About

Clark Abt founds our company above a machine shop in West Cambridge, Massachusetts. His vision: Offer government and industry clients an evidence-based approach to solving social and economic problems.​

Abt pioneers large-scale experimental social policy research for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, laying the foundation for Section 8 vouchers.​

Read more about our housing and community development work. ​

Abt evaluates a seismic shift to fixed hospital payments, beginning a track record of helping the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services control costs, test payment reform, and boost program performance.​

Discover more about our approach to U.S. healthcare. ​

Abt wins its first global health contract with the U.S. Government, launching health systems strengthening and health security work that  ultimately reaches 1 billion people in 50+ countries.

Learn more about our impact in global health.

Following amendments to the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act, Abt expands its work for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency into sophisticated regulatory impact analysis to weigh health benefits, regulatory costs, and practical burdens.

Dig deeper into our environmental portfolio.

For the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Abt models how agencies can reduce errors, improve administration, and preserve access—building on earlier Electronics Benefits Transfer  work and anticipating today's data-driven government. 

Discover more about our work in agriculture and food security.

For the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, Abt expands our global health reach to implement a multi-country malaria program. We protect millions from this deadly disease while building surveillance, data, workforce, and country systems.

Learn more about our malaria control work.

Following the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the largest marine oil spill in U.S. history, Abt massively scales assessment of environmental damage on multiple fronts: GIS data gathering and spatial analysis, toxicology testing across 20 labs, and aerial surveys. This unprecedented work for federal and state agencies informs the record-setting $20 billion BP settlement.

Here’s more on our work in toxic chemicals and hazardous substances.

As the pandemic spread, Abt restructured an existing clinical research network for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We used it to track how COVID was actually spreading among American families and frontline workers and measure whether vaccines were preventing infection in real-world conditions.

Learn more about our public health work.

Abt accelerates our digital innovation evolution by acquiring TSPi, a technology partner to agencies like USDA, where we have since streamlined 90+ conservation systems behind $6.5B in annual payments.

Find out more about our digital and AI solutions