The Contractor for this Pilot Study shall supply GNSS-R observation data and derived products collected on-orbit from one or more satellites. The observation data will primarily be used for the evaluation of commercial GNSS-R systems for OSW speed measurement and numerical weather prediction.

Under this contract, the contractor will perform data analysis generating critical, data-backed reports to assist USTRANSCOM’s GBFMD operations. This data will be used to enhance GBFMD operations, especially during crisis and contingency operations. Specifically, the analysis will directly support the Global Petroleum Integration Cell (GPIC) by providing the data analytics necessary to develop proactive, data-informed strategies for ensuring uninterrupted fuel support to military operations worldwide.

CBP is conducting market research to gain a greater understanding of the full range of available options for Data Analytics systems designed for processing forensically acquired electronic data, including but not limited to text, contacts, video and image data for investigative purposes.

The overarching purpose of this procurement entry is to revolutionize DISA's CX by proactively anticipating customer needs and minimizing disruptions through advanced automation, orchestration, and data-driven insights. This involves moving beyond traditional CX measurement methods (e.g., surveys and trouble tickets) to a hybrid approach that combines customer interaction data with system performance data for a more comprehensive and real-time understanding of the user experience. The ultimate goal is to deliver exceptional, consistent, and personalized experiences across all touchpoints, ensuring a secure, resilient operating environment for the warfighter.

Response to questions.

Response to questions and extension of due date to July 2, 2025.

Solicitation amendment published.

Response to additional questions.

DCSA has a requirement to contract with Nlets in order to meet federal investigative standards as it pertains to the background investigation (BI) and continuous vetting (CV) processes.

The Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO), Treasury Acquisitions, Departmental Offices Branch; Section 1, intends to negotiate a sole-source acquisition in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 with Kpler Inc. for web-based subscription services to comprehensive commodity data, including energy trade, shipping, and storage information. This tool must deliver insights into global crude oil inventories with onshore and floating storage, freight cost estimates, and artificial intelligence (AI) with the approximate start date of September 1, 2025.

The proposed contract action is for the North America AFP 24/7 international real-time news text wire service. The portal features provide comprehensive, real-time, global news coverage to support media monitoring and intelligence gathering. AFP reporting is accurate and adheres to strict editorial standards. DISA requires independent, comprehensive and up-to-the-minute real time/live coverage of the world’s main political, diplomatic, social, economic, business, health, science, technology, environment, and culture breaking news and local details.

Marshall Space Flight Center requires the renewal of Descartes Visual Compliance (VC) Subscriptions. This product ensures that the Office of Protective Services (OPS) and the Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR) requirements are met when missions interact with Foreign National Partners.

At this time WebSmart is the product that provides address confirmation drawing from all valid resources across the globe and is able to differentiate between the physical address (required by CAGE) and mailing address (not allowed in CAGE unless the physical and mailing addresses are equal values) and is able to identify what type of physical address is allowed (for example an UPS drop box is not allowed). In addition to worldwide addressing, WebSmart can validate legal names, geo-codes, point of contact within the company, phone number, and email addresses.

The United States Census Bureau (USCB), Acquisition Division, proposes to enter into a contract on the basis of other than full and open competition in support of for the Geography Division (GEO)...GEO is responsible for the analysis of numerous geographic data inputs to enhance the MAF/TIGER system. Rich property-level attribution and spatial precision of the parcel data offers us the opportunity to isolate, prioritize, and correct problematic areas within the Master Address File (MAF), thus reducing the need for field work prior to the 2030 Census.

In a post outlining its latest contracts, the DoD said that OpenAI “will develop prototype frontier AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges in both warfighting and enterprise domains.” The work will primarily be completed in the Washington, DC, region with an estimated completion date of July 2026.

The government tax department has entered into a new engagement for the provision of specialist software allowing officials to track and respond to potential dangers in the organisation’s supply chain.

Democratic lawmakers press USDA for answers on sensitive data collection

Democratic lawmakers expressed "deep concern" about the U.S. Department of Agriculture's intent to collect the personal data of tens of millions of federal food assistance recipients and sent Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins detailed questions about the effort in a letter Wednesday.

Dems hyperventilate about Palantir's work with the IRS in letter to CEO Karp

A coalition of House and Senate Democrats has sent an aggressive letter to Palantir CEO Alex Karp questioning whether the controversial data intelligence biz is breaking federal law by allegedly helping the IRS build a searchable "mega database" of taxpayer information, and, likening his firm to US companies accused of aiding human rights violations in apartheid South Africa, Nazi Germany, and the People's Republic of China.

ICE seeks proprietary data and tech to monitor up to a million people 

In a request for information for “Data Analytics” shared by ICE’s investigations and operations support office in suburban Dallas, the government component outlined a range of requirements that it might seek from a contractor, like staff support, data analytics, and access to proprietary data. The point of the contract, the agency said in the posting, is to establish a blanket purchase agreement that would allow any entity within ICE to use the service.

One Login data: GDS promises ‘no marketing or profiling’ and explanation for disputed decisions

In a newly published government transparency document, GDS has provided a privacy notice for One Login. The notice is intended to provide a public record of: what personal data will be collected by the new cross-department sign-in system; how this information will be stored, processed, and shared; what protective measures will be taken; and citizens’ rights in relation to their data and its use.

There's no place like home: Why government is positioned to lead the on-prem data revolution

One of the biggest reasons companies flocked to the cloud was the promise of cost savings. But many organizations are now finding out the hard way that cloud costs can spiral out of control. Public cloud pricing models work best for workloads that scale up and down, but they are much less efficient for always-on, data-heavy applications — something government agencies know all too well.

We caught 4 more states sharing personal health data with Big Tech

State-run health care websites around the country, meant to provide a simple way to shop for insurance, have been quietly sending visitors’ sensitive health information to Google and social media companies, The Markup and CalMatters found. The data, including prescription drug names and dosages, was sent by web trackers on state exchanges set up under the Affordable Care Act to help Americans purchase health coverage.

Emails Reveal the Casual Surveillance Alliance Between ICE and Local Police

In the email thread, crime analysts from several local police departments and the FBI introduced themselves to each other and made lists of surveillance tools and tactics they have access to and felt comfortable using, and in some cases offered to perform surveillance for their colleagues in other departments. The thread also includes a member of ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and members of Oregon’s State Police.

Can Acxiom and Snowflake break the data black box where others failed?

Snowflake and Acxiom have announced plans to build and deploy a marketing function powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and built natively in the cloud, per details shared with Marketing Dive. The pair hope to break the “black box” model that underlies most agency-brand relationships by enabling Acxiom parent Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG) to bring its proprietary data, identity and collaboration tools directly into brands’ Snowflake environments.

How Data Firm Experian is Scaling AI Through AWS Partnership

Experian has entered a 10-year strategic agreement with Amazon Web Services to accelerate its cloud migration programme, selecting AWS as its preferred cloud provider for the next phase of infrastructure modernisation and announcing it plans to leverage AWS’s cloud capabilities to develop more than 100 generative AI (Gen AI) use cases.

Tadaweb raises $20M to scale open-source intelligence platform enhanced with AI

Founded in 2011, Tadaweb focuses on what it calls “small data,” which refers to the amount of data a human can process. It combines precision data points to provide actionable insights. The company uses AI to augment human analysts’ small data skills with its platform’s suite of tools through third-party web tools and application programming interfaces to ingest data from PAI, commercially available information and other emerging sources.

Plaid Partners with Experian; Launches Fraud Prevention Solution Plaid Protect

Courtesy of the collaboration, financial institutions can access Plaid’s secure connectivity capabilities—used by 50% of all US bank account holders—and Experian’s expertise in advanced credit analytics and decisioning from a single solution. Once a borrower agrees to share cashflow data from their bank account as part of the loan application process, Plaid’s consumer reporting agency generates a Consumer Report on their behalf. The report is delivered securely to Experian which analyzes the applicant’s data, produces a predictive Cashflow Score or set of Cashflow Attributes, and delivers it to the lender in near real time.

Palantir's big data, AI long game

Michael Steinberger is a reporter with The New York Times Magazine and the author of a forthcoming book on Palantir's CEO entitled 'The Philosopher in the Valley.' He joins the show to discuss Palantir's wide-reaching technology, and what it tells us about the future of government and surveillance.

Leveraging AI, Big Data, IRS Online Services & Emerging Technology for Tax Controversy Professionals

Robert Kovacev will join the panel of the free CLE program, "Leveraging AI, Big Data, IRS Online Services & Emerging Technology for Tax Controversy Professionals," on June 25, 2025, in New York, NY. The seminar will focus on how technology is transforming tax controversy practice, covering government use of AI in enforcement, how AI is transforming tax controversy practice (private use), and AI product demonstrations (practical use).