Claude for Government is now generally available. It runs in a FedRAMP High authorized environment. Agencies get coding and agentic work capabilities. New features arrive on the commercial release cadence. Claude Code CLI and Claude for Microsoft 365 are in early access. Agencies pay for usage with a hard spend cap. Admins set user tiers, spend limits and model access. Audit logs and two-person approvals support oversight. Conversation history stays on agency-managed devices. Existing customers can import their history. New agencies can request access now.
What changed
Claude for Government was in public beta since July.
What it unlocks
Federal and state agencies can now use Claude in a FedRAMP High environment with full admin controls.
- FedRAMP High authorized
- no seat fees
- hard not-to-exceed spend cap
What you need to act on it
- federal or state agency status
- FedRAMP High compliance requirements
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