The Defense Health Agency is seeking solutions to establish a comprehensive data governance framework and an enterprise data catalog to improve data management and accessibility across the Military Health System.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking information from qualified sources regarding their capabilities to provide a secure, cloud-hosted data enclave and associated data linkage services for the NIA Data Access Program, which supports research on aging by providing access to linked federal and non-federal datasets.

The U.S. Air Force is soliciting for Continuous Evaluation and Vetting Cell (CEVP) and Physical Security Monitoring (PSM) services, requiring offerors to submit quotations including a mobilization plan and past performance information.

The Department of Defense is seeking sources for Enterprise Visibility and Management of Operating and Support Cost (EVAMOSC) platform support, including data standardization, platform sustainment, database operations, and information request support, under a potential $75M IDIQ contract.

Response to questions and revised Statement of Work posted.

Amended solicitation posted.

Update posted on status of Phase 1 evaluations.

Updates made to the Sole Source Justification.

The U.S. International Trade Commission intends to sole-source annual subscriptions for IHS Markit's Chemical Economic Handbook and Directory of Chemical Producers to S&P Global, Inc., citing unique data requirements for chemical industry analysis.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency intends to sole-source a subscription to MoneyLaundering.com from the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (ACAMS) to maintain awareness of anti-money laundering regulations and financial crime typologies.

The USDA is establishing a single-award BPA for Palantir Platform IT solutions to support the National Farm Security Action Plan (NFSAP) with mission-critical data fusion, operational planning, and intelligence analysis capabilities.

The Department of Energy awarded a contract to Grid Status, Inc. to enable monitoring and analysis of U.S. electricity markets.

The Department of Energy awarded a contract to S&P Global for a subscription to crude oil market data.

Quantifind has been awarded a $6.9 million contract by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to develop an AI-enabled platform for evaluating commercial partners and applicants, enhancing national security risk management through advanced AI analytics and data fusion.

Data, truth, and transformation: A C-Suite Conversation on purpose and mechanisms in the age of AI

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Trump Administration Issues Executive Order to Limit State AI Regulation

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OPM and OMB Detail Plans for Government-Wide Core Human Capital Management Platform

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Senzing Acquires Placekey™ Service and Technology

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HERE Technologies and Precisely expand partnership to provide trusted location data for business operations

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Grist Mill Exchange Launches Metered API Access for Government Data Acquisition and Partners with Reality Defender for Deepfake Protection

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Unlocking Financial Insights from AI-Ready Unstructured Data

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SAS Webinar: Top Data and AI Trends for Government in 2026

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