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Welcome to Carpe Datum’s weekly newsletter, the Federal Data Prospector (Vol. 4, Issue 22) which happens to be the only publication of its kind dedicated exclusively to Data & Analytics companies who share our passion for serving the Public Sector. As weeks come and go in the business of publishing this newsletter fifty-two times per year, the content in this week’s issue truly stands out over most and the theme appears to be Open-Source Intelligence (aka OSINT). BTW – this theme is not just limited to the highlighted items listed below – instead, Open Source Intelligence seems to pervade throughout. We hope you enjoy!
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In other data news, on May 3rd, Government Computer News published an interesting article entitled, Open-source intelligence: The new frontier of digital investigations. In this article, Yossi Ofek describes how end-to-end open source intelligence solutions that can automatically collect, analyze and structure information in a user-friendly way can help investigators get actionable insights from mountains of online data.
- “Public government databases also represent a rich source of OSINT data, including mortgage information, titles, real-property data, deeds, licenses and business records. Public government data can prove ownership of legal entities such as businesses and real estate. However, public data can be challenging to find, because each government agency stores and manages its data differently, which has traditionally required manual searches. OSINT data can also come from professional and academic publications, as well as gray literature including technical reports, patents, working papers and newsletters. This data can help build a complete profile of an individual during the hiring process or before issuing loans, grants or funding.”
The Carpe Datum Team
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Enhanced Protection of Information Capabilities (EPIC)
Dept. of Defense
| The DoD seeks technical solutions capable of customizing validated commercial technologies for onboarding, managing, and offboarding personnel and their data over the course of their career... | |
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R699--Identity Trait Verification Tool Licenses
Dept. of Veterans Affairs
| The Department of Veterans Affairs, Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) is conducting market research and is seeking written responses with information to assist the Government with identifying potential sources that are interested in, and capable of, providing an existing commercial off-the-shelf web-based application identity trait verification tool for Government use... | |
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Food at Home / Food Away From Home Data
Dept. of Agriculture
| The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Economic Research Service (ERS), in Washington,DC has a requirement which is described in theattached Statement of Work for: Food Away from Home (FAFH) and Food at Home (FAH) Locations and Patterns... | |
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Modeling Influence Pathways (MIPs)
Dept. of Defense
| The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is issuing an Artificial Intelligence Exploration (AIE) Opportunity inviting submissions of innovative basic or applied research concepts in the technical domain of influence messaging pathways in a dynamic ecosystem of the information environment... | |
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BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT: Digital Twin for Earth Observations (EO-DT) Using Artificial Intelligence
Dept. of Commerce
| Registration Form - May 4, 2022 | |
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Flood Data Collection & Analysis
Dept. of the Interior
| Industry Day Questions - May 4, 2022 | |
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Storage and Management of Chemical and Biological Threat Agent Data
Dept. of the Interior
| Response Date Extended - May 6, 2022 | |
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Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) For the EOS Data and Information System (EOSDIS)
NASA
| NASA/GSFC intends to issue a sole source contract to acquire the Socioeconomic Data and Application Center Distributed Active Archive Center (SEDAC DAAC) for NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) from the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) of the Columbia Climate School at Columbia University... | |
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Intent to Sole Source - Dun & Bradstreet Inc. Subscription Services for the Department of Treasury
Dept. of the Treasury
| The Office of Business Solutions Acquisition (OBSA); Treasury Operations Branch, intends to negotiate a sole-source acquisition for an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with Dun & Bradstreet Inc. for D&B Investigate subscription service options with a need date of September 1, 2022... | |
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Intent to Sole Source - Drug List Data
Dept. of Commerce
| The Government intends to award a sole contract to SSR Health based on FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i)... | |
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Public Spend Forum to Offer AI-Powered Services Under GSA’s Phase III IDIQ Award | Public Spend Forum, a company that offers data regarding market behaviors and public sector information, has won a five-year, $40 million contract award from the General Services Administration... | |
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Verato Inc was awarded an $8,026,416 firm-fixed-price task order against HS0021-19-A-0005 for the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). | Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, is awarded a $230,545,382 fixed–priced incentive (firm target) contract modification to previously awarded contract N00024-19-C-2227 to exercise the option for the detail design and construction of Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) 16... | |
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Palantir Deepens Relationship With U.K. Ministry of Defence | Data analytics company Palantir Technologies Inc. struck a 10 million-pound ($12.5 million) contract with the U.K. Ministry of Defence, the U.S. firm’s largest with the high-profile department... | |
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HHS makes Palantir data analytics platform available to all its agencies | The Department of Health and Human Services will let its agencies use Palantir’s data analytics platform via a five-year, $90 million blanket purchase agreement announced Wednesday... | |
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The Pentagon wants to prevent personnel data tracking, breaches | The Defense Department's innovation shop is looking for commercial solutions that can help better protect personnel data... | |
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IRS leader explains why the IRS went to ID.me | The agency needs to be able to identity proof online users at a certain level to be able to offer a full menu of online services, Rettig told lawmakers... | |
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Fusing open-source and military intelligence is next big step in Army’s transition to information advantage | As the Army moves toward finalizing its new information advantage doctrine, its next major focus is better fusing open-source intelligence with the exquisite military sources it has traditionally relied upon, according to the service’s retiring top cyber commander... | |
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The Next Cybersecurity Crisis: Poisoned AI | For the past decade, artificial intelligence has been used to recognize faces, rate creditworthiness and predict the weather... | |
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Outgoing intelligence community data chief previews forthcoming data strategy | The intelligence community is drafting a new data strategy for the first time since 2017, with a big focus on training a data savvy workforce well equipped to take advantage of an increasing deluge of information that intelligence agencies are both collecting and producing... | |
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GAO: Federal Agencies Had Open Source Data on Potential Violence Prior to Capitol Attack | The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says federal agencies obtained and shared social media posts and other publicly available information (open source data) on potential criminal activity prior to January 6, 2021... | |
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Alberta's first public AI lab hopes to solve nagging government problems with data and innovation | Alberta's first public artificial intelligence lab is being hailed as a ground-breaking way to create data-driven solutions for government problems — and an incentive to keep talented computer science graduates from leaving the province... | |
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Rev up cloud data analytics using software as a service | Agencies benefit when they move their applications to commercial clouds... | |
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SafeGraph is under fire for selling abortion data. Its CEO says more changes are coming. | After it was called out, SafeGraph CEO Auren Hoffman said it might change its rules for how it provides data to researchers, even though he said this data “has no commercial value.” | |
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Jim Flynn: Federal agency sues TransUnion for violating settlement | The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on April 12 sued one of the big three players in the credit reporting business, TransUnion, as well as John Danaher, a former TransUnion senior executive... | |
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UrbanFootprint Launches New Data Mapping and Analytics Solution to Drive Better Decision-Making in the Distribution of Government Aid | The new software solution, Government Assistance Program Intelligence, provides state and local government agencies, partners, and stakeholders with capabilities to access, map, and analyze critical data on food, rental, and housing-fund assistance... | |
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MeasureOne and TurnKey Lender Partner to Empower Lenders with Consumer-Permissioned Data | MeasureOne, the leading consumer-permissioned data platform, is pleased to announce a new partnership and integration with TurnKey Lender... | |
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- The webinar is at 12.30pm on Wednesday 11 May
- Learn how the effective use of data analytics can create robust, future-proofed organisations
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