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Fractional CTO & technical strategy
Senior technical leadership on a part-time or interim basis: architecture decisions, roadmaps, and the calls a program needs made well, without a full-time hire.
Technology leadership & governance
Steady technical leadership your program can rely on
Not every government program needs a full-time chief technologist. Most need senior judgment, clear governance, and someone accountable for the standards. We provide that, and build the capability to carry it on without us.
01 / WHY IT MATTERS
Most public-sector technology fails for want of governance, not talent
Systems do not usually fail because the people building them are not capable. They fail because no one owns the standards, decisions are not written down, accessibility is treated as a launch-day checkbox, and the next vendor inherits a system no one can explain.
Governance is the boring, durable work that prevents that: who decides, against what standard, reviewed how often. We do that work plainly, and we leave your team able to keep doing it.
02 / WHAT WE PROVIDE
Leadership and governance, in eight concrete forms
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IT & digital governance
Clear decision rights, standards, and review gates so a program stays consistent and accountable across teams, contractors, and changes in administration.
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Accessibility program governance
Make conformance a standing process, not a one-time audit: policy, training, and checks that keep a service at WCAG 2.2 AA long after launch.
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Security & compliance posture
Practical security governance and a realistic path toward formal compliance. We are candid about status: our own SOC 2 Type II is in progress.
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Procurement & vendor oversight
Help scope RFPs, evaluate proposals on their merits, and hold vendors to measurable, testable standards through delivery.
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Technical due diligence & assessment
Independent review of an existing system, codebase, or proposal, returned as a prioritized, plain-language report a non-technical sponsor can act on.
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Roadmaps & modernization planning
Sequence the work so legacy systems are replaced safely and incrementally, and the result is something your team can actually maintain.
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Team mentoring & capability building
Level up in-house staff through pairing, code review, and documentation, so the capability stays with you after the engagement ends.
Accessibility governance ties directly to our flagship practice. See our accessibility approach.
03 / HOW WE ENGAGE
Four ways to bring us in
Fractional / retainer
Ongoing technical leadership a few days a month, for programs that need senior judgment without a permanent role.
Project oversight
Named technical authority for a specific build, migration, or remediation, accountable for standards and delivery.
Assessment
A fixed-scope review of a system, vendor, or plan, returned with findings and a prioritized roadmap.
Advisory
Leadership and board-level guidance on digital strategy, risk, and the questions worth asking before you commit.
04 / HOW WE LEAD
Four commitments we govern by
Build to outlast the administration
Decisions favor durability and maintainability over whatever is fashionable this budget cycle.
Decisions in plain language
Recommendations and trade-offs are written so a sponsor, a clerk, and an engineer can all follow them.
Vendor-neutral by default
We advise on proven, non-proprietary technology and have no incentive to lock you into a platform.
Accountable and documented
Governance is only real if it is written down and reviewable. Every standing decision is recorded.
Need a steady hand on the technology?
Tell us where your program stands. We will tell you plainly what leadership and governance it needs, and what it does not.