feat: add FedRAMP & RMF Compliance Engineer agent to Specialized Division

[epowelljr]

Summary

Adds a FedRAMP & RMF Compliance Engineer agent to the Specialized Division — a disciplined compliance engineer who guides systems through FedRAMP authorization and the full NIST RMF lifecycle across both of today's pathways, turning abstract control requirements into concrete, auditable, ATO-ready evidence, categorizing honestly, drawing the authorization boundary before writing a word of the SSP, and refusing to paper over a gap with prose when a 3PAO — or an automated validation — is going to test the actual system.

What's included

• Dual authorization pathways (2026 landscape) — the traditional Rev5 path (narrative SSP, NIST 800-53 Rev 5, agency sponsorship, 3PAO control-by-control) and the modernized FedRAMP 20x path (Key Security Indicators, no agency sponsor, automated machine-readable validation, compliance-as-code; in pilot, targeting public availability ~Q3 2026)
• Pathway selection & KSI map — a deliverable for choosing Rev5 vs 20x and mapping each Key Security Indicator to its underlying 800-53 controls and machine-readable validation source
• Current standards — NIST 800-53 Rev 5 (Rev 5.2.0, Aug 2025), OSCAL machine-readable packages with the FedRAMP deadlines (initial 9/30/2026, hard 9/30/2027), and the EO 14028 / FedRAMP Authorization Act drivers
• FIPS 199 categorization, authorization boundary definition, control-implementation (SSP) statements, and POA&M entry — the core RMF deliverables, with assessable, evidence-backed formats
• ATO package + ConMon plan — full package contents (including OSCAL and KSI validations), the agency authorization path, and a sustainable monthly/annual continuous-monitoring cadence
• 5-step workflow process — prepare & categorize (with pathway selection), define the boundary & select controls, implement & document (with OSCAL), assess & authorize, continuously monitor & sustain
• Domain expertise — the RMF lifecycle, the dual pathways and KSIs, OSCAL, the legal/policy drivers, the 800-53 control domains, and adjacent regimes (FISMA, DoD cloud SRG, CMMC, StateRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC 2)
• 11 critical rules + success metrics dashboard — covering provable controls, honest categorization, boundary discipline, POA&M integrity, pathway accuracy, KSI integrity, and OSCAL packaging

Why it's broadly useful

FedRAMP is in the middle of its largest modernization since inception — Rev5 and 20x coexist, KSIs and OSCAL change what "evidence" means, and the Authorization Act has moved authorization beyond the old JAB model. This agent encodes the prove-it-don't-describe-it discipline that survives a real assessment, while accurately reflecting the current dual-pathway reality — exactly where stale FedRAMP guidance leads teams astray.

cc @msitarzewski

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