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GovCMS is a whole-of-government web hosting service and content management system, also known as CMS for short. It was created by government, for government, and is managed by the Department of Finance.
It hosts over 370 websites for more than 115 agencies across all levels of government in Australia.
GovCMS provides many benefits.
It is:
- Reliable
- Affordable
- Flexible
- Well-supported
- Secure
- Accessible
- and Built on an open-source platform
By joining GovCMS, you also become part of a thriving community. Let's take a look at these benefits in more detail.
GovCMS is reliable. It's an Australian-based service with an uptime of 99.95%. We experienced zero down time during the COVID-19 crisis.
The platform is also affordable. It saves your agency time, and money. As part of the Australian government, we are well placed to understand the needs of our customers and tailor the contracts, service, security and technology to your needs. This saves you time and effort. And having a shared-service web platform delivers an economy of scale for users.
GovCMS is flexible and meets the needs for a variety of sites. Whether your site is a smaller, information-based website or a large site with more complex features, we scale to meet your needs.
The platform is well-supported. It's continuously monitored, has a training program, self-help knowledge base and 24/7 support.
GovCMS is secure. The platform has official sensitive classification, and so can store and process information up to the security level of OFFICIAL:Sensitive. Websites are secure and compliant with government standards.
The GovCMS platform is set up to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 out-of-the-box. Individual agencies need to ensure their website continue to meet accessibility standards.
GovCMS is built on Drupal, which is open source software. Drupal is used by over a million websites globally with a large community of developers, designers, and other contributors.
We also have a strong and growing community where you can access, contribute, and share ideas to create a better digital experience.
GovCMS combines technology such as Lagoon, Kubernetes, Docker and GitLab.
As a whole-of-government platform, GovCMS also helps government consolidate digital experiences and reduce costs. Contact us to find out how you can benefit.