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Direct answers to the questions public-sector teams ask us most - about secure AI, compliance, contract vehicles, and how to engage ALINEDS. Each one is written to stand on its own.
Is generative AI secure enough for government use?
Yes - when it's built for it. Generative AI can meet public-sector security and compliance requirements when it's deployed with private data handling, retrieval-augmented generation over your own governed sources, human-in-the-loop review, and controls aligned to the NIST AI Risk Management Framework. ALINEDS designs secure, compliant AI for government, so agencies gain the benefits of generative AI without exposing sensitive data or losing oversight.
Read the full answerWhat contract vehicles can government agencies use to buy ALINEDS services?
ALINEDS is available through six active public-sector contract vehicles: TXShare (NCTCOG) MSAs #2025-017 (ERP consultancy) and #2025-018 (AI solutions), Texas DIR DIR-CPO-5827 (IT staff augmentation), Washington State #16322 (IT development), PCA OD-372-22 (IT products and supplies), and TIPS (staffing and technology solutions). Eligible agencies can purchase ALINEDS’s services through these cooperative and statewide contracts without running a separate competitive procurement.
Read the full answerWhich compliance frameworks does ALINEDS align to for government IT and AI?
ALINEDS engineers its IT, cybersecurity, and AI services to the frameworks public agencies answer to - including NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, NIST CSF 2.0, and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, alongside FedRAMP, GovRAMP, HIPAA, FERPA, PCI-DSS, and CJIS as alignment targets. This lets government, education, and healthcare organizations modernize their IT and adopt AI while meeting their security and privacy obligations.
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