Claude for Government Now Generally Available for Federal and State Agencies

Anthropic has announced the general availability of Claude for Government for federal and state agencies. The platform provides Claude's coding and agentic work capabilities within a FedRAMP High authorized environment, having previously been in public beta since July. Agencies gain access to capabilities comparable to commercial customers while maintaining compliance requirements, with new features arriving on the commercial release cadence.

Key features include desktop integration for tasks like memo creation and RFP reviews, and Claude Code for software modernization. Additionally, the Claude Code command-line interface and Claude for Microsoft 365 are rolling out in early access through the same environment. The service includes purpose-built governance controls, such as department-level spending allocation, user tier management, and audit logs. Billing is usage-based with no seat fees, featuring fixed increments and hard not-to-exceed caps. Security features include single sign-on, SCIM group mappings, and two-person approval for sensitive operations.