VOLUME 5. ISSUE 18.

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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 a solicitation from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency seeking insight on the AI/ML supply chain. The requirements include integration of commercial data sources to establish vendors' financial health, corporate linkages, and beneficial ownership, with an eye toward uncovering potentially problematic relationships.

 

  • Department of Defense, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) — NGA Maven Supply Chain Risk Management Services - Maven seeks to better understand the commercial AI/ML supply chain. The business environment presents a number of challenges to those concerned with SCRM as new technologies, teaming partners, and vendors are constantly changing at an increasingly fast rate. SCRM mapping and analysis, mapping and monitoring helps Maven understand the prime and sub-business entities and individuals in their vendors’ supply chains, the supply chain’s scalability to support growing sustainment needs, and potential risks. Further, AI/ML supply chain illumination enables the identification of opportunities, vulnerabilities, and systemic dependencies that are crucial to assessing AI/ML vendor health and making sound, secure prototype and acquisition decisions.

 

In other data news, on April 28th, Homeland Security Today published an article entitled How Law Enforcement Can Use AI to Degrade Converged Criminal Networks. In this story, Mike Downing describes how crimanal organizations are collaborating more than ever, sharing resources and using online platforms to facilitate inter-network communication. This has made law enforcement investigations more challenging, but advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics can give authorities an edge.

 

  • Law enforcement can also use advanced technologies such as AI-powered open-source intelligence to identify converged networks, generate leads, follow links to criminal targets, and identify the larger criminal enterprise. AI’s value is in ensuring that law enforcement can keep pace with the growing amount and variety of online platforms and communication channels that criminals use.”

 

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Individual Identity Verification and Authentication Support Services

Dept. of Homeland Security

FEMA requires support services which include, but are not limited to, a One Time Password (OTP) authentication solution, verification and authentication of identity, occupancy, ownership, insurance, vehicle and demographic information for individuals registering for FEMA disaster assistance or family reunification purposes where a disaster has occurred or been declared.

Sources Sought Notice for digital asset data subscription

Securities and Exchange Commission

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires subscription to support ongoing market monitoring and market surveillance responsibilities in the following areas: Blockchain technology; digital asset investment vehicles, such as privately offered and publicly offered pooled investment vehicles; digital asset infrastructure, such as trading, lending, and payment systems; initial coin offerings (“ICO”); and digital asset market analysis, news and research.

Supervisory Capital Stress Test Program Services

Federal Housing Finance Agency

The Contractor shall provide advisory, consulting, and other related services to FHFA for the purpose of providing expert advice and considerations on FHFA’s development of a single-family supervisory capital stress testing white paper.

Healthcare Clearinghouse Services

Dept. of Health and Human Services

The BAO seeks to establish a centralized healthcare revenue cycle management solution that that offers an intuitive and unified user experience using available Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) technology to conduct patient third-party eligibility checks, prior authorizations, claims management (including clearinghouse, scrub claims, transmit claims, denial management, accept remittance advice, produce reports), facilitate payer enrollments, and patient payment processing.

Credit Reporting

Dept. of Defense

Date offers due extended to May 2, 2023.

Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program, Final RFP

NASA

Editable version of Enclosure 1, IT Security Management Plan (ITSMP) Template has been posted.

Integrated Analytics Service Provider (IASP)

Dept. of Housing and Urban Development

Date offers due extended to May 12, 2023.

US Waterborne Foreign Transportation Data

Dept. of Defense

Amendment 001 to this notice was to remove the sentence stating there is no PWS for this requirement. The PWS was included in the original announcement.

S&P Legal Entity Identifier Data Feed

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

The Division of Data of the CFTC seeks to buy S&P Global's Business Entity Cross Reference and Industry Sector Cross Reference data subscription services to enhance the Commission's reference data for Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI) as used to identify counterparties in a swap trade.

Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Subscription Agent Services

Dept. of Housing and Urban Development

These data and research products will be used by HUD’s field economists in their ongoing studies of local housing market conditions by providing much needed market data, particularly relating to residential housing construction information.

Macroeconomic Forecasting and Analysis of Macroeconomic Developments Affecting U.S. Agriculture Subscription

Dept. of Agriculture

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Economics Research Service (ERS), intends negotiate with Oxford Economics USA, for Macroeconomic Forecasting and Analysis of Macroeconomic Developments Affecting U.S. Agriculture Subscription.

Notice of Intent: Dun & Bradstreet

Dept. of Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Cyber Assessments and Data Analytics (CADA), Data Analytics Division, intends to award a sole source contract to Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) to purchase certain proprietary business data from D&B and limited investigative research support. The Data Analytics Division intends to use the data to support the Office of Inspector General (OIG) efforts to uncover fraud, waste, and abuse using data analytic tools and methods.

DHS S&T Forms New Startup Cohort to Strengthen Software Supply Chain Visibility Tools

Dept. of Homeland Security

“To defend against the increasing number of software attacks, it’s critical to utilize innovative tools that create a more transparent software supply chain,” said Melissa Oh, SVIP Managing Director. “DHS is tapping into the startup community to develop technology that will shine a light on risks within supply chains and bolster the overall cybersecurity of organizations.”

Social Media Management Tool Sole Source Justification

Dept. of the Treasury

A FFP sole source single award with a six-month PoP will be issued to FCN Inc. under the authority of Unusual and Compelling Urgency…

R.S. Means Annual Online Subscription

Dept. of Defense

RS Means is an online comprehensive database for cost estimation software.

Clinical Repository for Clinical Trauma Research Data

Dept. of Defense

New Sole Source Award to CNTR as an FFP contract to fully integrate legacy data from the NTRR into the FITBIR IS.

DOD’s Frontline AI Adoption Still Limited by Network and Data Collection

Even as the Department of Defense continues to promote the military’s adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies, there are a number of challenges—such as the adequate collection and use of high-quality data and network infrastructure breakdowns—that need to be addressed to enhance the effectiveness of these autonomous tools for frontline use.

FBI warrantless searches of Americans' data plummet in 2022, intel report says

The drop in FBI searches last year was due in part to stronger safeguards that the agency has put on analysts’ ability to search a database of foreign intelligence collected by US spy agencies, according to the report released Friday by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).

Space Situational Awareness: DOD Should Evaluate How It Can Use Commercial Data

The growth in the number of objects in space has created challenges for the Space Force. The Space Force is working to mitigate these challenges by adding other kinds of sensors for SSA and exploring ways to leverage commercial SSA data. Specifically, there is a growing commercial SSA sector that may provide benefits to DOD, including expanding geographic sensor coverage and providing unclassified, shareable SSA data.

OPM Releases New Data Strategy for FY 2023-2026

As part of the President’s Management Agenda (PMA), OPM is aiming to drive a data-driven and best practices approach to recruitment, assessment, and hiring strategies that strengthen and supports diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) across the Federal Government.

NIST sets sights on implementing identity provisions from the CHIPS Act

The roadmap details forthcoming short- and long-term work NIST will do on IAM, including focuses on mobile drivers licenses, phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication, authorization in zero trust trust environments and more.

Enforcement of U.S. Consumer Data Privacy Laws Part 1: Federal Agency Enforcement

A threshold consideration for businesses trying to understand the actors that enforce U.S. consumer privacy laws is an analysis of which laws apply to that business.

VR drives next-gen situational awareness for public safety

“We’ve taken it for granted that all information has to be transferred to a 2D format to then be transmitted and viewed,” Bund said. “Virtual reality allows [geospatial information systems], mapping systems and 3D information to maintain its native format through to viewing.”

FTC Chairwoman: There is no 'AI exemption' to existing laws

FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan has warned that the US government will not hesitate to clamp down on harmful business practices involving AI.

Preventing Money Laundering in the Age of Big Data

For decades, governments worldwide have struggled to strike the right balance between privacy and security. Technological advances have made this balance increasingly delicate, especially in the financial sector, where vast amounts of data are stored and often reported to the government. The now decades-old anti-money laundering regime was not designed with big data, algorithms, or artificial intelligence (AI) in mind.

It's time to harden AI and ML for cybersecurity

An RSA Conference panel said that now is the time to become proactive against AI and ML adversarial attacks -- before they become more sophisticated.

Experian launches Aidrian: a powerful AI fraud solution to combat online fraud and grow revenue

Experian – the world’s leading global information services company – has launched Aidrian, a new cloud-based fraud solution powered by adaptive Machine Learning, which enables businesses to prevent fraud without impacting the customer experience.

Chia Network and SpaceKnow Collaborate to Secure Spatial Data and Analytics for AgroTech Industry

Technology Innovation Discovery Event 2023: Anticipating Technological Surprise

TIDE 2023 focuses on discovering prototype technologies that, at maturity, help maintain U.S. technical superiority while preventing the adversary from gaining advantages through technological surprise.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology (S&T)’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology (S&T)’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) is showcasing a portfolio of SVIP-funded startups with innovative technologies addressing many DHS missions. Technology areas include Computer Vision, Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, HealthTech, Identity, Language Translation, and Sensors.

Federal News Network’s Industry Exchange Data

The Federal Drive’s Tom Temin will be talking with federal IT industry experts — Alation, Commvault, Amazon Web Services, Dataiku, ThunderCat Technology, Dell and TVAR Solutions — to reveal insights about the latest tech tools and to share advice as agencies continue their quest to achieve the data-driven decision-making envisioned by the Evidence Act.

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