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Program Integrity Diagnostic

Find the failure before the auditors do.

A fixed-price forensic review of one program, portfolio, or major initiative. In ten business days, we tell you whether your reported results can survive scrutiny, where the structural risks sit, and what to fix first. No hourly meter, no open-ended engagement.

Fixed priceNo hourly meter, quoted at scoping
10 daysBusiness days, start to briefing
1 programDefined scope per diagnostic

The method has a track record: on a $1.2B USPS program, this approach identified structural failure within weeks of engagement. Those findings were later consistent with the conclusions of a formal OIG audit.

The Guardian Red Flags

Six proprietary failure signals we test every program against. Each one names a pattern that healthy reporting hides and failing programs share. Click a flag for what it means.

What we show, and what we protect: the signal names and definitions above are public. The detection methodology behind them, how each signal is tested, weighted, and evidenced, is proprietary trade-secret IP, applied during engagements and shared with clients only under NNN agreement.

Ten business days, one defensible answer

Days 1 to 2

Intake and scoping

Document collection, data-source inventory, and a scoping session that fixes exactly what is inside the diagnostic. Scope is locked in writing before analysis begins.

Days 3 to 7

Forensic analysis

The program is tested against all six Guardian Red Flags using our proprietary desktop analysis application. Every finding is tied to evidence in your own records.

Days 8 to 10

Report and briefing

Findings report delivered, followed by a leadership briefing: what is defensible today, what would not survive an audit, and the prioritized fix list.

The deliverable: a findings report built to be shown to your board or your oversight body

Signal-by-signal findings with evidence citations, a program integrity rating, and a prioritized remediation roadmap. Generated through our standardized report pipeline so every diagnostic produces the same rigorous, comparable structure.

Start free. Escalate only if the signals say so.

The Diagnostic sits inside a deliberate ladder: a free self-assessment brings you in, the fixed-price diagnostic answers the hard question, and quarterly monitoring keeps the answer current.

Red Flags Checklist

Free

A self-assessment against all six signals, delivered through the GovPro Intelligence newsletter.

  • Plain-language signal test per flag
  • Immediate risk snapshot
  • No sales call required

Program Integrity Diagnostic

Fixed price quoted at scoping

The full forensic review of one program, ten business days, evidence-based findings report and leadership briefing.

  • All six Guardian Red Flags tested
  • Findings tied to your own records
  • Prioritized remediation roadmap
  • Fixed price, fixed timeline

Quarterly Integrity Monitoring

Retainer

For programs that pass, or want to keep passing: recurring signal checks so drift is caught between audits, not by them.

  • Quarterly signal re-testing
  • Standing integrity rating
  • Priority access for new diagnostics

Why Excelsior can make this call

Findings that held up

The anchor engagement: structural failure identified within weeks on a $1.2B USPS program, findings subsequently borne out by OIG conclusions. 20+ years across $5B+ in federal programs.

Built by an insider

Founded by an Air Force veteran and warranted Contingency Contracting Officer. The signals come from having sat inside programs, not from studying them at a distance.

Certified and local

SDVOSB and HUBZone certified, Maryland SBR and VSBE, headquartered in Capitol Heights. Serving federal, state, local, and nonprofit program owners.