The objectives for this procurement are as follows: obtain program management services that drive continuously improving program efficiencies and operational effectiveness; provide the DoD with a secure, state-of-the-art Platform to support DoD data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) missions that operate across multiple cloud service providers and security enclaves; seed the DoD with a strong foundation of Enterprise Data and AI tools and services.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Business Oversight (OBO), Program Integrity Office (PIO) has a requirement for the use of an existing, real-time or near real-time, searchable, web-based database of public and financial information and healthcare data to aid PIO staff in identifying potential fraud perpetrators against Veterans and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The service will provide data to assist in locating people and businesses, determining relationships, both financial and personal, and verifying credentials.

The Office of Economic Policy requires a subscription to an economic view database, covering United States, Canada, and macro service, and macroeconomic model.  These services shall provide Economic Policy with mission-critical information about global capital markets, credit ratings, research tools, and analysis that contribute to transparent and integrated financial markets.  Economic Policy is seeking a database that provides a unique platform to measure and manage risks through expertise and experience in credit analysis, economic research, and financial risk management.

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.  

Area of Interest O was expanded to include interest in satellite-based global tracking capabilities.

As of August 5th, 2024, the PWS and acquisition strategy are still being finalized. Please continue to monitor this RFI number for future updates.

Solicitation updated to clarify questions.

Response to questions was posted and the Performance Work Statement was updated in response to those questions.

The Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) requires a subscription service to a web-based investigative platform that allows OFAC to obtain intelligence on heightened risk individuals and organizations, completely and efficiently. OFAC requires a tool to research business intelligence that will enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of their mission.  Thomson Reuters CLEAR assists OFAC with conducting counterintelligence risk assessments, counterintelligence inquiries, and supply chain threat assessments.

OFIP requires a subscription for a database for fintech news and information in order to stay up to date with the most recent trends, activity, and news in the fintech landscape. This database would provide OFIP with an abundance of data and information that is essential to the monitoring of the fintech landscape and digital payments market.

This longitudinal dataset is comprised of both clinical and community childhood obesity care data specific to the Denver area. The dataset was delivered to local researchers as part of the Childhood Obesity Data Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), and later provided to DNPAO under a Data Use Agreement.

The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) requests the renewal of the agencies Form 5500 Research Database Subscription currently provided by Asset International, Inc. The EBSA requires support for Form 5500 research, compliance assistance and enforcement tasks. The contractor shall provide a 12-month subscription for database access to edited Form 5500 data. This data will be mapped with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) data, investment performance and state insurance data.

This action is a firm-fixed price order for synthetic aperture radar data products from Airbus’s commercial satellite constellations for scientific use. The data will be used to support the NASA Indian Space Research Organisation (IRSO) Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) calibration and validation (cal/val) activities post launch. The Airbus imagery will be used for cal/val of NISAR data, which are based on Level-1 science requirements for the NISAR mission. The cal/val activities span a broad range of disciplines such as solid Earth, cryosphere, and ecosystems.

FIRS is a suite of more than 27 tools and toolsets that facilitates the reporting of law enforcement activities within the jurisdiction of the USSS that support the criminal investigations of the USSS. FIRS contains a Geospatial Information System (GIS) component that provides capabilities to support core mission functions and rapid prototyping to drive innovation.

Under the contract, the company will deliver end-to-end back office intelligent automation services to improve how 250 million retiree and survivors’ benefits documents are processed every year.

NASA's AI Algorithm Speeds up Mars Sample Analysis

The algorithm, which NASA scientists have spent more than a decade training, is designed to identify organic materials detected by the rover. By automating the identification process and sending the data back to scientists on Earth, the rover can focus on detecting samples while on the surface and identify patterns that might not be obvious to humans.

National Crime Agency gathers data from seven banks to tackle organised crime

The banks are providing the NCA with account data that indicates potential economic crime. A joint team will analyse this alongside the agency’s own data, with the resulting intelligence being used to inform the NCA’s investigations and help the banks identify risk.

“It’s Going to Get Worse Before It Gets Better” Navigating Supply Chain Geopolitical Risks: Insights from National Security Experts

Interos’s new executive insights series, “Voices of Innovation,” hosted a critical conversation on escalating geopolitical threats to supply chain security. The inaugural session brought together former NSA Director and US Cyber Command head, Admiral Mike Rogers (Ret.) and Andrea Little Limbago, Ph.D., Head of Applied AI, Interos, and a frequent speaker on geopolitical risk and cybersecurity.

How The USPTO Views Human-AI Collaborations

As AI continues to drive emerging technologies across almost every industry, questions emerge regarding whom to credit as the inventor and what inventions can be protected by patent rights when AI is involved in their creation. Clarity surrounding the patent rights of inventors and AI-generated inventions is critical because patents are an important tool for protecting intellectual property and promoting innovation.

China makes a fool out of US, skirting AI chips sanctions using a web of smugglers, front companies

The United States has been trying to control the export of these critical AI chips from NVIDIA, AMD and Intel, which are instrumental in developing technologies like self-driving cars, chatbots, and advanced medical research. More concerning for the US is the potential military applications, such as the development of superior weaponry and cyber capabilities. Despite the ban on exporting AI chips and related machinery to China, and adding numerous Chinese companies to a national security threat list, the trade persists, driven by immense profits.

Feds Weigh Generative AI Use in Cybersecurity, Data Analysis

“It makes that unstructured data actually searchable, understandable and instantly findable. Functionally, it means that you are going to be able to harness all of that unstructured information that sits inside of PDFs and paragraphs of text in places that before you needed a human to read through,” said Hotaling. “Generative AI helps us move to that next level and my group is working on analyzing physician notes and we also use it to help our scientists find the relevant publications to the questions that they’re asking.”

Financial agencies’ AI tests could get reprieve from enforcement

Designated officials within federal financial regulatory agencies would be able to experiment with artificial intelligence tools without fear of enforcement actions under a bipartisan, bicameral bill introduced this week. The Unleashing AI Innovation in Financial Services Act from Sens. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Reps. French Hill, R-Ark., and Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., would institute “regulatory sandboxes” for AI test projects at the Federal Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the National Credit Union Administration.

Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones is rebooting the Consumer Data Right

CDR began in Australia in July 2020 as “open banking”, allowing consumers to consent for their data from banking to be used and analysed to help the better manage their finances and find better deals. It then expanded to energy sector, but by May 2023, things ground to a halt when Treasury announced the Labor government had paused its expansion into superannuation, insurance and telecommunications.

How enhanced identity data supports AI adoption, strengthens security, and improves public service

The technical demands required to manage and leverage identity data properly have grown in complexity and scale as the variety of data parameters has multiplied along with the number of systems that now inject data into the mix. This endangers the success of AI adoption. With so much on the line, trustworthy identity data management increasingly requires an enterprise-wide focus and commitment to data quality as well as responsible and intelligent AI practices.

Socure explains identity verification compliance to 2 state lawmakers

A pair of lawmakers in different states are objecting to state digital identity verification contracts held by Socure. At issue appears to be an objection to the use of personally identifiable data to identify persons, and a claim that the company’s terms of service clash with a new data protection law.

Google loses massive antitrust case over search, will appeal ruling

Google pays companies, including Apple, Samsung and Mozilla, billions of dollars for prime placement in web browsers and on smartphones. In 2021 alone, Google spent $26 billion to be the default search engine across Apple and Android platforms. According to The New York Times, about $18 billion of that spend went to Apple alone. Google shares 36% of search ad revenue from Safari with Apple. The government has argued that paying for the dominant position effectively kneecapped competitors from being able to build up their own search engines to a scale that would give them the data and reach to stay competitive.

Informatica and Fivetran on the future of data integration, AI and metadata knowledge graphs

Unpacking the next data platform is a crucial process in the constantly changing world of data and artificial intelligence. It involves understanding metadata knowledge graphs and how different layers of the modern data stack come together. If one wants to do anything with data, they need a stack of tools to get it done.

The ACS: America’s Essential Economic and Social Data at Risk

Please join The Census Project and Census Counts for a webinar on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET. that will explore the origin of ACS data and its many uses, such as economic development and civil rights protections for communities of color. We will also discuss the need to invest in the ACS, to strengthen it and enable it to better serve our communities.