# North Align Consulting LLC > Practical AI and operational improvement for government. North Align Consulting LLC is a Minnesota-registered, veteran-owned consulting firm serving government agencies and prime contractors delivering government projects. North Align helps teams prepare reliable source information, use approved AI tools in defined workflows, establish human review, train staff, and evaluate quality and total staff effort. Services also cover data and reporting, plain-language and multilingual communication, program improvement, and operational oversight. Founder Adam Taha is the former Director of Minnesota's Enterprise Translations Office. His experience includes leading a multilingual operation combining professional linguists, AI-assisted translation, terminology guidance, and human review. The Minnesota work described on this site and in the OpenAI case study was performed in his government role. North Align is an independent business and is not endorsed by the State of Minnesota. North Align is registered as a supplier in Minnesota SWIFT. Engagements may be commissioned directly or as defined subcontracting work packages. Scope, deliverables, responsibilities, schedule, and fees are agreed before work begins. Contact: contact@northalignconsult.com. Last updated: 2026-10-22. ## Start here - [North Align homepage](https://northalignconsult.com/): Overview of the firm, services, founder experience, and contracting information. - [Services overview](https://northalignconsult.com/services/): The six core services, typical assignments, and ways to work together. - [Contact](https://northalignconsult.com/contact/): Project inquiries and subcontracting discussions. ## Core services - [AI Workflow Pilot & Verification](https://northalignconsult.com/services/ai-workflow-pilot-verification/): A focused six-week engagement for one document or information workflow. Includes source preparation, a pilot using approved tools, human review and approval steps, reviewer playbooks and training, and evaluation against a starting baseline. Measures quality and total staff effort, including preparation, review, and correction. Ends with a recommendation to adopt, refine, or stop. Delivery begins once approvals, access, technical responsibilities, and reviewer availability are confirmed. - [Data, Dashboards & Reports](https://northalignconsult.com/services/data-dashboards-reporting/): Data preparation and validation, Power BI dashboards, performance measures, recurring reports, and management summaries. AI performance and quality monitoring can track staff effort, reviewed-output quality, exceptions, and corrective actions. - [Plain Language & Multilingual Communication](https://northalignconsult.com/services/plain-language-multilingual-communication/): Plain-language writing and editing, translation with qualified language professionals, language quality review, website localization, and accessible content. Content and terminology readiness for AI includes source inventories, authoritative versions, clear structure, ownership, terminology guidance, and maintenance records. - [Program Improvement](https://northalignconsult.com/services/program-improvement/): Process mapping, bottleneck analysis, defined responsibilities, operating procedures, and implementation planning. AI workflow design covers source inputs, human review and approval, handoffs, exceptions, manual alternatives, and measures of quality, effort, and rework. - [Program Integrity & Oversight](https://northalignconsult.com/services/program-integrity-oversight/): Documentation and control-gap reviews, data validation, exception reporting, corrective-action tracking, and support for approved records-retention procedures. Operational AI oversight includes review procedures, quality sampling, issue ownership, escalation, and corrective-action verification. This service excludes financial statement audits, audit opinions, and assurance engagements. - [AI Playbooks & Reviewer Training](https://northalignconsult.com/services/ai-training-safe-use/): Task instructions, role-based training, reviewer checklists, practical exercises, and escalation procedures for approved workplace AI tools. Covers permitted inputs, sensitive information, source verification, completeness, terminology, and human accountability. ## Defined engagements and subcontracting - [AI Readiness & Governance Review](https://northalignconsult.com/services/ai-readiness-governance-review/): A typically six-week assessment and planning engagement covering an AI use inventory, risk assessment and recommended controls, a draft AI policy and review process, a 12-month roadmap, and a leadership briefing. Scope, schedule, and fixed fee are agreed before kickoff. - [For Prime Contractors: AI Knowledge Readiness & Quality Assurance](https://northalignconsult.com/for-prime-contractors/): Specialist subcontract support for government AI projects, including source-content preparation, terminology and content standards, reviewer playbooks and training, and documented output-quality evaluation. Supports enterprise search, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agentic AI projects through prepared sources and agreed quality checks. Configuration, integration, permissions, security, and ongoing support responsibilities are agreed with the prime, technical team, and agency. ## Background and capabilities - [Capability statement, October 2026 (PDF)](https://northalignconsult.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/North_Align_Consulting_Capabilities_Statement_Oct-26.pdf): Current capability statement linked from the website. - [OpenAI case study: Minnesota's Enterprise Translations Office](https://openai.com/index/state-of-minnesota/): Describes the AI-assisted translation work Adam Taha led in his former state-government role. ## Optional - [Privacy Policy](https://northalignconsult.com/privacy-policy/): Information about the website's handling of personal information. - [Accessibility Statement](https://northalignconsult.com/accessibility-statement/): Website accessibility information and contact options. - [Cookie Policy](https://northalignconsult.com/cookie-policy/): Information about cookies and consent choices.