Modern software for your agency, built on the systems you already run.

Fossa Labs designs and builds AI-enabled services, automation, and integrations for public sector IT teams. Your current systems keep running, every release is built to pass security and accessibility review, and you own everything we deliver.

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In plain terms

What we do for IT teams

Connect new tools to the systems you already run
Automate manual intake, sorting, and routing
Hand over code and documentation you own

01Sound familiar?

The problems we're hired to solve.

If any of these describe your shop, we can help.

What we hear from IT leadersWhat we do about it

“Our core system is decades old, and the people who know it are retiring.”
What we doWe put a secure, documented API in front of it, so new services can use it without anyone touching the core.
“Staff retype the same information into three different systems.”
What we doWe connect those systems so data is entered once and moves automatically, with a full audit trail.
“Leadership wants AI, but we can't let an unvetted tool decide anything.”
What we doWe build AI that drafts, sorts, and flags work, while your staff make every determination.
“Every change goes back to the vendor, on their timeline and at their price.”
What we doYou get the source code, architecture documentation, and runbooks. Your team, or any vendor, can make the next change.
“Security and accessibility reviews keep pushing our launch dates.”
What we doWe build to NIST 800-53 and Section 508 from the first sprint, so reviews confirm the work instead of reopening it.
“We don't have the engineers to take this on.”
What we doA named Fossa team works inside your SDLC, change control, and security process, alongside your staff.

02What we build

Practical systems your staff and residents use every day.

Four kinds of work, usually combined in a single program.

Online services for residents

Applications, portals, and status tracking that work on any phone and meet Section 508.

For example

An online permit application that writes straight into your existing permitting system.

Automated document and case processing

Intake, classification, routing, and drafting for high-volume work, with staff making every decision.

For example

Applications sorted and pre-checked overnight, so caseworkers start the day on decisions, not data entry.

Connections between old and new systems

APIs and integrations that let modern applications read from and write to mainframes, COBOL systems, and COTS platforms.

For example

A case management tool that pulls live account data from your mainframe, with no re-keying.

Clean, trustworthy data

Migration, reconciliation, data quality, and governance, so reports and AI run on numbers you can trust.

For example

Two legacy databases merged into one reconciled record for every resident.

03How it works

Five steps, from first call to handoff.

You always know what's being built, what it costs, and what you'll have at the end.

1
Conversation
Tell us the problem. We'll tell you plainly whether we're the right fit.
You get
A straight answer in 30 minutes.
2
Scoping
We review your systems, constraints, and requirements with your team.
You get
A written plan with scope, timeline, team, and cost your leadership can approve.
3
Build
A named team builds in short sprints. Your product owner sets the priorities.
You get
Working software, demoed every sprint.
4
Launch
We support your security review, accessibility testing, and authorization.
You get
A tested release and the artifacts for your ATO package.
5
Handoff
We transfer everything to your team, or to whoever you choose next.
You get
Source code, architecture documentation, runbooks, and walkthroughs with your staff.

04Where to start

Is this the right place to start?

Start with AI Engineering if

You know the problem you need solved: a backlog, a manual process, or an aging system.
It has to work with systems you're keeping.
You want to own what gets built.

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Not sure what to build yet?

Start with AI Transformation. We help you choose the outcome, measure where you are today, and produce an Outcome Brief your leadership can fund. AI Engineering then builds against it, under the same standard.

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