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FITARA-ready dashboards, built inside the boundary.

A federal transportation agency operated six independent IT systems with no unified view of spend, program status, or resource utilization. We built a Power BI reporting layer on Azure Government with row-level security by bureau and automated FITARA scorecards, eliminating manual quarterly consolidation and providing real-time compliance transparency.

Federal ยท Data Analytics 5 months Power BI ยท Azure Gov ยท Python
Systems Integrated
6
Unified single source of truth
FITARA Automation
Quarterly โ†’ Live
From manual Excel to real-time
Context

Compliance visibility, at agency scale.

The agency managed IT infrastructure across multiple bureaus, with each bureau operating its own systems for asset management, spend tracking, and program status. While individual systems were functional, the agency had no enterprise view of IT portfolio health, making FITARA compliance reporting a manual, quarterly exercise that required weeks of spreadsheet consolidation.

Leadership needed defensible, real-time data on IT spending, project status, and resource allocation to meet federal modernization mandates. The solution had to operate inside FedRAMP boundaries and provide role-based access control by bureau to protect sensitive information.

  • No unified reporting layer. Six independent systems generated conflicting views of spend and program status across bureaus.
  • Manual FITARA process. Quarterly compliance reporting required hand-consolidation of data by finance and IT teams, taking 3 weeks.
  • No real-time visibility. Leadership had only quarterly snapshots, no ability to monitor program health or spend trends during the year.
  • FedRAMP and boundary constraints. Solution had to operate entirely within Azure Government, with strict compliance and audit requirements.
Approach

How we built it.

We mapped all six source systems, built Python ETL pipelines in Azure Government, deployed Power BI Premium with row-level security by bureau and role, then automated the FITARA scorecard and trained the agency's analytics team on self-service publishing.

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Source System Mapping & Audit
Documented all six systems, created data dictionary, identified overlapping entities (projects, assets, spend), and designed bureau-role RLS matrix for compliance.
FedRAMP PlanningData Audit
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02.
Azure Data Factory & ETL Pipelines
Built automated extraction pipelines from all six systems into Azure SQL (Gov), with Python transformations to handle schema mismatches and reconciliation logic. Scheduled nightly refreshes with error alerting.
ADF PipelinesPython ETL
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03.
Power BI Semantic Model & RLS
Built star schema with fact and dimension tables, configured row-level security by bureau and role using Power BI RLS expressions. Published to Power BI Premium in Azure Gov.
Power BI PremiumRLS
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04.
FITARA Dashboard & Agency Training
Delivered 12 dashboards covering IT spend, project portfolio, resource allocation, and FITARA scorecard. Trained bureau IT teams on self-service report publishing and dashboard governance.
FITARA DashboardsTraining
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Outcomes

What it delivered.

12

Dashboards live

FITARA scorecard, spend by bureau, project portfolio, resource utilization, and trend analysis. All dashboards accessible to authorized users within 24 hours of policy.

From 3 weeks

FITARA reporting time

Quarterly manual consolidation reduced to real-time automated dashboards. Leadership now monitors compliance continuously instead of quarterly snapshots.

100%

FedRAMP compliant

All infrastructure, data flows, and RLS logic built within Azure Government boundaries. Passed agency compliance review with audit trail intact.

Tech Stack

What we used.

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Azure Government

FedRAMP-compliant cloud infrastructure, hosting all data pipelines, databases, and Power BI workspaces within the boundary.

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Azure Data Factory

Orchestration platform for automated ETL pipelines connecting six source systems with error handling and audit logging for compliance.

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Power BI Premium

Enterprise BI platform with row-level security by bureau and role, semantic modeling, and dedicated capacity for live dashboards.

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Python & SQL Server

Data transformation logic and dimensional warehouse hosting semantic layer, supporting real-time Power BI connections and audit requirements.

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