VA Boston HealthCare System requires services and support to develop novel and comprehensive backend data formatting and processing pipelines for visualization and interactive web application tools. The contractor shall provide specialized bioinformatics expertise in machine learning and implementation that requires an understanding of the complexity of VA’s large Electronic Health Record (EHR) data and leveraged to provide expert services on the design and development of data visualization tools.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) is a government agency which seeks to accelerate better health outcomes for everyone by supporting the development of high-impact solutions to society's most challenging health problems. This RFI seeks to enhance ARPA-H’s understanding of the Agentic AI landscape to aid ARPA-H in setting strategic direction for its research and development initiatives leveraging Agentic AI to improve health outcomes.

The Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Optic Strategies Initiative Working Group (OSI) is seeking information related to operationalizing large-scale image collection, processing, and storage; complement, optimize, and replace existing ship- and aircraft-based surveys; automate data processing pipelines; and provide novel, mission-improving metrics. Specifically, OSI intends to fund projects to increase the accessibility and functionality of machine learning assisted image processing pipelines, and hybrid cloud processing capacity.

The objective is to acquire observations of wind and temperature from commercial aircraft operated by major commercial airlines, leading to the improved skill of NWP and other operational applications, for the prediction of thunderstorms, flash floods, hail, tornadoes, clouds, and other sensible weather phenomena.

Updates to S&T Protection language and details on the S&T review.

Updates to S&T Protection language and details on the S&T review.

Response date extended to 12:00 PM EDT, October 24, 2024.

Updates to S&T Protection language and details on the S&T review.

LexisNexis offers access to a wide variety of news, financial, and medical information pulled from newspapers, newswires, press releases, newsletters, blogs, and other online sources. LexisNexis allows VACO Library staff to track media coverage on several VA priorities, including, Veteran suicide, homelessness, minority Veterans, women Veterans, Veteran rural health, Veterans Justice Outreach program, Post-9/11 GI Bill, and healthcare reform.

Pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, DLA Energy intends to award a Sole Source, Firm Fixed Price Contract of Platts Subscriptions for customized reports for DLA Energy's specific petroleum, World Refinery Database (WRD), distribution and shipment.

The purpose of this announcement is to inform industry of the basis for the FAA's decision to enter into a contract on a single source basis with Allium US Holding LLC (Accuris) for an engineering and constructions industry standards subscription.

Forest Inventory & Analysis (FIA) and associated programs is seeking spatially explicit parcel ownership data for the US, to include spatial boundaries, property address, ownership name, mailing address and assessment information (e.g. parcel size, assessed value, recent sale dates). Our goal is to provide accurate, current ownership information to employees conducting forest research.

Under the five-year contract (base year plus four option years), Exovera will continue monitoring and reporting on Iraqi, regional, and international print, broadcast, and social media to help Embassy officials maintain contextual awareness and understanding of Iraqi politics and governance, security and economic affairs, and other issues and trends relating to U.S. government interests in Iraq. Exovera provides the Embassy with its exoINSIGHT platform for interactive access to open-source content, reporting, and a range of AI-enabled analytic and reporting tools.

The company aims to play a crucial role in enhancing cloud and weather prediction models for the Department of Defense (DoD). By integrating its cloud top temperature data into current models, Hydrosat will improve weather modeling capabilities, with the aim of providing unparalleled decision-making superiority and full-spectrum awareness for the Air Force and Space Force.

Army Launches Generative AI Pilot for Acquisition

#CalibrateAI will use a cutting-edge generative AI tool developed by LMI at no cost to the Army. The technology harnesses the power of advanced technology, data analytics, machine learning and natural language processing, according to the release, and is designed to deliver tailored responses that are highly relevant to specific topics, improving the efficiency and effectiveness of information retrieval and analysis.

Identity Verification:GSA Needs to Address NIST Guidance, Technical Issues, and Lessons Learned

The public increasingly relies on the internet to access government services and benefits. The General Services Administration launched Login.gov to give federal agencies a secure, reliable way to verify users' identities. Agencies using Login.gov said it offers many benefits, such as improved user experiences and reduced costs. But technical issues aren't being resolved in a timely way—potentially delaying further adoption throughout the government. Also, GSA hasn't completed work to ensure that Login.gov aligns with federal guidelines for verifying identities digitally. Our recommendations address these issues and more.

The FBI is using AI to mine threat tips, but isn’t sharing much detail

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is using artificial intelligence to mine tips about potential threats but is revealing little about how the system actually works. Specifically, the bureau is using a system it calls the “Complaint Lead Value Probability” to prioritize tips by conducting algorithm scores and triaging, according to two versions of an agency AI disclosure. The technology, which is meant to help sort through the tips the FBI receives, is one of several AI tools employed by a bureau that also uses Amazon’s Rekognition software and drug signature algorithms.

NRO leveraging new tools to fuse, organize, and share more data, faster

 With more than 100 payloads due on orbit by the end of the year, the NRO is leveraging data analytics and advanced computing environments to fuse and organize multiple sources of unstructured data to more rapidly share it with the nation’s warfighters, analysts, and first responders.

GAO Prods GSA to Address Agency Concerns with Login.gov

Nearly half of the major Federal government agencies that use Login.gov have reported challenges involving technical issues such as not having visibility into authentications, high failure rates, and lack of fraud controls, a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says.

Ethical use of big data for healthy communities and a strong nation: unique challenges for the Military Health System

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) created powerful tools for research, particularly for extracting meaningful insights from extremely large data sets. These developments increase research benefits of big data and risks posed to individual privacy, forcing a re-examination of ethics in research which is of particular importance to the Military Health System.

White House probes the collision of AI and personal data

Policymakers are examining how the advent of artificial intelligence could create new privacy risks around the federal agency purchase and use of personal information from data brokers.

PrimerAI introduces ‘near-zero hallucination’ update to AI platform

What makes PrimerAI’s system novel is that once it generates a response or summary, it generates a claim for the summary and corroborates that claim with the source data, according to Cindy Ma, senior product manager at PrimerAI.

Amazon, Databricks Strike Five-Year Deal Around AI Chips

Amazon isn’t widely considered a leader in AI innovation, some technology analysts and business leaders say, and needs to show that it can compete against Microsoft and Google. Part of Amazon’s AI reboot involves its AI chips, Trainium and Inferentia, which are designed specifically for building and using AI models. Compared with Nvidia’s more general-purpose GPUs, such custom chips can be more efficient because they were designed for just one thing.

Google.org Supports Partnership with Public Service With $10M Grant to Launch Center for Federal AI

The Center for Federal AI is set to launch in March 2025, and it will serve as a hub for developing AI knowledge and leadership across federal agencies. The initiative builds on the Partnership for Public Service’s 20-year history of developing federal leaders and providing thought leadership, as well as its AI Federal Leadership Program. The center’s mission is to support the government as it evaluates, integrates, and regulates AI, ensuring that federal leaders have the tools and knowledge they need to make informed decisions.

Accenture Federal Services, Google Public Sector Launch Federal AI Solution Factory

The Federal AI Solution Factory combines Accenture Federal Services’ work in human-centered design and ability to translate federal mission needs into AI and analytics solutions at scale, with Google Cloud’s AI and generative AI technologies. “This partnership underscores our commitment to turning a vision for AI into reality, developing and deploying the most innovative and impactful solutions for federal clients,” said Accenture Federal Services CEO Ron Ash.

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 140: Artificial Intelligence at NASA

NASA has been safely using artificial intelligence for decades. It’s used for planning deep space missions, analyzing climate data, and even diagnosing problems. Now we’re in a new era where it’s possible for AI to be used by more and more people across NASA. While streamlining decision-making and saving resources, AI could leverage the full potential of the workforce.

Carahsoft and Partners Demo OSINT Solutions at OSMOSISCon 2024, Oct. 20-22nd in Las Vegas

This year is OSMOSISCon’s 10th consecutive year bringing professionals together to learn, network and share on topics related to fraud, utilizing artificial intelligence, current and future threats, identifying unknown users and more. The event will feature industry professionals sharing valuable insights into OSINT (Open Source Intelligence).

The Optical Systems Group (OSG) Forum

The Optical Systems Group (OSG) of the Range Commanders Council (RCC) is excited to announce its Fall 2024 Open Standards Committee forum for Government and industry collaboration. The Committee seeks industry participation with the development of interface, protocol, and format standards for use in motion imagery systems at OSG member facilities.