Industries · Public Sector

ERP built for state, local, and federal government agencies.

Fund accounting, GASB compliance, Single Audit Act, procurement controls, and federal grant tracking. We deliver JDE for county and municipal governments, special districts, public utilities, and other public sector agencies where transparency and audit readiness matter every day.

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Why Now

The numbers every public sector CFO should see.

These aren't forecasts. They're conditions already moving across agencies. The question is how long your agency can afford to wait.

The Number Your Board Should See
$1.2T
IIJA infrastructure spending is flowing through state and local governments.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is creating unprecedented federal flow-through to states, counties, and cities. Agencies without fund accounting, Single Audit Act readiness, and Davis-Bacon automation are struggling to track, report, and audit the funds.

April 2025
JDE World
Extended support ended

Agencies on World are running unsupported. Security patches are harder to source. Your options are an E1 upgrade, an R98403 replatform, or a NetSuite migration.

Ongoing
GovRAMP
State-level FedRAMP parallel

State and local agencies are adopting GovRAMP (formerly StateRAMP) requirements for cloud and SaaS vendors. Applications need documented security posture, not just a vendor questionnaire.

Annual
GASB
Standards updates continuous

GASB statements land annually with implementation timelines in months, not years. Agencies without automated compliance tooling get audit findings.

What We Do

Core services for public sector agencies.

JD Edwards
JDE for public sector

JDE Public Sector with fund accounting, encumbrance accounting, budgetary control, and grants management. GASB-compliant reporting, Single Audit Act documentation, and federal grant tracking. See the case study below for a published reference.

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NetSuite
NetSuite for smaller agencies

For smaller municipal agencies, special districts, and quasi-government operators. NetSuite with fund accounting, grant tracking, and budgetary controls. Delivered on the DREAM methodology with GovRAMP-aware architecture.

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Managed Services
AppCare & SuiteCare

Senior consultants on JDE (AppCare) or NetSuite (SuiteCare) who treat your agency environment like their own. You get a dedicated team that understands fund accounting, GASB reporting, and federal audit requirements. instead of a help desk queue rotating tickets through whoever is on shift.

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Integrated
Cybersecurity + Cloud

vCISO, SIEM monitoring, FedRAMP and GovRAMP preparation, and cloud hosting built into your ERP scope. We don't refer this out. Critical for federal contractors, state agencies, and any operator handling CUI or protected public information.

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Industry Challenges

Challenges every public sector agency is dealing with.

Sixteen challenges, four buckets, organized around how public sector buyers think about their work. Click through to see what each one costs and how GSI solves it.

01
Fund accounting in spreadsheets kills close performance.
02
Grant tracking across federal, state, and local sources is chaos.
03
Budget vs. actual reporting arrives too late to matter.
04
Capital project tracking doesn't match CIP roll-up.
Close cycle extended
"Our fund accounting lives in spreadsheets. Close takes 3 weeks, and we don't trust the numbers."

Fund accounting with encumbrances, transfers between funds, and inter-fund balances doesn't work in spreadsheets past a certain scale. Manual fund accounting is where public sector close cycles extend from days to weeks.

How GSI Solves This · JD Edwards
JDE Public Sector with native fund accounting, encumbrance accounting, inter-fund transfers, and GASB-compliant close workflows. Close cycle drops from weeks to days.
"Grant tracking across federal, state, and local sources is chaos. We missed a reimbursement deadline last quarter."

Grant management with multiple funding sources, matching requirements, performance reporting, and reimbursement schedules gets unwieldy fast. Missed reimbursement deadlines are directly lost revenue.

How GSI Solves This · JD Edwards
JDE Grants Management with multi-source tracking, matching fund calculations, automated performance reporting, and reimbursement scheduling. Deadlines get alerts, not missed.
"Budget vs. actual reporting arrives two weeks after month-end. Department heads can't course-correct."

Public sector budgets are tight, and variance management requires current data. Two-week-old variance reports are academically interesting but operationally useless.

How GSI Solves This · JD Edwards
JDE Budgetary Control with real-time budget vs. actual reporting, department-level dashboards, and automated variance alerts. Department heads see overruns the day they happen.
"Capital project tracking doesn't match CIP roll-up to the fund."

Capital Improvement Program accounting requires project-level tracking that rolls up correctly to fund-level financial statements. When the tracking and roll-up disagree, audit findings are inevitable.

How GSI Solves This · JD Edwards
JDE Project & Job Cost integrated with fund accounting. CIP projects track at task level, roll up correctly to CIP fund, and produce audit-ready reports.
01
Single Audit Act prep takes 3 months every year.
02
Davis-Bacon compliance on IIJA projects is a daily grind.
03
GASB updates hit and our close cycle extends.
04
Transparency portal data is out of date by the time it's public.
Annual audit cycle
"Single Audit Act prep takes 3 months every year and consumes our finance team."

Single Audit Act compliance for federal grants over $750K requires documented internal controls, SEFA schedules, and auditor-facing evidence. Three months of prep is three months your finance team isn't doing strategic work.

How GSI Solves This · JD Edwards
JDE Public Sector with Single Audit Act automation: SEFA schedule generation, internal control documentation, and auditor-ready evidence. Prep drops from 3 months to 3 weeks.
IIJA enforcement
"Davis-Bacon compliance on IIJA projects is a daily grind. Our prevailing wage team is drowning."

IIJA-funded projects require Davis-Bacon prevailing wage compliance with certified payroll, trade classification, and fringe benefit tracking. Manual certified payroll at scale doesn't work.

How GSI Solves This · JD Edwards
JDE Payroll with Davis-Bacon configuration, trade classification rules, automated WH-347 generation, and fringe benefit tracking. Certified payroll becomes a scheduled report.
GASB implementation
"Every GASB update hits and our close cycle extends by weeks."

GASB statements land annually with implementation timelines in months, not years. Agencies with manual accounting tools can't absorb the changes without cycle time increases.

How GSI Solves This · JD Edwards
JDE Public Sector with GASB-compliant structures, automated implementation support, and proactive configuration updates. GASB updates become configuration tasks, not re-implementations.
"Our transparency portal data is out of date by the time it's public. Citizens call us out on social media."

Public transparency expectations have accelerated. Stale data on the transparency portal becomes a political liability, and reconciliation after public complaint is a bad place to start.

How GSI Solves This · JD Edwards
JDE with automated transparency portal feeds, real-time data updates, and citizen-facing dashboards pulled directly from the financial system of record.
01
JDE World extended support ended. We need a FedRAMP path.
02
GovRAMP requirements for new vendors are hard to navigate.
03
15 years of custom JDE code, no documentation, and staff retirement coming.
04
Cybersecurity posture is reactive. CJIS and CUI handling is behind.
Support ended April 2025
"JDE World extended support ended. We need a FedRAMP-compatible path forward."

Public sector agencies on JDE World face the same support gap as private sector, but with added FedRAMP and GovRAMP requirements for any replacement. Not every cloud option meets agency security posture.

How GSI Solves This · JDE or NetSuite
Three-path assessment that compares E1 upgrade on FedRAMP-compatible hosting, R98403 iSeries-to-SQL replatform, and NetSuite migration with GovRAMP-aware architecture.
"GovRAMP requirements for new vendors are hard to navigate. Procurement is stuck."

GovRAMP authorizations require documented security controls, continuous monitoring, and annual assessments. Procurement teams without security expertise get stuck waiting on vendor authorizations.

How GSI Solves This · Cybersecurity
vCISO-led GovRAMP program with JDE or NetSuite security architecture, continuous monitoring, and annual assessment support. Authorization becomes a process, not an obstacle.
Staff retirement pending
"15 years of custom JDE code, no documentation, and our lead developer retires next year."

Public sector staff turnover with retirement-eligible senior technical staff creates knowledge loss risk. Custom code without documentation and without the original developer becomes untouchable.

How GSI Solves This · KinectIQ
GENOME AI for JDE custom code modernization. Converts legacy custom code to modern Orchestrations with automated documentation, dependency mapping, and test coverage generation. Knowledge captured before retirement.
CJIS compliance
"Our cybersecurity posture is reactive. CJIS and CUI handling is behind where it needs to be."

Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) handling require documented controls and audit trails. Reactive security isn't compliant.

How GSI Solves This · Cybersecurity + JDE
vCISO-led CJIS compliance program, JDE security configuration aligned to CJIS Security Policy, SIEM deployment, and documented audit trails for CUI handling.
01
Citizens expect digital services, we have paper forms.
02
Vendor payment cycles are slow, small businesses complain.
03
Procurement decisions aren't transparent to citizens.
04
Budget transparency tools for citizens don't match actuals.
Citizen expectation
"Citizens expect digital services, we still have paper forms for half our processes."

Citizen expectations for digital government services have permanently changed. Paper-based processes signal agency dysfunction and erode public trust.

How GSI Solves This · HubSpot + JDE
HubSpot CMS Hub integrated with JDE for citizen-facing digital services. Permit applications, form submissions, status tracking, and payment processing all through a modern web layer.
"Vendor payment cycles are slow. Small businesses call council members."

Slow vendor payment cycles hurt small businesses, particularly minority-owned and woman-owned enterprises. Payment delays have political and economic development consequences.

How GSI Solves This · JD Edwards
JDE AP with automated invoice processing, electronic payment workflows, and vendor self-service portals. Small vendors get paid in days, not weeks.
"Procurement decisions aren't transparent to citizens. We get records requests constantly."

Public records requests for procurement information consume FOIA staff time. Proactive transparency is cheaper than reactive disclosure.

How GSI Solves This · JD Edwards
JDE Procurement with transparency-first configuration: public-facing bid documents, contract awards, vendor payment history, all published automatically. FOIA requests drop significantly.
"Our budget transparency tool doesn't match actuals. Citizens catch the inconsistency."

Budget transparency tools that pull from separate data stores inevitably drift from actuals. Public-facing mismatches are political events.

How GSI Solves This · JD Edwards
JDE with single-source budget and actuals reporting. Transparency tools pull directly from the financial system of record. No reconciliation, no drift, no public embarrassment.
Quick Answers

Common questions about GSI public sector consulting.

The short version. For regulatory detail, case study depth, or differentiation, keep reading below.

What does GSI do for public sector agencies?

We build and run the ERP environments state, local, and federal agencies rely on. JDE Public Sector with fund accounting, encumbrance accounting, budgetary controls, grants management, and GASB-compliant reporting. Most of our public sector work runs on JDE for agency-scale operations.

What types of public sector agencies do you work with?

Counties, cities, special districts, state agencies, and federal contractors. Typically mid-size up through large county and state deployments. See the case study below for a published reference.

JDE or NetSuite for my agency?

Depends on scale and complexity. JDE Public Sector fits counties, cities, and state agencies with multi-fund operations, grant management, and significant capital programs. NetSuite fits smaller municipal operations, special districts, and quasi-government entities.

Does GSI handle FedRAMP and GovRAMP?

Yes. Cybersecurity is on the same bench. vCISO-led GovRAMP programs, JDE/NetSuite security architecture aligned to agency requirements, continuous monitoring, and annual assessment support.

What about Single Audit Act prep?

Yes. JDE Public Sector with Single Audit Act automation: SEFA schedule generation, internal control documentation, Uniform Guidance compliance, and auditor-ready evidence. Prep drops from 3 months to 3 weeks.

What makes GSI different for public sector?

Three things worth knowing. We deliver JDE Public Sector across county, municipal, and multi-agency environments. Cybersecurity, cloud, and AI work all run on the same bench rather than being referred out. And our consultants average 15 years in the industries they serve.

GASB (Governmental Accounting Standards)

Governmental Accounting Standards Board statements on fund accounting, pension liabilities, leases (GASB 87), and subscription-based IT arrangements (GASB 96). Continuous updates.
Annual updates

Single Audit Act (Uniform Guidance)

Federal grants over $750K trigger Single Audit requirements. SEFA schedules, internal control documentation, and compliance testing required annually.
Annual audits

Davis-Bacon (IIJA Projects)

Prevailing wage enforcement for federally-funded construction. Certified payroll (WH-347), trade classification, and fringe benefit tracking by project.
DOL audits active

FedRAMP / GovRAMP

Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for federal cloud systems. GovRAMP (formerly StateRAMP) is the state-level parallel. Authorized Baseline required for cloud vendors serving government.
Authorization required

CJIS Security Policy

Criminal Justice Information Services security requirements for agencies handling criminal justice data. Access controls, encryption, and audit trail requirements.
Triennial audits

FOIA / Sunshine Laws

Federal and state transparency laws governing public access to government records. Proactive disclosure reduces FOIA request volume.
Continuous compliance
Case Study
El Paso County: JDE Public Sector for county government operations.

El Paso County runs JDE Public Sector for fund accounting, budgetary controls, procurement, and grant management across the full scope of county operations. GSI configured the environment for GASB compliance, Single Audit Act readiness, and transparent budget reporting to citizens.

Agency
El Paso County
Platform
JDE Public Sector
Scope
Fund Accounting · Procurement · Grants
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The GSI Difference

Six practices, one bench.

Public sector agencies at scale run on JDE. But the ERP decision doesn't stop at fund accounting. Compliance, cybersecurity, citizen services, and federal grant tracking all get delivered from the same bench, with no referrals out and no offshore handoffs.
Primary practice

JDE Public Sector, delivered with government depth

We don't just configure fund accounting modules. We run JDE environments where encumbrances, inter-fund transfers, Single Audit compliance, and transparent reporting have to hold up every month. The hard part of public sector ERP isn't the modules. It's making them survive contact with the annual audit cycle.
Fund Accounting · Encumbrance · Grants
Primary JDE modules in scope
GASB · Single Audit · Davis-Bacon
Compliance built into delivery
County, municipal, and special-district deployments
Engagement profile
NetSuite
For smaller agencies
NetSuite with fund accounting for special districts and quasi-government entities.
HubSpot
Citizen services
HubSpot CMS with JDE integration for permits, forms, and citizen engagement. Via Flawless Inbound.
Cybersecurity
FedRAMP + GovRAMP
vCISO, GovRAMP, CJIS compliance. all on the same bench rather than referred out.
KinectIQ
AI for government
GENIUS monitors JDE and NetSuite 24/7. GENOME modernizes legacy code.
Delivery
North America-based
Consultants in your time zone. Cleared personnel available for sensitive engagements.
Frequently Asked

The questions public sector agencies ask us most.

Yes. JDE Public Sector with native fund accounting, encumbrance accounting, inter-fund transfers, and GASB-compliant financial statements. This is the backbone of our public sector practice.

Yes. JDE Grants Management with multi-source tracking (federal, state, local, private), matching fund calculations, automated performance reporting, Single Audit Act documentation, and reimbursement scheduling.

Yes. JDE Public Sector is configured for GASB standards including GASB 34 (government-wide reporting), GASB 68 (pensions), GASB 75 (OPEB), GASB 87 (leases), and GASB 96 (SBITA). Updates handled as configuration tasks.

Yes. vCISO-led GovRAMP (formerly StateRAMP) authorization programs, CJIS Security Policy compliance, JDE/NetSuite security configuration, and continuous monitoring. all on the same bench rather than referred out.

Extended support ended April 2025. Our three-path assessment compares E1 upgrade on FedRAMP-compatible hosting, R98403 iSeries-to-SQL replatform, and NetSuite migration. Security posture documented for each path.

Depends on scope. NetSuite implementations for smaller agencies run 5 to 7 months on DREAM. JDE Public Sector implementations for counties and cities run 10 to 18 months. State-level implementations run 12 to 24 months. Procurement cycles add time at the front.

Start with an assessment, not a demo.

Thirty minutes with an automotive practice lead. We'll walk you through what an assessment covers, what it costs, and whether GSI is the right fit, before anyone signs anything. 

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