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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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• 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

• 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

• New PDF Policy

  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 […]

  November 17, 2025

• GIC Accessibility Newsletter: Issue #3

  Special Dates in November Highlight Accessibility Awareness November is a special month in the world of digital accessibility! There are two days that have been designated for awareness that have spawned literally hundreds of events around the world. World Usability Day, Thursday November 13th World Usability Day is this Thursday, and this year marks its […]

  November 10, 2025

• Lighthouse Ghost Stories!

  ‘Tis the season to share scary ghost stories! We’ve been talking a lot about the Lighthouse design system in this platform. But, in the spirit of the season, we thought we’d take a look at some of the spooky stories involving Delaware’s actual lighthouses. We discovered some fascinating and freaky ghost stories! We make no […]

  October 29, 2025