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CBP issues privacy impact assessment for past commercial telemetry data usage

FedScoop

Customs and Border Protection confirmed in a privacy review published earlier this month that it was no longer collecting telemetry data, or smartphone location data, provided by commercial firms. In January, FedScoop reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had stopped using smart phone location data.

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ICE pursuing privacy approvals related to controversial phone location data

FedScoop

Back in January, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it had stopped using commercial telemetry data that government agencies buy from private companies. This kind of documentation is supposed to be released when agencies deploy a technology that could involve someone’s personal information. Relatedly, Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.,

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Defining Open Data

GovLoop

CDC Data Maps Illustrate Threat Impacts It’s often impossible to confine environmental and public health events to a specific jurisdiction, agency or area of responsibility. EJI draws its data from the CDC, Census Bureau, Environmental Protection Agency, and Mine Safety and Health Administration.

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Empowering the public sector with secure, governed generative AI experimentation

AWS Public Sector

Successful adoption of generative AI, especially within the public sector, requires organizations to enable systematic experimentation and exploration, with their own data, for their workforce and constituents. Protecting the privacy and security of this information when using generative AI can be a significant challenge.

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Behind the technologies at the forefront of improving NOAA hurricane data

FedScoop

Collecting data from inside a hurricane can feel like sticking toothpicks in a donut. For decades, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has used small tubular devices with parachutes attached, known as dropsondes, to gather information about the storms. But that day is coming.

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The nexus between data management tools, transparency and procurement policy

Federal News Network

Data management tools, like pricing algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI), are playing an ever-larger role in Federal procurement as agencies look to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and improve contract outcomes. Coalition members generally support the use of these new data management technologies.

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As the Acquisition World Turns: OFPP turns heat up on primes

Federal News Network

Two data points help us understand some important facets of federal contracting. Our review shows that the most prevalent reasons for sustaining protests during the 2024 fiscal year were: (1) unreasonable technical evaluation; (2) flawed selection decision; and (3) unreasonable cost or price evaluation,” GAO wrote in its report. “It