Government Website CMS

A Government CMS That Works Like a Modern Product · Because It Is One

Built from scratch for the demands of government web publishing. Events, forms, public notices, document centers, and citizen self-service — accessible by default, compliant by design.

Multi-Department Publishing

Every Department Publishes. No One Steps on Each Other's Toes.

The old way: one IT department owns the website, every update is a ticket, and content stays stale for months while department staff wait for someone with access to make a change. The result is a government website citizens can't trust and staff can't maintain.

WPPersona gives every department their own publishing workspace · with full content control and zero ability to touch another department's pages, break the site theme, or publish without proper review. IT sets the rules once. Departments run themselves.

Role-based access control

Editor, approver, and admin roles scoped per department · no cross-contamination.

Approval workflows

Sensitive content routes to a designated reviewer before it ever goes live.

Brand guardrails

Editors work within approved colors, fonts, and layouts · no off-brand surprises.

Content scheduling

Publish or expire content on a specific date and time, automatically.

Audit trail

Every change is logged with who made it and when · ready for records requests.

Government Modules

Every Function Government Websites Actually Need

Events, forms, public notices, document libraries, news — built as first-class modules, not afterthoughts or third-party plugins. Each one ships WCAG 2.1 AA compliant out of the box.

Events & Public Meetings

  • Council, board, and commission meeting calendar
  • Agenda and minutes publishing with version history
  • ADA accommodation request link on every event
  • Hybrid / virtual meeting join links (Zoom, Teams)
  • iCal feed and Google Calendar sync for citizens
  • Automatic expiry — past events archive, never 404

Accessible Forms Builder

  • Drag-and-drop form builder · no code required
  • WCAG-compliant labels, error messages, and focus order
  • Permit applications, service requests, and complaints
  • Public comment forms with deadline enforcement
  • File upload with accepted file type validation
  • Email routing to the right department on submit

Public Notices & Legal Notices

  • Bid / RFP notices with closing date and contact
  • Variance, zoning, and land use public notices
  • Public comment periods with open/close countdown
  • Automatic archiving after notice expires
  • Print-ready notice formatting built in
  • Section 508 compliant notice templates

News & Press Releases

  • Categorized news by department or topic
  • Press release publishing with media contact block
  • Featured image with required alt text gate
  • RSS feed generated automatically
  • Social share meta tags (Open Graph, Twitter Card)
  • Archive page with date and category filters

Document Center

  • Centralized library for budgets, policies, ordinances
  • Full-text search across all uploaded documents
  • PDF accessibility risk badge on every document
  • Version history — old versions never disappear
  • Folder structure mirrors department hierarchy
  • Bulk upload with accessibility pre-scan

Site-Wide Search

  • Accessible search with keyboard navigation
  • Results include pages, documents, events, and news
  • Phonetic matching for common misspellings
  • Search analytics to find content gaps
  • Highlighted keyword matches in results
  • Screen reader optimized results list
Citizen Self-Service

Fewer Phone Calls. More Served.

When citizens can find answers, submit requests, and complete forms without calling your office, staff spend time on work that actually requires a human. WPPersona ships the tools to make self-service real — not just a contact form that routes to a shared inbox.

Online Permit & License Applications

Building permits, business licenses, park reservations — accessible forms citizens can complete without a phone call or office visit.

311 Service Requests

Pothole, streetlight, graffiti, and general service requests routed directly to the right department — with submission confirmation for the citizen.

Email & SMS Notification Subscriptions

Citizens subscribe to alerts for their neighborhood, department, or topic. Meetings, road closures, and emergencies delivered instantly.

Multi-Language Self-Service

100+ languages available on every form and service page. Lang attributes set correctly — assistive technology reads the right language.

Staff & Elected Official Directory

Accessible contact cards with keyboard navigation, proper heading hierarchy, and descriptive link text. Citizens find the right person fast.

Service Finder

Citizens answer "What do you need?" and are routed to the right page, form, or department — reducing inbound calls and email.

Transparency & Open Government

Meet Your Public Records and Transparency Obligations

Sunshine laws, open records requirements, and public meeting obligations aren't optional · they're law. WPPersona makes compliance straightforward with purpose-built modules for every transparency requirement government websites face.

Transparency

Budget & Financial Documents

Annual budgets, audit reports, and financial statements published in a searchable, accessible document center. Every PDF scanned for accessibility before publishing.

Open Records

Open Records / FOIA Request Form

Accessible FOIA and open records request form with automatic intake confirmation, deadline tracking, and routing to records staff.

Public Meetings

Meeting Minutes & Agendas Archive

Full archive of past meeting agendas and approved minutes. Searchable, tagged by body and date, accessible to screen readers.

Legal

Ordinances & Municipal Code

Current ordinances, resolutions, and code sections published as accessible HTML pages — not just scanned PDFs. Full-text searchable.

Procurement

Bid / RFP Board

Active procurements listed with deadline, contact, and document download. Automatic archival when the bid closes.

Projects

Capital Projects & CIP Tracker

Public-facing capital improvement project status pages. Citizens see project phases, budgets, and updates without calling Public Works.

Drag-and-Drop Publishing

Drag-and-Drop Publishing. Government-Grade Results.

Most CMS page builders offer visual flexibility at the expense of accessibility. WPPersona's block library was designed for government · every block is accessible out of the box, with no configuration required.

Alert & Emergency Banners

ARIA live region enabled · screen readers announce updates instantly.

Government Service Cards

Structured for screen readers with proper heading hierarchy and landmark regions.

Document List Blocks

Built-in accessibility risk badges surface compliance issues before citizens do.

Event & Meeting Calendars

Agenda attachment support, accessible date pickers, ARIA grid roles, and iCal export.

Staff Directory Blocks

Accessible contact cards with keyboard navigation and proper link descriptions.

Multi-language Content Blocks

100+ languages with proper lang attribute injection and bidirectional text support.

Public Comment & Feedback Forms

Timed comment periods with open/close enforcement. Submissions stored and exportable for the public record.

Open Data & Statistics Blocks

Accessible data tables and charts for budgets, population stats, and service metrics. Keyboard navigable with proper table markup.

Video & Meeting Recording Embeds

Embed council meeting recordings with accessible captions. Closed caption file upload required before publish.

Built-In Compliance

Compliance Built Into Every Keystroke

Accessibility audits happen after the fact · after a document has been live for months, after a complaint has been filed, after it's already a liability. WPPersona moves the enforcement earlier, directly into the editorial interface where content is created.

These aren't post-publish suggestions. They are pre-publish gates. Content that fails an accessibility check cannot go live until the issue is resolved · by the editor who created it, with plain-language guidance about exactly what to fix.

Alt text enforcement gate

No image can be published without an alt text field completed · hard stop, not a suggestion.

Heading structure validator

Flags out-of-order heading levels before publish so H3 never appears before H2.

Color contrast checker

Built into every color picker in the editor · fail states shown in real time.

Link text quality check

Warns editors when link text is "click here", "read more", or other non-descriptive phrases.

PDF risk badge

Every uploaded document receives a compliance score · visible throughout the workflow.

Form accessibility validator

Every form field must have a label, error message, and correct input type before the form can go live.

Infrastructure

Government-Grade Infrastructure

Performance and reliability that meets the standards your constituents · and your IT policy · expect.

< 1.5s

Page Load

Global CDN with edge caching in 200+ locations

99.9%

Uptime SLA

Contractual SLA with credit provisions for government clients

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SSL / TLS

Managed certificates, automatic renewal, HTTPS enforced everywhere

A+

Core Web Vitals

LCP, FID, and CLS tuned by default · no performance optimization needed

Free Tool

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Enter your government website URL. We crawl every page, scan every PDF, and deliver a full ADA compliance risk report. No account. No credit card.

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