How we can help

The Public Sector Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers is a focused organization providing business advisory services for the Federal Government in financial management, process improvement, project and portfolio management, financial management, and cyber security. Below are some of the services that are delivered in a collaborative, open and direct style by our professionals wherever in the world you need us.

• Financial management

  Our work centers on achieving cross-enterprise financial process integration and alignment to enable cost reduction, strengthen reliability of internal controls and increase confidence in financial information. Here are a few of the areas where we can serve your agency or department:
  
  

  • Audit readiness & remediation
  • Budget performance and integration
  • Financial reporting & controls
  • Forensic accounting
  • Property & asset management
  • Grants and credit management
  • Fraud investigation & recovery
    

• Risk and compliance

  Does your agency/department have a thorough privacy policy? What are you doing to ensure the continuity of your operation? Through a comprehensive approach to governance, risk and compliance, we are able to help you achieve your objectives and meet regulatory compliance requirements. Our approach features an assessment of management processes and risk-based realignment to increase agility in responding to dynamic challenges faced by today’s government executives. Our services include:
  

  • Business activity monitoring
  • Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
  • Continuity of operations
  • Ethics and compliance
  • Privacy program development
  • Regulatory reporting

• Operational effectiveness

  Is your agency or department operating as effectively as it could? Do you have programs in place to identify and reward the contributions of your best people? Do you have proper plans for succession and human capital strategy? We help government agencies and departments to assess current operations issues to increase efficiencies and effectiveness, as well as develop successful and appropriate rewards and recognition programs. Our services include:
  

  • Benefits realization
  • Performance metrics & management
  • Business process and controls
  • Sourcing and alliance management
  • Privatization & outsourcing advisory
  • Economic advisory
  • Human capital change management

• Program management

  From planning to design to implementation, our team can provide the tools, methodologies and people to ensure successful delivery of large projects and programs. We have proven success helping government agencies in the areas of:
  

  • Program and project management office design & implementation
  • Organizational, program and project management assessment
  • Project portfolio management support services
  • Feasibility & business case development & monitoring
  • Acquisition management support
  • Performance assessment & benefit realization
  • Dispute and investigations support

• Security and data management

  We help government agencies and departments maximize the return on their information technology investments through the alignment of their business processes with their technology activities. We assist them with the creation and management of world-class technology functions, incorporating security, data management and IT business risk management, through:
  
  

  • Threat and vulnerability assessment
  • Controls and identity management
  • Incident response, event correlation, and computer forensics
  • Crisis & incident planning and response
  • Data planning, management and quality services
  • Information security strategy and architectural services
  • FISMA and certification/Accreditation services