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April 7, 2026: At J3, we’re proud to support DISC’s Cloud Broker Office (CBO) as it helps USDA and federal partners realize the full value of commercial cloud services. Acting as a trusted contractor, we work side‑by‑side with the CBO to make secure, cost‑effective cloud capabilities available across the enterprise—backed by strong governance, performance oversight, and alignment with federal requirements.

Our work spans technical, contractual, and strategic areas. We help manage hyperscale relationships and optimize IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS offerings so agencies can choose the right tools for their missions. We also provide guidance on federal priorities and compliance frameworks—including FITARA and TBM—so cloud adoption advances both capability and accountability.

The Cloud Broker Office is a critical bridge between industry cloud capabilities and USDA mission priorities. Through vendor engagement, contracting support, cloud business architecture insight, and performance monitoring, J3 helps ensure consistent service delivery, improved visibility into cloud spending, and awareness of emerging technologies that can benefit agency programs.

These collaborative efforts keep cloud services across USDA transparent, efficient, and mission‑driven. We appreciate the opportunity to support a team that’s advancing secure, scalable, and fiscally responsible cloud adoption across the USDA enterprise—and we remain committed to helping agencies meet their cloud objectives now and in the future. 

March 31, 2026:  J3 is proud to support DISC’s Customer Engagement Branch as it leads business development, capture, discovery, estimating, intake, and marketing efforts that connect USDA customers with the enterprise services they need to achieve their missions. In our contractor role, we help the branch identify new opportunities, shape requirements, and keep initiatives moving smoothly from concept to delivery.

Our work spans the full customer engagement lifecycle: coordinating target markets, assessing opportunity viability, developing capture strategies, and aligning proposals to customer needs. We maintain a clear, data‑driven business development pipeline and translate qualified opportunities into actionable requirements through discovery and estimating. We also support onboarding via the intake process and contribute to marketing and communications that raise awareness of DISC’s enterprise service offerings.

The Customer Engagement Branch is essential to strengthening the link between customer demand, DISC capabilities, and strategic growth. J3 values the opportunity to collaborate with a team committed to transparency, partnership, and delivering meaningful value to USDA mission partners. 

 March 10, 2026: Effective IT modernization requires more than technology alone. It requires the ability to translate strategy into solutions that can be delivered across complex organizations and mission environments. At the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Digital Infrastructure Services Center (DISC), this responsibility is led by the Strategy Management & Complex Solutions (SMCS) Division.

J3 is proud to support SMCS as it works to integrate business strategy, solution architecture, and complex delivery efforts across DISC. The division plays an essential role in helping DISC align long-term strategy with the operational needs of USDA mission partners.

Through our support, J3 assists SMCS in translating strategic direction into actionable plans. This includes helping align customer insights, industry best practices, and operational capabilities into a coordinated solutioning process that supports DISC’s enterprise services and mission priorities.

Our team contributes to strengthening portfolio governance and supporting DISC business lines as they align annual planning efforts with the DISC Five-Year Strategic Business Plan. By helping coordinate practices, facilitate agile collaboration, and align enterprise processes, we support SMCS in enabling complex, cross-functional solutions that deliver measurable value across the USDA enterprise.

As federal organizations continue to modernize their IT environments, the ability to connect strategy with delivery becomes increasingly important. The work performed by the SMCS Division helps ensure DISC remains positioned to evolve its service portfolio while supporting the long-term needs of USDA agencies and programs.

J3 appreciates the opportunity to collaborate with a team dedicated to strategic clarity, operational excellence, and the advancement of enterprise capabilities across the USDA landscape.