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Behind every farm payment, there's a system keeping it moving. Our USDA Farm Production and Conservation team makes sure that when a farmer is counting on a check, it shows up. Not glamorous, but essential. 

We're kicking off a new series called Client Focus to shine a light on the teams and technology powering some of America's most critical missions. For USDA, we’ve untangled 95+ back-end systems, modernized farmers.gov, and built tools that actually work for the people who use them.

Rapid outbreak response isn't new for us.

Our global health lead Mariandrea Chamorro takes us inside two decades of Abt’s work to stem health threats, from Zika across Latin America to Ebola in the DRC and West Africa.

This next episode of our Client Focus series explains how our surveillance, data, and health-systems strengthening have helped governments detect risks earlier, deploy the right tools faster, and build enduring capabilities. We’re applying that approach today to HIV prevention and services in Mozambique and across Africa to stop malaria vectors before they spread.

As the Department of State underscores the importance of global health security to safeguard American interests, Abt is supporting country-led transition plans under new U.S. bilateral agreements.

Behind every public health decision is data that has to be right — and leaders who can act on it with confidence. 

In this episode of our Client Focus series, our public health lead Matt Eby discusses how his early career in research shaped his grounding in reliable data for decisions that affect communities, allocate resources, and save lives. 

Abt has spent decades partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), turning complex health data into evidence-based insights leaders can trust. As America modernizes its public health systems, Abt’s is applying that same standard: AI can accelerate the work, but qualified experts remain responsible for validating every result. Speed isn’t enough. Abt measures success by whether government leaders can trust the information in front of them when it matters most.

Housing for America’s families often means more than just having a roof. 

In this episode of our Client Focus series, our housing lead Lauren Pittenger explains how her unusual career path from laboratory science and public health policy shapes how she looks at housing stability. Mental health, substance-use support, and access to work are all tangled up in the housing outcomes HUD is trying to improve. 

Abt has been HUD’s longtime partner in the Annual Homelessness Assessment Report and in evaluations, technical assistance, and program designs that inform federal housing policy. Now we’re bringing advanced technology as HUD pursues extensive modernization to streamline and integrate systems and break down silos. 

We are committed to housing America, and we have the tools and understanding to make it happen.

Behind every Medicare and Medicaid claim is a system that has to get the details right — and a partner who understands why those details matter. 

In this episode of our Client Focus series, Abt's VP of Healthcare reflects on a personal experience navigating Medicare with a family member. ZeAmma Brathwaite now carries that perspective as she oversees 17 active CMS contracts and a new Innovation Center implementation award.

Abt is doing the unglamorous but essential work of data engineering, policy translation, and program design that turns fragmented systems into measurable outcomes, including for the Integrated Care for Kids program.

CMS has been direct about what it wants from contractors: automation over manual tasks, outcomes over activity, and a serious approach to Medicaid fraud. Abt is responding, by rolling out automation across its CMS portfolio, tying projects to results that hold up to scrutiny, building human review into every AI-assisted process, and connecting the dots across Medicaid, SNAP, fraud detection, and provider enrollment.

Slide decks don't close deals. A real story with real impact does.

In this episode of our Client Focus series, Harold Poston, Abt's Growth Lead, Military Health and Veterans Affairs — and a veteran himself — explains what he's hearing from federal CIOs and program leaders. They want a partner who knows that AI isn't one tool, who's upfront about worst-case scenarios before a contract is signed, and who delivers actionable results instead of endless studies.

That discipline shows up across Abt's work for agencies like the VA, the Defense Health Agency (DHA), and the Department of War (DOW). From untangling the back-end systems behind farmers.gov to running the Millennial Cohort — the longest-running study of how military deployments affect families — Abt pairs real research with a real plan for what comes next.

As VA.gov and the next wave of military health modernization efforts take shape, Abt is bringing the right toolbox: Abt Digital Solutions and our AI practice, backed by federal subject-matter experts who've already delivered at scale.

Some partnerships aren't built overnight — they're built over decades.

In this episode of our Client Focus series, Joe Donahue, Abt's EPA Lead, reflects on a career that started right out of college and has spanned the full range of Abt's work with the agency — work that shapes environmental policy affecting lives across the country and around the globe.

Abt has served as an EPA contractor for forty years, with many staff dedicating twenty years or more to the agency's mission. That tenure comes with practical experience across the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, and other core environmental statutes — plus early, sustained work in machine learning, natural-language processing, and geospatial analytics, long before AI entered the mainstream conversation. On programs like the Toxics Release Inventory, Abt has helped automate data reporting while safeguarding the public record against misreporting.

As EPA modernizes, Abt is bringing that same deep subject-matter expertise into every digital, AI, and analytics conversation — building systems that hold up to scientific scrutiny, statutory review, and public release. It's not a new approach. It's what Abt has always done.

At Abt, AI has always stood for something - Abt Intelligence. And now it's powering a suite of AI solutions built on 60 years of mission-driven expertise, designed to extend your team's capacity without expanding your budget, and governed with the security, compliance, and human oversight federal environments demand.

Learn more about the suite of solutions here: https://www.abtglobal.com/abt-intelligence

Abt Global and its division TSPi marry technical strength with deep federal program knowledge to help agencies transform legacy environments into modern digital platforms.

If you’re preparing an RFI, shaping a future solicitation, or planning your agency’s modernization roadmap—let’s talk. Reach us at: CGO@abtglobal.com

Where to start with AI, especially if you're a small healthcare organization? Abt's white paper offers a framework to evaluate potential use cases and fast-track ones with the most potential. 

Abt’s Jordan Shimer shares how we built a tool that helps researchers speed up regulatory reviews without forcing them to learn a new system because we embedded the AI directly into their existing workflow. It drafts summaries, flags key evidence, and cuts manual steps, all while preserving usability and trust. 

That is AI engineered for impact: integrated, intuitive, and effective from day one.

Our founder, Clark Abt, has never talked much about his experience in the military and with a major defense contractor. Yet as our CEO Kathleen Flanagan explains, it clearly shaped his vision for our company.

Our Chief Growth Officer describes how we’re ramping up our support for civilian and military populations at home and abroad.

Lisa Simeon, our Chief Transformation Officer, invites hashtag#veterans to join a collegial team improving lives and strengthening systems, while driving digital innovation worldwide

Our DC-based team volunteers with the Honor Flight Network. In November 2025, we welcomed a group of veterans from northern Nevada to the National Mall for a once‑in‑a‑lifetime visit to the memorials built for those who served. 

Abt Global is proud to honor National Veterans and Military Families Month with stories from veterans and military family members who are an essential part of our community. Lori Hunter, one our digital technology leaders, is a proud military family member.

As an Army veteran and Army spouse, Harold Poston knows firsthand the importance of the military healthcare system. It drives his commitment as a Abt growth executive to improve systems and standards of care for all service members. Learn more at: https://www.abtglobal.com/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=military_families_fy26&utm_content=My_Origin_Story_Harold