GIC Accessibility Newsletter: Issue #8

By GIC on February 17th, 2026

Accessibility Countdown: 66 Days(2 months, 7 days)until Accessibility Deadline (4/24/26) Zero Project Conference Begins Streaming Tomorrow The Zero Project was established with the goal of working for a world with zero barriers. Beginning tomorrow, Wednesday February 18th, more than 1,000 participants will attend the Zero Project Conference. The in-person conference at the United Nations Office […]

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Coming Soon: New Improvements to CLF4

By GIC on January 28th, 2026

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 […]

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2026 Best Practices: Social Media

By GIC on January 08th, 2026

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 […]

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GIC Accessibility Newsletter: Issue #5

By GIC on December 17th, 2025

Accessibility Countdown: 128 Days(4 months, 7 days)until Accessibility Deadline (4/24/26) 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 […]

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Keeping Delaware’s Social Media Accessible

By GIC on December 08th, 2025

Most people who work with Delaware state websites are aware of the need to make their content accessible. But they may not realize that the same standards (and laws) apply to social media. Social media is often the fastest way to reach the public, but if posts aren’t created with accessibility in mind, they can […]

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Coming Soon: New Accessibility Tool!

By GIC on November 19th, 2025

Some web editors at the agencies and municipalities that work with the GIC may have noticed a change in their WordPress user interface. They may also have noticed some new icons popping up… Good news- they are there to help achieve and maintain accessibility compliance! This week, the GIC has begun a phased roll-out of […]

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New PDF Policy

By GIC on November 17th, 2025

One of the biggest sources of accessibility problems on our state agency websites comes from the tens of thousands of legacy PDFs that have been posted over the years. We wanted to drop a quick note here today about a new GIC policy aimed at addressing the PDF problem as it pertains to new website […]

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GIC Accessibility Newsletter: Issue #2

By GIC on October 22nd, 2025

DTI to Host Online Digital Accessibility Training Series As part of Delaware’s Digital Accessibility Initiative, the Department of Technology and Information (DTI) is launching a four-part Accessibility Training Series to support all Level Access users and agency accessibility leads. This series will help build practical skills for creating, reviewing, and remediating accessible PDFs in alignment […]

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Quick Catch-up: Lighthouse and Storybook

By GIC on October 21st, 2025

We’d like to welcome our new subscribers to the blog and newsletter by offering a bit of context. The newsletter is specifically about accessibility: tips, tricks, events, regulatory info. The blog is a longer-form platform where we certainly get into accessibility, but often as it pertains to the Lighthouse design system. In a nutshell, Lighthouse […]

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GIC Accessibility Newsletter: Issue #1

By GIC on October 08th, 2025

Welcome to our new newsletter! Our goal is to inform, to alert, and to provide digital accessibility resources for editors and stakeholders of Delaware state agencies that work with the GIC. We’ll be counting down to the pending ADA accessibility deadline of April 24, 2026, reminding you to keep your website’s remediation on your radar […]

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