A Smarter Way to Manage Your Local Government Website!

Meet Digital Commons

Reduce Risk. Increase Confidence

The North Carolina Digital Commons platform provides a scalable, sustainable solution tailored for government.

  • Structured to support clear, citizen-first content
  • Easier navigation and search
  • Mobile-first, fast loading pages
  • State-managed hosting and Web Application Firewall (WAF)
  • Pre-built, user-centered templates help improve communication and service delivery for local governments.

A shared platform where all participants benefit from ongoing statewide investment

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Built for Public Sector Communicators

  • No coding required, your team stays in control of content
  • Training and support for life of the site by the state expert team
  • Role-based permissions to support governance and content control
  • Designed to meet WCAG 2.1 AA standards, aligned with the ADA Title II accessibility requirements
  • No licensing fees, no cost for the platform upgrades or security patches

Designed for Localities Like Yours

Whenever you're:

  • Replacing an outdated website
  • Struggling with accessibility complience
  • Managing content across multiple departments
  • Or trying to do with limited staff...

A proven, Supported Platform for You!

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An Award-Winning Web Publishing Platform

Digital Commons is an award-winning web publishing platform owned and maintained by the State of North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NCDIT). The platform enables agencies to focus on their website content through an accessible, secure, user-friendly and mobile-friendly interface that does not require web coding skills.

  • Our modern platform built mobile-first for faster load time using less data.
  • Adheres to the state digital accessibility standard to ensure your content is usable by everyone.
  • From DNS, SSL, and load balancing, to hosting, caching, and databases, we manage and control our entire stack with FedRamp compliant Amazon Web Services.
  • Application Integration ready. 
  • Publish from anywhere, no coding skills required.