BAP Advisory Group

Services

Consulting built for how government actually adopts technology.

Agencies don't need another AI whitepaper. They need working systems, defensible governance, trained people, and financial visibility into what any of it costs. BAP delivers all four.

Practice Areas

Six practice areas. One accountable team.

Tap a service to see the outcome it delivers, then expand any sub-service for scope detail.

The outcome Your agency runs AI in production with governance that survives an IG review, and the staff hours it frees go back to mission work instead of queue clearing.
    • Current-state assessment of data, systems, and staff capacity
    • Use-case inventory and scoring against feasibility and mission value
    • Prioritized roadmap with sequencing and dependency mapping
    • Build-versus-buy analysis for each candidate use case
    • Attended and unattended bot development in UiPath
    • Power Automate flows, Power Apps front ends, and Dataverse modeling
    • AI Builder and Copilot integration into existing processes
    • Bot orchestration, exception handling, and monitoring
    • Multi-step agent design for document, intake, and review workflows
    • LLM integration inside FedRAMP and agency compliance boundaries
    • Human-in-the-loop checkpoints and escalation paths
    • Prompt engineering, evaluation, and output quality controls
    • Governance frameworks aligned to OMB M-24-10 and agency policy
    • AI use-case inventory documentation and reporting
    • Risk assessment, bias review, and model documentation
    • Audit trail design and continuous monitoring approach
The outcome You close faster with fewer hands, you can trace any dollar from obligation to outcome, and the finding that repeated every cycle stops repeating.
    • Close calendar redesign with task sequencing and dependencies
    • Automated reconciliation and variance flagging
    • Journal entry automation and supporting-document capture
    • Checklist and status tracking so the close is visible in real time
    • Indirect cost pool structure design and rate development
    • Cost allocation methodology and defensible base selection
    • Provisional and final rate submissions
    • Appropriations and fund accounting advisory
    • Control environment assessment and gap analysis
    • Internal control design, documentation, and walkthrough support
    • Prior-finding remediation and corrective action plans
    • Auditor liaison support and evidence package preparation
    • Financial reporting redesign for decision-making, not compliance alone
    • Executive dashboards in Power BI with drill-through to source
    • Budget-to-actual and variance narrative automation
    • Data model design connecting finance to program outcomes
The outcome The system your agency paid for is the one your staff actually use, because they were designed with rather than deployed at.
    • User research with staff and the public the program serves
    • Journey mapping and pain-point identification
    • Service blueprint and process redesign
    • Prototype testing before build commitment
    • Stakeholder analysis and engagement planning
    • Communication strategy and message development
    • Resistance identification and mitigation
    • Leadership alignment and sponsor coaching
    • Role impact analysis ahead of automation
    • Redesigned position descriptions and skill maps
    • Transition planning for displaced task time
    • Capability building so staff move up, not out
    • Baseline behavior mapping: what people actually do, not what the SOP says
    • Adoption metrics instrumented into the system, not surveyed after the fact
    • Friction removal and nudge design at the point of work
    • Post-launch behavior tracking with course correction at 30, 60, and 90 days
The outcome Your team runs what we built after we leave, and builds the next thing without us. No vendor dependency, no support contract you did not plan for.
    • Learning needs assessment by role and function
    • Curriculum built around your systems and your data, not generic demos
    • Job aids, quick reference guides, and searchable documentation
    • Assessment design to verify competence, not attendance
    • On-site and virtual instructor-led sessions
    • Cohort scheduling that works around operational coverage
    • Recorded modules for onboarding and refresh
    • Office hours during the first live cycles
    • Power Platform enablement programs for non-developers
    • Governance guardrails so citizen development stays safe
    • Component libraries and reusable templates
    • Community of practice setup and facilitation
    • Internal trainer certification and materials handoff
    • Documentation written for your staff to maintain
    • Shadowing and reverse-shadowing during transition
    • Exit readiness review before engagement close
The outcome Leadership gets an honest read from someone with no stake in the answer, early enough to change course while changing course is still cheap.
    • Program assessment and health check
    • Strategy development and roadmap sequencing
    • Milestone and dependency modeling
    • Resource and capacity planning
    • Modernization business case and alternatives analysis
    • Requirements development and acquisition support
    • Vendor evaluation criteria and proposal review support
    • Independent cost estimate review
    • IV&V across the program lifecycle
    • Technical review of vendor deliverables
    • Schedule and cost realism assessment
    • Risk register development and tracking
    • Briefing development for leadership, oversight, and the Hill
    • Stakeholder engagement strategy
    • Decision support packages
    • Meeting facilitation for cross-agency working groups
The outcome You get clean books, a defensible tax position, and someone credentialed to call before you make the decision instead of after.
    • Chart of accounts design and cleanup
    • Monthly bookkeeping and account reconciliation
    • Financial statement preparation
    • Accounting system selection and implementation
    • Business and individual tax return preparation
    • Year-round tax planning and estimated payment strategy
    • Entity structure analysis and S-corp election guidance
    • Multi-state nexus and filing requirements
    • Fractional CFO engagements on a defined scope
    • Budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow modeling
    • Pricing and margin analysis
    • Lender and investor package preparation
    • Entity selection and formation support
    • Operating agreement and governance document review
    • Registration, licensing, and compliance calendar setup
    • Owner compensation and distribution planning
    • DCAA-compliant accounting system design
    • Job cost accounting and timekeeping setup
    • Indirect rate structure for small contractors
    • Incurred cost submission preparation
Scope note. BAP does not perform financial statement audits, reviews, or compilations requiring independence under AICPA standards. Attest work is referred out. Everything above is advisory, compliance, and consulting.