DOC-REF: FRC-2026-04-28Rev 04 / 2026

Section 8.4 - Register entry

DOC-REF: FRC-MKT-FR2100757165

IRBNet on GovCloud

Research Dataware LLC lists IRBNet on GovCloud on the FedRAMP Marketplace with the status FedRAMP Certified, at Moderate impact, on the Agency path under the Rev5 process. Package FR2100757165, read from the marketplace feed as of September 3, 2026.

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Section A. Register entry

What the marketplace records

FedRAMP package ID
FR2100757165
Cloud service provider
Research Dataware LLC
Certification status
FedRAMP Certified
Impact level
Moderate
Certification class
Class C (Moderate)
Authorization path
Agency
Certification type
Rev5
Marketplace phase
Ongoing Certification
Deployment model
Government Community Cloud
Register snapshot
September 3, 2026
Service model
SaaS
Independent assessor
Lunarline, Inc.
Certification date
March 31, 2023
Status date
March 31, 2023
Annual assessment
October 7, 2011
Agency authorizations
1
Business categories
Collaboration, Communication, Research
Milestones on record
3

The marketplace carries IRBNet on GovCloud under package FR2100757165 with 18 recorded fields. Its certification date is March 31, 2023. Lunarline, Inc. is named as the independent assessor, with an annual assessment date of October 7, 2011. 1 agency is listed as having authorized it, among them Department of Veterans Affairs. It is delivered as SaaS on a government community cloud, filed under 3 business categories including Collaboration, Communication and Research.

Section B. Milestones

3 entries in the marketplace event log

Most recent first, as recorded by FedRAMP.

Event log
DateCategoryRecorded
March 31, 2023Status ChangeStatus changed from PMO Review to FedRAMP Certified
October 7, 2021Status ChangeStatus changed from Agency Review to FedRAMP In Process
October 6, 2020Status ChangeStatus set to Agency Authorization In Process

Section C. Cost context

What reaching Moderate costs

Our own published ranges for a provider going through this level. Nothing here is a figure this provider has disclosed.

Cost context

Budget for a Moderate authorization

Initial authorization$800,000 to $2,000,000
Continuous monitoring$150,000 to $350,000 a year
Typical timeline12 to 18 months
Control baseline325+ controls
Annual assessment$90,000 to $260,000 a year

Our published planning range for a provider pursuing Moderate. It is not a figure any listed provider has disclosed.

Read the FedRAMP Moderate cost guide / annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost

Path

Agency Authorization is the route for 578 of the offerings on the marketplace. Our cost pages put it at $800,000 to $2,000,000 over 12 to 18 months for Moderate. Agency authorization cost

Assessment and monitoring

An annual assessment date of October 7, 2011 is on the record, and that assessment recurs for as long as the package stays listed. Annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost

Section E. Agencies on the record

1 agency listed against this package

As published on the marketplace. An agency named here has issued its own authorization to operate; FedRAMP does not issue ATOs itself.

  • Department of Veterans Affairs

Section G. Nearest entries on the register

Comparable offerings

Scored on impact level, path, status, shared business categories and how close the two entries sit in the register's own timeline.

Section H. Description

As published on the marketplace

The provider's own description of the service, reproduced from the FedRAMP feed without edits.

IRBNet's powerful suite of web-based, Software as a Service (SaaS) research compliance solutions provide electronic submission, collaboration and workflow tools that currently serve thousands of research institutions, compliance boards and sponsors, and hundreds of thousands of users, across IRBNet's National Research Network (commercial) and IRBNet on GovCloud (government). IRBNet research compliance solutions support institutions of any size, and currently serve hospitals and hospital networks, universities and academic research institutions, and federal and state agencies. IRBNet's secure suite of tools is accessible anywhere, anytime, supporting real-time collaboration between investigators and institutions anywhere in the world, helping to streamline compliance workflow, reduce review and approval cycle times, reduce errors and non-compliance, increase staff efficiency, and improve audit trails and record keeping. IRBNet's tools are fully integrated and configurable, and support all institutional compliance offices, investigators and board members, including: - Institutional Review Boards (IRB) - Institutional Biosafety Committees (IBC) - Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUC) - Research & Development Committees - Radiation Safety Committees - Scientific Review Committees - Conflict of Interest (COI) and other specialty committees IRBNet provides the following core features to support local Agency mission needs and critical business functions, supporting compliance boards and researchers throughout the entire lifecycle of the research review and compliance process: - Project assembly, documentation and team collaboration - Electronic submissions - Routing, tracking and alerting tools for committee member review - Tracking of committee member comments and pre-reviews prior to meetings - Cross-institutional collaboration and communication tools - Custom Form Wizards to improve guidance and document quality (application forms, etc.) - Tracking of researcher and committee training and credentials - Multi-Site studies - Instant notification of study approval and other key events - Automated continuing review alerts - Quality control and pre-review tools - Agenda and Minutes Builders - Personalized Approval Letter and Correspondence Wizards - Document version control and history - Multi-board workflow management - Audit and oversight functions IRBNet also provides the following optional integration features to meet Agency mission needs: - IRBNet provides an optional connection to the WCG IRB for commercial IRB review services. This service allows Agencies to seamlessly send research studies for commercial IRB approval, and receive back approval documentation such as Approval Letters, while maintaining oversight of the complete research portfolio (both internal and external). - IRBNet provides an optional connection to external training sources, such as Agency training systems or the national CITI program, to pull training information for researchers and committee members so that this information is readily available during compliance and review processes. - IRBNet provides an optional Single Sign-On federated authentication capability for Agency authentication frameworks such as PIV/CAC, to provide seamless access to Agency users. IRBNet on GovCloud is the Government Community Cloud offering of the IRBNet SaaS. IRBNet on GovCloud is hosted in multiple availability zones within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) FedRAMP-authorized GovCloud Infrastructure as a Service / Platform as a Service (IaaS/PaaS). All AWS GovCloud data centers are within the Continental United States (CONUS). IRBNet on GovCloud is managed by Research Dataware LLC., an operating unit of WCG Clinical, Inc. (WCG). WCG is the world's leading provider of solutions that measurably improve the quality and efficiency of clinical research.

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Provenance and independence

Source: the FedRAMP Marketplace product feed, produced by the General Services Administration. The feed's own last-change stamp is September 3, 2026; this copy was taken on September 5, 2026.

GSA's disclaimers page states that FedRAMP content about a specific commercial product or service is provided for the information and convenience of the public and “does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the General Services Administration”. A listing here is a record of a certification status, not a judgment about the product.

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DOC-REF: FRC-2026-04-28 / Updated 2026-04-28