The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (R&E) Capability Prototypes Office, in coordination with the meeting sponsor Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Transformational Capabilities Office (TCO), will conduct a virtual Solutions Meeting focused on Fog and Edge Computing in the Fall of 2022

This effort will be used to research and test the operational feasibility of using crowd-sourcing techniques to improve forecasting methodologies. This will support finding previously unknown WMD threats, improving forecasting threat development timelines and event horizons, and improving DTRA’s support to CCMD planning cells. 

Within OT, the Operations Directorate/Analytic Services Branch requires web-based access to foreign trade data to support its work to report the imports/exports of many countries worldwide. This includes, but is not limited to, Congressional inquiries; the creation of Country Profiles for use by the Commissioner and CBP executives; and requests from other entities within CBP.

The USPTO seeks Agile developer resources with domain expertise to support the integration of AI models into USPTO systems, update the AI models with new documents, incorporate passive and active feedback to improve AI model performance according to USPTO direction, identify and implement AI model design, coding, and architecture improvements to meet and exceed SLAs and minimize burden on information technology systems.

The U. S. International Trade Commission (USITC or Commission), intends to make an award, on a sole source basis, to Internet Securities LLC…This requirement is for an annual subscription renewal to CEICdata for 10 seat license subscription to CEICData database for Global and China Premium data.

CRSP is the only provider of both active and inactive mutual funds and contains over 64,000 funds. To support PBGC with this requirement, it is necessary to have access to data on both active and inactive funds in order to avoid serious problems with survivorship bias.

Marine Corps installation East Regional Contracting…hereby gives notice of intent to award a sole source contract to Leads Online…for a Web based application propriety database for invesitgative services.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) intends to award a fixed-price purchase order on a sole source basis to Municipal Bond Information Services (MBIS) LLC

• GEOINT Analysis Services - Dept. of State
• CFTC Sole Source - Risk.net Subscription - Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• Renewal of Sisense Fusion Analytics License Maintenance - NASA
• Notice of Intent to Sole Source - 2D NPRA (ALASKA) Seismic Data - Dept. of the Interior
• Notice of Intent to Sole Source - The Economist Intelligence Unit - International Trade Commission
• Support for the Northeast Ocean Data POR - Dept. of the Interior
• S&P Platts Global - Oil and Gas Subscription service for ONRR - Dept. of the Interior
• Notice of intent to sole source Elsevier Journals Backfiles To COX Subscription Inc - Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Exiger Selected as Government-Wide Enterprise Supply Chain and Third-Party Risk Management Platform

Risk and compliance specialist, Exiger, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) as a trusted partner to deliver a supply chain risk management (SCRM) and third-party risk management (TPRM) enhanced capability made available to the entire U.S. Federal Government. 

Torch.AI to provide AI ecosystem for US Navy’s Digital Warfare Office (naval-technology.com)

Under this five-year agreement, the company will acquire, transform and enrich the proprietary vessels, sensors and other complex maritime data sources from the US Navy’s various platforms into commercially consistent data payloads that can be accessed from anywhere.

Maxar Books GeoXO Spacecraft Study Contract for NOAA Weather Monitoring Satellites

Maxar Technologies has been awarded a Phase A study contract to develop spacecraft concept, mature necessary technologies and other aspects for a three-satellite, next-generation constellation of weather monitoring satellites.

NTIS Can Leverage M9 Solutions as a Leading, Innovative Company to Solve Complex Data Challenges 

M9 Solutions and the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) have entered into a Joint Venture Partnership (JVP) for Data Innovation Support.

CDC, USPS Officials Detail Data Management Improvements 

The rapid pace of technology evolution has created enormous volumes of data, which if used effectively can provide important insights to improve the Federal government’s overall performance. However, Federal agencies continue to struggle with deriving value from all that data.

Researchers Partner With NIH and Google to Develop AI Learning Modules 

These modules will help educate biomedical researchers on the ways that artificial intelligence and machine learning, both rapidly becoming important tools in biomedical research, can enhance and streamline data analysis for different types of medical and scientific images.

Accurate U.S. Crime Data Demands More State Participation 

FBI Director Christopher Wray discussed federal data reporting from state and local jurisdictions, and how advanced technologies stand to help.

Verifying identity is the foundation of cybersecurity, state CSO says

Delaware’s security program aims to “walk alongside the user” as constituents access services and employees conduct business.

Start protecting the nation’s digital identities today

Almost every element of our lives is now digitized. Modernizing the infrastructure has enabled organizations to work more efficiently and drive down costs, but it has also provided bad actors with larger attack surfaces and vastly more access points from which to exploit IT systems.

NAO guide for senior government leaders flags barriers to better data use

A National Audit Office guide for government chiefs on improving data use points to difficulties in achieving data sharing benefits and laments variability in cross-government data quality.

Averting the next pandemic with real-time health data 

To improve access to federal, state and local health data that can bolster infectious disease intelligence and public health preparedness, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has proposed a Center for Public Health Data.

• CornerstoneAI Announces Strategic Partnership with Carahsoft to Deliver AI Data Bias and Cybersecurity Solutions to Federal Government Agencies
• NACo guide demystifies GIS for elected leaders
• Collaboration to fast-track machine learning, high performance computing
• Machine learning to help predict future dengue fever outbreaks 
• Asynchronous Video Interviews: Future of College Admissions? 
• Octo Works with AWS to Deliver Data Mesh Solutions for Federal Government Organizations
• CSforALL Urges Greater Focus on AI and Data Science - Government Technology
• Control Risks, Geospark Analytics Join Forces to Create AI-Based Intell Platform

Equifax sued over erroneous credit scores sent for "millions" of Americans - CBS News

In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in the Northern District of Georgia, Florida, seeking class-action status, lawyers for Nydia Jenkins allege that Equifax's error landed her with a substantially pricier car loan. Equifax's error, which was in place for about three weeks, potentially affected millions of people, the suit says.

Flashpoint Acquires Open Source Intelligence Leader Echosec Systems

With this acquisition, Flashpoint will significantly expand its OSINT capabilities to drive on-the-ground situational awareness, executive protection, geopolitical risk assessments, counterterrorism, misinformation and disinformation identification and response, and crisis response.

Executive Spotlight: Jay Humphlett, EVP of Public Sector at Dataminr

Jay Humphlett, executive vice president of public sector business at Dataminr, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the aspects of the company’s mission that attracted him to the role as well as the core values that drive its culture in such a competitive federal market of consistent technological changes and adoption during the latest Executive Spotlight interview.

Deepspatial says it will showcase AI platform for law enforcement at Bureau of Police Research and Development conference in India

Deepspatial's geospatial AI-driven Platform for Law Enforcement empowers agencies to identify and analyze criminal activity, patterns, and trends to deploy resources effectively and efficiently.

Federal Executive Forum's Zero Trust in Government

Zero trust architecture continues to be at the forefront of government agency cyber strategies, but how are agencies implementing and managing their strategies? During this exclusive webinar, you will learn how top government technology executives are implementing strategies and technology around zero trust.