What it is

The Alliance for Digital Innovation (ADI) is a Washington, DC organization whose stated mission is to streamline the U.S. public sector's acquisition and adoption of innovative commercial technologies. It supports laws, policies and regulations that help federal and state governments deliver efficient and secure digital services to citizens. Its members are commercial technology companies, and its board is drawn from member firms. Ross Nodurft serves as Executive Director.

Policy priorities

ADI organizes its mission around four priorities:

  • Technology modernization: helping public sector organizations invest in modern, cloud-based technology.
  • Simplified acquisition: encouraging buying practices that make it easier for government to invest in emerging technology.
  • Enhanced cybersecurity: promoting security policy that reduces compliance burdens and builds security into technology from the start.
  • Technology-savvy workforce: advocating for policies that help governments hire and develop technical talent.

In practice this means formal comments to agencies. Recent examples on its policy and news pages include comments to the FCC on modernizing the E-Rate program (October 2026) and comments on CMMC compliance reform (August 2026).

Who it is for

ADI is a trade and advocacy group, not a startup program. Its listed members include large cloud and software companies such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Palantir and Workday, alongside growth-stage and smaller federal technology firms such as Paramify, stackArmor, Easy Dynamics, UberEther, Knox Systems and Vanta. For a DMV founder, it is most relevant if you sell or plan to sell commercial software, cloud or cybersecurity products to government and want to follow or help shape the rules that govern how agencies buy and authorize technology, such as FedRAMP and CMMC.

How to engage

The membership page lists current member companies but does not publish fees, tiers or eligibility criteria. Prospective members are directed to the contact form, where you select "Membership Inquiry." ADI also hosts briefings and breakfast programs with government officials, mostly in Washington, DC. Recent topics have included GSA's OneGov initiative, FedRAMP 20x with the FedRAMP director, the federal Tech Force hiring program, and AI-driven threats to federal agencies. The site does not say whether events are open to non-members, so check each event listing. ADI also publishes newsletters and a blog.

Why it matters in the DMV ecosystem

Much of the DMV startup economy sells to government, and procurement and security authorization rules often decide how quickly a young company can win federal customers. ADI is one of the organizations in Washington that represents commercial technology vendors in those policy debates, so its comments and events are a practical way to track where acquisition and cybersecurity compliance policy is heading.