Help Us with a Quick Response!

By GIC on August 18th, 2025

Hello! As you know, we at the GIC are helping our great Delaware state agencies prepare for the April 24, 2026, ADA Accessibility Deadline. We have a simple question that we’re hoping will help provide inspiration among those of us in the same boat: What is your agency doing these days to prepare for the […]

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Consequences of Accessibility Non-Compliance

By GIC on August 04th, 2025

April 24, 2026 is less than nine months away as of this writing. By now, almost everyone who works with government websites has heard this date repeated; it’s the pending deadline for the new ADA Accessibility Rules. First and foremost, our concern should be with helping disabled citizens who are being unfairly kept from public […]

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Accessibility Alert: Alt Text Shortage!

By GIC on July 17th, 2025

Today we’re sounding the alarm: We need your help to meet the pending accessibility deadline! The Challenge at Hand A quick reminder: April 24, 2026 is the deadline for public entities to comply with the new digital accessibility requirements under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. That means that by that date, anything […]

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Colorful Options in Lighthouse

By GIC on April 30th, 2025

It can be a challenge to inject a little color into a government website! Now try to do it while maintaining a common look and feel across an entire state of diverse departments, agencies, and commissions. It’s enough to send a person searching for unexpectedly captivating entertainment to zen out on! One of the main […]

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A Call for Feedback Partners!

By GIC on April 23rd, 2025

We’d like to take a moment to renew our call for Lighthouse feedback partners! Lighthouse is now fully available to explore, and we invite developers and agency web editors to dig their hands into the sand and begin to envision their own new Lighthouse websites. This effort is about building a community to provide criticism, […]

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The Lighthouse Has Been Lit!

By GIC on March 31st, 2025

Calling all Developers and Designers to Help Us Test It! We’ve got exciting news to share regarding the development of our new design system Lighthouse: The bulk of our website code and content design is now live and available for everyone through our new Storybook site! From the perspective of open-source development, this essentially means […]

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Why We Updated Our Logo

By GIC on March 06th, 2025

Logos serve as the visual foundation of an organization, creating instant recognition, building brand identity, and hopefully making a strong first impression. When it comes to government seals and logos, the primary goals are fostering trust and familiarity. And while there is some benefit to continuity, there are other concerns to consider these days: Evolving […]

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A Big Day for Delaware!

By GIC on January 22nd, 2025

New administration websites mark the debut of Lighthouse! Tuesday, January 21st was a big day for Delaware on a number of fronts, and the GIC was proud to play a big part in it all! The day marked the inauguration of Delaware’s 76th governor, Matt Meyer and its 27th lieutenant governor, Kyle Evans Gay. It […]

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Thankful for Sharing!

By GIC on November 26th, 2024

One of the things we’re most thankful for at the GIC is the opportunity to help Delaware agencies share important information with the widest possible audience. The development of the Lighthouse design system is going to benefit agencies and visitors through content organization, efficiency improvements, and increased accessibility standards. That all adds up to inviting […]

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Unveiling our New State Branding

By GIC on October 17th, 2024

We’re going to step back a bit from our usual focus with this post. While we’ve detailed some of the upgrades coming to many Delaware state websites through our new design system called Lighthouse, there are other improvements in the works that are also worth calling out. We’ve already shared the new website header, which […]

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