Welcome to Carpe Datum’s weekly newsletter, the Federal Data Prospector (Vol. 3, Issue 45). The world’s largest and most complex procurement operation is gearing back up for the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) after a busy and productive end to FY21 on September 30th. This week’s newsletter highlights share a common theme which is centered around the Federal Government’s modernization efforts -- specifically, the wide-spread adoption of the technology, tools, and technicians to effectively unlock the value and benefits of not only their own Big Data repositories but also those of other agencies or trusted third-party data sources. As always, good luck out there!
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Request for Information (RFI) – Chief Data Officers (CDO) Council, General Services Administration (GSA) – The Federal Chief Data Officers Council's vision is to improve government mission achievement and increase the benefits to the Nation through improvement in the management, use, protection, dissemination, and generation of data in government decision-making and operations. The CDO Council is publishing this Request for Information (RFI) for the public to provide input on key questions to support the council's mission and focus areas, including establishing Governmentwide best practices for the use, protection, dissemination, and generation of data; promoting and encouraging data sharing agreements between agencies; and identifying and evaluating new technology solutions for improving the collection and use of data.
In other data news, on October 13th, Government Computer News (GCN) published an interesting article entitled, The gold mine hidden in government’s data dustbin. In this article, Dan Morozoff describes how back in 2011, McKinsey did a study estimating just how transformative the implementation of big data and artificial intelligence could be for the public sector in the European Union; similarly, the consultancy concluded comparable savings would be likely if the technology were applied to the U.S. public sector as well.
- “By leveraging AI to streamline government operations, these technologies both modernize agencies and buy them time to recruit the technical talent of the future, enabling America to remain competitive on the global scale … it’s clear that adopting a hybrid strategy of modern technologies such as AI, while structurally reworking how organizations operate, will make the U.S. government more responsive and efficient and, ultimately, make us all more prosperous and secure.”
The Carpe Datum Team
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Sensor Synthetic Data Generation
Dept. of Defense
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US Army requires large-scale, accurate and easily accessible training, test, and validation data to support AI model development for multiple security domains (e.g. SIPR, JWICS…). Sensor data is critical to develop AI/ML models... |
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Datalink-Enabled AI for Fires Optimization
Dept. of Defense
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The topic objective is as follows: develop Machine learning architecture that can ingest battlefield data and optimize conditions based on new information on the threat picture... |
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Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Public and Private Sector Uses of Biometric Technologies
OSTP
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The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) requests input from interested parties on past deployments, proposals, pilots, or trials, and current use of biometric technologies for the purposes of identity verification, identification of individuals, and inference of attributes including individual mental and emotional states... |
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Federated Data Aggregation Tool
Dept. of Justice
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The DEA is seeking information from potential sources to deliver a federated analysis tool that aggregates data from multiple sources, both internal and web-based, making connections that are displayed visually while cataloging source material... |
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Aviation Channeling and Data Management System (ACDMS)
Dept. of Homeland Security
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Attachment Customer Service Survey Updated - Oct 12, 2021 |
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National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) Data Classification Practices: Facilitating Data-Centric Security Management
NIST
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Notice Update - Oct 8, 2021 |
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Homeland Security Investigations Investigative Case Management
HIS
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HSI Investigative Case Management RFI - Oct 8, 2021 |
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Subscription Service Renewal
Dept. of Agriculture
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The USDA, APHIS PPQ intends to award a sole source Firm Fixed Price purchase order under the statutory authority permitting Other than Full and Open Competition per statutory authority is 41U.S.C. 253(c)(1) FAR 6.302-1 to Panjiva, Inc... |
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SITE Subscription
Dept. of Homeland Security
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DHS intends to procure a brand name product on a sole source basis for SITE Enterprise Monitoring & Analysis Services Subscription Licenses. The only vendor capable of providing
these licenses is: SITE Intelligence Group...
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Web based import and export trade data search subscription services
Federal Maritime Commission
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The FMC has a requirement on a sole source basis to contract with Descartes Systems (USA) Inc. to provide web-based import and export trade data search subscription services on cargoes moving through ports in the United States to foreign ports... |
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Notice to Sole Source for Haver Analytics Data Link Express Subscription
Dept. of the Treasury
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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, intends to award a sole source commercial items contract basis using procedures under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302-1, only one responsible source, to Haver Analytics, Inc., 60 E 42nd Street, Suite 3310, NY, NY, 10165-0006...
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1Spatial supports major Northern Ireland government digital transformation programme |
1Spatial, a global leader in Location Master Data Management (LMDM) software and solutions, is delighted to announce the award of a new multi-year framework agreement by Land and Property Services (LPS) in Northern Ireland, won in conjunction with a consortium led by Version 1, to support the Department of Finance’s ongoing programme of Digital Transformation...
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ICEYE named as a Contributing Mission to Europe’s Copernicus satellite imaging programme |
ICEYE, the global leader in persistent monitoring of the Earth with radar satellite imaging, today announced the signature of an agreement to become a Contributing Mission to the Copernicus Programme, the largest satellite Earth observation programme in the world. Copernicus services will now receive access to ICEYE’s synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) imagery that can be used to enhance public safety, border control, security and maritime domain awareness...
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DHS ICE awards $68M RAVEn DevSecOps contract |
Beating out three other bidders IntelliBridge, through it’s Alethix wholly owned subsidiary, with listed core capabilities in Information Infrastructure Transformation Services, has been awarded a 5-year contract with the Department of Homeland Security’s US Immigration and Customs Enforcement... |
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White House developing bill of rights to protect against data-driven technology abuses |
The White House plans to develop a bill of rights that data-driven technologies like facial recognition must respect based, according to a request for information issued Friday... |
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GSA Needs Users to Test SAM.gov Ahead of DUNS Transition |
Unique Entity IDs are being issued now and the General Services Administration team wants help testing the system that assigns and manages the new identifier...
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NGA unveils new data strategy |
Like our Technology Strategy published in May 2020, this Data Strategy is directly tied to NGA’s overall strategic goals and mission imperatives. It recognizes that data is critical to driving future artificial intelligence and machine-learning initiatives and achieving mission requirements... |
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GSA looks to scale Login.gov with TMF award |
The Technology Modernization Fund Board announced seven new awards last month, featuring its largest investment in a single project yet – one that may be the federal government's best shot at improving America's digital identity infrastructure... |
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Gartner Says Government Organizations Are Increasing Investment In AI, But Their Workforce Remains Apprehensive |
Government organizations around the world are adopting artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to help them achieve their public purpose or mission, but government employees are still concerned about the technology’s impact, according Gartner, Inc... |
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Using Machine Learning to Make Government Spending Greener |
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Artificial Intelligence Can Improve How People Use Tech |
Research finds that the pandemic drastically changed how governments are thinking about AI, and Nevada CIO Alan Cunningham discusses how tools like AI will ultimately make it easier to interact with the state... |
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SafeGraph Launches Global POI Dataset, Becoming the Worldwide Leader in Places Data |
SafeGraph's newest dataset provides accurate, precise, and up-to-date data on millions of global points of interest... |
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LinkedIn to Replace Networking Platform With Jobs-Only Version in China |
Microsoft Corp is pulling the plug on LinkedIn in China nearly seven years after its launch, marking the retreat of the last major U.S.-owned social network in China as authorities there further tighten their control over the internet sector... |
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Informatica Announces Joint Strategic Cloud Data Management Partnership with Google Cloud |
Informatica, an enterprise cloud data management leader, today announced a new joint cloud migration program with Google Cloud that accelerates customers' migration from on-premises enterprise data warehouses...
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Socure Announces the Launch of Its Public Sector Business with a Mission to Improve Access to Government Digital Services and Eliminate Fraud |
Socure, the leading provider of digital identity verification and fraud solutions, announced the launch of its public sector business led by identity industry veteran and public sector expert Matt Thompson...
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Tamr's 2021 DataMasters Summit Elevates Next-Generation Data Mastering To A Critical Businesses Need For Digital Transformations |
The Second Annual DataMasters Summit Features Tamr Customer Success Stories, An Exciting Product Announcement, Keynote By a 4X Olympian... |
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The Federal Executive Forum's Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Government 2021 |
Date: October 19, 2021
Date: 1 p.m. ET
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: No Fee
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2021 National Security Forum |
National security threats are constantly evolving and changing, and the government must stay a step ahead of those changes. While it’s relatively easy to prepare for known threats, anticipating and preparing for the threats of the future is a different task. |
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