DAS Website Modernization

The Challenge

The Iowa Department of Administrative Services manages a broad portfolio of enterprise services for state government — procurement, human resources, facilities, fleet management, and more — and its web presence needed to serve three distinct audience groups: state agency staff using DAS services, vendors and contractors working with the state, and members of the public accessing certain DAS programs. The existing site had not kept pace with modern responsive design standards and was difficult to navigate for any of its audiences. With over 3,000 pages of content to manage, a structured approach to migration was essential.

Our Approach

GovWebworks led the redesign and migration as a collaborative engagement with DAS staff, ensuring the agency’s deep knowledge of its own content and audiences informed every design decision. The redesign was organized around the needs of DAS’s three primary audience groups, with navigation and information architecture designed to route each audience quickly to relevant content. The migration of over 3,000 content pages to Drupal 7 was managed with content auditing processes that ensured accuracy and quality. Responsive design and accessibility compliance were built in throughout, ensuring the modernized site would serve users across devices.

The Result

The modernized DAS website launched in late 2014, delivering a responsive, accessible Drupal 7 platform with improved navigation for state agency staff, vendors, and the public. The 3,000+ page migration preserved DAS’s content while the redesigned information architecture made it meaningfully more navigable. The collaborative engagement model — DAS staff and GovWebworks working closely together throughout — ensured the delivered site reflected the agency’s own understanding of what its audiences needed.