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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!

Previously Published

• 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

• Archives and Accessibility

  How an archive section can help your agency reach website compliance? Concerns About Content Volume Something we heard a lot at our recent Accessibility Workshop was concern about the sheer volume of content that needs remediation on some agency websites. If your site has literally thousands of PDFs dating back a couple decades, you aren’t […]

  August 25, 2025

• Help Us with a Quick Response!

  Hello! As you know, we at the GIC are helping our great Delaware state agencies prepare for the April 24, 2026, ADA Accessibility Deadline. We have a simple question that we’re hoping will help provide inspiration among those of us in the same boat: What is your agency doing these days to prepare for the […]

  August 18, 2025

• Workshopping WordPress Accessibility

  An invigorating forum in Dover last month, as the GIC hosted a Website Accessibility Workshop for dozens of dedicated Delaware state agency website stakeholders. We had a great group of engaged web editors and agency members, and we can’t thank them all enough for taking time out of their busy schedules to focus on this […]

  August 7, 2025

• Consequences of Accessibility Non-Compliance

  April 24, 2026 is less than nine months away as of this writing. By now, almost everyone who works with government websites has heard this date repeated; it’s the pending deadline for the new ADA Accessibility Rules. First and foremost, our concern should be with helping disabled citizens who are being unfairly kept from public […]

  August 4, 2025

• Accessibility Alert: Alt Text Shortage!

  Today we’re sounding the alarm: We need your help to meet the pending accessibility deadline! The Challenge at Hand A quick reminder: April 24, 2026 is the deadline for public entities to comply with the new digital accessibility requirements under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. That means that by that date, anything […]

  July 17, 2025

• Vulnerability and Accessibility

  Vulnerability is the willingness to step outside your comfort zone and reveal things about yourself in hopes of inspiring a beneficial response. We’ve written this blog with that same mindset that guides the new Lighthouse design system: the belief that developing in an open-source environment fosters greater collaboration and leads to a stronger final product. […]

  June 11, 2025