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Public Sector

Modern public systems, accountable at every step.

Government ERP, budgeting, procurement and grants, and the digital services residents use, modernized in phases and built for the scrutiny public money requires.

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  • Government ERP modernization
  • Budgeting, procurement and grants
  • Financial transparency and reporting
  • Citizen-facing digital services
  • Legacy system modernization
Industry challenges

What gets in the way.

Public organizations are asked to deliver more online, report more openly and account for every dollar, often on financial and case systems that predate the web. Modernization has to happen without interrupting services residents rely on, and within budget and oversight cycles that leave little room for a failed project.

  1. Core systems past their supportable life

    Mainframe, midrange and heavily customized on-premises ERP that few people can still change safely, and that every new requirement makes harder to replace.

  2. Budgets built outside the financial system

    Budget development in spreadsheets, with appropriations, encumbrances and actuals reconciled by hand before anyone can say what is left to spend.

  3. Grants and procurement tracked in parallel

    Award terms, allowable costs and vendor obligations managed across separate tools, which makes compliance reporting slow and error-prone.

  4. Services shaped by the system, not the resident

    Paper forms, office-hours processes and no way to check status online, because the back-office system was never built to expose it.

How Consult America helps

From the core system to the data around it.

We help public organizations modernize the financial core and the services built on it, in phases that keep current operations running. That means Oracle Cloud ERP and EPM where they fit, modern interfaces in front of legacy systems where replacement is not yet justified, and reporting that makes spending visible.

  • Modernize in phases

    Legacy capability moves slice by slice behind a stable interface, so services continue while the old system shrinks.

  • Connect budget to actuals

    Budget, commitment and spending data in one model, so what is left to spend is a query rather than a reconciliation.

  • Build for scrutiny

    Access controls, audit trails and data classification designed in, to the security requirements your organization sets.

Solution areas

Where we focus in public sector.

Each area is delivered by the same team that designs it, from assessment through production support.

  • Government ERP modernization

    Financials, procurement and project accounting moved onto Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, or an existing deployment improved, with configuration kept close to standard.

    • Fit-gap against standard Oracle functionality
    • Data migration with repeated trial loads
    • Cutover planned around fiscal-year boundaries
    Related serviceOracle ERP

  • Budgeting, procurement and grants

    Budget development and purchasing connected, so commitments and spending are tracked against the budgets that authorize them.

    • Oracle EPM Planning for budget development and forecasting
    • Oracle Procurement, Sourcing and Supplier Portal
    • Project costing and billing in Oracle Project Portfolio Management
    Related serviceOracle EPM

  • Financial transparency and reporting

    Reporting drawn from the system of record, so internal reports, oversight requests and public dashboards show the same figures.

    • Governed data warehouse and reporting models
    • Spending and budget-versus-actual dashboards
    • Documented data definitions and lineage
    Related serviceData platform & warehousing

  • Citizen-facing digital services

    Online services built as modern, accessible web applications and connected to the systems that process each request.

    • Online applications that replace paper forms
    • Request status connected to back-office systems
    • Assistants over published guidance, with a route to a person
    Related serviceCloud-native development

  • Legacy system modernization

    Incremental modernization of mainframe and older applications: replacing what should be replaced, and wrapping what should not.

    • An honest assessment of each system: modernize, replace or retain
    • Modern APIs in front of legacy interfaces
    • Phased migration with deliberate decommissioning
    Related serviceApplication modernization
Capabilities

Oracle Cloud, AI, data, integration and cloud.

The platforms and practices behind the solution areas, as they apply to public sector.

  • Oracle Cloud

    The financial and procurement core.

    • Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials
    • Procurement and Sourcing
    • Project Portfolio Management
    • Oracle EPM Planning
    • Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM

  • AI

    Assistive, auditable and supervised.

    • Form and document intake extraction
    • Assistants over policy and published guidance
    • Anomaly detection on payments
    • Human review for low-confidence results

  • Data

    Spending visible from one source.

    • Cloud data warehouse
    • Budget, commitment and actuals models
    • Dashboards in Oracle Analytics, Power BI or Tableau
    • Cataloguing, classification and retention

  • Integration

    Old and new systems, safely connected.

    • API gateway with authentication and rate limits
    • Wrappers for mainframe and legacy interfaces
    • File and batch exchange with partner agencies
    • Event-driven status updates

  • Cloud

    Built to your security requirements.

    • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure landing zones
    • Identity federation and least-privilege access
    • Tested backup and disaster recovery
    • Patch currency and security baselines
Use cases

Practical business use cases.

Examples of the work this involves. They describe the shape of a project, not a named client engagement.

  • Use case 01

    Replacing a legacy financial system

    Phasing the general ledger, payables and purchasing onto Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, timed around fiscal year-end so reporting continuity is preserved.

  • Use case 02

    Taking budget development out of spreadsheets

    A driver-based budget model in Oracle EPM Planning that loads actuals from the ledger automatically and tracks spending against budget.

  • Use case 03

    Putting a paper process online

    An accessible online application with status tracking, connected through APIs to the existing case or permitting system rather than replacing it all at once.

  • Use case 04

    Publishing spending data people can trust

    A governed reporting layer built from the financial system, so internal reports and public transparency data reconcile by design.

Delivery approach

How an engagement runs.

Strategy, design, build and run, applied to the realities of public sector.

  1. Assess every system honestly

    Some systems should be replaced, some modernized and some left alone. We say which before budget is committed, with the reasoning documented for oversight.

  2. Phase around the fiscal calendar

    Cutovers are planned around year-end, budget cycles and reporting deadlines, so no period is split across systems without need.

  3. Keep services running throughout

    New capability is introduced behind stable interfaces, so residents and staff never have to absorb one big-bang change.

  4. Hand over knowledge, not just systems

    Your staff receive the runbooks, architecture decisions and training to own what was built, with managed support available if needed.

Perspectives

How we think about this work.

Related services

The services behind this work.

OracleOracle ERPOracle Cloud ERP implementation and migration, sequenced so the business keeps running.OracleOracle EPMPlanning, budgeting and close on Oracle EPM, so the cycle stops living in spreadsheets.Enterprise TransformationProcurement & sourcingBringing spend under management with a process people will actually follow.EngineeringApplication modernizationMoving legacy applications forward without a rewrite that never lands.EngineeringAPI & systems integrationMaking systems that were never designed to talk to each other exchange data reliably.AI & DataData governance & guardrailsKnowing what data you hold, who can reach it, and what the AI systems are allowed to do with it.
FAQs

Questions about public sector.

What kinds of public-sector organizations do you work with?

Our services apply to agencies and public bodies modernizing financial, procurement and service-delivery systems. Talk to us about your organization, your requirements and how you procure, and we will tell you plainly where we can help.

Can you modernize without replacing everything at once?

Yes, and we usually recommend it. A routing layer in front of the legacy system lets functionality move to new code one capability at a time while services continue, and old paths are retired once traffic has demonstrably moved.

How do you handle security and compliance requirements?

Your organization and its frameworks define the requirements. We design to them, covering landing zones, identity, least-privilege access, encryption, audit logging and data classification, and document how each requirement is met for your assessors.

Do you only work with Oracle systems?

No. Oracle Cloud ERP and EPM are where we go deepest, but our integration, data and modernization work applies equally to the non-Oracle and legacy systems that public organizations run alongside them.

Who runs the systems once they are live?

Your own staff can, with the runbooks, architecture decisions and training we hand over. Or we can, through our managed services: application support, monitoring and continuous improvement under agreed service levels.

Industries

Other industries we serve.

  • Regulated

    Financial Services

    Oracle Financials, a faster close, and reconciliations and controls that stand up to audit.

  • Operations

    Supply Chain

    Supplier, inventory and order data connected end to end, with analytics that drive the next decision.

  • Operations

    Manufacturing

    The shop floor connected to ERP, with materials, planning, quality and analytics on one record.

  • Commerce

    Retail

    Stores, ecommerce and marketplaces connected, with inventory, customer data and forecasting on one core.

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