Statewide Internet Portal Authority highlights accessibility gains, grant programs and procurement help

Director Baga told the Joint Technology Committee that the Statewide Internet Portal Authority is not requesting state money and emphasized its role serving governments across Colorado. "We are not asking for any money," she said, adding that CIPA aims to accelerate procurement and deliver measurable technology outcomes for local governments.

The presentation summarized CIPA's reach and performance: the authority supports about 1,100 governments, 46 state agencies, more than 80 school districts and hundreds of special districts; the portal receives roughly 140,000,000 users annually, with nearly half via mobile devices. Baga said the platform handled almost 10,000,000 transactions and collected about $4,000,000,000 for governments in a recent year, and CIPA reported a 92% customer-satisfaction score while increasing contract volume.

Baga highlighted accessibility work as a major achievement: CIPA remediated 47 platform accessibility issues in 2025, formed a CMS Accessibility Steering Committee, and helped form a local-government accessibility user group that now counts almost 118 participants. She said an accessibility grant delivered nearly 4,000 licenses to more than 300 governments (about $1,000,000).

On grants and procurement, Baga described two grant tracks: a microgrant program for projects under $10,000 that has delivered more than $2,300,000 since 2010, and a gov grants program for projects over $25,000 that has awarded more than $30,000,000 since 2024. She described several funded projects, including an advanced evacuation-planning "digital twin" for El Paso County (about $96,000), a Longmont unified digital-identity pilot (about $396,000), and a CDLE chatbot pilot later scaled with roughly $326,500 in funding.

Committee members thanked the team and asked to be included in future events; Director Baga invited the JTC to upcoming workshops and the annual user conference. Chair Marchman closed the presentation and released the delegation to proceed to the committee's bill work.