Government
We design, build, and maintain websites for federal, state, and local government.
Our government work runs from the Social Security Administration and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to state and local work across the country. Accessibility, security, and reporting your leadership can trust are requirements here, and we build to them.
Trusted by public-good organizations
- City of Arlington Virginia logo
- Americares logo
- Arlington Public Schools logo
- City of Ashville logo
- Bond Dealers of America logo
- CVSA logo
- DCHS logo
- DrAxe.com logo
- George Mason University logo
- MACPAC logo
- MedPac logo
- Motorola logo
- Military Womens Memorial logo
- National Housing Conference logo
- National Industries for the Blind logo
- National Science Foundation logo
- Oliff Law llogo
- PRB logo
- SFI logo
- Wesley Seminary logo
Design, UX & Accessibility
Accessibility compliance your agency can document and defend.
Government sites answer to Section 508, WCAG, and ADA Title II, and to the audits that enforce them. We treat compliance as a design input rather than a review step: contrast, focus order, keyboard paths, and plain language are decided in the wireframes and verified before anything ships. The result is a site every visitor can use, with the records to show it.
What it covers
Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 AA conformance, ADA Title II readiness, plain-language content structure, accessible forms and documents, assistive technology testing, and VPAT and conformance documentation for your compliance office.
How we get there
Designers and developers work from the same accessibility checklist starting day one. Testing happens with real assistive technology, and findings are documented as we go, so the conformance records exist before anyone asks for them.
What it looks like
- Section 508 + WCAG AA conformance
- ADA Title II readiness
- VPAT + conformance documentation
- Assistive technology testing
Development
Single sign-on, government design standards, and code written for review.
Government development has its own standards, and we build inside them. Where the U.S. Web Design System applies, we follow it. Sign-in works with your existing identity setup, whether that is SAML, Active Directory, Login.gov, or PIV/CAC, and every line of code is written knowing a security review will read it.
What it covers
CMS and application development, single sign-on and identity integration, U.S. Web Design System implementation, migrations that preserve records and URLs, and documentation written for handoff and audit.
How we get there
Changes arrive as focused pull requests, and documentation is written alongside the code. Handoffs, audits, and continuity of operations stay simple because the paper trail already exists.
What it looks like
- Single sign-on integration
- USWDS-aligned builds
- Records + URL preservation
- Audit-ready documentation
Managed Infrastructure
We keep your site secure, patched, and online.
Government sites draw constant probing, automated and otherwise. We manage hosting with security as the standing priority: patches applied on a documented schedule, traffic watched for abuse, access held to least privilege, and backups tested before they are needed. When something needs attention, we handle it and send you the report.
What it covers
We can host you or manage the environment you already run. Either way the work includes security patching on a documented cadence, monitoring and alerting, DDoS and abuse protection, least-privilege access controls, and tested backup and recovery.
How we get there
Most issues get found and fixed before the public sees them. For anything bigger, you get the fix, then the written post-incident report to file or forward.
What it looks like
- Security patching on schedule
- Monitoring + alerting
- Tested backups + recovery
- Post-incident reports
Digital Strategy
Analytics that answer your program's questions.
We set up measurement around what the public comes to your site to do: renew a license, submit a form, look up office hours. Then we read the data with you in plain language, within the privacy rules that apply to public agencies. You learn what is working, what is failing, and what to fix first.
What it covers
Analytics set up to respect public-sector privacy requirements, task-completion and service-delivery tracking, dashboards for program staff, plain-language monthly reporting, and the search presence that keeps your official site the first result for your services.
How we get there
We define the handful of outcomes your program is measured on, track those, and trim the rest. Reports arrive with a walkthrough, so the numbers mean the same thing to your web team and your leadership.
What it looks like
- Privacy-compliant analytics setup
- Task-completion tracking
- Plain-language reporting
- Data walkthroughs with your team
The ADA clock is still running
Be compliant before you're required to be.
In April 2026, the Department of Justice extended the ADA Title II web accessibility deadlines by a year: April 26, 2027 for governments serving populations of 50,000 or more, and April 26, 2028 for smaller governments and special districts. The obligation is already in force, and getting compliant, with the documentation to prove it, takes months. Wherever you are with it, we can help.
Not sure which you need? Start with a free consultation, and we'll tell you where you stand and what it takes to get compliant.
Three ways to start
We design and build the whole site to be accessible from the first wireframe.
We test your site against Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 AA and give you a prioritized list of what needs to change and help you fix them.
We fix them and document the conformance as we go, so the records are ready for your compliance office.
Credentials
Certified. Registered. Ready.
Materiell is a WOSB certified woman-owned small business holding a GSA Contract on Schedule MAS, SIN 132-51. Active Virginia state contractor.
- 54151SIT Professional Services
- 518210CCloud IT Professional Services
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- 91596Web Page Design, Management & Maintenance
- 92003Application Service Provider (ASP)
- 91551Information Highway Electronic Services
- 541511Web Page Design
- 541512Computer Systems Design
- 541519Other Computer Related
- 541430Graphic Design
- 541613Marketing Consulting
- 518210Data Processing & Hosting
- 519130Internet Publishing
- 519190All Other Information Services
- 541810Advertising Agencies
- 541890Other Services Related to Advertising
- R701Support: Management — Advertising
- T001Photo/Map/Print/Publication — Arts/Graphics
- R426Support: Professional — Communications
Selected work
Digital worlds we've shaped.
A short list of recent engagements with public-good organizations, each one doing work worth supporting.
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