Government · Civic
Keystone. USWDS from day one.
Our WordPress build for state, municipal, and federal contractor work. Built to the U.S. Web Design System, accessible from the first commit, and written in plain language. Made to pass review and to serve everyone who lands on it.
What It Is
Compliance, built in.
A build shaped around the standards public sector work is held to, on a platform your team can actually run.
Keystone is our WordPress build for government and civic work. It follows the U.S. Web Design System, so the site meets the standards these projects are measured against, and stays that way as those standards update.
That means accessible from the first commit, plain language throughout, and components your visitors already recognize from other public sites. Built to pass review and to serve everyone who lands on it.
Standards
How we meet them.
The requirements public sector sites answer to, handled as part of the build rather than bolted on at the end.
Section 508
508 aligned
Built to the federal accessibility requirements public sector sites are measured against.
WCAG 2.1 AA
AA structure
Color, focus, and semantics that meet WCAG 2.1 at the AA level throughout.
USWDS
Familiar components
Design system components your visitors already know from other public sites.
Plain Language
Clear by default
Content written to be understood on the first read, following plain language guidance.
Keyboard + AT
Works without a mouse
Full keyboard support and screen reader testing across the whole build.
Documented
Testable at handoff
An accessibility pass documented at handoff, so it can be reviewed and kept up.
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