Welcome to Carpe Datum’s weekly newsletter, the Federal Data Prospector, the only publication of its kind dedicated exclusively to data and analytics companies that share our passion for serving the public sector. Our featured items begin with the IRS Criminal Investigations unit's solicitation for a centralized source of worldwide passenger air travel data to support its Nationally Coordinated Investigation Unit. This RFI is exploratory and aims to identify vendors offering datasets with advanced technical features for international travel intelligence.
In other data news, on April 18th, NextGov/FCW published an article entitled DOGE is building a ‘master database’ of sensitive information, top Oversight Democrat says . In this story, Natalie Alms describes whistleblower claims that the Musk-linked Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is compiling a cross-agency “master database” of sensitive personal data—sparking privacy and cybersecurity concerns. Lawmakers and experts warn it may violate the Privacy Act, with lawsuits and resignations already mounting.
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“'A pattern of technical malfeasance has emerged, showing these DOGE staffers are not abiding by our nation’s privacy and cybersecurity laws,' a senior aide on the House Oversight Committee told Nextgov/FCW. 'They are using excessive and unprecedented system access to intentionally cover their tracks and avoid oversight so they can creep on Americans' data from the shadows.'”
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RFI for nationwide law-enforcement database
Social Security Administration
| This Request for Information (RFI) is being issued as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement for database access and maintenance of a nationwide law enforcement information-sharing network. | |
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Vendor-Specific Supply Chain Risk Information Licenses
Dept. of Defense
| The vendor shall provide vendor-specific supply chain risk software licenses (4) to assist with illumination/risk identification. | |
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Intelligence Exploitation and Targeting Systems
Dept. of Defense
| The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) is seeking sources to determine industrial capability of potential contractors in development of intelligence exploitation and targeting systems. | |
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Global Freight Analysis Subscription
Dept. of Homeland Security
| This recompeted contract seeks a qualified vendor to continue providing cloud-based freight market analysis services to FEMA’s Logistics Analysis Office. The selected Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) subscription platform will enable FEMA to monitor, benchmark, and forecast freight activity across multiple modes of transportation—including truckload, intermodal, rail, ocean, and air—in support of disaster response and recovery operations. | |
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Solutions Solicitation: Intelligence Community (IC) Data Consortium (ICDC)
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
| Requirement and procurement details published. | |
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Artificial Intelligence Integration Center (AI2C) - Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
Dept. of Defense
| Solicitation contact and details updated. | |
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PEO STRI Data Centric Ecosystem Effort -Request for Information (RFI)
Dept. of Defense
| Response contact updated. | |
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Electronic Research Services (ERS) Tax Research Services
Dept. of the Treasury
| Response to questions and proposal due date extended. | |
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USAMRDC/DHA Marketing Tool Subscription
Dept. of Defense
| The contractor will provide a subscription (10 seats) for a commercial Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool to assist licensing professionals with identifying potential biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies having the scientific expertise and research & development capabilities to license DHA intellectual property (inventions) to advance the inventions to commercial products for the Department of Defense (DoD). | |
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Senior Care Subscription Service
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
| The purpose of this acquisition action is to purchase a commercially (COTS) available database that provides access to up-to-date unlimited on-line subscription access for unlimited users to the Senior Housing, Nursing Home Care, and Hospital forecast data. | |
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Federal Procurement Data Systems – Next Generation (FPDS-NG) Data Validation Improvement Services
Dept. of Veterans Affairs
| FedDataCheck is a data blending tool which verifies data entries into FPDS-NG and compares VA’s reporting to government-wide data and various benchmark standards. FedDataCheck assists with analysis for category management, oversight of Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) acquisition implementation, and to improve data quality prior to the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA) application. | |
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SiliconExpert Software Renewal
Dept. of Defense
| The purpose of this procurement is to purchase a brand name Silicon Expert tool renewal for the DEVCOM AvMC SRD Manufacturing Science and Technology Division. This renewal is a web-based subscription tool providing counterfeit risk information on electronic components and calculation based on manufacturer alerts and material shortages. | |
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Employment Verification and Unemployment Claims
Dept. of the Interior
| Employment Verification (EV) and Unemployment Claims (UC) Services for the Human Resources Directorate (HRD) to streamline the verification and claims process and provide government wide metrics on claims and verifications to improve overall management of government agencies serviced by IBC. | |
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Fair Opportunity Exception for Airbus Optical Imagery and WorldDEM Data
NASA
| This action is a firm-fixed price order for Opitcal Imagery and WorldDEM data products to evaluate and assess their quality and utility…The data evaluation will be combined with another science team's evaluation of Airbus data and provided input from inter-agency partners will contribute to the radiometric and geolocation accuracy evaluation. | |
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Geopolitical Forecasts Database Subscription
Dept. of Defense
| The requirement is for access to an authoritative database resource for strategic geopolitical intelligence and forecasting information to support the research needs of Pentagon policy and decision makers. The provider must have a proven history of successful forecasting of major geopolitical events. | |
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ICE just ordered $30 million worth of new technology from Palantir to track immigrants
Dept. of Homeland Security
| ImmigrationOS will expand ICE's case management system to include "near real-time visibility into instances of self-deportation." The contract said the new ImmigrationOS will streamline "end to end immigration lifecycle from identification to removal." | |
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Out of ‘prototype mode’: Officials aim to determine Advana’s next moves by mid-June | Pentagon officials see a “huge opportunity” in turning the department’s prototype data analytics platform Advana into an official program of record, but there are still significant questions to be answered about how, exactly, to go about it, two senior officials involved in the program told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview. | |
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The year of ‘NGAI’: Geospatial-intelligence agency looks to accelerate AI adoption in 2025 | In an exclusive interview with DefenseScoop, NGA Director Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth laid out his top priorities for advancing the agency's use of AI over the next year. | |
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Phase two of military AI has arrived | Consider this phase two of the US military’s AI push, where phase one began back in 2017 with older types of AI, like computer vision to analyze drone imagery. Though this newest phase began under the Biden administration, there’s fresh urgency as Elon Musk’s DOGE and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth push loudly for AI-fueled efficiency. | |
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US spy community is creating a portal to buy, access your personal data | On April 8 the ODNI’s Office of the Open Source Intelligence Executive (OSIE) put out a “solutions solicitations” for the “Intelligence Community (IC) Data Consortium (ICDC),” previously known as the “IC Data Co-op,” which seeks solutions “to manage a commercial data consortium that unifies commercial data acquisition” for US spy agencies. | |
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JEC Hearing on Reducing Waste, Fraud and Abuse Through Innovation: How AI & Data Can Improve Government Efficiency | Chairman David Schweikert (R-AZ-01) challenged witnesses and agencies to move beyond reports and into real-world implementation of advanced technology tools, especially for healthcare modernization and centralized data systems for fraud detection. “How do I get them to stop sending me papers about ideas for implementation and actually implement?” asked Chairman Schweikert. “We have the tools; we need the will.” | |
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Data Laws Would Refine Privacy Strategies, Consumer Control | Lawmakers in several states are considering bills that would give residents more control over their data. A measure under consideration in Texas would formally recognize global privacy controls. | |
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From Data to Decisions: Engineering AI That Understands the Mission | Across the modern defense and intelligence landscape, the flood of data is both a marvel and a menace. Satellite imagery, cyber telemetry, sensor networks, and open-source feeds now produce data at volumes once unimaginable. Yet for all this digital abundance, a familiar question haunts analysts and operators: can we turn this data into actionable understanding, fast enough to matter? | |
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AI's new ally: Why synthetic data matters for government AI adoption | In the public sector, synthetic data is particularly valuable for training and testing AI systems or simulating scenarios without exposing sensitive or restricted information. Its core advantage lies in its ability to generalize and anonymize citizen data, allowing government agencies to make analyses and results publicly available while preserving individual privacy. | |
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The Unusual Nonprofit That Helps ICE Spy on Wire Transfers | The Transaction Record Analysis Center, or TRAC, database offers a rare glimpse into the financial lives of millions of immigrants and U.S. citizens alike. The database contains details about more than 340 million wire transfers sent via Western Union and more than two dozen other companies that immigrants rely on to send money back home. | |
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OpenAP aims to unify siloed ID data for streaming, TV ads with Open Identity | OpenAP is aiming to make audience identity less confusing and more consistent for streaming and TV ad buyers across the fragmented landscape by bringing together multiple ID data sources in an interoperable, yet privacy-centric, architecture so that they can improve targeted reach and measurement. | |
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Geospatial Intelligence Data Fusion: Seeing Beyond the Threat | With much discussion around OSINT (open-source intelligence), IMINT (image intelligence), and SIGINT (signals intelligence) advances – and their fusion to gain the most complete understanding of threats in the multi-domain battle space, it made sense to speak with one of Europe’s thought leaders on data fusion innovations. | |
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Voltron Data and Carahsoft Partner to Bring Cutting-Edge Data Infrastructure Solutions to the U.S. Government | Theseus leverages accelerated hardware (such as GPUs and high-speed networking) to enable agencies to cut data processing times from hours to minutes, improving their decision-making capabilities. This is especially critical for agencies handling massive datasets, such as those generated by cybersecurity threat detection, geospatial analytics and operational monitoring. | |
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