Federal & Defense
Federal and defense organizations don't have the luxury of slow. Budget cycles are fixed, compliance is non-negotiable, and every capability has to be defensible to leadership, auditors, and oversight bodies. We bring the same analytical rigor we deploy in Fortune 500 environments — packaged for federal contracting vehicles and governed for the accountability requirements that come with them.
Certifications & Registrations
UEI
KFTRUXU6KYA4
CAGE Code
9TFF7
Our Approach
Most technology vendors approach federal work the same way they approach commercial work — and wonder why it takes twice as long and delivers half the value. The federal environment has distinct requirements: procurement constraints, security frameworks, oversight obligations, and budget cycles that don't flex. A solution that works in a commercial Fortune 500 environment has to be re-architected to work here.
We built our federal practice on the same two capability areas we deploy in the private sector — Technology Spend Intelligence and AI Adoption & Productivity — because the problems are the same. Federal agencies still struggle to answer basic questions about what their technology costs and what it returns. They still have AI investments that aren't scaling. The difference is the compliance layer, the contracting vehicle, and the oversight accountability. We address all three.
Measurable outcomes, defensible methodology, documentation that survives an audit. That's what we deliver — in the federal timeline, not the commercial one.
Capabilities
Our commercial solution offerings are configured for government data architectures, security requirements, and oversight obligations — not adapted from commercial deployments after the fact.
01 — Technology Spend Intelligence
Federal agencies operate under budget cycles, appropriation constraints, and oversight requirements that make technology cost visibility not just useful — but mandatory. Our Technology Spend Intelligence capability gives agency CIOs, CFOs, and IT directors a unified, auditable view of technology spend across programs, initiatives, and cost centers. Configured for government chart of accounts, data governance standards, and the reporting cadences that federal oversight bodies require.
Cost Transparency
Full-stack cost allocation mapped to agency program structure, appropriation categories, and mission areas. Built to survive IG review.
FinOps
Cloud spend visibility, allocation, anomaly detection, and optimization across AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, and hybrid environments.
Planning & Forecasting
Driver-based forecasting aligned to federal budget formulation timelines. Respond to OMB passbacks and congressional add/cuts with data, not estimates.
Value Realization
IT investment tracking against mission performance metrics. Produce the evidence package that justifies continued funding to program managers and oversight bodies.
02 — AI Adoption & Productivity
Federal AI adoption is accelerating — and so is the scrutiny. OMB guidance, NIST AI RMF, and agency-specific AI policy requirements create a compliance landscape that most commercial AI implementations weren't designed for. We deploy AI adoption and governance frameworks that are built for the federal operating environment from day one: ATO-ready documentation, risk tiering aligned to federal standards, and agentic workflow architectures that meet zero-trust requirements.
Agentic Operations
Agentic AI workflows designed with the observability, audit trails, and human escalation paths that federal operations require. Production-grade from day one.
AI Governance & Risk
AI governance frameworks aligned to OMB AI policy, NIST AI RMF, and agency-specific requirements. ATO documentation, risk tiering, and exam-ready evidence packages.
Productivity Measurement
Productivity baselines established before deployment. 30 and 90-day measurement against actuals. The evidence your program managers need to justify AI investment in the next budget cycle.
Data Governance
Data lineage, access controls, and governance frameworks aligned to FedRAMP, FISMA, and zero-trust architecture requirements. Security-first from the data layer up.
Why Matter + Energy
Four differentiators that matter in the federal environment specifically — not generic vendor claims repackaged for government buyers.
We translate complex problem sets into working prototypes in weeks, not months. Our Solutioning as a Service framework is built for the pace federal programs actually operate at — with the documentation discipline that oversight bodies require at every stage.
Security, governance, and audit trail requirements are architected into every solution from the first sprint — not addressed in a compliance review six months after go-live. Federal accountability requirements shape the architecture, not restrict it.
Sixteen-plus years of ITFM methodology refinement and enterprise AI implementation — applied to federal programs and packaged for federal contracting vehicles. Enterprise‑grade rigor without enterprise-grade timelines.
WOSB/EDWOSB and Small Disadvantaged Business certified — giving agencies the set-aside contracting flexibility they need without sacrificing the implementation depth that large-scale IT programs demand.
With our Technology Spend Intelligence capability fully configured, agency leaders can answer ad-hoc cost questions 95% faster than manual analysis. The kind of speed that matters when a congressional staffer or OMB analyst needs an answer by end of day.
We don't close engagements when documentation is delivered. We close them when the outcome is confirmed — measured against the baseline we established at the start. For federal programs, that means evidence packages that hold up under review, not decks that get filed.
The Federal Context
Every solution we deliver for federal organizations is designed against the specific constraints and accountability requirements of the federal operating environment. Not adapted from a commercial deployment — built for it.
This is what we mean when we say compliance is built in, not bolted on.
01
Budget & Appropriations Alignment
Technology cost models mapped to appropriation categories, program elements, and budget activity structures. Reporting aligned to OMB Circular A-11 and agency-specific budget formulation requirements.
02
FedRAMP & FISMA Compliance
Cloud architectures and data governance frameworks built to FedRAMP authorization requirements. Security controls aligned to FISMA implementation guidance and NIST SP 800-53.
03
AI Policy & NIST AI RMF
AI governance frameworks aligned to OMB AI policy memoranda and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework. ATO-ready documentation for AI systems across all risk tiers.
04
Zero-Trust Architecture
Agentic AI and data platform architectures designed for zero-trust environments — consistent with the federal zero-trust strategy and CISA zero-trust maturity model requirements.
05
IG & Oversight Defensibility
Audit trail architecture, documentation standards, and evidence package design structured for Inspector General review, GAO scrutiny, and congressional oversight requirements.
We reserve a limited number of lab sessions each quarter for qualified federal and defense teams. Bring one real operational challenge to our discovery session in downtown Washington DC — or join virtually — and walk away with a draft use case, reference architecture, and a clear MVP path. In a single 2 to 4-hour session.
Location
Washington DC
Duration
2–4 hours
Cost
No charge*
Format
In-person or virtual
Contracting & Procurement
Our Capability Statement covers our full service scope, certifications, NAICS codes, past performance summary, and key differentiators — formatted for federal procurement review. Download directly or request a customized version for a specific opportunity.
WOSB / EDWOSB · SDB · SWaM · DBE
UEI
KFTRUXU6KYA4 · CAGE: 9TFF7