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Jan 13, 2025
960K Contracts, Zero Blind Spots
960K Contracts, Zero Blind Spots Keithston analyzes 960K+ government contracts in real-time through Skadera. Result: $47M in questionable spending identified in 90 days—insights that previously took weeks now surface in seconds.
Public Sector: Real-Time Federal Oversight
Partner: Keithston (Federal Oversight Agency)
The Challenge:
Critical procurement patterns buried in slow, expensive data warehouses
Weeks of batch processing required to surface vendor relationships and spending anomalies
Oversight always retrospective—problems identified after millions already misallocated
The Skadera Solution:
Analyzed 960K+ government contracts in real-time
Natural language queries through Claude: "Show contracts awarded to vendors connected to flagged entities"
3D visualization revealed hidden relationship networks invisible in flat reports
The Result:
$47M in questionable activity identified within first 90 days
Insights that took weeks now surface in seconds
Data warehouse bottleneck eliminated entirely
Oversight shifted from reactive to proactive
