We build secure, accessible software for public agencies and the organizations that serve them, from resident-facing portals and permitting systems to data integrations and legacy modernization. Our team treats accessibility, security, and long-term support as essentials, delivering dependable systems that serve the public well.
Customer Reviews
I was astonished that, in such a short period of time, something that other companies had taken months to understand, this company was able to execute. Since then, we have never looked anywhere else. I would never consider another company. This is how much we believe in them.
The other agencies we looked at, frankly, wanted to tell us how great they were. Sembit instead asked a lot of probing questions and provided the kind of consultation that really made us comfortable in hiring them.
It's been excellent every step of the way. The initial conversations were excellent — we had an instant human connection. In addition to being professional, they also had a human touch that's irreplicable.
I've really loved working with them. Sembit always delivers what they say they're going to deliver, in the time they say they'll deliver it. Whenever we have a deadline for a task delivery, the team gives us detailed and frequent updates about their progress. It's been a great partnership.
Sembit's team really took on the mindset of our business which resulted in a better product with thoughtful decisions from developers. We have been able to have healthy discussions about the pros and cons of a design choices which ultimately makes a better product in the long run.
Sembit has over-delivered on their promises at every step of the process. They've come in ahead of schedule and below budget, and they let us know if we are asking for too much. They are clear communicators, and it made a world of difference for our company.
These are the situations that most often prompt public agencies and the organizations serving them to bring us in, from resident-facing portals to permitting, licensing, and reporting systems.
Residents expect to interact with public agencies the way they do with everything else: online, on mobile, and on their own schedule. We build resident-facing portals and apps that centralize announcements, events, services, and self-service tools in one place. A well-built public app meets people where they are and makes everyday interactions with their government simpler.
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde: Secure Member Communication
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde needed a better way to reach and inform their members while keeping sensitive internal documents protected. Public channels were not suitable for the kind of member-only information the Tribe needed to share, and important messages did not always reach the people they were meant for.
Sembit partnered with the Tribe to build alta, a secure, member-only mobile platform that centralizes announcements, events, and sensitive documents. The platform protects internal information with PDF watermarking and improves message deliverability through push notifications. Since its public launch in August 2025, alta has achieved double-digit adoption across the Tribe's 5,400 enrolled members, with a meaningful share of users engaging every week.
Highlights from this project:
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde partnered with us to create alta, a secure mobile platform designed to deliver important tribal news, events, and documents directly to enrolled members.
City of Mission Viejo: Modernizing a Community App
The City of Mission Viejo had an existing community mobile app, MV Life, live in the Google and Apple app stores, but it had fallen behind. A code review revealed the app was more than four years out of date, which made it fragile, hard to change, and at risk of breaking with each new operating system release.
Sembit upgraded the app to the latest version of Dart and Flutter, fixed hundreds of compatibility and compiler errors, removed unwanted features, set up automated builds for both stores, and diagnosed a broken push-notification flow. Just two months after kickoff, updated and tested versions of the apps were released to the public in both stores. This project shows how a focused modernization effort can rescue a public app without starting over.
Highlights from this project:
The City of Mission Viejo partnered with Sembit to modernize its “MV Life” community app, bringing an out-of-date codebase up to the latest Dart and Flutter, cleaning up unwanted features, and releasing to both app stores in just two months.
Federal Web Service Integration
Sembit worked with a customer to create an integration with the IRS ACA submittal system, which was used to support other businesses who needed to send that health insurance information to the federal government. The customer initially asked for a large rewrite of a Java system, but Sembit was able to find a way to reduce scope and cost and create a targeted integration that relied on a much smaller set of tools that integrated well with their existing infrastructure.
Our Oregon Based Government Software Team
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Sembit's Oregon-based team is well-suited for government software because public-sector projects reward exactly what we value: careful handling of sensitive information, accessible design, and software that keeps working for the long haul. Public agencies and the organizations that serve them often carry a mix of legacy systems, mobile apps, document workflows, and reporting requirements, and we are comfortable across all of it.
Government clients also benefit from our long-term support model. Public software is rarely a one-time project. It needs steady attention as platforms change, requirements evolve, and new needs emerge. Clients appreciate working with a stable group of experienced developers who learn their systems and respond quickly when something urgent comes up.
That matters in the public sector, where a software problem quickly becomes a service problem. If residents cannot access a portal, a permit application stalls, or a notification never arrives, the public feels it directly. We help agencies avoid that gap by staying close to the entire workflow, not just the code.
We are also comfortable working with the range of people public software has to serve, from residents and members to staff and administrators. Whether the project is a resident-facing app, a secure member platform, or the modernization of a system that has fallen behind, our team can design, build, support, and improve it over time.
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Public software often serves distinct groups with different permissions: residents, members, staff, and administrators. We design authentication, roles, and permissions around the sensitivity of the information involved, so people see exactly what they should and nothing more.
We build portals, apps, and forms to be usable across abilities and devices, treating accessibility as a core requirement. This protects the agency and ensures public services genuinely reach everyone they are meant to serve. This is particularly important due to legislation mandating compliance with the WCAG standards for all entities receiving federal funding.
When sensitive documents need to reach a specific audience, we build controlled delivery with protections like PDF watermarking. This keeps internal information available to the right people while discouraging leaks.
Getting a message to land is harder than it looks. We build and troubleshoot push notification and messaging flows so important announcements actually reach residents and members, rather than getting lost.
We bring out-of-date public software back up to current frameworks, fix the accumulated issues, and set up automated builds and releases, getting fragile systems back onto a supportable, maintainable footing.
We connect the separate systems agencies rely on and build reporting tools on top, so staff and leadership can answer questions and meet reporting obligations without manual data work.
We are comfortable taking over and supporting existing public systems, keeping them current and responding quickly to urgent issues, so services keep running smoothly without an unnecessary rebuild.
Custom Development for Government FAQs
Yes. Public software must be built carefully, and security is central to how we work. We design access control, authentication, permissions, and protections like document watermarking around the sensitivity of the information involved.
Yes. We have taken a public app that was more than four years out of date and released a modernized version in both app stores within two months. We bring aging systems up to current frameworks and back onto a supportable footing, usually without a full rewrite.
Yes. We build resident-facing portals and apps as well as secure, member-only platforms that centralize announcements, events, services, and documents, with controlled access so the right people see the right information.
Absolutely. We design and build with accessibility in mind so portals, apps, and forms work across abilities and devices. We treat it as a core requirement rather than an afterthought.
Yes. We have diagnosed and repaired broken push-notification flows and built messaging that reliably reaches residents and members, so important announcements actually land.
Yes. We love being the second developer on a project. We take over existing public systems, keep them current with platform changes, and respond quickly when something needs attention.
