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 the Office of Personnel Management’s Inspector General seeking a multi-platform, web-based solution providing investigators with background information on subjects prior to engaging in-person.
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Office of Personnel Management (OPM) — Sources Sought: Investigations Online Research Platform - The OPM OIG is seeking an online investigative platform to meet the needs of OIG staff. The investigative platform should provide a web-based online search and retrieval service that provides vital public and private information on individuals and businesses. The need for this information is imperative for our office to effectively pursue final prosecutorial outcomes. In order to meet the mission, the department must be able to perform investigative, medical sanctions, and debarment research.
In other data news, on October 11th, GCN published an article entitled Unemployment fraud cases highlight ‘perfect storm,’ signal need to modernize. In this story, Chris Teale describes the huge costs incurred by states from fraudulent unemployment claims and the impact that identity data and artifical intelligence can have on improving eligibility determination and uncovering malfeasance.
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“'I would say it's a perfect storm,' said Jordan Burris, vice president for public sector strategy at identity verification company Socure, in an interview at the National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ annual conference. . . . Burris said AI can pull together someone’s personal identifiable information, the geolocation and IP address of where they are entering their information and verifiable documents like their passport or driver’s license. With that data ingested, the technology then can assign someone’s application a risk score, which rates how likely their application is to be truthful, fraudulent or needing a manual review.”
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Agency Information Management and Software Services (AIMSS)
Dept. of Defense
| The MDA is seeking responses from qualified small business sources that can provide the technical capability, knowledge, and resources required to fulfill its data management, software development, and technology ecosystem requirements to support the operation and modernization of an Agency-wide data repository. | |
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FHWA 2022 Exploratory Advanced Research Broad Agency Announcement
Dept. of Transportation
| With the growing number of maturing and commercial applications, there still is a need for early state research to support emerging advances in AI than can solve even more complex questions in highway transportation. Accordingly, the FHWA EAR Program now is seeking to demonstrate the potential of untried advances in AI for solving nationally critical questions in highway transportation. | |
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Vessel characteristic and performance data
Dept. of Defense
| Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella (NAVSUP FLCSI) is conducting market research through this sources sought notice to identify sources capable of providing verified, de-conflicted, and updated data daily via an automated bulk data feed of International Maritime Organization (IMO)-registered vessels and companies using analyzed data sourced from flag registries and classification societies. | |
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Search Engine Software
Dept. of the Interior
| The core components of the software must have the ability to manage and scan OHA’s content on the web (public and internal/SharePoint online), on the network drives, and on the desktops. Indexes need to read PDFs, MS Office, and WordPerfect documents. | |
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Science of AI: Basic Applied R&D
Dept. of Defense
| Submission date for white papers updated to November 7, 2022. Full proposals must be submitted by January 4, 2023. | |
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Access Control Vetting
Dept. of Defense
| Solicitation modified to reflect that the government has no preference in regard to equipment manufacturers as long as the equipment is in compliance with Section 889 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act. | |
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One on One Registration Details
Dept. of Veterans Affairs
| Corrected the posted "One on One Registration Details and Instructions." | |
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NTIA CostQuest Data Support
Dept. of Commerce
| This procurement will provide data to support operational needs for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD), Digital Equity (DE), the Access Broadband Act, as well as the Internet for All initiative. | |
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Quantifind to Develop Open-Source Threat Intelligence Platform for DOD
Dept. of Defense
| GraphyteSearch was developed as part of a Defense Innovation Unit-funded prototype project aimed at using AI and open-source and proprietary data to reveal signals of global threat risks. | |
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Seerist wins Customs and Border Protection order extension, adds AI
Dept. of Homeland Security
| The updated 5-year $3.8 million contract supports multiple mission areas, including Intelligence Watch, Border Intelligence Centers, Sectors, Field Offices, and additional users whose job it is to develop tactical, operational, and strategic decisions associated with operations, the Herndon, Virginia-based company said. | |
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Enterprise Social Media Management Platform
Dept. of Education
| Both the larger ED organization and its office FSA (hereafter referred to as ED) require an enterprise social media management platform that helps ED engage with citizens, manage communications, and deliver services and information via social media. | |
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Award to Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates for Digital Twin for Earth Observations (EO-DT) Using Artificial Intelligence
Dept. of Commerce
| Rapid Prototype of NESDIS Ground System Digital Twin. | |
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OPM Watchdog Seeks a Background Search Tool to Help Investigations | The Office of Personnel Management’s Inspector General asked industry to offer insights about a potential online search and retrieval service to help with its investigations. | |
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SEC's Gary Gensler on how artificial intelligence is changing finance | AI has the ability to transform finance, but caution is needed, says the Securities and Exchange Commission chair. Here are four of Gensler’s takeaways. | |
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DOE Launches Competition to Help Utilities Digitize Data Management | The contest is open to individuals and groups specializing in data analytics, storage, processing, quality assurance and deletion. They will be teamed up with utilities as they solve real-world data-related challenges. | |
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Honorable Sue Gordon Outlines Intelligence Community’s Top 5 Data Problems | The modern global intelligence landscape is marked by the ubiquity of sensors, the proliferation of data and the race toward advanced technology adoption. Today, the U.S. intelligence community is working to solve some of its most pressing data challenges in order to stay at the global forefront of intelligence and innovation. | |
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Select Subcommittee asks CFPB review Equifax, Experian, TransUnion | Yesterday, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, sent a letter to Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Rohit Chopra to request that the agency review the nation’s three largest nationwide consumer reporting agencies (NCRAs)—Equifax, Experian and TransUnion—for possible violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), including potentially failing to investigate legitimate consumer disputes. | |
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State Department Announces Technology, Data Dialogue Between US, UK | Price said the meeting of senior-level representatives from the U.S. and U.K. in 2023 will focus on three key areas, which are data, critical and emerging technologies and secure and resilient digital infrastructure. | |
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PERSPECTIVE: A Better Way to Counter Insider Threats | Governments and companies today face many external threats, but perhaps the greatest danger comes from insider threats who have already gained access behind the defensive walls. Guarding against such insider threats is a vital, complex, and expansive task. | |
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The benefits of AI in Defence outweigh the costs | Defence has historically been an incubator for cutting-edge and next-generation technology. Many of the technologies we use every day were developed through the crucible of conflict. This poses a significant opportunity to harness the innovation budget toward the responsible development of data-driven systems. | |
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Gravy Analytics Launches PrivacyCheck to Expand Its Industry-Leading Privacy Practices | Gravy Analytics, the leading provider of enterprise location intelligence, today announced the release of PrivacyCheck, a privacy-enhancing technology (PET) that helps organizations ensure location data generated at sensitive locations is not used, shared, or resold. | |
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Agencies don't need to share all their data,' says New York's new privacy officer | In an interview Wednesday at NASCIO’s conference in Louisville, Kentucky, Jones said she plans to spend the first several months in her new role evaluating data-privacy frameworks and determining which best suits New York’s sprawling state government. | |
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Consumers want more transparency on how companies manage their data | Ever-evolving technologies make it difficult for consumers to trust companies with their data. Most respondents believe the potential benefits of AI outweigh the risk, provided proper de-identification is in place, with 54 percent willing to share their anonymized personal data to help improve AI-based products and decision-making. | |
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The big data problem underlying cybersecurity | Responding to cybersecurity threats for much of the past 30 years, says former Navy CIO Rob Carey, invariably meant managing a combination of firewall, intrusion detection and identity management tools — and a growing array of data. | |
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World of DaaS Podcast: Michael Brown -- Getting Defense Spending Up to Speed | Michael outlines the challenges of buying commercial technology for the military and offers some advice for startups looking to work with the government. They also discuss how new technologies are being used in the war in Ukraine and what the government can do to hire more innovative people. | |
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DFAS will host an Industry Expo where they will summarize its FY22-26 Strategic Plan. Selected vendors will also make use case presentations and showcase their innovative solutions and capabilities in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). | |
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NGA Industry Strategy Summit 2022 -- Oct 25th, 2022 | This unclassified virtual Summit is designed to give members of industry, academia, non-profits and other government elements, insight into NGA’s strategic thinking, and how the agency plans to develop its future operational environment – including the architectures and tools that support it. | |
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Looking Ahead at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for 2023 -- Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 8:30 AM | From emerging technologies and acquisition challenges to budget priorities and key contract opportunities on the horizon, this event will bring together top technology executives, subject matter experts, and business leaders from across the CMS community to have candid, open discussions that will identify real solutions and opportunities to drive results and better support the important set of missions driven by CMS and the contractor community. | |
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