Category: Data

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

Keeping Delaware’s Social Media Accessible

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 […]

December 8, 2025

Bringing Everyone to the Table

How Your Colleagues Can Help Keep Your Site Accessible It’s Thanksgiving week, so we’re going to try to help you bring your colleagues to the table to start a discussion about how your agency creates documents. And we’re even going to share some resources that can be printed out and taped up as reminders for […]

November 24, 2025

GIC Accessibility Newsletter: Issue #4

DTI’s Accessibility Training Seminars Now Available Online A few weeks ago, DTI brought in our representatives from Level Access to lead four separate presentations on digital accessibility. The PDF Accessibility training recordings are now available on the A11y Coalition SharePoint site. If you joined the Level Access Trainings and became a member of the DTI […]

November 20, 2025

Coming Soon: New Accessibility Tool!

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 […]

November 19, 2025

GIC Accessibility Newsletter: Issue #2

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 […]

October 22, 2025

Quick Catch-up: Lighthouse and Storybook

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 […]

October 21, 2025

GIC Accessibility Newsletter: Issue #1

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 […]

October 8, 2025

It’s Time to Sign Up for Lighthouse!

It’s an exciting time for Delaware state agency websites, and we have an exciting announcement: We have created a queue for Delaware agencies looking to upgrade their websites! Those who have been following this blog are pretty up to speed at this point regarding the pending WCAG Accessibility Deadline (4/24/26). They are also hopefully aware […]

September 24, 2025