HMRC requires access to UK and worldwide company data and ownership information, financials, key document filings, news, industry and M&A databases, with sophisticated search functionality and common identifiers across all databases.

The requirement is for access to a global network of experts in commericial tradecraft, competitive intelligence, and secure spply chain structures, experience working with national intelligence agencies, and access to commercial proprietary data sources that can be used for purposes of millitary targeting.

Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (HQ SACT) is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) in order to engage with industry and academia on state of art support to military decision making to support decision making across multiple operational domains in collaboration with non-military instruments of power, The engagement will be a joint effort between Allied Command Transformation and Allied Command Operations for this RFI. The intention is to evaluate what could be immediately available, the art-of-the possible and state-of-the-art with respect to systems, products, services, technologies, and methodologies pertaining to data-driven decision making.

The USITC requires extensive company level data to support mission related international trade research and analysis. The database access would support a range of research and investigative purposes, including the testing and distribution of survey instruments, the measurement of barriers to trade in services, analyzing multinational activity through M&A and greenfield projects, and the scoping of market conditions.

All offerors selected for Step 2 have been notified and will receive a supplementary notification with more details and instructions. Offerors not selected for Step 2 will be provided with notices over the next few days.

Response to questions posted.

Response to questions posted and response date extended to July 5, 2024.

Response date extended to July 3, 2024.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Economic Market Analysis Division (EMAD) is seeking a dynamic rental real estate data and analytics database that is adept at meeting the varied needs of multiple HUD staff engaged in housing market analysis, mortgage insurance applications, and FMR estimates. Services shall include providing EMAD staff and relevant HQ employees online access to rental market data and shapefiles covering markets across the United States, and providing a project manager who shall be responsible for assisting users with the database.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) intends to award a fixed-price purchase order on a single source basis to Critical Mention, Inc. for an annual subscription for continuous web-based TV and Radio News Clip Monitoring. 

The Department of Defense is awarding a contract to Synmax Inc. for maritime law enforcement and security automated analytics.

The requirement is for the continued provision of a commercial software platform and associated services for DaaS Platform support. The DoD has relied on DaaS Platform to deliver data-driven capabilities to the warfighters allowing for near-real time responses to real world queries. The system that has been developed under the original program has become a pivotal tool in the accomplishment of multiple organizations missions.

VA Office of Information and Technology (OIT), DevSecOps (DSO), Data & Analytics (D&A) has a requirement for brand name Collibra Enterprise Platform software-as-a-service that is used to assist in data discovery and governance across a large enterprise organization. The solution will create a searchable inventory of existing metadata and datasets, generate new metadata to improve classification of data assets and facilitate governance thereof.

A key Pentagon data-analysis tool is getting ease-of-use upgrades

The Pentagon wants to make it easier for its organizations to use data analytics, so it’s overhauling its Advana platform to pull data from disparate sources instead of pooling it in one place. “We're really trying to open things up so that the next generation, if you will, of data platform, can scale and meet the enterprise needs in a much more flexible and open way. And we hope to see acceleration of people bringing their data sources into this mesh so that others can build capabilities off of it,” William Streilein, the chief technology officer in the Pentagon’s chief digital and AI office, said in an exclusive conversation as part of Defense One’s Genius Machines series.

CIA Leaning on AI for Data ‘Triage,’ Open Source Collection

“Every day, the CIA is called upon to inform policymakers on a wide breadth of issues, and in order to derive those insights for policymakers, we have to go through vast amounts of data and information,” Raman said. “That means content triage is a huge part of what we have to do, and what we need AI to help us to do.”

DHS Hires First 10 Experts in “AI Corps” Recruiting Sprint

Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas and Chief AI Officer Eric Hysen announced the first 10 members of the “AI Corps,” the Department of Homeland Security’s first-ever sprint to recruit 50 Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology experts. The new hires will play pivotal roles responsibly leveraging AI across strategic mission areas, including countering fentanyl trafficking, combatting online child sexual exploitation and abuse, delivering immigration services, fortifying critical infrastructure, and enhancing cybersecurity.

HMRC explores data options for worldwide company intelligence

The tax agency has published an early engagement notice relating to the potential rollout of a new “Corporate and Other Registered Entity Data Analysis Service”. Such a platform would provide the department with access to information on companies in the UK – but also in other countries around the world. “HMRC requires access to UK and worldwide company data and ownership information, financials, key document filings, news, industry and M&A databases, with sophisticated search functionality and common identifiers across all databases,” the notice says.

Could AI help US intelligence end decades-long aversion to unclassified data?

The rapid development of generative AI and large language models (LLMs) has created an opportunity for the US intelligence community to break with its long-standing reluctance to use unclassified information — a reluctance that has until this point largely closed an entire avenue of intelligence and information-gathering and made the US and its allies much more vulnerable to strategic or tactical surprise.

Why do federal employee background checks take so long? Panel points to delayed IT system

The Defense Department agency responsible for vetting workers at most federal agencies originally planned to have a new background check system fully functional in 2019.

Capturing the genAI boom for drug development

But whilst the genAI buzz engulfs the pharma landscape, there remain questions over the transparency of its use in drug development and how its success is assessed as regulation struggles to keep up with technological advancements.

Xcelerate Solutions, in partnership with Socure, to Provide GSA NextGen Login.gov Identity Proofing Services

The partnership between Xcelerate and Socure advances simple, secure, accurate, and equitable online identity verification services for government agencies and the populations they serve. Leveraging Socure's advanced identity verification solutions, Xcelerate aims to support the security and reliability of Login.gov, enabling seamless access to critical government services while protecting users against fraud and identity theft.

Despite US curbs, NVIDIA to launch high-end AI chips in West Asia amid concerns of China dodging ban

This collaboration marks NVIDIA’s first major initiative in a region where the US has restricted the export of advanced chips to prevent Chinese firms from indirectly obtaining the latest AI technology. The agreement will position Ooredoo as the first company in the region to offer clients in Qatar, Algeria, Tunisia, Oman, Kuwait, and the Maldives direct access to NVIDIA’s AI and graphics processing technology.

Visa, Mastercard Turn To Generative AI To Combat Fraud; Here's How It Works

Banks across the globe are witnessing a jump in a variety of scams. Criminals are using sophisticated tools and technologies to carry out large-scale attacks causing damages worth billions. To combat this, banks are turning to Artificial Intelligence (AI). One of the leaders in digital payments, Visa recently launched a generative AI-powered tool that is embedded in its Visa Account Attack Intelligence (VAAI) system. The company said that the updated VAAI Score system will be available to U.S. issuers first. Similar technologies were launched by another market leader Master Card as well. 

Coffee & Conversation with Jason Barrett - Use of OSINT in intelligence analysis

Join us on Thursday, July 18, from 9:00-9:45 am ET for a virtual Coffee & Conversation with Jason Barrett, IC OSINT Executive, ODNI, and INSA Executive Vice President John Doyon. This is the final installment of The Future of Open Source Intelligence series, sponsored by Janes.