A clearer path to modern federal design collaboration

Autodesk for Government
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Modernization does not begin with a platform. It begins with a shared view of what is slowing the work – and a practical way forward. Explore three resources created to help U.S. federal AEC teams understand workflow friction, see where modernization could matter most, and prepare a focused next step. 

Pick your starting point 

Free. Built for federal civilian project, program, and IT teams. No sales call required. 

"I want to understand the shift"

The Guide, a free 15-page ebook on why federal design collaboration stalled, what changed, and how GSA teams already work differently. About a 10-minute read. 

“I want to see where we stand, and what fixing it is worth.” 

The Assessment, free and about five minutes. Your readiness score, top friction points, modeled value, and a phased roadmap, on screen. Most teams start here. 

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“I’m ready to align my team and plan.” 

The Workbook, a free interactive planning tool. Capture your environment, align stakeholders, plan a pilot, and work the ATO checklist. About 15 minutes, alone or with your team. 

Modernizing Federal Design Collaboration

Inside: why legacy workflows fail federal projects and what that costs in schedule, rework, and oversight. What Autodesk for Government actually is, and why it is separate from Autodesk’s commercial cloud. How GSA sponsored the FedRAMP Moderate authorization, granted an Authority to Operate, and started with one program, one team, one set of deliverables. A pain-to-solution map connecting five common frictions, from version control to project closeout, to the specific capability that addresses each. And a four-step path for taking the next step with confidence. 

The Modernization Readiness Assessment 

Answer a short series of adaptive questions about your projects, workflows, and FedRAMP and ATO posture; in about five minutes you get a personalized executive briefing on screen: Your readiness score from 0 to 100 with a directional AEC-sector peer benchmark for your project type. This is not a maturity quiz that grades your tools: the score measures modernization fit, need, and readiness to act, so heavy friction does not embarrass you, it strengthens your case. Your top friction points, drawn from your own answers and mapped to the capability that addresses each, from Autodesk Docs for Government to BIM Collaborate Pro for Government. A modeled estimate of what fixing it is worth, across cost, operational efficiency, quality, and risk, computed from your reported project value with the methodology shown. Every figure is labeled for what it is: a modeled, directional estimate, never a promise. A phased roadmap: discovery in months 1 to 2, pilot scoping in months 2 to 3, pilot execution in months 3 to 6, scaled rollout from month 7 onward. Results are delivered to verified government addresses, so a .gov or .mil email is required. The briefing has a shareable link built for one purpose: getting your team and leadership looking at the same evidence. Choose at the end whether the ebook, the workbook, or both get sent along with your results. 

Assess, Align, Advance 

An interactive workbook that turns interest into a plan your team agrees on. About 15 minutes, alone or as a team working session. Five sections take you from snapshot to plan: Your project environment and top collaboration challenges. A quick workflow check across security, document access, coordination, and closeout. A capability-fit section that captures your current tools and who internally would need to approve a platform decision. Pilot project planning: the candidate project, the stakeholders, what success looks like, and what could slow it down. And an ATO planning checklist spanning system definition, RMF documentation, technical controls, evidence packages, and decision prep, built for teams working under NIST RMF and FedRAMP practice. That section belongs to your security lead, and it stays useful long after the first meeting. The workbook does not score you. It convenes you. When it is filled in, you hold the document that makes your next Autodesk conversation concrete instead of exploratory: share it and request a personalized readiness plan built from your answers. 

See what modernizing is worth to your program

Who is this for

Built for the people who deliver federal projects: facilities and capital program managers, design and construction managers, chief engineers, B...

What is slowing federal projects down

Drawings move by email. Approvals live in spreadsheets. Someone builds on a superseded version and the rework surfaces weeks later, and at close...

Teams that modernize first show up with evidence

Federal modernization succeeds one program at a time, led by people who did their homework. Ten minutes of reading, five minutes of questions, f...

How the three fit together

The guide gives your team a shared picture of the problem and the fix. The assessment turns that picture into your numbers: a score, a benchmark...

Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to common questions about our products and services.


What is Autodesk for Government? 

A FedRAMP Moderate authorized cloud environment for federal design and construction collaboration. It includes Autodesk Docs for Government for document and model management and BIM Collaborat...


Is Autodesk FedRAMP authorized? 

Autodesk for Government is authorized at the FedRAMP Moderate impact level, with the authorization sponsored by GSA. The commercial versions of Autodesk’s cloud products are separate offerings...


Can our agency reuse an existing FedRAMP authorization? 

Yes, that is how the program is designed to work. Your agency reviews the existing security package and issues its own Authority to Operate, building on the completed assessment rather than co...


Does downloading these resources or completing the assessment make us compliant? 

No. Compliance and authorization run through your agency’s own process. These resources help you understand the path, measure the value, and organize the groundwork; your agency issues the ATO...


What is the difference between the assessment and the workbook? 

The assessment computes: five minutes of questions returns a score, benchmark, friction points, modeled value, and a roadmap. The workbook convenes: your team fills it in together, ends with a...


Is a high assessment score good and a low score bad? 

Neither. The score measures fit, need, and readiness to act, so more friction can raise it because the value of fixing it is higher. Early Readiness means start with one focused pilot; High Re...


Where do the assessment’s dollar figures come from? 

They are modeled, directional estimates computed from your reported project value band, bounded to published AEC-sector research ranges, with a conservative realization band applied. They are ...


Why does the assessment require a .gov or .mil email? 

It is built for federal agency teams, and results are delivered to verified government addresses. Industry partners supporting federal contracts can use the guide and workbook freely, and run ...


Who should fill in the workbook? 

Anyone on a federal project team can complete the first four sections. The ATO planning section is written for IT, security, and compliance owners. 


Will someone call me if I download something? 

Downloads do not trigger a sales call. The assessment asks for consent to follow up about your results; the choice is yours, stated plainly on the contact step. 

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