Government & public sector

AI agent governance for government and public sector

FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, the Executive Order on AI, EU AI Act: public sector sits in the highest-risk tier. Every citizen-facing agent needs a complete registry entry, risk classification, and audit trail before it touches production.

Agency agent inventory
Agent Classification FedRAMP
benefits-processor PII Authorized
case-reviewer CUI Authorized
report-generator Public Pending
citizen-portal-assistant PII Unauthorized
citizen-portal-assistant accessing PII without FedRAMP authorization
The challenge

Government AI mandates are outpacing agency readiness

Agencies are deploying citizen-facing AI agents while compliance frameworks are still being written. The gap between mandate and implementation creates real risk: for citizens, for data, and for public trust.

Executive Order requirements demand an inventory of every AI system in use, risk assessments, and annual reporting. Most agencies have none of this infrastructure in place.

NIST 800-53 was written for traditional IT systems. Mapping its 1,000+ controls to autonomous AI agents that call external APIs and chain decisions requires a purpose-built layer.

Citizen data (Social Security numbers, benefits records, case files) flows through LLM prompts with no visibility into what leaves the agency boundary or gets cached by a model provider.

Regulatory frameworks

Regulatory frameworks for government

Pre-mapped requirements. Activate a framework and Roval tracks evidence per requirement.

US
NIST 800-53 nist-800-53

Security and privacy controls for federal information systems, mapped to AI agent governance requirements.

Active
24 requirements Federal security
US
FedRAMP fedramp

Cloud service authorization for federal agencies, extended to cover AI agent deployment and model provider selection.

Active
20 requirements Cloud authorization
EU
EU AI Act eu-ai-act

High-risk AI classification, conformity assessment, and transparency obligations for public sector AI systems.

Active
22 requirements High-risk AI
US
NIST AI RMF nist-ai-rmf

AI risk management framework: govern, map, measure, and manage AI risks across the agency lifecycle.

18 requirements Risk management
Industry
ISO 42001 iso-42001

International standard for AI management systems: governance, risk, and responsible AI development practices.

16 requirements AI management
Industry
SOC 2 Type II soc2-type-ii

Trust service criteria mapped to agent governance, required by cloud service providers serving federal agencies.

18 requirements Annual audit
Policies

Pre-built policies for government

Start from a template, customize the rules, and activate. Every policy enforces controls on your agents.

Citizen PII protection

Detects Social Security numbers, benefits records, and citizen identifiers in prompts. Blocks sensitive data from reaching external model APIs.

Active
18 blocked · 14 sensitive · 6 read-only
Classified data boundary

Enforces network boundaries for agents handling CUI and classified data. Prevents data from crossing authorization levels.

Active
12 blocked · 10 sensitive · 4 read-only
Agency audit trail

Logs every agent decision, tool call, and data access with timestamps and user context. Exportable for IG and GAO reviews.

8 blocked · 6 sensitive · 12 read-only
Procurement compliance

Validates that AI vendors and model providers meet federal procurement requirements: FedRAMP authorization, data residency, and pricing controls.

6 blocked · 5 sensitive · 8 read-only
Algorithmic impact assessment

Requires documented impact assessments before deploying agents that affect benefits eligibility, case decisions, or public services.

4 blocked · 8 sensitive · 10 read-only
Cross-agency data sharing

Controls for agents that access data from multiple agencies: enforces data sharing agreements, purpose limitations, and audit logging.

10 blocked · 7 sensitive · 5 read-only
How it works

Built for the audit that's already scheduled

Agency-wide agent inventory

Register every AI agent across the agency: framework, model, owner, risk tier. Search by natural language. Export the full inventory for IG and GAO reporting.

Agent registry
09:14:02
citizen-portal-assistant Agent registered, owner: j.martinez@agency.gov
Tier 3
09:15:47
benefits-processor Risk classified Tier 3, High (citizen data)
Tier 3
10:02:31
case-reviewer Certified, NIST 800-53 AC-2, AU-2
Certified
11:38:09
citizen-portal-assistant FedRAMP evidence uploaded, SC-7, SC-13
Evidence

Real-time cost attribution

See which agents call which models, how many tokens they consume, and what they cost. Set budget alerts per bureau, per agent, per model.

Cost attribution, March 2026
Agent Model Tokens Cost
citizen-portal-assistant gpt-4o 3.1M $1,580
benefits-processor claude-3-5 2.2M $1,090
case-reviewer gpt-4o-mini 890K $445
document-classifier gpt-4o 4.6M $2,340 ↑

Continuous compliance monitoring

Certifications expire. Configurations drift. Owners rotate. Roval detects it all within 15 minutes and alerts before your next IG review.

Compliance posture
800-53
91% Pass
FedRAMP
100% Pass
EU AI Act
84% Review
benefits-processor: ATO evidence expires in 12 days
case-reviewer: owner k.nguyen@agency.gov rotated

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