The barrier between federal and state cloud procurement has effectively dissolved for authorized providers. With StateRAMP’s rebranding to GovRAMP and the FedRAMP RFC-0024 mandate for authorization packages, the opportunity to pursue a more unified compliance strategy has never been more practical. 

Organizations that have already invested the time, money, and engineering effort required to earn a FedRAMP authorization now have a clear, repeatable path to extend that investment into the state and local market without commissioning a second assessment. This article lays out the strategic and technical rationale for that approach. 

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As the CMMC program evolves in 2026, following the solidification of the final rule and the timelines for required certification, the Cyber AB wrestles with the need to streamline adoption across contractors while maintaining strict rigor in compliance and audits. That’s where waivers come in. 

Now, across the DIB, executives have to decide whether these waivers are legitimate from a strategic perspective or something so niche and unreliable that they don’t expect to receive one. Understanding this balance is critical for organizations as they shape their long-term compliance and growth.

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For the better part of a decade, doing business under EU digital law has been challenging, with DDPR, ePrivacy updates, the NUS2 Directive, the AI and Data Acts, and others coming in rapid succession. For organizations already investing heavily in compliance frameworks like CMMC, the prospect of layering on yet another set of requirements has been a frustrating layer of work.

The Digital Omnibus, formally proposed by the European Commission in November 2025 and now working its way through the European Parliament and Council, is a sweeping effort to align overlapping definitions, consolidate reporting obligations, and bring coherence to what the Commission itself has acknowledged is regulatory “clutter.” 

For companies that have already built compliance architectures, this Omnibus can help make cross-regulation compliance that much easier. 

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