Services
Policy & Advisory
Our team brings in-depth subject matter expertise in policy areas including homeland security, border security, immigration, customs, counternarcotics, transnational criminal organizations, and counterterrorism. Our leadership are active participants in the policy community and have written for think tanks and policy journals including the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute, Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and the Council on Foreign Relations’ Foreign Affairs.
Communications
Effective communications are a key factor in a government agency’s success, and benefits include a more engaged workforce, additional resources, and greater support from Congress, the public, and state and local authorities. With that in mind, our team includes strategic communications as an integral part of our approach, and we specialize in helping clients with complex missions communicate clearly and effectively with internal and external audiences.
Legislative Affairs
Our experienced policy and communications advisors help our clients engage proactively and effectively with Congress. Our support includes congressional engagement strategies, assistance with testimony preparation, responses to member inquiries, and ensuring our clients possess the materials and training to represent agency interests as effectively as possible.
Strategic Planning
Our client agencies are often asked to meet new challenges with static or declining resources, leaving little time for long-term planning. At Noctua, our team advises senior government decision-makers on how to get to their desired future state while still succeeding in the present. We pride ourselves on being able to adapt to rapidly changing operational conditions, crafting flexible strategies that are as unique as our clients.
Organizational Transformation
We offer change management and process improvement that helps organizations increase their professionalism and efficiency. Clients choose our team when they seek trusted advisors who will take a thoughtful approach to understanding their specific goals - and who will offer solutions that are tailored to their organization.
Data-Driven
Decision-Making
Noctua's leadership got our start working closely with data analytics teams, leveraging our strategy, policy, and communications expertise to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences. Our teams are well-versed in statistics and data visualization, and we often incorporate quantitative analysis in our advisory and communications work. We excel at taking complex statistics or technical concepts and making them readily understandable for senior officials, Congress, and external audiences.
Risk-Assessment & Intelligence Analysis
Noctua brings in-depth expertise on key threats facing the United States today. Our staff includes subject matter experts on national security concerns including transnational organized criminal and terrorist groups, money laundering, and narcotics trafficking, as well as border-related issues including immigration, border security, and trade and travel. Our backgrounds include advanced training in domestic and international criminal law, vetting processes, intelligence analysis techniques, and advanced technologies for securing the homeland, and our network of law enforcement experts and technology partners positions us to respond to a wide range of intelligence needs.