Scotty is how government finance leaders explore, understand, and apply Government Budget Intelligence. It works alongside your analysts, not in place of them, turning weeks of manual reconciliation into minutes. Your team spends that time weighing options, modelling impacts, and supporting better decisions.
The BIDS Data Universe brings budgeting, grants, and compliance into a single unified foundation. Twenty years of public-finance expertise, audit-ready by design.
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Generic AI tools start from scattered, unreconciled data. Scotty starts from the BIDS Data Universe, a trusted, unified data foundation. That is what makes Government Budget Intelligence possible, and what makes Scotty categorically different from a copilot bolted onto a spreadsheet.
Scotty is the SaaS product your team logs into. The BIDS Data Universe is the trusted foundation beneath it.
Government Budget Intelligence, grounded in trusted, unified data, so every stakeholder works from one trusted view across government.
Use Scotty to rank expenditures by impact and support decision making across your Legislature.
Discover budget issues before they arise. Scotty analyzes your budget for holes, risks, and vulnerabilities in advance , so you can act before problems become crises.
Instantly model the long-term impact of proposed funding shifts or policy changes on your specific jurisdiction. Answer "what if" before the vote, not after.
Take a look today and start understanding what else you could learn.
Scotty has already procured and analyzed your publicly available budget data, which may be around 20% of your total picture. You can start with that data now, and then give us access to more , performance reports, historical expenditures, capital budgets , and get even more private analytics support.
"Show me the FY 2026 salary appropriations from General Funds broken down by district for Baltimore County and Anne Arundel County."
Give Scotty access to other financial and performance systems within your Jurisdiction and bring your data into one secure, intelligent platform. That's when real forecasting, scenario planning, and budget optimization become possible.
"What are the largest capital projects funded in FY 2026, and how are they distributed by fund type and district?"
From public insights to full Jurisdiction intelligence, Scotty evolves with you, building one trusted view across government on the BIDS Data Universe.
Scotty already has your publicly available budget and financial reporting data. You can start with this and begin to gain insights you've never before been able to see,but once you begin working with Scotty, and allow us to access more of your internal data,hosted within your own isolated cloud,Scotty can evolve to supercharge every decision within your Jurisdiction.
Jurisdictions manage some of the most complex, multi-year financial portfolios in the country. Scotty AI integrates with your budget and capital planning data to provide a 360-degree view of project health, grant compliance, and future funding gaps.
Federal grant compliance tracking with automated reporting, deadline alerts, and real-time audit trails. Scotty ensures every federal dollar is tracked, optimized, and defensible.
From municipal oversight to federal jurisdiction auditing, Scotty provides the "Common Operating Picture" required for high-stakes financial management. Ensure every tax dollar is tracked, optimized, and defensible.
Real-time tracking of federal compliance requirements and reporting deadlines. Automated appropriations monitoring across every department and line item with AI-powered analysis.
Streamline municipal budget planning and analysis with AI-powered insights for local jurisdictions. Scotty brings enterprise-grade financial intelligence to every level of government,without enterprise complexity.
Predict revenue trends and plan for future needs with data-driven forecasting tools. From tax receipts to federal grant projections, Scotty gives local leaders the full financial picture.
Every marker is a jurisdiction whose budget data is loaded, structured and ready to question. Drag the globe to explore, or pick a jurisdiction from the list.
At The Performa Group, we've spent over 20 years building the software that runs government. Scotty stands on that same foundation, the BIDS Data Universe, so every stakeholder works from the same numbers. Now SOC2 and ISO 27001 certified.
Your data is never used to train public models. We deploy "Siloed Intelligence" where your jurisdiction's data remains in an isolated, encrypted environment only your authorized staff can access.
Designed to meet SOC2 Type II and ISO 27001 standards. AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.3 in transit ensures your financial records are more secure with us than on an internal legacy server.
All data processed and stored in a private cloud environment located within your jurisdiction or as approved. SOC2-certified, ISO 27001-compliant infrastructure. Full sovereign control. Role-based access control for every user and endpoint.
"In two decades of working with Enterprise Government to prepare and prioritize budgets, we have never compromised on the accuracy and integrity of the data we work with. Scotty, built upon the BIDS Data Universe, is the next evolution of that promise."
, Brendan Hayes, CEO of The Performa Group
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Scotty already has your publicly available budget and financial reporting data , so you can start gaining insights immediately. Once you're ready to go deeper, Scotty can securely connect to your internal data, hosted within your own isolated cloud, giving you a complete intelligence picture across your Jurisdiction.
Absolutely. We use the "Performa Shield" architecture. Your internal data is ingested into a private AI instance that only your authorized staff can access. It is never mixed with public data, never shared across jurisdictions, and never used to train external AI models.
Yes. Scotty is built upon the BIDS Data Universe by the same team. Integration is seamless via secure API or batch upload, no middleware, no expensive IT project required. Most jurisdictions are live within a single sprint cycle.
No. Scotty is an intelligence layer, not a replacement, for your systems or for your people. It sits on top of your existing systems and turns raw financial data into one trusted view across your Jurisdiction. Your experienced analysts spend less time gathering and reconciling data and more time evaluating options, modelling impacts, and supporting better decisions. Scotty is a collaborator, not a replacement.
With the free tier, Scotty gives you instant access to all publicly available budget records , legislative filings, transparency reports, public BIDS data. This represents roughly 20% of your jurisdiction's full financial picture. To unlock the rest, simply get licensed. We handle the full integration of your internal systems , line items, project ledgers, grant tracking , so you get 100% of the intelligence, with none of the IT headache.
Yes. Scotty is available through various Federal and State Government contractual purchasing arrangements. Sign up to get started, and our team will work with you to align with your jurisdiction's procurement process.
Yes. The Individual Basic tier is permanently free. It provides 100 one-time credits (no expiry) powered by our multi-model AI engine with email support , no credit card required. Sign up and start gaining insights from publicly available budget and financial reporting data immediately.
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