The Government seeks a Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) automated social networking capability to provide the ability to conduct effective and efficient discovery, reporting and removal of imposter social media accounts.

The vision of this requirement is to obtain contractor support for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Federal Housing Administration (FHA), to obtain an annual on-line data subscription access to loan limit data, loan servicing and performance data, and loan securities data.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) is issuing this request for information (RFI) to solicit feedback from industry and potential sources related to USDA RD’s for an internet-based site that provides in-depth financial news, data, and analysis on global markets for market research purposes. 

The primary purpose of this system is to serve as a centralized source of vessel registration and ownership information from participating States and the USCG National Vessel Documentation Center that can be accessed for search and rescue and various law enforcement purposes ranging from homeland security to serving as a means to help deter vessel theft, particularly where vessels are crossing state lines.

Revision to the requirements for Area of Interest O: Human-Machine Teaming.

Response to questions posted and submission deadline extended to 10/15/25.

References to Total Small Business Set-Aside were removed.

The UnITE Industry Information Session is postponed due to the imminent arrival of hurricane Milton. Leadership had not determined a new date. Once decided, an update will be posted here. All companies who responded will be notified at the email addresses provided.

This action will provide Universal Naval AI CORe eNvironment (UNACORN) Data Engineering Pipeline support for U.S. Naval Forces Europe (NAVEUR). The contractor will support the identification of the critical data sets for execution of Maritime Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance-Targeting Weapons and Tactics Instructors (MISR-T) workflows and support the acquisition of these data sets to be processed through in the UNACORN Artificial Intelligence (AI) Pipeline.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) intends to award a sole source purchase order to ICE Mortgage Technology, Inc...The Contractor shall provide an online subscription source for publishing historic and current underwriting, servicing, and loan product guidelines for the single family and/or multifamily housing industry to include, but not limited to: the Federal National Mortgage Corporation (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), the United States Department of Agriculture; Government National Mortgage Association; and, state compliance guidelines. 

The USPTO’s Scientific and Technical Information Center (STIC) has a mission to enhance patent quality and examiner effectiveness through search, information services, and training. As such, STIC has a requirement for a subscription to full-text electronic collections of journals, books and engineering reference database covering science, technology, and health.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Statistics of Income Division (SOI) has a continuing need to create and test a new fully synthetic Public Use File (PUF), train SOI data science staff on applying the necessary techniques to create a PUF, develop methodology for improving synthetic datasets in general, and to work with IRS IT and data security experts to evaluate security plans as part of a proposed validation process.

The agency plans to issue a new task order underneath FEDLINK contract with Leadership Connect for a firm-fixed price task order. For organizational intelligence and contact information, DOC has subscribed to Leadership Connect for many years, and this is a continuation of services. Leadership Connect's directories, organizational charts, and contact information for various government, association, company, and other entities are intended to aid staff in building connections relevant to their work.

Craft, the supply chain resilience company, today announced its risk management platform was selected by the United States Department of Energy (DoE) to provide risk assessments for companies that apply for awards and loans through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The collaboration is part of a larger effort to protect U.S. energy infrastructure, technology, intellectual property, and federal investments from hostile foreign nations and influence.

The Department of Health and Human Services awarded a contract to Dark Sky Technology. This contract will involve proprietary data which provides insights into vulnerabilities which exist within software components on a daily basis, as well as information on the severity of said vulnerabilities.

GAO: SSA Struggling With Cost Recovery on Verification Tech

The Social Security Administration (SSA) needs to develop strategies to expand the use of its real-time electronic identity verification system after not meeting projections for expected industry participation and lagging behind on expected cost recoveries, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a  report issued today. Required by the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act of 2018 to modify its verification services to provide real-time electronic identify verification, SSA’s Electronic Consent Based Social Security Number Verification (eCBSV) service addresses synthetic identity fraud – which combines both real and fake personally identifiable information.

Transition Tracking Action Group Uses Artificial Intelligence, Analytics to Speed DOD Innovation

The Transition Tracking Action Group looks to improve the department's ability to track transitions from the initial stages of research and development to fielded capabilities in the hands of warfighters, said Cyrus Jabbari, the chief data officer to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. The group "represents a new approach to technology portfolio management that leverages advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence to provide DOD officials with the insights [they need] to make informed, innovative decisions," Jabbari said.

DIA's AI-powered intel repository will be fully operational about a year late

MARS is to replace the Modernized Integrated Database, or MIDB, the Pentagon’s main repository for “foundational military intelligence”: the information collected by the intelligence community on other countries’ militaries and infrastructure. The DIA began working on MARS in 2018, adding new tools and AI-powered capabilities along the way, but it has only been accessible in certain locations.

Is ‘Big AI’ beating 'small AI'—and what does it mean for the military?

The prevailing "bigger-is-better" approach to artificial intelligence—ingest more training data, produce larger models, build bigger data centers—might be undermining the kind of research and development the U.S. military actually needs now and in the future. That’s the argument in "Hype, Sustainability, and the Price of the Bigger-is-Better Paradigm in AI," a new paper that scrutinizes common assumptions driving AI research.

OpenAI claims to have foiled China-backed election interference, phishing attacks

SweetSpecter reportedly sent emails to OpenAI’s employees, disguised as customer support messages, which contained malware attachments. If opened, these attachments would have allowed the attackers to take screenshots and extract sensitive data. However, OpenAI’s security measures proved effective in blocking the attack.

Artificial Intelligence May Augment Diplomatic Data Security

For the State Department, AI offers a lot of promise in trend analysis of threat intelligence. For example, we’ve seen white papers written by foreign college students about how to crack encryption or how to leverage certain pieces of operating systems for nefarious ends. A threat of that nature will not typically show up in an intelligence brief.

Proving the value of the Royal Navy's AI roadmap - Case study

The Naval AI Cell (NAIC) is helping the Royal Navy (RN) embrace the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) and the benefits it can bring, and an initial phase highlighted six priority challenge areas/capabilities that could confirm the value and impact of an aligned transformative roadmap.

What Makes A Great Data Business

Data businesses can be among the best businesses out there. In fact, they often get better over time because profitability tends to increase with scale and data assets can increase in value for a variety of reasons. Often data businesses are the best businesses within the industries that they serve. But not all data businesses are created equally.

From neurons to networks: How this year's Physics Nobel Laureates pioneered AI revolution

These visionary scientists connected physics with technology and then accelerated the revolution in how machines learn to think and mimic humans. Their seminal work on artificial neural networks far transcends being a scientific triumph—it is reshaping industries, societies, and even the very way we understand the world.

Open-source AI definition finally gets its first release candidate - and a compromise

The OSI and allies are a step closer to an open-source artificial intelligence definition, and purists aren't the only ones unhappy.

SpyCloud accelerates supply chain risk analysis with new ‘IDLink’ correlation capability

SpyCloud Investigations now includes IDLink, the company’s advanced analytics technology that automatically delivers expanded digital identity results from a simple search query. Where a traditional threat intelligence or investigations tool may provide a small number of records directly correlated to the search input, IDLink expands the pool of results to include identity data correlated across shared usernames, emails, passwords, and PII – with flexible options around pivoting depth, confidence levels, and visualization.

Data 'a strategic asset' for state government, says CIO

South Dakota Chief Information Officer Madhu Gottumukkala says on StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast that his state’s data governance efforts aren’t only about protecting against threats to cybersecurity and data privacy, but that he’s also striving to transform the state’s data into a “strategic asset.”

From FinTech to Defense Tech with Arun Nair -- All Quiet on the Second Front

What if a startup could revolutionize U.S. Air Force operations by applying fintech principles to defense tech? In this episode of All Quiet on the Second Front, TJ Rowe, Chief Revenue Officer at Second Front, sits down with Arun Nair, CEO and Founder of OpsLab. In this special customer spotlight episode, Arun discusses his transition from fintech to defense tech, focusing on solving air mobility challenges for the Department of Defense.

OSINT unveiled: The technology behind the intelligence

Join us Oct. 15 at 2 p.m. ET for a webinar on the Army’s Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) strategy, where we’ll explore how the Army is leveraging OSINT to strengthen its intelligence capabilities.

Information Innovation Office (I2O) Office-Wide Special Notice for Proposers Day

DARPA I2O is sponsoring an unclassified hybrid Proposers Day in support of the anticipated I2O Office-Wide Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). The purpose of this event is to provide information on I2O’s technical goals and challenges, address questions from potential proposers, and provide an opportunity for potential proposers to consider how their research may align with the I2O Office-Wide BAA objectives.