Gov. Jared Polis announced he picked David Edinger, Denver's former CIO, to lead the state's Office of Information Technology.

State officials say Colorado could be in line to receive nearly $1 billion from the federal government's BEAD grant program.

As Congress weighs revising federal accessibility rules for digital services, a few states are already working on it.

Colorado will offer blind and low-vision residents free access to visual interpretation app Aira when visiting state agencies.

Colorado published a new digital strategy and broadband roadmap setting several five-year targets for technology access.

Brandy Reitter, the new executive director of the Colorado Broadband Office, called a $170 million influx of federal aid "unprecedented."

The new system will include the state's traditional unemployment benefits and pandemic relief programs in a single cloud environment, moving on from an old mainframe.

Officials say filling the uncommon role will help ensure technology initiatives are "strategically aligned with customer demands."

The state's Office of Information Technology has delayed addressing audit recommendations related to major systems implementations twice in the last four years.

The Colorado Digital Service will be modeled on the U.S. Digital Service, with "digital service experts" hired for short-term stints with the state government, Gov. Jared Polis…