GOV.BB
GOV.BB is the single, trusted front door for all government information and services in Barbados — consistent, accessible, and built to earn citizen trust.
What we’re building
Epics & the forms that make them up
Each epic below groups the government forms and services this theme delivers.
Alpha.gov.bb Platform & Design System
As a citizen visiting any government website, I need every service to look, feel, and behave the same way, so that I can find what I need quickly and trust I'm in the right place.
- →Design system component library & documentation
- →Alpha.gov.bb website hosting & infrastructure
- →Brand guidelines & visual identity standards
- →Accessibility standards & audit programme
Content Migration to Alpha.gov.bb
As a citizen looking for government information, I need accurate, plain-language guidance in one place, so that I'm not bouncing between two competing websites trying to work out which page is current.
- →Full content audit of the legacy gov.bb – inventory of every page, owner, last-updated date, duplicates, and gaps
- →Headless CMS stood up as the single source of truth for alpha.gov.bb content (Strapi)
- →Content models for the core page types (guidance, news, MDA pages, service pages)
- →Bulk migration of legacy pages, news, and guidance into the CMS
- →Plain-language rewrite & accessibility pass on every migrated page
- →AI-assisted acceleration across audit, structured extraction into the CMS, plain-language drafting, and redirect-map generation – with human review before publish
- →Content ownership assigned per page or section in the CMS, so each MDA keeps its own pages current
- →301 redirects from legacy gov.bb URLs to their alpha.gov.bb equivalents
- →Decommission of the legacy gov.bb site once migration is complete and verified
Service Finder & Information Architecture
As a citizen who needs something from government, I need to find the right service by searching for what I want to do, so that I don't have to know which ministry owns it before I can get started.
- →Government service search & directory
- →Topic-based navigation (life events & tasks)
- →MDA landing pages & service catalogues
- →Content standards & plain-language guidance
Public Holiday Calculator
As an employee or employer, I need to see when public holidays fall and what I'm owed if I work them, so that I can plan my time off and understand my pay without having to read the legislation myself.
- →This year's public holiday dates & next upcoming holiday
- →Entitlement calculator for employees required to work on a public holiday
- →Proportional entitlement for part-time workers
Annual Leave Entitlement Calculator
As an employee or small employer, I need to work out how many days of leave I'm entitled to this year, so that I can take time off or meet my obligations to staff with confidence.
- →Statutory minimum leave entitlement by length of service & days worked per week
- →Proportional calculation for part-time & casual workers
- →Guidance on carry-over, pay-out, and forfeiture rules
Income Tax Estimator
As a salaried employee, I need a quick way to check roughly how much income tax I should be paying, so that I can sense-check my payslip and avoid surprises at year end.
- →Estimated annual income tax from gross salary using current BRA rates & personal allowance
- →Monthly and annual breakdown
- →Signpost to BRA for self-employed users & tax reliefs
NIS Contributions Calculator
As a worker, I need to see what I'm paying into NIS and what I'm building up in return, so that I understand what my contributions are buying me.
- →Weekly & monthly NIS contributions for employed workers (employee + employer share)
- →Self-employed contribution rate calculation
- →Contribution ceiling & benefit entitlement overview
Maternity & Paternity Benefit Estimator
As a parent planning leave, I need to see roughly what NIS will pay me while I'm off, so that I can budget for time with my baby without financial uncertainty.
- →Estimated NIS maternity benefit based on insurable earnings & qualifying contributions
- →Paternity leave entitlement check
- →Signpost to NIS office & claim pathway
Severance Pay Calculator
As a worker who has lost or might lose my job, I need to find out what I'm legally owed in severance, so that I can stand up for my rights even if I don't know the law.
- →Statutory minimum severance by years of service & weekly wage (Cap. 355A formula)
- →Redundancy vs. dismissal entitlement distinction
- →Signpost to the Labour Department for binding determination
Benefits & Support Eligibility Checker
As a citizen going through a difficult patch, I need to find out what government support I might qualify for, so that I don't miss help I'm entitled to simply because nobody told me it existed.
- →Eligibility signposting across welfare, disability, and financial assistance programmes
- →Guided question flow (employment status, household size, income band, dependants, age)
- →Programme availability status (open / closed / waitlisted)
Import Duty Estimator
As an individual or small business importing goods, I need to know upfront what duties and levies I'll have to pay, so that I can decide whether the purchase makes sense before the shipment lands.
- →Duty estimate by item category, declared value, and country of origin
- →De minimis threshold check (below which no duty is payable)
- →VAT & environmental levy visibility alongside import duty