https://wiki.soylentnews.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Articles%3AWatch_the_Watchers_with_Federal_Contracts_DatabaseArticles:Watch the Watchers with Federal Contracts Database - Revision history2026-04-06T15:05:24ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.41.4https://wiki.soylentnews.org/index.php?title=Articles:Watch_the_Watchers_with_Federal_Contracts_Database&diff=6615&oldid=prevProspectacle: Created article, based on: http://soylentnews.org/articles/14/03/20/1547235.shtml2014-03-21T01:27:57Z<p>Created article, based on: http://soylentnews.org/articles/14/03/20/1547235.shtml</p>
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The EFF has put together a quick tutorial[https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/03/transparency-tip-how-track-government-projects-defense-contractor] on finding out what sorts of surveillance technologies US federal agencies have been buying. This is accomplished with the search feature on FedBizOpps[https://www.fbo.gov/], a website for government contractors to find "federal business opportunities". <br />
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Examples of documents that anyone can retrieve from the database include the Director of National Intelligence's funding of a program to dramatically increase facial recognition algorithms[https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=9af4574d0fcf89a2fbcd9eb2d8c8921f&tab=core&_cview=0], the FBI purchasing fiber-optic tapping systems[https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=120f042888a2f4e60c30b111f7706671&_cview=0] and a contract for drone programs in Burundi, Kenya and Uganda[https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1088159-fa4890-13-f-q106-j-amp-a-redacted-6.html].<br />
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==External links / Further reading==<br />
[https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/03/transparency-tip-how-track-government-projects-defense-contractor EFF Tutorial]<br />
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[https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=5b4b8745e39bae3510f0ed820a08c8e2&_cview=0 Example of FBI Soliciting Malware]<br />
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[https://www.eff.org/about About the Electronic Frontier Foundation]<br />
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[https://www.fbo.gov/ Home page of the FBO (government contractors site)]<br />
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==Revisions==<br />
<li>Included Explanation of FedBizOpps<br />
<li>Links to the FedBizOpps site and example results mentioned in the article<br />
<li>Link to "About" page of the EFF, for background</div>Prospectacle