diff --git a/services/backup/Cargo.lock b/services/backup/Cargo.lock
--- a/services/backup/Cargo.lock
+++ b/services/backup/Cargo.lock
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
  "aws-types",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
- "derive_more",
+ "comm-services-lib",
  "once_cell",
  "prost",
  "rand",
@@ -529,6 +529,17 @@
  "unicode-width",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "comm-services-lib"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "aws-config",
+ "aws-sdk-dynamodb",
+ "aws-types",
+ "chrono",
+ "derive_more",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "convert_case"
 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/services/backup/Cargo.toml b/services/backup/Cargo.toml
--- a/services/backup/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/backup/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 aws-types = "0.51.0"
 chrono = "0.4"
 clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["derive", "env"] }
-derive_more = "0.99"
+comm-services-lib = { path = "../comm-services-lib" }
 once_cell = "1.17"
 prost = "0.11"
 rand = "0.8.5"
diff --git a/services/backup/Dockerfile b/services/backup/Dockerfile
--- a/services/backup/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/backup/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 # Cache build dependencies in a new layer
 COPY services/backup/Cargo.toml services/backup/Cargo.lock ./
+COPY services/comm-services-lib ../comm-services-lib
 RUN cargo build --release && rm src/*.rs 
 
 # Copy actual application sources
diff --git a/services/backup/src/database.rs b/services/backup/src/database.rs
--- a/services/backup/src/database.rs
+++ b/services/backup/src/database.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
-use aws_sdk_dynamodb::{
-  model::AttributeValue, output::GetItemOutput, Error as DynamoDBError,
-};
+use aws_sdk_dynamodb::{model::AttributeValue, output::GetItemOutput};
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
-use std::{
-  collections::HashMap,
-  fmt::{Display, Formatter},
-  sync::Arc,
-};
+use comm_services_lib::database::{self, DBItemError, Error};
+use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc};
 use tracing::error;
 
 use crate::constants::{
@@ -391,137 +386,30 @@
   }
 }
 
-#[derive(
-  Debug, derive_more::Display, derive_more::From, derive_more::Error,
-)]
-pub enum Error {
-  #[display(...)]
-  AwsSdk(DynamoDBError),
-  #[display(...)]
-  Attribute(DBItemError),
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, derive_more::Error, derive_more::Constructor)]
-pub struct DBItemError {
-  attribute_name: &'static str,
-  attribute_value: Option<AttributeValue>,
-  attribute_error: DBItemAttributeError,
-}
-
-impl Display for DBItemError {
-  fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
-    match &self.attribute_error {
-      DBItemAttributeError::Missing => {
-        write!(f, "Attribute {} is missing", self.attribute_name)
-      }
-      DBItemAttributeError::IncorrectType => write!(
-        f,
-        "Value for attribute {} has incorrect type: {:?}",
-        self.attribute_name, self.attribute_value
-      ),
-      error => write!(
-        f,
-        "Error regarding attribute {} with value {:?}: {}",
-        self.attribute_name, self.attribute_value, error
-      ),
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, derive_more::Display, derive_more::Error)]
-pub enum DBItemAttributeError {
-  #[display(...)]
-  Missing,
-  #[display(...)]
-  IncorrectType,
-  #[display(...)]
-  InvalidTimestamp(chrono::ParseError),
-}
-
-fn parse_string_attribute(
-  attribute_name: &'static str,
-  attribute_value: Option<AttributeValue>,
-) -> Result<String, DBItemError> {
-  match attribute_value {
-    Some(AttributeValue::S(value)) => Ok(value),
-    Some(_) => Err(DBItemError::new(
-      attribute_name,
-      attribute_value,
-      DBItemAttributeError::IncorrectType,
-    )),
-    None => Err(DBItemError::new(
-      attribute_name,
-      attribute_value,
-      DBItemAttributeError::Missing,
-    )),
-  }
-}
-
-fn parse_bool_attribute(
-  attribute_name: &'static str,
-  attribute_value: Option<AttributeValue>,
-) -> Result<bool, DBItemError> {
-  match attribute_value {
-    Some(AttributeValue::Bool(value)) => Ok(value),
-    Some(_) => Err(DBItemError::new(
-      attribute_name,
-      attribute_value,
-      DBItemAttributeError::IncorrectType,
-    )),
-    None => Err(DBItemError::new(
-      attribute_name,
-      attribute_value,
-      DBItemAttributeError::Missing,
-    )),
-  }
-}
-
-fn parse_datetime_attribute(
-  attribute_name: &'static str,
-  attribute_value: Option<AttributeValue>,
-) -> Result<DateTime<Utc>, DBItemError> {
-  if let Some(AttributeValue::S(datetime)) = &attribute_value {
-    // parse() accepts a relaxed RFC3339 string
-    datetime.parse().map_err(|e| {
-      DBItemError::new(
-        attribute_name,
-        attribute_value,
-        DBItemAttributeError::InvalidTimestamp(e),
-      )
-    })
-  } else {
-    Err(DBItemError::new(
-      attribute_name,
-      attribute_value,
-      DBItemAttributeError::Missing,
-    ))
-  }
-}
-
 fn parse_backup_item(
   mut item: HashMap<String, AttributeValue>,
 ) -> Result<BackupItem, DBItemError> {
-  let user_id = parse_string_attribute(
+  let user_id = database::parse_string_attribute(
     BACKUP_TABLE_FIELD_USER_ID,
     item.remove(BACKUP_TABLE_FIELD_USER_ID),
   )?;
-  let backup_id = parse_string_attribute(
+  let backup_id = database::parse_string_attribute(
     BACKUP_TABLE_FIELD_BACKUP_ID,
     item.remove(BACKUP_TABLE_FIELD_BACKUP_ID),
   )?;
-  let created = parse_datetime_attribute(
+  let created = database::parse_datetime_attribute(
     BACKUP_TABLE_FIELD_CREATED,
     item.remove(BACKUP_TABLE_FIELD_CREATED),
   )?;
-  let recovery_data = parse_string_attribute(
+  let recovery_data = database::parse_string_attribute(
     BACKUP_TABLE_FIELD_RECOVERY_DATA,
     item.remove(BACKUP_TABLE_FIELD_RECOVERY_DATA),
   )?;
-  let compaction_holder = parse_string_attribute(
+  let compaction_holder = database::parse_string_attribute(
     BACKUP_TABLE_FIELD_COMPACTION_HOLDER,
     item.remove(BACKUP_TABLE_FIELD_COMPACTION_HOLDER),
   )?;
-  let attachment_holders = parse_string_attribute(
+  let attachment_holders = database::parse_string_attribute(
     BACKUP_TABLE_FIELD_ATTACHMENT_HOLDERS,
     item.remove(BACKUP_TABLE_FIELD_ATTACHMENT_HOLDERS),
   )?;
@@ -538,27 +426,27 @@
 fn parse_log_item(
   mut item: HashMap<String, AttributeValue>,
 ) -> Result<LogItem, DBItemError> {
-  let backup_id = parse_string_attribute(
+  let backup_id = database::parse_string_attribute(
     LOG_TABLE_FIELD_BACKUP_ID,
     item.remove(LOG_TABLE_FIELD_BACKUP_ID),
   )?;
-  let log_id = parse_string_attribute(
+  let log_id = database::parse_string_attribute(
     LOG_TABLE_FIELD_LOG_ID,
     item.remove(LOG_TABLE_FIELD_LOG_ID),
   )?;
-  let persisted_in_blob = parse_bool_attribute(
+  let persisted_in_blob = database::parse_bool_attribute(
     LOG_TABLE_FIELD_PERSISTED_IN_BLOB,
     item.remove(LOG_TABLE_FIELD_PERSISTED_IN_BLOB),
   )?;
-  let value = parse_string_attribute(
+  let value = database::parse_string_attribute(
     LOG_TABLE_FIELD_VALUE,
     item.remove(LOG_TABLE_FIELD_VALUE),
   )?;
-  let data_hash = parse_string_attribute(
+  let data_hash = database::parse_string_attribute(
     LOG_TABLE_FIELD_DATA_HASH,
     item.remove(LOG_TABLE_FIELD_DATA_HASH),
   )?;
-  let attachment_holders = parse_string_attribute(
+  let attachment_holders = database::parse_string_attribute(
     LOG_TABLE_FIELD_ATTACHMENT_HOLDERS,
     item.remove(LOG_TABLE_FIELD_ATTACHMENT_HOLDERS),
   )?;
diff --git a/services/backup/src/service/mod.rs b/services/backup/src/service/mod.rs
--- a/services/backup/src/service/mod.rs
+++ b/services/backup/src/service/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use aws_sdk_dynamodb::Error as DynamoDBError;
+use comm_services_lib::database::Error as DBError;
 use proto::backup_service_server::BackupService;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
@@ -8,9 +9,8 @@
 use tracing_futures::Instrument;
 
 use crate::{
-  blob::BlobClient,
-  constants::MPSC_CHANNEL_BUFFER_CAPACITY,
-  database::{DatabaseClient, Error as DBError},
+  blob::BlobClient, constants::MPSC_CHANNEL_BUFFER_CAPACITY,
+  database::DatabaseClient,
 };
 
 mod proto {
diff --git a/services/blob/Cargo.lock b/services/blob/Cargo.lock
--- a/services/blob/Cargo.lock
+++ b/services/blob/Cargo.lock
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@
  "aws-types",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
+ "comm-services-lib",
  "derive_more",
  "once_cell",
  "prost",
@@ -598,6 +599,17 @@
  "unicode-width",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "comm-services-lib"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "aws-config",
+ "aws-sdk-dynamodb",
+ "aws-types",
+ "chrono",
+ "derive_more",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "convert_case"
 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/services/blob/Cargo.toml b/services/blob/Cargo.toml
--- a/services/blob/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/blob/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 aws-types = "0.51.0"
 chrono = "0.4"
 clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["derive", "env"] }
+comm-services-lib = { path = "../comm-services-lib" }
 derive_more = "0.99"
 once_cell = "1.17"
 prost = "0.11"
diff --git a/services/blob/Dockerfile b/services/blob/Dockerfile
--- a/services/blob/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/blob/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 # Cache build dependencies in a new layer
 COPY services/blob/Cargo.toml services/blob/Cargo.lock ./
+COPY services/comm-services-lib ../comm-services-lib
 RUN cargo build --release && rm src/*.rs 
 
 # Copy actual application sources
diff --git a/services/blob/src/database.rs b/services/blob/src/database.rs
--- a/services/blob/src/database.rs
+++ b/services/blob/src/database.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   model::AttributeValue, output::GetItemOutput, Error as DynamoDBError,
 };
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
+use comm_services_lib::database::{self, DBItemError};
 use std::{
   collections::HashMap,
   fmt::{Display, Formatter},
@@ -101,15 +102,15 @@
         item: Some(mut item),
         ..
       } => {
-        let blob_hash = parse_string_attribute(
+        let blob_hash = database::parse_string_attribute(
           BLOB_TABLE_BLOB_HASH_FIELD,
           item.remove(BLOB_TABLE_BLOB_HASH_FIELD),
         )?;
-        let s3_path = parse_string_attribute(
+        let s3_path = database::parse_string_attribute(
           BLOB_TABLE_S3_PATH_FIELD,
           item.remove(BLOB_TABLE_S3_PATH_FIELD),
         )?;
-        let created = parse_datetime_attribute(
+        let created = database::parse_datetime_attribute(
           BLOB_TABLE_CREATED_FIELD,
           item.remove(BLOB_TABLE_CREATED_FIELD),
         )?;
@@ -206,11 +207,11 @@
         item: Some(mut item),
         ..
       } => {
-        let holder = parse_string_attribute(
+        let holder = database::parse_string_attribute(
           BLOB_REVERSE_INDEX_TABLE_HOLDER_FIELD,
           item.remove(BLOB_REVERSE_INDEX_TABLE_HOLDER_FIELD),
         )?;
-        let blob_hash = parse_string_attribute(
+        let blob_hash = database::parse_string_attribute(
           BLOB_REVERSE_INDEX_TABLE_BLOB_HASH_FIELD,
           item.remove(BLOB_REVERSE_INDEX_TABLE_BLOB_HASH_FIELD),
         )?;
@@ -253,11 +254,11 @@
     let mut results: Vec<ReverseIndexItem> =
       Vec::with_capacity(response.count() as usize);
     for mut item in response.items.unwrap_or_default() {
-      let holder = parse_string_attribute(
+      let holder = database::parse_string_attribute(
         BLOB_REVERSE_INDEX_TABLE_HOLDER_FIELD,
         item.remove(BLOB_REVERSE_INDEX_TABLE_HOLDER_FIELD),
       )?;
-      let blob_hash = parse_string_attribute(
+      let blob_hash = database::parse_string_attribute(
         BLOB_REVERSE_INDEX_TABLE_BLOB_HASH_FIELD,
         item.remove(BLOB_REVERSE_INDEX_TABLE_BLOB_HASH_FIELD),
       )?;
@@ -321,81 +322,3 @@
 }
 
 impl std::error::Error for BlobDBError {}
-
-#[derive(Debug, derive_more::Error, derive_more::Constructor)]
-pub struct DBItemError {
-  attribute_name: &'static str,
-  attribute_value: Option<AttributeValue>,
-  attribute_error: DBItemAttributeError,
-}
-
-impl Display for DBItemError {
-  fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
-    match &self.attribute_error {
-      DBItemAttributeError::Missing => {
-        write!(f, "Attribute {} is missing", self.attribute_name)
-      }
-      DBItemAttributeError::IncorrectType => write!(
-        f,
-        "Value for attribute {} has incorrect type: {:?}",
-        self.attribute_name, self.attribute_value
-      ),
-      error => write!(
-        f,
-        "Error regarding attribute {} with value {:?}: {}",
-        self.attribute_name, self.attribute_value, error
-      ),
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, derive_more::Display, derive_more::Error)]
-pub enum DBItemAttributeError {
-  #[display(...)]
-  Missing,
-  #[display(...)]
-  IncorrectType,
-  #[display(...)]
-  InvalidTimestamp(chrono::ParseError),
-}
-
-fn parse_string_attribute(
-  attribute_name: &'static str,
-  attribute_value: Option<AttributeValue>,
-) -> Result<String, DBItemError> {
-  match attribute_value {
-    Some(AttributeValue::S(value)) => Ok(value),
-    Some(_) => Err(DBItemError::new(
-      attribute_name,
-      attribute_value,
-      DBItemAttributeError::IncorrectType,
-    )),
-    None => Err(DBItemError::new(
-      attribute_name,
-      attribute_value,
-      DBItemAttributeError::Missing,
-    )),
-  }
-}
-
-fn parse_datetime_attribute(
-  attribute_name: &'static str,
-  attribute_value: Option<AttributeValue>,
-) -> Result<DateTime<Utc>, DBItemError> {
-  if let Some(AttributeValue::S(datetime)) = &attribute_value {
-    // parse() accepts a relaxed RFC3339 string
-    datetime.parse().map_err(|e| {
-      DBItemError::new(
-        attribute_name,
-        attribute_value,
-        DBItemAttributeError::InvalidTimestamp(e),
-      )
-    })
-  } else {
-    Err(DBItemError::new(
-      attribute_name,
-      attribute_value,
-      DBItemAttributeError::Missing,
-    ))
-  }
-}
diff --git a/services/comm-services-lib/.gitignore b/services/comm-services-lib/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/comm-services-lib/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+target
diff --git a/services/feature-flags/Cargo.lock b/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.lock
copy from services/feature-flags/Cargo.lock
copy to services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.lock
--- a/services/feature-flags/Cargo.lock
+++ b/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.lock
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "anyhow"
-version = "1.0.69"
+name = "android_system_properties"
+version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "224afbd727c3d6e4b90103ece64b8d1b67fbb1973b1046c2281eed3f3803f800"
+checksum = "819e7219dbd41043ac279b19830f2efc897156490d7fd6ea916720117ee66311"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@
  "http",
  "hyper",
  "ring",
- "time",
+ "time 0.3.20",
  "tokio",
  "tower",
  "tracing",
@@ -177,7 +180,7 @@
  "percent-encoding",
  "regex",
  "ring",
- "time",
+ "time 0.3.20",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
@@ -281,7 +284,7 @@
  "itoa",
  "num-integer",
  "ryu",
- "time",
+ "time 0.3.20",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -356,42 +359,47 @@
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "clap"
-version = "4.1.4"
+name = "chrono"
+version = "0.4.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f13b9c79b5d1dd500d20ef541215a6423c75829ef43117e1b4d17fd8af0b5d76"
+checksum = "16b0a3d9ed01224b22057780a37bb8c5dbfe1be8ba48678e7bf57ec4b385411f"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
- "clap_derive",
- "clap_lex",
- "is-terminal",
- "once_cell",
- "strsim",
- "termcolor",
+ "iana-time-zone",
+ "js-sys",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+ "time 0.1.45",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "clap_derive"
-version = "4.1.0"
+name = "codespan-reporting"
+version = "0.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "684a277d672e91966334af371f1a7b5833f9aa00b07c84e92fbce95e00208ce8"
+checksum = "3538270d33cc669650c4b093848450d380def10c331d38c768e34cac80576e6e"
 dependencies = [
- "heck",
- "proc-macro-error",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
+ "termcolor",
+ "unicode-width",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "clap_lex"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "783fe232adfca04f90f56201b26d79682d4cd2625e0bc7290b95123afe558ade"
+name = "comm-services-lib"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "os_str_bytes",
+ "aws-config",
+ "aws-sdk-dynamodb",
+ "aws-types",
+ "chrono",
+ "derive_more",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "convert_case"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6245d59a3e82a7fc217c5828a6692dbc6dfb63a0c8c90495621f7b9d79704a0e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation"
 version = "0.9.3"
@@ -409,55 +417,75 @@
 checksum = "5827cebf4670468b8772dd191856768aedcb1b0278a04f989f7766351917b9dc"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "either"
-version = "1.8.1"
+name = "cxx"
+version = "1.0.91"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7fcaabb2fef8c910e7f4c7ce9f67a1283a1715879a7c230ca9d6d1ae31f16d91"
+checksum = "86d3488e7665a7a483b57e25bdd90d0aeb2bc7608c8d0346acf2ad3f1caf1d62"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "cxxbridge-flags",
+ "cxxbridge-macro",
+ "link-cplusplus",
+]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "errno"
-version = "0.2.8"
+name = "cxx-build"
+version = "1.0.91"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f639046355ee4f37944e44f60642c6f3a7efa3cf6b78c78a0d989a8ce6c396a1"
+checksum = "48fcaf066a053a41a81dfb14d57d99738b767febb8b735c3016e469fac5da690"
 dependencies = [
- "errno-dragonfly",
- "libc",
- "winapi",
+ "cc",
+ "codespan-reporting",
+ "once_cell",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "scratch",
+ "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "errno-dragonfly"
-version = "0.1.2"
+name = "cxxbridge-flags"
+version = "1.0.91"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a2ef98b8b717a829ca5603af80e1f9e2e48013ab227b68ef37872ef84ee479bf"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cxxbridge-macro"
+version = "1.0.91"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aa68f1b12764fab894d2755d2518754e71b4fd80ecfb822714a1206c2aab39bf"
+checksum = "086c685979a698443656e5cf7856c95c642295a38599f12fb1ff76fb28d19892"
 dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "fastrand"
-version = "1.8.0"
+name = "derive_more"
+version = "0.99.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a7a407cfaa3385c4ae6b23e84623d48c2798d06e3e6a1878f7f59f17b3f86499"
+checksum = "4fb810d30a7c1953f91334de7244731fc3f3c10d7fe163338a35b9f640960321"
 dependencies = [
- "instant",
+ "convert_case",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rustc_version",
+ "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "feature-flags"
-version = "0.1.0"
+name = "either"
+version = "1.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7fcaabb2fef8c910e7f4c7ce9f67a1283a1715879a7c230ca9d6d1ae31f16d91"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fastrand"
+version = "1.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e51093e27b0797c359783294ca4f0a911c270184cb10f85783b118614a1501be"
 dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "aws-config",
- "aws-sdk-dynamodb",
- "aws-types",
- "clap",
- "http",
- "once_cell",
- "tokio",
- "tracing",
- "tracing-subscriber",
+ "instant",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -552,27 +580,6 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
 
-[[package]]
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- "once_cell",
+ "libc",
+ "wasi 0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "winapi",
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+checksum = "fd80a657e71da814b8e5d60d3374fc6d35045062245d80224748ae522dd76f36"
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- "quote",
- "syn",
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-
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@@ -1205,9 +1103,9 @@
 
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@@ -1216,9 +1114,9 @@
 
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- "log",
- "tracing-core",
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- "nu-ansi-term",
- "once_cell",
- "regex",
- "sharded-slab",
- "smallvec",
- "thread_local",
- "tracing",
- "tracing-core",
- "tracing-log",
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+
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-
 [[package]]
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 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -1365,6 +1227,12 @@
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 ]
 
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+name = "wasi"
+version = "0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1a143597ca7c7793eff794def352d41792a93c481eb1042423ff7ff72ba2c31f"
+
 [[package]]
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 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
diff --git a/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.toml b/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[package]
+name = "comm-services-lib"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+license = "BSD-3-Clause"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+aws-config = "0.51.0"
+aws-types = "0.51.0"
+aws-sdk-dynamodb = "0.21.0"
+chrono = "0.4"
+derive_more = "0.99"
diff --git a/services/comm-services-lib/src/database.rs b/services/comm-services-lib/src/database.rs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/comm-services-lib/src/database.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+use aws_sdk_dynamodb::{model::AttributeValue, Error as DynamoDBError};
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
+use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
+
+#[derive(
+  Debug, derive_more::Display, derive_more::From, derive_more::Error,
+)]
+pub enum Error {
+  #[display(...)]
+  AwsSdk(DynamoDBError),
+  #[display(...)]
+  Attribute(DBItemError),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, derive_more::Error, derive_more::Constructor)]
+pub struct DBItemError {
+  attribute_name: &'static str,
+  attribute_value: Option<AttributeValue>,
+  attribute_error: DBItemAttributeError,
+}
+
+impl Display for DBItemError {
+  fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+    match &self.attribute_error {
+      DBItemAttributeError::Missing => {
+        write!(f, "Attribute {} is missing", self.attribute_name)
+      }
+      DBItemAttributeError::IncorrectType => write!(
+        f,
+        "Value for attribute {} has incorrect type: {:?}",
+        self.attribute_name, self.attribute_value
+      ),
+      error => write!(
+        f,
+        "Error regarding attribute {} with value {:?}: {}",
+        self.attribute_name, self.attribute_value, error
+      ),
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, derive_more::Display, derive_more::Error)]
+pub enum DBItemAttributeError {
+  #[display(...)]
+  Missing,
+  #[display(...)]
+  IncorrectType,
+  #[display(...)]
+  InvalidTimestamp(chrono::ParseError),
+}
+
+pub fn parse_string_attribute(
+  attribute_name: &'static str,
+  attribute_value: Option<AttributeValue>,
+) -> Result<String, DBItemError> {
+  match attribute_value {
+    Some(AttributeValue::S(value)) => Ok(value),
+    Some(_) => Err(DBItemError::new(
+      attribute_name,
+      attribute_value,
+      DBItemAttributeError::IncorrectType,
+    )),
+    None => Err(DBItemError::new(
+      attribute_name,
+      attribute_value,
+      DBItemAttributeError::Missing,
+    )),
+  }
+}
+
+pub fn parse_bool_attribute(
+  attribute_name: &'static str,
+  attribute_value: Option<AttributeValue>,
+) -> Result<bool, DBItemError> {
+  match attribute_value {
+    Some(AttributeValue::Bool(value)) => Ok(value),
+    Some(_) => Err(DBItemError::new(
+      attribute_name,
+      attribute_value,
+      DBItemAttributeError::IncorrectType,
+    )),
+    None => Err(DBItemError::new(
+      attribute_name,
+      attribute_value,
+      DBItemAttributeError::Missing,
+    )),
+  }
+}
+
+pub fn parse_datetime_attribute(
+  attribute_name: &'static str,
+  attribute_value: Option<AttributeValue>,
+) -> Result<DateTime<Utc>, DBItemError> {
+  if let Some(AttributeValue::S(datetime)) = &attribute_value {
+    // parse() accepts a relaxed RFC3339 string
+    datetime.parse().map_err(|e| {
+      DBItemError::new(
+        attribute_name,
+        attribute_value,
+        DBItemAttributeError::InvalidTimestamp(e),
+      )
+    })
+  } else {
+    Err(DBItemError::new(
+      attribute_name,
+      attribute_value,
+      DBItemAttributeError::Missing,
+    ))
+  }
+}
diff --git a/services/comm-services-lib/src/lib.rs b/services/comm-services-lib/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/comm-services-lib/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod database;
diff --git a/services/feature-flags/Cargo.lock b/services/feature-flags/Cargo.lock
--- a/services/feature-flags/Cargo.lock
+++ b/services/feature-flags/Cargo.lock
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "android_system_properties"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "819e7219dbd41043ac279b19830f2efc897156490d7fd6ea916720117ee66311"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.69"
@@ -44,7 +53,7 @@
  "http",
  "hyper",
  "ring",
- "time",
+ "time 0.3.17",
  "tokio",
  "tower",
  "tracing",
@@ -177,7 +186,7 @@
  "percent-encoding",
  "regex",
  "ring",
- "time",
+ "time 0.3.17",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
@@ -281,7 +290,7 @@
  "itoa",
  "num-integer",
  "ryu",
- "time",
+ "time 0.3.17",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -355,6 +364,21 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chrono"
+version = "0.4.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "16b0a3d9ed01224b22057780a37bb8c5dbfe1be8ba48678e7bf57ec4b385411f"
+dependencies = [
+ "iana-time-zone",
+ "js-sys",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+ "time 0.1.45",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "4.1.4"
@@ -392,6 +416,33 @@
  "os_str_bytes",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "codespan-reporting"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3538270d33cc669650c4b093848450d380def10c331d38c768e34cac80576e6e"
+dependencies = [
+ "termcolor",
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "comm-services-lib"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "aws-config",
+ "aws-sdk-dynamodb",
+ "aws-types",
+ "chrono",
+ "derive_more",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "convert_case"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6245d59a3e82a7fc217c5828a6692dbc6dfb63a0c8c90495621f7b9d79704a0e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation"
 version = "0.9.3"
@@ -408,6 +459,63 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5827cebf4670468b8772dd191856768aedcb1b0278a04f989f7766351917b9dc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cxx"
+version = "1.0.91"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "86d3488e7665a7a483b57e25bdd90d0aeb2bc7608c8d0346acf2ad3f1caf1d62"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "cxxbridge-flags",
+ "cxxbridge-macro",
+ "link-cplusplus",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cxx-build"
+version = "1.0.91"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "48fcaf066a053a41a81dfb14d57d99738b767febb8b735c3016e469fac5da690"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "codespan-reporting",
+ "once_cell",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "scratch",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cxxbridge-flags"
+version = "1.0.91"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a2ef98b8b717a829ca5603af80e1f9e2e48013ab227b68ef37872ef84ee479bf"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cxxbridge-macro"
+version = "1.0.91"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "086c685979a698443656e5cf7856c95c642295a38599f12fb1ff76fb28d19892"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "derive_more"
+version = "0.99.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4fb810d30a7c1953f91334de7244731fc3f3c10d7fe163338a35b9f640960321"
+dependencies = [
+ "convert_case",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rustc_version",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.8.1"
@@ -453,6 +561,7 @@
  "aws-sdk-dynamodb",
  "aws-types",
  "clap",
+ "comm-services-lib",
  "http",
  "once_cell",
  "tokio",
@@ -652,6 +761,30 @@
  "tokio-rustls",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone"
+version = "0.1.53"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "64c122667b287044802d6ce17ee2ddf13207ed924c712de9a66a5814d5b64765"
+dependencies = [
+ "android_system_properties",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "iana-time-zone-haiku",
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone-haiku"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0703ae284fc167426161c2e3f1da3ea71d94b21bedbcc9494e92b28e334e3dca"
+dependencies = [
+ "cxx",
+ "cxx-build",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "1.9.2"
@@ -720,6 +853,15 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "201de327520df007757c1f0adce6e827fe8562fbc28bfd9c15571c66ca1f5f79"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "link-cplusplus"
+version = "1.0.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ecd207c9c713c34f95a097a5b029ac2ce6010530c7b49d7fea24d977dede04f5"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.1.4"
@@ -758,7 +900,7 @@
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
- "wasi",
+ "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
  "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
@@ -1017,6 +1159,12 @@
  "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "scratch"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ddccb15bcce173023b3fedd9436f882a0739b8dfb45e4f6b6002bee5929f61b2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sct"
 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -1137,6 +1285,17 @@
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "time"
+version = "0.1.45"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b797afad3f312d1c66a56d11d0316f916356d11bd158fbc6ca6389ff6bf805a"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "wasi 0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.3.17"
@@ -1331,6 +1490,12 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "84a22b9f218b40614adcb3f4ff08b703773ad44fa9423e4e0d346d5db86e4ebc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width"
+version = "0.1.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c0edd1e5b14653f783770bce4a4dabb4a5108a5370a5f5d8cfe8710c361f6c8b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "untrusted"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -1365,6 +1530,12 @@
  "try-lock",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasi"
+version = "0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1a143597ca7c7793eff794def352d41792a93c481eb1042423ff7ff72ba2c31f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
diff --git a/services/feature-flags/Cargo.toml b/services/feature-flags/Cargo.toml
--- a/services/feature-flags/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/feature-flags/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 http = "0.2"
 once_cell = "1.17"
+comm-services-lib = { path = "../comm-services-lib" }
 tokio = { version = "1.24", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"]}
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"]}
diff --git a/services/scripts/list_services.sh b/services/scripts/list_services.sh
--- a/services/scripts/list_services.sh
+++ b/services/scripts/list_services.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   ! -name "commtest" \
   ! -name "lib" \
   ! -name "terraform" \
+  ! -name "comm-services-lib" \
   ! -name ".*" \
   -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 basename