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In today’s complex world, where interconnected risks multiply and evolve, government agencies face diverse challenges, including advancing national security, fostering economic growth, and building resilience. 

Moody’s equips policymakers, analysts, and investigators with actionable insights, robust datasets, and  predictive analytics—to help you anticipate threats, safeguard critical interests, and seize opportunities for the public good.

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Navigate complex investigations and enhanced due diligence with Maxsight™ Investigations

Maxsight

In a world of evolving risk and manual bottlenecks, government agencies are vulnerable to evolving risks and inefficiencies in high-stakes scenarios. 

Maxsight™ Investigations is an investigative workflow tool that helps government agencies and public sector entities make informed, analytical decisions by contextualizing raw business activity intelligence and offering the tools to turn data into actionable insights.

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Capabilities

01 Security, intelligence and law enforcement

Security, intelligence and law enforcement 

Intelligence analysts, policy advisors, and investigators use our data-enriched intelligence for situational awareness, mission execution, crisis prevention—helping them to detect national security threats, shorten intelligence cycles, and handle cases with confidence.

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02 Public finance and regulation

Public finance and regulation 

We provide research, due diligence, and risk governance capabilities that support public institutions to allocate capital, develop public policy, and navigate regulatory complexities. 

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03 Financial administration

Financial administration

Tax risk assessment, transfer pricing valuation and risk profiling capabilities that can help tax authorities to improve revenue collection, budget allocation, and oversight of government expenditure. 

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04 Economic development

Economic development 

Our data and insights help government institutions to facilitate investment and economic growth, perform efficient FDI screening and safeguard critical infrastructure and technologies.

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05 Education and research

Education and research 

Our leading data and insights help educational institutions to develop education policy, inform academic research, as well as screen donors.  

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06 Social assistance and civil society

Social assistance and civil society 

We provide data and risk assessment capabilities aimed at facilitating social welfare, public health, public benefits, and community services. 

Featured solutions

01 Tax and transfer pricing

Maxsight™ Investigations

Maxsight™ Investigations integrates business records, public data, and trusted sources to reduce fragmentation, visualize hidden risks, and automate workflows, supporting proactive threat mitigation, enhanced due diligence, and streamlined investigations for government agencies and public sector professionals

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02 Economic and financial research

Tax risk and transfer pricing

Financial administrators use our robust tax and transfer pricing solutions and insights to improve visibility across tax jurisdictions, streamline workflows, provide clarity on liabilities, and simplify complex calculations. 

Our solutions help financial administrators to respond to regulatory requirements, while maximizing efficiency and resource-to-cost savings.

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03 FDI screening

Economic and financial research

Our data, analytics, and predictive models help economists, researchers, and policy analysts to research complex issues with speed and precision. Built for public institutions, our solutions streamline workflows, validate results, and bring clarity to critical decisions.

  • Evaluate policy strategies: Help policymakers analyze the international implications of their strategies and actions.
  • Support investigations: Provide actionable insights for financial, tax, trade, and fraud investigations.
  • Advance academic research: Facilitate studies on topics such as green innovation, market development, and the impacts of recent economic shocks.
  • Enhance academic work: Help professors and researchers refine proposals, predictions, studies, and reports with reliable data and tools.
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04 Intelligence and investigations

Supplier risk management 

Moody’s helps public sector organizations build a holistic view of their supply chain risk exposure so they can anticipate disruption, enhance sourcing, procurement and logistics processes, as well as build resiliency. 

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Who we help

Financial administrators

Tax authorities use our enriched entity data on corporate structures, beneficial ownership, intangible property profiles, M&A activity, sanctions, and enforcements to support complex tax investigations, as well as perform risk profiling and monitoring.

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National security and law enforcement agencies

Defense, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies use our data and predictive analytics to produce actionable insights to inform intelligence cycles, detect and monitor national security threats, and assess supply chain integrity. 

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Policymakers and researchers

Our datasets and predictive models help economists and policymakers perform complex analyses and gain reliable insights that enhance research projects, inform better decisions, and shape effective policy.

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Universities and colleges

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Our datasets, analytical tools, and insights can help education institutions and government-funded research centers produce innovative research and inform educational programs.

Central banks

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Our datasets and risk intelligence help central banks and financial supervisors analyze economies, assess financial risk, and identify vulnerabilities to drive timely, and decisive policy action.

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Presidential politics
webinar

Apr 14, 2025
The global trade war takes a dark turn

President Trump’s shocking tariff hike has sparked a global trade war and significantly raised the odds of a global recession. In this webinar, we assess the current state of play and consider various scenarios of how the trade war will play out and what it means for the U.S. and global economies in the short and long run.

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Presidential politics
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Feb 26, 2025
Maxsight™ exclusive: How unified risk management is the key to decoding risk and unlocking opportunity

Join Keith Berry, Moody’s General Manager of Corporates and Government, for an exciting webinar during which we introduce Maxsight™; Moody’s new platform for unified risk management. 

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Presidential politics
webinar

Oct 17, 2024
Presidential politics, policy decisions and their economic impact

The anticipation of the upcoming election is on the top of everyone’s minds. Rightly so, as the decisions made in the coming weeks will likely affect every sector of our economy. Join us and be a part of the conversation by engaging directly with leading economic experts.

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climate
webinar

Jul 01, 2024

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Navigate climate reporting challenges amid changing regulatory landscape

Join us and gain valuable insights into how regulations from the SEC for the US, B-15 for Canada, CSRD for Europe and various climate risk stress testing requirements for APAC are shaping reporting approaches across organizations.

  • Physical and transition risk
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webinar

Mar 20, 2024

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Risky business? Addressing hidden shell company risk

Moody’s Industry Practice Lead Rich Graham explores groundbreaking research on suspicious corporate behaviors. Discover insights from analysis of 500 million organizations, categorizing and quantifying shell company risks. Gain practical anti-financial crime strategies from global experts.

  • Public sector
  • Compliance
  • KYC
  • Third party risk management
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News and views

public sector
ebook

Mar 31, 2025

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Business activity intelligence (BizINT) in action: The power of corporate data footprints to interdict national security threats

In the fight against organized crime, business activity intelligence is a powerful tool for investigators to identify, track and obfuscate criminal activity. Discover how digital footprints criminal leave behind in their daily activities can embolden an ongoing investigation.

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moodys
blog

Jun 09, 2025

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Harnessing big data to transform tax investigation and transfer pricing analysis

Discover how advancements in data analytics are making tax investigations less labor intensive, helping tax administrations to identify fraudulent activity with greater precision and speed. 

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public sector
article

Jan 27, 2025

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Tax minimization and closely controlled corporations

Explore how closely controlled corporations can leverage tax minimization strategies within legal frameworks. Learn about their unique tax risks and how Moody's data and tools can help tax administrations enhance oversight and compliance.

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public sector
blog

Jun 03, 2025

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From awareness to advantage: how cognitive preparedness can nullify national security threat

By using data and analytics, national security analysts can anticipate threats, and maintain a decisive edge over adversaries. 

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public sector
research

Jun 04, 2025

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Foreign direct investment (FDI) trends in U.S. manufacturing sectors

Moody’s and SelectUSA provide a joint analysis of investment patterns, milestones, and macro-level sectoral shifts that have impacted FDI into U.S. manufacturing over a 10-year time horizon.

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public sector
blog

Apr 24, 2025

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Leveraging modern technology for swift, targeted digital investigations of financial crime

Financial crime poses a significant threat to government revenues, national security, and society more broadly, which makes it crucial for state departments and public sector teams to pursue swift and accurate investigations.

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Harnessing big data to transform tax investigation and transfer pricing analysis

Discover how advancements in data analytics are making tax investigations less labor intensive, helping tax administrations to identify fraudulent activity with greater precision and speed. 

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public sector
blog

Mar 28, 2025

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Business activity intelligence (BizINT): Powering investigations into national security threats

Law enforcement and intelligence agencies are locked in a chess game with their criminal organization adversaries. To avoid detection and capture, bad actors rely on staying several moves ahead. For investigators, the enduring challenge is that the game has fundamentally changed – and not in their favor.

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whitepaper

Dec 17, 2024

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Protection of the Defense industrial supply chain

In today’s world, the defense sector has evolved into an extraordinarily complex and technologically sophisticated field. Modern threats extend beyond traditional warfare to include cyberattacks and many other forms of asymmetric conflict; a significant concern is the rise of disinformation campaigns, often fueled by Generative AI (GenAI).

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Nov 25, 2024

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Managing risk for Canadian public pensions

Discover how Canada's top public pensions, the Maple 8, navigate risks and leverage opportunities to promote financial stability and growth.

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outlook
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Nov 21, 2024

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US states 2025 outlook

State revenue collections will increase in 2025, although not as much as recent years. Modest spending increases, combined with high reserves and sound budgeting, will keep the outlook stable.

  • Public sector
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Nov 05, 2024

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Understanding the financial crime nexus: Threats to EU markets and strategies to disrupt organized crime

A Europol report, shared in October 2024, looked into the largest criminal networks in Europe to identify those posing the most serious threat. The crime networks were categorized by how agile, borderless, controlling and destructive (ABCD) they were. 

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Oct 23, 2024

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Moody’s expands Orbis Crossborder Investment capabilities with IBM Plant Location International collaboration

Discover how Moody’s and IBM PLI are enhancing FDI insights with the Orbis Crossborder Investment tool, offering advanced analytics and robust data.

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Harnessing innovation: The technology transformation in tax administrations
article

Oct 15, 2024

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Harnessing innovation: The technology transformation in tax administrations

The rapid digitization of the global economy is drastically altering how we function at home and at work. Technology has reshaped business models, value chains, lifestyles, and daily work routines worldwide.

  • Public sector
  • Digital transformation
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Global Innovation Index 2024: Analyzing global R&D trends with the Orbis dataset
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Sep 26, 2024

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Global Innovation Index 2024: Analyzing global R&D trends with the Orbis dataset

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently published its 2024 Global Innovation Index (GII). This report analyzes current innovation, rapid technology progression, and the resulting societal impacts.

  • Public sector
  • Company reference data
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Aug 21, 2024

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Enhancing national security with public-private partnerships

Discover 10 ways public-private partnerships enhance national security, from tech innovation to resource optimization. Learn how these collaborations provide a strategic edge in risk management and adaptability to emerging threats.

  • Public sector
  • National security
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whitepaper

Jun 18, 2024

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Powering investigation of the illegal drug trade

Data from Moody’s intelligent screening database shows a 42% increase in global Fentanyl and synthetic opioid-related risk events in 2023 versus 2022. The scale of the problems caused by illegal drug trafficking are significant and pose a threat to national and international security. Investigating and tackling the issue of the illegal drug trade is pressing. This new paper looks at the role data and technology can play in combating this trade - supporting investigations and spotlighting risks.

  • Public sector
  • National security
  • Investigations
  • KYC
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supply chain security
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Jun 16, 2024

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Supply chain security and cyber risk: a proactive approach

Discover the value of proactive supply chain security in government agencies. See how predictive analytics and risk assessment identify vulnerabilities and reduce cyber risk.

  • Public sector
  • Supply chain risk
  • Cyber
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whitepaper

Jun 04, 2024

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Customs and border protection

Moody’s intelligent screening database revealed a 23% increase in global human trafficking incidents last year. Find out how customs and border protection teams can combat organized crime in this new paper.

  • Public sector
  • KYC
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Feb 05, 2024

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The critical risks of critical minerals

The race to power the future continues to ratchet up. Whether its powering green tech or increasingly sophisticated smart devices, the world needs ‘critical minerals’ to move forward.

  • Public sector
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AI impact

GenAI will raise economic productivity-, but bring social risk and policy dilemmas.

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