WDG × WordPress VIP
Enterprise-Grade Digital Infrastructure
for America's Federal Agencies
A joint capability between WDG — a GSA Schedule digital agency and WordPress VIP Premier Partner — and WordPress VIP, the open and intelligent content platform built for government scale. Together, we modernize mission-critical federal web properties from legacy platforms to secure, accessible, future-proof experiences.
WPVIP Premier Partner
GSA Schedule Holder
FedRAMP Authorized
Award #47QRAA23D009S
The Opportunity — NTSB
ntsb.gov runs on SharePoint Classic. That's the root cause of everything.

The National Transportation Safety Board serves survivors, safety professionals, journalists, and regulators. Its current platform — Microsoft SharePoint Classic — generates public-facing server errors, fails mobile users, and blocks content teams from self-service publishing. NTSB's Technology Modernization Fund engagement creates a clear procurement path. WDG and WordPress VIP eliminate the technical debt and deliver a site that works as hard as the agency does.

The Partnership — What Each Party Brings
WDG Delivers
Content audit, URL mapping & migration architecture from SharePoint to WPVIP
USWDS-aligned design system and full Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 AA compliance
Audience-driven IA, navigation strategy, and homepage redesign
Federated search unifying investigations, CAROL, dockets & press releases
DAP-compliant analytics integration and editorial workflow support
WordPress VIP Delivers
FedRAMP-authorized, SOC II–certified managed cloud infrastructure
99.99% uptime SLA with WAF, DDoS protection, and auto failover
Managed patching, security updates & code review — reduces IT overhead
Built-in CDN and edge caching for fast delivery under peak load
Parse.ly content intelligence: real-time analytics and audience insights
WordPress VIP — Four Core Capabilities
Experience Creation
Block-based authoring, headless or traditional delivery, no-code site building, multisite, and AI-automated workflows — 1,200% more content creators enabled.
Managed Cloud Platform
FedRAMP authorized. Auto-scaling, downtime monitoring, and automatic failover. 100% uptime maintained through election week.
Optimization
Real-time analytics via Parse.ly. AI-powered insights, accessibility checking, and smart linking to grow and understand your audience.
Extensibility
Open platform, no vendor lock-in. Plugin ecosystem, REST and GraphQL APIs. No constraints on future integrations or evolving agency needs.
WDG — Four Core Capabilities
Strategy & Discovery
Audience research, content inventory, IA architecture, and stakeholder facilitation — turning complexity into a clear, validated digital direction.
Design Systems & UX
USWDS-aligned component libraries, Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 AA compliance, and user-tested prototypes built for government content scale.
Engineering & Migration
End-to-end CMS migrations, front-end development, URL mapping and redirect strategy, and zero-downtime cutovers on enterprise platforms.
Analytics & Growth
DAP-compliant analytics setup, audience behavior tracking, federated search architecture, and ongoing optimization informed by real usage data.
Proven ROI — Government at Scale
$4.5M
Saved at WhiteHouse.gov since 2021
35%
Lower security maintenance cost
$3.48M
3-year total impact, enterprise migration
Federal & Enterprise Portfolio
WhiteHouse.gov WDG + WPVIP
WPVIP build and ongoing maintenance — the definitive federal WordPress VIP reference. $4.5M in taxpayer savings since 2021 through service consolidation on WPVIP infrastructure, making it the highest-profile federal web property in the country.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York WDG + WPVIP
Enterprise WordPress built to strict compliance, performance, and accessibility requirements — directly comparable to NTSB's federal digital standards and publishing needs.
NASA.gov Drupal → WPVIP
Migrated from Drupal to WordPress VIP, NASA.gov saw dramatic improvements across search visibility, audience engagement, and discovery — all within 12 months of launch. A direct parallel to what NTSB can expect from its own SharePoint-to-WPVIP transition.
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Drupal → WPVIP
Dramatic reduction in developer headcount required to maintain and publish. WPVIP's managed infrastructure shifted the VA team from server management to mission — the same outcome targeted for NTSB.
Security & Compliance
FedRAMP
Authorized cloud infrastructure meeting federal security assessment standards
SOC II
Independently audited security, availability, and confidentiality controls
Section 508
WCAG 2.1 AA built into the design system and QA pipeline
Joint Delivery Approach
1
Discovery & Audit Content inventory, URL mapping, Section 508 baseline, and stakeholder interviews. WDG leads; WPVIP advises on platform architecture and migration tooling.
2
Design System & Prototype USWDS-based design system with annotated wireframes validated with real NTSB users — journalists, safety professionals, and family support staff.
3
WPVIP Build & Migrate Phased development on WPVIP's FedRAMP infrastructure with parallel environments, automated testing gates, full redirect validation, and content migration tooling.
4
Launch & Retain Dark launch, cutover, and retained support covering platform updates, security hardening, analytics review, and content team training.