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The GIC has a lot going on these days! From web development and content strategy to our updated common look and feel, this is where we share our progress, ask for agency input, and provide the wit and wisdom of a diverse team of civic tech experts!

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• Starting Fresh with Fewer Pages

  When the Delaware Division of the Arts set out to update its website, the challenge wasn’t just strategic, it was the technical equivalent of cleaning out the attic before moving into a new house. With more than a decade of old content, hundreds of legacy pages, and only one person dedicated to the task, the […]

  May 5, 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

• A Love Letter to White Space

  It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play. – Miles Davis Miles Davis was a champion of economy in music. French impressionist composer Claude Debussy said: “Music is the space between the notes.” For generations, musicians and artists have paid attention to that space. A study has even shown that musicians […]

  April 15, 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

• 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