Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform now supports Claude models, which are authorized for use in Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High environments, enabling federal civilian agencies and defense organizations to balance innovation with security. This authorization allows these organizations to access Claude while meeting their regulatory compliance requirements. With this expansion, government agencies can use Claude to build AI applications and workflows while maintaining strict security standards, accessing the complete model family, including the intelligent Claude 3.7 Sonnet model, and supporting digital transformation initiatives with frontier AI capabilities. The availability of Claude on Vertex AI also marks progress toward future IL5 compatibility, which will enable use with more sensitive Department of Defense workloads, and provides a fully managed and serverless experience through Google Cloud's Assured Workloads.