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. This week's featured opportunity is the Department of Justice's RFI seeking technologies to support their Insider Threat Program. Respondents are invited to submit detailed information about their capabilities prior to an Industry Day event where they can showcase their solutions.
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Department of Justice, Insider Threat Program — Request for Information (RFI): Insider Threat Program Technical Solutions - The DOJ Insider Threat Program is dedicated to the proactive identification, deterrence, and mitigation of insider risks that could compromise sensitive information, disrupt DOJ operations, or endanger national security. The DOJ Insider Threat Program seeks comprehensive technology solution(s) that integrates advanced monitoring, behavior analytics, real-time reporting, and incident response capabilities to ensure both security, safeguarding privacy, and compliance with federal standards.
In other data news, on January 13th, TechCrunch published an article entitled A breach of Gravy Analytics’ huge trove of location data threatens the privacy of millions. In this story, Zack Whittaker details a massive data breach at data broker Gravy Analytics that has exposed millions of people's sensitive location data collected through smartphone apps and advertising networks. The breach, discovered after a hacker accessed the company's Amazon cloud environment through a compromised key, comes shortly after the FTC banned Gravy Analytics from collecting and selling Americans' location data without consent.
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“Data privacy advocates have long warned of the risks that data brokers pose to individuals’ privacy and national security. Researchers with access to the sample of Gravy Analytics’ location data posted by the hacker say that the information can be used to extensively track people’s recent whereabouts.”
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RFI OPTION - for Cloud-Based Freight Analysis Subscription Services
Dept. of Homeland Security
| The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Logistics Analysis Office (LAO), seeks to gather information on cloud-based subscription services for freight analysis with 24/7 access. | |
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PEO IEW&S MATOC - AIS@P - Request for Information (RFI)
Dept. of Defense
| The Government is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) to solicit feedback, questions, and input from industry on the prospective AIS@P Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) in support of PEO IEW&S. This RFI is following the Virtual Industry Day held on January 7, 2025, where the Government presented an overview of the AIS@P contract vehicle and discussed the need for additional market research and direct engagement with industry. | |
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Request for Information: Techniques and Tools for Vulnerability Assessment of AI-enabled Systems
Dept. of Defense
| We seek techniques and tools that: 1) consider a spectrum of relevant adversarial access threat models (white box, grey box, black box, hidden box); 2) consider not just the AI model, but also vulnerabilities presented by the entire AI-enabled system development and deployment pipeline; and 3) consider the platform-specific challenges in operationally assessing vulnerabilities, including environmental conditions, multi-modal sensor ingest, and system purpose. | |
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DLA ILS Internet Subscription Service
Dept. of Defense
| ILSMart is an internet subscription service that allows end users to locate and manage various defense/military parts to support various aircraft and weapon systems. ILSMart provides specialized, advanced web technology, deep aviation domain knowledge, market intelligence, and data analysis. This service is available to the end user 24 hours a day, seven (7) days a week. | |
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Open-Source Intelligence Tools
Dept. of Justice
| Response to questions posted. | |
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Complete Streets Artificial Intelligence (AI) Initiative Phase 2
Dept. of Transportation
| Response to questions posted. | |
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Request for White Papers-Collection & Reduction Analytic (DCRA), for Project Manager Intelligence Systems & Analytics (PM IS&A)
Dept. of Defense
| Response to questions posted. | |
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Remote Proofing Solution
NASA
| Response to questions posted and due date extended. | |
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Notice of Intent to Sole Source – Corporate Registry Bulk Data & Web Access Products, Moody's Analytics, Inc.
Dept. of the Treasury
| The scope of this PWS encompasses Contractor support to provide brand name (Moody’s Orbis) data or equivalent product subscription access to standardized, consistent electronic international data research services for IRS employees in both bulk and web-based formats. The product subscription bulk data delivery and services will allow issue identification, case selection, issue resolution, and advanced analytics for global enterprise risk modeling. | |
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UCIC SCRM
Dept. of Defense
| The requested C-SCRM solutions and services must include: automated C-SCRM tool that allows UCIC-MCX to manage an effective C-SCRM program; access to in-depth, highly detailed supply chain illumination date on suppliers, third parties, and assets, including both hardware and software; custom C-SCRM Risk analysis, and risk analysis reports for suppliers and assets that UCIC-MCX deems critical to the Civil Works mission. | |
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CFTC Requirement for additional Eikon Premium Licenses
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
| The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") intends to negotiate and award a sole-source modification on an existing contract (9523ZY24C0005) with the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) for the procurement of additional commodity and financial data feeds. Specifically, CFTC intends to procure four additional Eikon Premium Subscriptions. | |
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Intent to Sole Source--Meltwater
Dept. of Energy
| Winvale Group/Meltwater will provide FE with traditional/social media monitoring and communications solutions. With this subscription, FECM will be able to streamline media monitoring, reporting, influencer outreach, and social engagement. | |
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Slingshot Aerospace Selected to Provide Technology to USSF to Detect GPS Jamming and Spoofing Threats to International Security
Dept. of Defense
| Slingshot Aerospace was awarded a contract by the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to further develop its already operational GPS jamming detection technology by incorporating enhanced geolocation and artificial intelligence (AI) to detect threats around the globe in near real-time and help foreshadow future threats to international security. | |
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NextGen Secures Contract Award for DARPA Space-WATCH Program
Dept. of Defense
| This contract marks a significant milestone in NextGen’s capabilities within the space domain, delivering innovative solutions for real-time tracking of objects in low Earth orbit (LEO). NextGen teamed with Ansys Government Initiatives (AGI), the United States national security division of Ansys, and Space Exploration Engineering (SEE) to develop their Space-WATCH solution. | |
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NGA announces selectees for $200M Luno B IDIQ
Dept. of Defense
| Through this IDIQ contract, GEOINT users will have access to data and analytic services that add new context to analytic assessments by characterizing worldwide economic, environmental and geo-political activities, as well as illegal, unregulated and unreported activities. Luno B is part of NGA’s ongoing efforts to execute an agile acquisition strategy that unlocks the capacity and innovation of the commercial geospatial industry. | |
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With Airbus and Maxar deals, Dutch double up on space-based ISR business
Ministry of Defence of the Netherlands
| “These contracts are established for the renewal and improvement of the current direct access satellite imagery platforms used by the [Ministry of Defense],” a Dutch MoD spokesperson told Breaking Defense. | |
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CDAO Scales Digital Tools Through Open DAGIR | The Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has scaled AI, data capabilities and other digital tools since launching the Open Data and Applications Government-owned Interoperable Repositories, or Open DAGIR, construct in May 2024. “Over the last six months, CDAO has created a modular, interoperable ecosystem of digital capabilities for different use cases at the DoD,” Chief Digital and AI Officer Radha Plumb said in a statement published Friday. | |
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DOJ restricts data transfers to protect national security; research exemptions expanded in final rule | The final rule prohibits or restricts the sharing of U.S. government-related data or bulk sensitive personal data with designated “countries of concern” as well as persons subject to their jurisdiction (“covered persons”). | |
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Surveillance Pricing Update & The Work Ahead | Today, FTC staff released initial insights from the Surveillance Pricing 6(b) study, highlighting findings that intermediaries have access to a wide swath of data types and data sources (including direct consumer data, inferred data, and first- or third-party sources) to power tools that can influence the price a consumer or audience sees. | |
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White House finalizes OPEN Government Data Act guidance, restarts CDO Council | The Biden administration released anticipated guidance Wednesday for federal agencies to implement the OPEN Government Data Act and reupped the Chief Data Officers Council after it lapsed last month, completing two key actions for federal data policy. Under the Office of Management and Budget memo (M-25-05), commonly known as “Phase II” guidance, agencies have long-awaited marching orders on how to create and maintain comprehensive data inventories and make their data open by default. | |
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One reason the U.S. government is so spooked by TikTok: AI | Congress is trying to play the “long game” with TikTok, one Washington insider tells me. China has a history of vacuuming up any data it can get its hands on, from user data to supply chain analytics to intellectual property. Per this insider, lawmakers worry that a decade from now Chinese AI may be able to access and weaponize TikTok user data to move U.S. public opinion one way or the other on key issues like tariffs. | |
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Stakes raised on student data privacy as Trump plans greater immigration enforcement | The report, titled “Education Leaders’ Guide to Complying with Existing Student Privacy and Civil Rights Laws Amidst an Evolving Immigration Landscape,” says shifts in the education data and the technology landscape — along with the imminent changes to immigration enforcement polices promised by President-elect Donald Trump, and state and local leaders — should compel schools to look at their rights and responsibilities when it comes to protecting students’ data and their civil rights. | |
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Section 702 surveillance powers remain ‘indispensable,’ CIA pick Racliffe says | John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the CIA, offered his full-throated support on Wednesday for a warrantless surveillance tool that is up for renewal next year, potentially putting him at odds with the incoming commander-in-chief. | |
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AI is a $200 billion market for data providers | The democratized nature of the modern AI stack radically shifted the data market, and the numbers tell a compelling story: fewer than 10% of enterprise AI projects today involve training models. Instead, organizations are leveraging existing, pre-trained models from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and others and making them more intelligent by connecting them with relevant data sources to deliver domain-specific intelligence. | |
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How Space-Based Data Will Drive the Digital Economy | Many organizations depend on satellite data for decision-making, but transmitting critical space-based data is often restricted to times when satellites pass over ground stations. In this way, true real-time EO satellite data is challenging to achieve, however, some systems are coming very close to providing near real-time data, such as Iceye, Plant Labs, or Maxar Technologies (with image collection every 20 to 30 minutes). | |
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Deals: Lloyd’s List Intelligence Buys Infospectrum | With the maritime sector facing increasing complexity from global sanctions, compliance, safety, geo-political and legal considerations, the combination will enable LLI to build solutions that deliver actionable insights and help customers successfully navigate key use cases associated with compliance, risk management and operations. | |
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Exiger Identifies 13 Million Shipments, 50K Shippers Implicated in Forced Labor Connections | Exiger, the market-leading supply chain and third-party risk AI company, released proprietary research generated by its AI platform 1Exiger examining the impact of the Department of Homeland Security's recent announcement that 37 entities have been added to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List. Exiger's analysis reveals that the additions are most likely to impact the renewable energy and textile manufacturing industries, resulting in heightened risk of supply chain disruptions and rising costs. | |
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Bridging the gaps: Moving from insights to action with AI - Exploring Government of Canada's AI Strategies | Unlocking the power of data to scale responsible AI in the public sector requires balancing innovation with responsibility. Drawing on 25 years of experience in data and analytics, hear from Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Data Officer at Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Ima Okonny, who will outline practical strategies for moving from insights to actionable results. | |
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Join us on January 30th for the Planet AI Symposium where industry experts, Planet leaders, and partners explore how AI is advancing Earth observation, driving data-driven decision-making and delivering innovative solutions to address peace and security, sustainability and regulation, and digitalization. | |
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Modern ICAM strategies: Real-time identity management across agencies, partners and at the tactical edge | Join us for discussion on modernizing ICAM for secure, connected operations where our guests will explore how agencies are addressing fragmentation, integrating with zero trust and extending access management to the network edge. Learn how modern ICAM approaches are enabling secure data sharing, supporting IT modernization and enhancing user experiences. | |
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