Anthropic Makes Claude for Government Generally Available for Federal and State Agencies

Anthropic has made Claude for Government generally available to federal and state agencies, delivering Claude's coding and agentic work capabilities through a FedRAMP High authorized environment. The platform, which has been in public beta since July, allows agencies to access capabilities comparable to Anthropic’s commercial customers without compromising compliance requirements, with new features arriving on the commercial release cadence.

Core Capabilities and Early Access Tools

Agency staff can use Claude directly with desktop files to leverage skills, plugins, and projects for tasks such as memo creation, RFP reviews, and casework. Public sector teams can utilize Claude Code to build and modernize software systems underpinning public services. Additionally, the Claude Code command-line interface and Claude for Microsoft 365 are rolling out in early access through the same environment, sharing identical administrative controls.

Governance, Billing, and Administration

The platform includes governance controls specifically designed for the public sector, allowing administrators to set configuration defaults and control spending across departments. Security teams receive audit logs and documentation to support the agency ATO (Authority to Operate) process, while procurement officers can contract directly with Anthropic on general-availability terms.

Key administrative features include:

• Usage-Based Billing: Agencies pay for usage in fixed increments with a hard not-to-exceed cap, eliminating seat fees. Administrators can define user tiers with specific spend and model limits.
• Departmental Organization: Department-level administrators allocate prepaid usage to sub-agencies, which manage their own users. The system supports single sign-on via agency identity providers and uses SCIM group mappings to set rate limits and allowed models.
• Oversight and Security: Administrative actions are recorded in an audit log, and sensitive operations on Anthropic's side require two-person approval. Conversation history remains local on agency-managed devices, and usage exports contain only metering data to facilitate ATO and Inspector General requests.

Deployment and Access

Claude for Government is available to federal and state agencies without requiring a separate cloud-provider relationship. Existing customers can migrate to the desktop application and import conversation history via an in-app feature. The application deploys through standard agency MDM platforms, and a FedRAMP Secure Configuration Guide is available through Anthropic's trust center.