Welcome to Carpe Datum’s weekly newsletter, the Fed Data Prospector (Vol. 3, Issue 34). We hope you all are enjoying the Summer Olympics and getting your fill of swimming and gymnastics! Much like the Olympic athletes toiling away for years in their respective countries – hoping and praying for that chance, once every four years, to shine -- your team here at Carpe Datum is working equally hard. However, in our case, your satisfaction, ongoing readership, and sharing of our weekly publication to friends, family, and colleagues is truly our Gold Medal!
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Sources Sought – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Office of Credit Risk Management (OCRM) -- Online Financial Subscription Data Information – An unlimited online subscription for Financial Information Access which combines exclusive analysis and in-depth data in real-time on the banking and financial services, and insurance industries. This subscription should have the expertise to assist in providing: Real-time news/alerts, news archive, and company profiles; industry-specific financial market data feed; documents, industry/market data, research reports as entitled; standardized and as-reported sector-specific financials, transcripts, presentations; mergers & acquisitions data, capital offerings, institutional ownership; peer comparison, credit ratings, and analyst estimates; asset-level and regulatory data, excel integration tools and mapping/demographics for financial institutions, publicly traded banks, thrifts, specialty finance companies, and investment companies to assist in monitoring SBA’s lenders; performance metrics and financial statements for making comparisons; etc.
In other data news, on July 26th, ProPublica published a fascinating and very germane story entitled, How Unemployment Insurance Fraud Exploded During the Pandemic. In the article, the author, Cezary Podkul, describes inside the infrastructure of perhaps the single largest fraud wave in U.S. history -- State Unemployment Insurance. Fraudsters have filed in high volumes, sometimes obtaining payments from multiple states, despite the fact that a jobless person is barred from getting assistance in more than one state.
- “ID.me’s chief executive, Blake Hall, made headlines last month when he told Axios that he thinks taxpayers’ losses from UI fraud will top $400 billion. Hall defends that estimate, which some commentators criticized as wildly inflated. Hall based the figure on the precipitous drop-offs in new claim applications that states have experienced after implementing ID.me verification. In New York, for instance, state data confirms that new claims for PUA fell by 89% after ID.me went live in late March. And more than 50% of people who have already filed for UI benefits don’t even try to confirm their identities when asked to do so, according to Hall, who cited data from five states the company has worked with.”
The Carpe Datum Team
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Electronic Data Sets for Real Property Management Tool
Dept. of Transportation
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The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) has a requirement for electronic data sets for inclusion in the FAA’s Real Property Management Tool... |
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Artificial Intelligence for Intelligent Transportation Systems
Dept. of Transportation
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This Sources Sought Notice (SSN) is issued solely for informational, market research, and planning purposes and does not commit the Government to any further contract actions... |
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Sources Sought/Request for Information: Climate Change Data
Dept. of the Treasury
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The purpose of this SSN/RFI is to conduct market research in order to obtain industry feedback on the attached requirements summary document (Attachment 1) and to identify potential sources which are both capable of and interested in providing the services outlined herein... |
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International Trade Data Subscription
Dept. of Commerce
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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection (OIASI) is requesting the procurement of services for the provision of data pertaining to international trade pertaining to marine seafood product... |
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Financial Data Analysis and Management
DHS - HQ
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Estimated Solicitation Release: Aug. 2, 2021
The Contractor shall provide OCFO\RMT with financial and technical data management expertise to support DHS and RMT's vision of data governance...
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Analytics and Data Science
DHS - USCIS
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Estimated Solicitation Release: Sept. 15, 2021
USCIS anticipates awarding this requirement against 8(a) STARS III and record will be revised once determination is made...
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Identity Next Generation - Request for Information - July 2021
Dept. of Defense
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Government Response to Vendor Questions, RFI Identity Management Amendment - July 30, 2021 |
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Data Readiness for Artificial Intelligence Development (DRAID) Services; Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) for The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC)
Dept. of Defense
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Solicitation Updated - July 26, 2021 |
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Subscription for Virtual Currency Tools for the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
Dept. of the Treasury
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Intent to Sole Source - Subscription Services for Global Access to Trade Data Monitor, for the Office of Intelligence & Analysis (OIA)
Dept. of the Treasury
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The purpose of this sole source justification is to obtain approval to award a firm-fixed price contract subscription to Trade Data Monitor Services, All Reporting Countries for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (OIA)...
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LexisNexis ID Verification and Bank Account Owner Verification
Dept. of the Treasury
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) intends to make award on a sole source basis to RELX. Inc., 1150 18th Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036 for LexisNexis ID Verification and Bank Account Owner Verification...
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D-- ARGUS SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE
Dept. of the Interior
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This is a notice of intent to sole source for Argus Media subscription services... |
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TRACES Cost Book (Cost Data Update)
Dept. of Defense
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The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Walla Walla District, is issuing this special notice to inform industry of the intent to solicit and negotiate solely with RSMeans (owner is Gordian) for the purchase of Cost Pricing Data and Licenses for the Walla Walla District... |
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Palantir, HHS Renew Software Contract for Government Vaccination Initiative |
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Anduril scores $99M contract with DIU for counter-drone tech |
The Department of Defense has awarded technology startup Anduril a $99 million contract to provide a new automated counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) capability...
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How NASA is using knowledge graphs to find talent |
One of NASA’s biggest challenges is identifying where data science skills reside within the organization. Not only is data science a new discipline – it’s also a fast-evolving one. Knowledge for each role is constantly shifting due to technological and business demands... |
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USDA-NIFA and NSF Invest $220M in Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes |
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a $220 million investment in 11 new NSF-led Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes... |
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The IRS is Going After Crypto Tax Fraudsters. Here's why that's Not a Bad Thing |
Cryptocurrency and the IRS have historically had an uneasy relationship... |
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As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau turns 10, the future is bright |
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau celebrated its 10th birthday last Wednesday. It begins its second decade refocused on its mission of protecting you and me after a few years of, ironically, championing shady business practices over consumers... |
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Data Literacy in Government: How Are Agencies Enhancing Data Skills? |
Federal agencies are increasingly seeing the value in improving the data analytics skills of workers... |
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Globally connected data can safeguard the defense industrial and technology base |
Over the past two decades, U.S. businesses have become global enterprises, creating interconnectivity and reliance on foreign partners, suppliers and governments... |
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An Update from the Equitable Data Working Group |
Because Federal data are often not available by race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity, disability, income, region, veteran status, or other crucial demographic variables, the Equitable Data Working Group is tasked with identifying inadequacies in our existing Federal data collection infrastructure and laying out a strategy for improving equitable data practices in the Federal government... |
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Metadata and Civil Liberties |
When it comes to the the Section 215 metadata program, concerns regarding Privacy and Civil Liberties are further exacerbated when the data is stored for a period of time in the government’s database where it can be rapidly accessed and searched... |
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Socially Determined and SafeGraph Partner to Enhance Social Determinants of Health Insights with Point of Interest and Foot Traffic Data |
Socially Determined, the Social Risk Intelligence™ company for organizations committed to addressing the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), today announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with geospatial data provider, SafeGraph...
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Comscore Teams with Experian, InfoSum and LiveRamp to Bring First-Party Data into its Cookieless Audience Targeting Capabilities |
With privacy guidelines changing constantly, marketers are getting ahead of the shifting digital identity landscape and seeking solutions that allow them to continue to reach the right audiences without interruption – while also incorporating their own valuable customer information... |
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Equifax (EFX) to Acquire CoreLogic Teletrack |
Equifax® (NYSE: EFX) a global data, analytics and technology company today announced that the company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Teletrack®, a U.S. leader in alternative credit data, from CoreLogic®...
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Florida taps education analytics platform to boost employment |
PAIRIN’s My Journey platform will aggregate data in real time from multiple sources in an Amazon Web Services cloud... |
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The USPTO AI Innovation Journey with Scott Beliveau, Branch Chief of Advanced Analytics at the USPTO |
Thursday, October 21, 2021 - Virtual Event
11:30-12:30pm: Featured Presentation
12:30-13:00pm: Your Q&A and interaction
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