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 USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's (SNAP) Sources Sought Notice for National Earned Income Verification Support Services.
In other data news, on November 18th, The Conversation published an article entitled What the world would lose with the demise of Twitter: Valuable eyewitness accounts and raw data on human behavior, as well as a habitat for trolls. In this story, Anjana Susarla describes how the recent sale of Twitter and its uncertain future has left many people, businesses, and government agencies speculating about the social media platform's future. Without question, Twitter plays a critical role for many government agencies beyond its effective role in communications/public relations - these include serving as a global verification mechanism, providing an invaluable source of first-hand eyewitness news, gathering a robust source of real-time crowdsourced data - but its greatest value might that it has become an "archive of collective behavior".
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“From open source intelligence to citizen science, Twitter has not only been a digital public square, but has also allowed researchers to infer attitudes that are difficult to detect through methods from traditional field research … Twitter sentiment data gives researchers and policymakers another tool for assessing these attitudes in order to take more meaningful action ...”
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Mission Services Centralized Business Data Repository Transformation
Dept. of Defense
| The purpose of this RFI is to conduct market research and gain industry input on advanced commercial database technologies and their associated data technologies and data governance processes for building, managing, and evolving to meet Mission Services’ vision for the future. | |
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Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) NAWCAD WOLF ASI Division
Dept. of Defense
| This BAA not only includes sensors, sensor data processing, and sensor systems, but it also includes mathematical modeling of the sensors and air platforms, communication techniques between the sensors and/or platforms, interfaces, software development, the fusion and exploitation of multi-sensor data, studies, artificial intelligence, deep learning, machine learning, advanced algorithms, and other techniques used to develop advanced capabilities and reduce the cost of transitioning sensors technologies to the fleet. | |
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Request for Information – Threat Intelligence Enterprise Services (TIES)
General Services Administration
| The purpose of this RFI is to assist the Government in conducting market research focused on identifying potential offerors as well as to gain feedback from industry partners who can develop or configure a Cyber Threat Intelligence Exchange Platform and provide integration to customized CISA applications and commercial threat feed. | |
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TRIP Data Collection, Validation and Analysis
Dept. of the Treasury
| The purpose of this contract is to gain contractor support in performing data calls on behalf of TRIP. | |
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CRTI Online Due Diligence System
Export–Import Bank of the United States
| The solicitation was reopened for competition with offers due Jan. 11, 2023. | |
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Data Quality Solution RFI
Dept. of Defense
| Response to questions posted. | |
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Use Machine Learning to Prioritize Inspections
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Data Systems Support Services
Dept. of State
| Registration link for virtual industry day corrected. | |
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Intent to Sole Source for Average Prime Offer Rates (APOR) data
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
| To construct Average Prime Offer Rate (APOR)s, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau requires a very specific set of mortgage pricing data fields. These fields must be updated on a weekly basis and formatted in an aggregate manner for the Bureau to generate APOR, which is used by industry to fulfill regulatory requirements. | |
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Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Bloomberg Finance L.P.
Dept. of Agriculture
| The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Procurement Management Office, Contracting Operations Division intends to issue a firm fixed price sole source award utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Certain Commercial Products to Bloomberg Finance. | |
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Dynamic AIS License Renewal
Dept. of Defense
| The purpose of this synopsis is to announce the Department of the Navy, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific's intent to award a Firm-Fixed-Price purchase order on a noncompetitive basis to Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc. | |
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Sayari Analytics
Dept. of the Treasury
| The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to award a sole source order Sayari Analytics ... for purchase of a variety of cryptocurrency tracing tools which are relied upon by CI personnel conducting large-scale CI cybercrimes investigations involving the use of cryptocurrencies. This will assist the CCU in carrying out its mission as it relates to complex cybercrime and virtual currency investigations. | |
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Geospatial Temporal Incident Data
Dept. of Defense
| Award made to GovSmart, Inc. | |
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Award Notice - Consumer Credit Information Panel IDIQ Contract
Dept. of the Treasury
| Award made to Experian Information Solutions, Inc. | |
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U.S. Department of Defense Awards Accrete Multi-Million Dollar AI Production OT Software Licensing Contract
Dept. of Defense
| Accrete has secured a five-year multi-million dollar Other Transaction-Production (OT-P) software licensing contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for Argus™, Accrete's highly configurable, dual-use open-source threat detection AI software solution, worth tens of millions of dollars. | |
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Sayari Awarded $7.8M Enterprise Trade Analytics Contract to Support U.S. Customs & Border Protection
Dept. of Homeland Security
| Through partnership with Sayari, CBP teams tasked with proactively identifying illicit shipments and threats ranging from nuclear weapon proliferation and arms trafficking to forced labor violations in U.S. trade and commercial activity will have enterprise access to searchable global data through the company’s flagship product, Sayari Graph. | |
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Breaches of personal data at DOD have doubled since 2015 | A recent oversight report detailed that the Defense Department experienced nearly 1,900 breaches of personally identifiable information in 2021 and may need a better system for informing affected individuals. | |
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New Treasury Report Shows Fintech Industry Requires Additional Oversight to Close Gaps, Prevent Abuses and Protect Consumers | “Fintech” firms, are adding significantly to the number of firms and business models competing in core consumer finance markets and appear to be contributing to competitive pressure. While these fintech firms are enabling new capabilities, they are also creating new risks to consumer protection and market integrity, such as risks related to data privacy and regulatory arbitrage. | |
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Can the Army’s robotics programs build AI the Silicon Valley way? | DIU has brokered a potentially groundbreaking contract between the Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle program and a small California firm that trains AI algorithms to navigate off-road. | |
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TikTok Seeks to Address Data Security Concerns, as FBI Calls for Full Ban of the App | While TikTok says that it’s in the midst of a major project to address all US concerns about its data security, various officials have continued to sound the alarm over the app’s potential exposure to the CCP. | |
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Expert Analysis of Dangerous Artificial Intelligences in Government | Nextgov talked with Singh about the development of AI, and especially some of the dangers of deploying this emerging technology before it’s been fully vetted and tested. We also asked her about some smart strategies to make sure that we are always able to get the most out of AI technology, while mitigating some of the biggest risks. | |
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How cloud helps government answer the hardest questions | Cloud needs to be customised to fit specific needs. Performance is never guaranteed, but it’s much more likely when you adopt a bespoke cloud model built without compromises, allowing you to take advantage of the latest AI and ML technologies. | |
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Lawmakers don’t need to choose between consumer privacy and the ad-supported internet | In fact, the responsible use of data fuels the open internet and provides numerous benefits to consumers, brands and the economy. For one, data-driven advertising supports a competitive online marketplace and contributes to strong economic and job growth. It allows small, local and niche businesses to grow and find potential customers nationwide – and often, even across the globe. | |
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New Canada Research Chair to Study Artificial Intelligence in Public Services | Through this seven-year CRC appointment, Ojo will be specifically investigating how to create an effective governance environment that will provide the necessary organizational structures, risk management processes, incentives, and support for government agencies to acquire and operate AI solutions or services responsibly. | |
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Democratized AI offers great opportunity, but must be approached thoughtfully | Government agencies have a powerful opportunity to increase efficiency and improve performance by leveraging AI and machine learning insights to empower their decision-makers. However, they also face a fundamental challenge – there’s not enough talent to go around. | |
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How big data and algorithms strengthen and threaten freedom, justice and development | We live in the age of big data and algorithmic governance. In an increasingly politically aware world, the challenges that new technologies and forms of techno power pose do not merely challenge privacy and autonomy. They are challenges to our understanding of democracy itself. | |
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Cellebrite’s 2022 Industry Trends study reveals the digital evidence ‘tipping point’ has been reached, creating new challenges for law enforcement agencies | The 2022 Industry Trends report, a study commissioned by Cellebrite, reveal that most law enforcement agencies and prosecutors believe that digital evidence is more important than physical evidence and DNA in successfully prosecuting cases. The data, gathered from over 2,000 chiefs of police, agency managers, examiners, investigators, and prosecutors, illustrates the extent to which digital evidence sources – including smartphones, laptops, social media, opensource, cryptocurrency, CCTV, vehicles and drones – are creating enhanced challenges for law enforcement. | |
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Exclusive: TransUnion testing new "token" to revamp data security | If adopted, the token could allow TransUnion to encrypt customers' sensitive data and limit its spread — adding another layer of security to the hordes of data the credit reporting agency collects on people. | |
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Critical Update: How Data Analytics and AI Algorithms Can Prioritize Trust | An advanced data infrastructure combined with artificial intelligence is the bedrock for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ digitized healthcare services, as agency researchers work to train advanced algorithms for VA doctors’ use cases. | |
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