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CIPA tells JTC it serves more than 1,000 Colorado governments and reinvests fees into grant programs
Summary
CIPA officials told the Joint Technology Committee the organization operates without general‑assembly funding, provides procurement and digital services to over 1,000 Colorado governments, and has reinvested fees into microgrants, discretionary accessibility licenses and a flagship gov grants program.
Director Bogle told the Joint Technology Committee that CIPA serves more than 1,000 eligible Colorado governments and operates without funding from the general assembly, using administrative fees from procurement and payment processing to cover operations and to fund grants.
The presentation outlined CIPA’s three operational pillars — digital government services, professional services and licensing, and a new gov grants program — and emphasized the statutory authority CIPA cited: “section 2,437.7 dash 1 0 1,” which the presenter said enables state and local governments to contract through CIPA. Director Bogle said, “we are not here to ask for money. We are here to talk about how we are giving some of the money away.”
Why it matters: CIPA staff said the authority to aggregate procurement and negotiate master contracts allows local governments and special districts to access off‑the‑shelf technology and professional services more quickly and at lower cost. The…
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