About

The govspace platform makes it easy for Australian Government agencies to create public blogs and websites, which are hosted by the Department of Finance and Deregulation (Finance) but feature an appearance, content and domain name chosen by the agency. govspace uses WordPress software and is housed on fast, reliable and secure infrastructure.

As part of the govspace service Finance provides:

• a govspace provisioned within 10 working days of a completed Letter of Exchange between Finance and the agency
• blog and website hosting and infrastructure – including maintenance, patch management etc
• disaster recovery, business continuity, capacity management, including daily backups
• privacy and security of the infrastructure in accordance with Australian Government policies and guidelines
• software applications
• a test environment for agencies to experiment with theme development
• a Starter Kit which contains default blog/website theme templates and legal templates
• a help desk for infrastructure related agency queries.

As part of the standard service, agencies are responsible for:

• site configuration and customisation
• administration of account administration and access management for their users
• migration of data and information from existing system (if applicable)
• compliance with the Mandatory Requirements of the Australian Government Web Guide, including privacy, branding, accessibility, recordkeeping and Freedom of Information obligations
• creating and adding content and moderating comments
• release / launch of the site.

For further details about the service please visit the Features page or contact us if you wish to discuss the suitability of govspace to your requirements.