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Anthropic opens Claude for Government to federal and state agencies
Anthropic says Claude for Government is generally available for federal and state agencies, after a public beta that has run since July.
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Key points
- Anthropic says Claude for Government is generally available for federal and state agencies, after a public beta since July.
- The platform delivers Claude’s coding and agentic work capabilities through a FedRAMP High authorized environment, Anthropic says.
- Anthropic says there are no seat fees: agencies pay for usage in fixed increments with a hard not-to-exceed cap.
What happened
Anthropic says Claude for Government is generally available for federal and state agencies.
Anthropic says the platform delivers Claude’s coding and agentic work capabilities through a FedRAMP High authorized environment and has been in public beta since July.
Anthropic says there are no seat fees: agencies pay for usage in fixed increments with a hard not-to-exceed cap.
Anthropic says the Claude Code command-line interface and Claude for Microsoft 365 are rolling out in early access through the same environment.
Anthropic says administrators can allocate and control spending across departments, and security teams get audit logs and documentation that supports the agency ATO process.
What it means for you
Our viewAnthropic describes usage-based buying with a hard cap on spend, and says administrators can allocate and control spending across departments. It also says security teams get audit logs and documentation that supports the agency ATO process.
The Claude Code command-line interface and Claude for Microsoft 365 are still in early access, so general availability does not cover them yet. If you buy for a public body, ask what happens when the not-to-exceed cap is reached, and whether the ATO documentation covers the environment you plan to use.
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Anthropic says Claude for Government is generally available for federal and state agencies.
Today, Claude for Government is generally available for federal and state agencies.
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Anthropic says the platform delivers Claude’s coding and agentic work capabilities through a FedRAMP High authorized environment and has been in public beta since July.
The platform, which delivers Claude's coding and agentic work capabilities through a FedRAMP High authorized environment, has been in public beta since July.
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Anthropic says there are no seat fees: agencies pay for usage in fixed increments with a hard not-to-exceed cap.
No seat fees. Agencies pay for usage in fixed increments with a hard not-to-exceed cap, so spend does not exceed what an agency has obligated.
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Anthropic says the Claude Code command-line interface and Claude for Microsoft 365 are rolling out in early access through the same environment.
The Claude Code command-line interface and Claude for Microsoft 365 are also rolling out in early access through the same environment and with the same administrative controls.
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Anthropic says administrators can allocate and control spending across departments, and security teams get audit logs and documentation that supports the agency ATO process.
Administrators can set configuration defaults as well as allocate and control spending across departments. Security teams and authorizing officials get audit logs and documentation that supports the agency ATO process.
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