon advanced commercial technology to meet unclassified challenges at speed and scale.

AI tool speeds up government feedback, experts urge caution

An AI tool aims to wade through mountains of government feedback and understand what the public is trying to say. UK Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said: “No one should be wasting time on something AI can do quicker and better, let alone wasting millions of taxpayer pounds on outsourcing such work to contractors. This digital assistant, aptly named ‘Consult’, just aced its first big test with the Scottish Government.

Advocacy groups urge SNAP providers to protect user data from Trump administration

The groups — the Center for Democracy and Technology, Protect Democracy and the Electronic Privacy Information Center — sent a letter to Conduent State & Local Solutions, Fidelity Information Services and Solutran, calling on the electronics benefits vendors to refuse the federal government’s request for sensitive personal information of SNAP users. The data includes Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and benefit amounts.

Virginia Integrates Its Data Governance Office, IT Agency

The move follows the enactment of two pieces of legislation, House Bill 1632 and its counterpart in the state Senate, SB 1137, both of which shifted ODGA oversight to VITA and directed the chief data officer to obtain administrative support and resources. An amendment to this year’s state budget allocated funds to support data sharing, analytics and data tools. The former two bills were intended to better align data and system design, support modernization and improve service delivery to agencies and residents.

SBIR/STTR awards remain vulnerable to foreign influence

Of the 12 agencies running the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, only one has made significant progress to prevent or limit foreign adversaries from taking advantage of the research and development funding.

Informatica Unveils Agentic AI Offerings on Its AI-Powered Cloud Data Management Platform

Agents offer more resilient solutions that reason rather than depend on rigid and rule-based code. In an AI Agent world, trusted data becomes even more critical as agents will make autonomous decisions based on it. While many application vendors are building domain-specific agents, the solution to meaningful enterprise business problems often requires connecting siloed sources of information.

Socure Unveils New Digital Identity Report on International and Domestic Fraud Rings Targeting Government Programs

"This research confirms what many of us have known – government agencies are under coordinated attack from nation states hellbent on exploiting weaknesses in existing identity infrastructure," said Jordan Burris, Head of Public Sector at Socure. "This is a matter of national security. We need urgent investment in modern, accurate, and intelligence-led identity verification systems to defend against these threats. The time for half measures is over."

Google's AI Futures Fund may have to tread carefully

If Google faces increased scrutiny in the next few years on the back of any eventual ruling the US Department of Justice makes, having what might be interpreted as a monopolistic position in AI could bring down the ire of the judiciary. On the other hand, if Google is forced to divest itself of some of its more profitable divisions – the Chrome browser, the Android mobile operating system, some or all of its ad networks – the company may have to double down on its other sources of revenue; and AI could become its favoured métier.

Proxima Joins Truthset Data Collective, Validating Best-in-Class Data Quality

"Brands and agencies are increasingly prioritizing retail and transaction data across their marketing channels to drive better outcomes," said Alex Song, CEO of Proxima. “Proxima has unlocked a significant and highly valuable area of DTC commerce through our unique data intelligence, empowering marketers to achieve new heights of performance. Joining the Truthset Data Collective is essential to our vision as it reinforces our commitment to providing high-quality, trustworthy data intelligence that drives better results for our partners and the industry."

World of DaaS Podcast - Exiger CEO Brandon Daniels, tariffs, tech, and trade

In this episode of World of DaaS, Brandon and Auren discuss tariffs and supply chain chaos, bringing manufacturing back to the US, data validation in supply chain monitoring, [and] countries most vulnerable to China's influence.

Wright-Patt AFB Data Analytics and AI Forum

Department of Defense government employees and contractors located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are invited to the “Wright-Patt AFB Data Analytics and AI Forum” on Wednesday, June 4, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Kenney Hall, Air Force Institute of Technology.

Carahsoft Hosts Partner Pavilion at GEOINT Symposium 2025

Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, will be joined by more than 50 of its technology providers at the GEOINT Symposium 2025 on May 18-21, 2025, at America’s Convention Complex in St. Louis, MO. Hosted by The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), the symposium brings together Government, industry and academic thought leaders to advance the geospatial intelligence capabilities supporting national security objectives.