Category: Announcement

Equal Access Postponed

The Impact of the ADA Compliance Deadline Extension On April 20, 2026, just days before state and local governments nationwide were set to meet landmark new digital compliance standards, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued an unexpected Interim Final Rule (IFR). The decision pushed back the enforcement deadline for Title II of the Americans […]

June 4, 2026

New AI Tool to Manage Your PDFs!

Seeking Volunteers for an Exciting New Pilot Program If you’ve ever wondered, “How many PDFs does my agency actually have online—and what do we do with them?”—this is your chance to find out. One of the biggest challenges facing government agencies is the overwhelming number of legacy PDF files on their websites. Inaccessible documents that […]

May 27, 2026

New Lighthouse Release!

An update on our continuously evolving, open-source Lighthouse design system:Our developers have just announced the release of Lighthouse v1.2! This is an update with some exciting new features. New Components Archive Banner The ability to designate material as “archived” is useful when considering accessibility remediation. This designation preserves content in its current form without being […]

May 14, 2026

*DOJ to Extend ADA Deadline*

Breaking News Today the US Department of Justice (DOJ) took the first step toward an apparent announcement this Monday that they will be extending the current ADA compliance deadline of April 24, 2026 by a full year to April 24, 2027. The current deadline for websites of municipalities with fewer than 50,000 is April 24, […]

April 17, 2026

Important Update to the Public Meeting Calendar!

The GIC is excited to introduce a helpful new feature to the Public Meeting Calendar (PMC). This update is designed to make managing meeting documents faster, easier, and more accessible than ever before. Coming soon, the PMC will support text-only agendas and meeting minutes in addition to file uploads. Whether you are an agency web editor, admin, […]

April 16, 2026

GIC Accessibility Newsletter: Issue #9

ADA Digital Accessibility Deadline This Month One thing about time: It will sneak up on you. Here we are, less than a month from the ADA digital accessibility deadline. So what happens on that deadline day? Not necessarily anything. But that’s the date by which online material will be expected to be in compliance if […]

April 2, 2026

Check Out Our New Look!

Our very own GIC website has now been upgraded to the Lighthouse Design System! The goal: To eliminate as many hard-coded accessibility issues as possible while improving functionality and user experience, so we can focus on keeping our editable content accessible. Our small agency took on the same editorial challenge that our Lighthouse partner agencies […]

March 31, 2026

Coming Soon: New Improvements to CLF4

Here at the GIC we’ve been hard at work building new, fully accessible state agency websites on our new Lighthouse design system. But in the meantime, we are also working toward remediating any lingering issues that remain for our CLF4 partners. Previous updates include a switch to the State of Delaware teal blue heading background […]

January 28, 2026

2026 Best Practices: Social Media

Happy New Year! As we move into 2026, it’s a good time to renew our commitment to effective digital communication. As representatives of important government agencies, it’s our duty to pay attention to ALL our digital messaging. That includes the often-overlooked platform of social media. Here’s a quick breakdown of some civic tech social media […]

January 8, 2026

GIC Accessibility Newsletter: Issue #5

DTI Offers Training for New Accessibility Testing Extension DTI’s agreement with Level Access has expanded to include a new accessibility testing browser extension feature called Test Accelerator. This is a manual testing tool used to conduct structured accessibility evaluations and to document results. There will be a one-hour online training session on December 29th at […]

December 17, 2025