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GIC Accessibility Newsletter: Issue #8

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 at Vienna is an invitation-only event, but live and on-demand content will […]

March 3, 2026

GIC Accessibility Newsletter: Issue #7

Accessibility Updates on the Way for Current Common Look and Feel The GIC is responsible for creating the guidelines of our state website Common Look and Feel (CLF). Most of the agencies we work with are currently on CLF4, and all will eventually move to the new Lighthouse Design System. One of the biggest reasons […]

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

GIC Accessibility Newsletter: Issue #6

100 Days Until Accessibility Deadline!! Wait- what?! It’s true: We’ve been counting it down since this newsletter began last year, and now we’ve reached the one-hundred-day-out mark on the April 24, 2026 deadline set by the Americans with Disabilities Act. That’s when the Department of Justice’s Title II update takes effect for state and local governments […]

January 14, 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

Working Toward Accessibility!

(To the tune of “(Walking in a) Winter Wonderland”!) Access calls, are you listening?Lighthouse designs, we’ll be christeningA beautiful site, we’re launching tonight,Working toward accessibility. The GIC is building pages,Our agencies will launch in stages.But there’s no need to wait, we can remediate‘Cause we’re working toward accessibility. You can add some alt text to a […]

December 22, 2025

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