Precisely Unveils FedRAMP-Authorized API to Modernize Government Services

By Patrick Griffin

BURLINGTON, Mass. – April 07, 2026 – Precisely, a global leader in data integrity, has announced a significant expansion of its FedRAMP-authorized offerings with the launch of its Geo Addressing API. The new tool, integrated within the company's Data Integrity Suite, provides a unified solution for address verification, geocoding, and autocomplete, designed to help U.S. public-sector agencies streamline operations and enhance the reliability of citizen services.

This move addresses a long-standing challenge for federal, state, and local governments: the fragmentation of data systems. As agencies accelerate their transition to the cloud, the accuracy of address data remains a foundational, yet often flawed, component for delivering everything from benefits eligibility and emergency management to routine communications. The new API aims to close this gap by providing a single, secure, and cloud-native service that meets stringent federal security mandates.

Overcoming Barriers to Modernization

Government agencies have long grappled with the consequences of inaccurate and inconsistent data. According to industry reports, a staggering 70% of government officials acknowledge that data problems directly impede their ability to deliver effective programs. This often stems from a reliance on multiple, disconnected tools and manual processes to manage address information. The result is a cascade of operational failures: misrouted emergency services, delayed benefits payments, failed communications, and soaring administrative costs.

These inefficiencies create significant barriers to the government's broader digital transformation goals. Analysts can spend up to 60% of their time simply verifying and correcting poor-quality data, a costly diversion of resources from mission-critical tasks. The financial toll is substantial, with some estimates suggesting that poor data quality can cost organizations the equivalent of 15% to 25% of their revenue. In the public sector, this translates to wasted taxpayer money and, more importantly, a degradation of public trust.

Precisely's Geo Addressing API is engineered to tackle this issue at its source. By embedding directly into cloud-based applications, it allows agencies to verify and enrich address data at the point of capture. This prevents errors from entering government systems in the first place, ensuring a higher degree of data integrity across all subsequent workflows. The unified nature of the API—combining three critical functions into one—eliminates the need for juggling multiple vendors and reduces the data silos that plague many government IT environments.

The FedRAMP Gold Standard: Security Meets Functionality

The API's availability within a FedRAMP-authorized suite is a crucial element of the announcement. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is the U.S. government's standardized approach to security assessment for cloud services. Achieving its 'Moderate Impact Level' authorization, which requires satisfying over 325 rigorous security controls, signifies that a solution is cleared to handle sensitive, non-classified government data.

For federal agencies, using FedRAMP-authorized products is mandatory, and this standard is increasingly adopted by state and local entities as a benchmark for security excellence. By offering its geo-addressing capabilities under this pre-vetted security framework, Precisely provides agencies a faster procurement and implementation path, bypassing many of the security hurdles that can stall modernization projects. This aligns with the federal government's "Cloud Smart" strategy, which prioritizes secure and efficient cloud adoption.

"Government agencies depend on trusted address and location data to deliver critical services to their citizens," said Clarence Hempfield, SVP of Product, Location Intelligence at Precisely. "By achieving FedRAMP authorization for the Geo Addressing API, we're enabling these agencies to modernize address-driven workflows, reduce complexity, increase speed, and improve confidence in the data powering these central public services."

While other companies like Esri and Melissa offer FedRAMP-authorized geospatial and address verification tools, Precisely's strategic focus is on providing a single, integrated API that covers the complete operational workflow—from real-time address suggestion to final validation and geocoding. This approach is designed to simplify development and deployment for agencies building modern, citizen-facing applications.

From Data Entry to Disaster Response

The practical applications of a unified geo-addressing solution are vast and impactful. The API combines three distinct but related capabilities:

1. Address Autocomplete: As a user types an address into a digital form, the tool suggests complete, validated options in real time. This accelerates form completion, reduces user frustration, and minimizes data entry errors from the outset.

2. Address Verification: The system then standardizes and validates the entered address against authoritative data from sources like national postal authorities. This ensures the address is accurate, complete, and deliverable, reducing the costs associated with returned mail and failed service deliveries.

3. Geocoding: Finally, the API appends precise geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) and consistent identifiers to the address. This location enrichment is vital for spatial analysis, logistics planning, and resource allocation.

Together, these functions empower agencies to improve a wide array of public services. In emergency management, accurate geocoding ensures first responders are dispatched to the correct location without delay. For social services, verified addresses guarantee that benefits checks and critical communications reach eligible households. During a natural disaster, reliable location data is essential for mapping affected areas, planning evacuations, and coordinating relief efforts.

By strengthening the integrity of this foundational data, the solution helps build a more resilient and responsive government infrastructure. It extends Precisely's role in the public sector beyond its established data governance tools, positioning the company as a key partner in operationalizing data for tangible, real-world outcomes.