Public sector

In today’s complex landscape, interconnected risks multiply and evolve. Government departments must be aware of every risk and opportunity – from advancing national security and fostering economic growth, to building resilience and closing the tax gap – all while delivering more with less. 

Moody’s equips government policymakers, analysts, and investigators with data-driven intelligence and analytical capabilities  to anticipate threats and safeguard interests. Our tailored solutions help government institutions make evidence-based decisions, manage risk, and seize emerging opportunities for the public good.







Moody’s approach to serving the public sector

Data-enriched offerings specifically tailored to your mission and workflow:


Security, intelligence, and law enforcement

Security, intelligence, and law enforcement

Moody’s provides security, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies with enriched open-source intelligence (OSINT) and advanced analytics to help strengthen national security and public safety. Our solutions provide comprehensive situational awareness, accelerate intelligence cycles, and support mission-critical decisions.

Use cases include detecting emerging threats, uncovering financial crime, and safeguarding borders.

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Public finance and regulation

Public finance and regulation

We provide treasuries, central banks, and financial regulators with economic intelligence and analytics to support policymaking, economic research, and third-party due diligence.

Use cases include: forecasting economic scenarios, informing capital allocation decisions, shaping public policy, and responding to regulatory frameworks.

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Economic development

Economic development

Moody’s supports commerce departments, treasuries, development banks, and other investment promotion bodies to foster economic growth, innovation, and resilience.

Our data-driven insights combine global company intelligence, risk analytics, and scenario modeling to help policymakers identify growth opportunities, mitigate exposure to counterparty risks, and design evidence-based strategies for economic development.

Use cases include: evaluating risks and opportunities stemming from foreign direct investment (FDI), macroeconomic forecasting, and trend assessment.

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Financial administration

Financial administration

Moody’s data and analytics help tax authorities improve revenue collection, budget allocation, and enhance fiscal oversight.

Use cases include: tax risk assessment, transfer pricing valuation, and risk profiling.

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Education and research

Education and research

Moody’s provides educational institutions with economic and firmographic data and insights to advance academic research, design effective education policies and programs, and uphold institutional integrity.

Use cases: economic data for research papers, economic data for educational program design and policies, donor screening.

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Social assistance and civil society

Social assistance and civil society

Moody’s solutions help government agencies and civil society organizations allocate resources effectively, anticipate emerging risks, and ensure transparency in delivering public benefits. By combining global intelligence with advanced analytics, we empower institutions to build resilient systems that foster inclusive growth.



Navigate complex investigations and enhanced due diligence with Maxsight™ Investigations


Maxsight

In a world of evolving risk and manual bottlenecks, government agencies are vulnerable to evolving risks and inefficiencies in high-stakes scenarios. 

Maxsight™ Investigations is an investigative workflow tool that helps government agencies and public sector entities make informed, analytical decisions by contextualizing raw business activity intelligence and offering the tools to turn data into actionable insights.





Aerospace & Defense: Managing risk in a changing world

Discover how Moody’s helps aerospace and defense leaders to monitor risks including sanctions, forced labor, and financial distress across complex supply chains. 




Sanctions screening solutions for the public sector

Identify and monitor your government organization's risk for exposure to sanctions within its procurement, grants, and oversight operations ecosystems. Moody's sanctions screening tools utilize robust, structured data and customizable screening workflows to surface potential risk signals.

Please get in touch to learn about how Moody’s sanctions screening tools can help your government team or publicly funded institution stay secure.


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Featured solutions

01 Orbis

Orbis

Orbis delivers standardized, enriched financial intelligence on more than 600 million public and private companies worldwide. Orbis supports diverse government use cases: from uncovering beneficial owners in financial investigations to identifying investment targets and sanctions screening to monetary policy analysis.

02 Maxsight™ Investigations

Maxsight™ Investigations

Maxsight™ Investigations is a centralized platform that provides expansive data coverage of companies and individuals to help investigators uncover hidden risks, automate investigative workflows, and enhance due diligence through advanced visualization and analytics.

Use cases include: data analysis for criminal investigations, investigating threats or financial crimes, identifying individuals behind large-scale fraud.

03 Economic and financial research

Economic and financial research

Policymakers, economists, public treasurers, and researchers use Moody’s extensive data and advanced analytics to  view macroeconomic trends, assess public-private partnership and contractor risks, evaluate investment and debt strategies, and manage the lifecycle of contracts.


Who we help


Financial administrators

Tax authorities use our enriched entity data on corporate structures, beneficial ownership, intangible property profiles, M&A activity, sanctions, and enforcements to support complex tax investigations, as well as perform risk profiling and monitoring.
 


National security and law enforcement agencies

Defense, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies use our data and predictive analytics to produce actionable insights to inform intelligence cycles, detect and monitor national security threats, and assess supply chain integrity.
 


Policymakers and researchers

Our datasets and predictive models help economists and policymakers perform complex analyses and gain reliable insights that enhance research projects, inform better decisions, and shape effective policy.
 


Universities and colleges

Our datasets, analytical tools, and insights can help education institutions and government-funded research centers produce innovative research and inform educational programs.
 


Central banks

Our datasets and risk intelligence help central banks and financial supervisors analyze economies, assess financial risk, and identify vulnerabilities to drive timely, and decisive policy action.
 



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    Presidential politics, policy decisions and their economic impact

    The anticipation of the upcoming election is on the top of everyone’s minds. Rightly so, as the decisions made in the coming weeks will likely affect every sector of our economy. Join us and be a part of the conversation by engaging directly with leading economic experts.

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    Join us and gain valuable insights into how regulations from the SEC for the US, B-15 for Canada, CSRD for Europe and various climate risk stress testing requirements for APAC are shaping reporting approaches across organizations.

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    Discover how data integration offers a strategic path forward for tax administrations to improve fraud detection and risk assessment processes.

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    Discover how public sector departments can gain visibility into complex supplier networks, uncover hidden risks, and support proactive decision-making.

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    Harnessing big data to transform tax investigation and transfer pricing analysis

    Discover how advancements in data analytics are making tax investigations less labor intensive, helping tax administrations to identify fraudulent activity with greater precision and speed. 

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    In the fight against organized crime, business activity intelligence is a powerful tool for investigators to identify, track and obfuscate criminal activity. Discover how digital footprints criminal leave behind in their daily activities can embolden an ongoing investigation.

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    Data Management Insight Awards USA 2023: Best Entity Data Solution
    FocusEconomics Analyst Forecast Awards 2023
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    Data Management Insight Awards USA 2023: Best Entity Data Solution
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