Government Data Advisory Board

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WEB-CONFERENCE ONLY

February 18, 2025

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ZoomLink

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84676861665?pwd=M2hmSWNTRzNXSS9pZFFFdlJsS2JHZz09

Phone Numbers

(‪US‬)‪+1 573-559-1892‬

PIN: ‪986 444 043#‬

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Email Questions: Katherine.Hochevar@state.co.us

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February 18 Agenda

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Legislative Update

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Alice Huyler

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Legislative Update

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• JTC delivered their prioritized IT capital requests to the JBC last week
• JBC is doing figure setting in February & March (OIT on 2/20)
• Every dollar is getting scrutinized

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OIT will provide an SLDS update to JTC

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March 14 is the deadline for final passage of Senate bills in the Senate and House bills in the House.

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Legislative Update

Spreadsheet of “Data-Related” bills we are tracking

• SB25-050 Racial Classifications on Government Forms
• Senate State, Veterans & Military Affairs 2/18/25
• SB25-077 Modifications to CORA
• Senate State, Veterans & Military Affairs 2/20/25
• HB25-1242 Government Transparency Laws (CORA changes)
• SB25-135 Colorado Government Efficiency Authority
• HB25-1216 State Agencies Zero-Based Budgeting

Topics we are tracking/awaiting:

• Artificial Intelligence clean up bill (SB24-205)

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SLDS

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Dr. Heather MacGillivary, OIT

Katherine Hochevar, OIT

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Statewide Longitudinal Data System Update

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• HB24-1364
• CDEC, CDE, CDHE, CDLE, OIT, OEDIT
• Use Cases
• How does participation in [x program] affect an individual's [success as measured by y]?
• How does completion of [x program] affect an individual's [success as measured by y]?
• What are the other programs that individuals participate in if they participate in [x program]?
• What is the participation in programs for individuals of [z demographic]?
• Interim Report submitted
• Requesting extension for First Annual Data report
• Moving from April 2026 to September 2026

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Statewide Longitudinal Data System Update

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• Next Governance Board Meeting is 2/21:
• Facilitation from:
• Claus von Zastrow, Education Commission for the States
• Kate Akers, Data Quality Campaign
• Research Agenda
• Legal Framework
• Approval of Charter
• Under Review
• SOW - solicitation for system build, coming late February
• Program List
• Program Manager has been hired!!!!!!

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Data Inventory/Catalog Update

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Megan Allen, Kelly Meyer

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Data Inventory/Catalog Update

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Early Adoption Project

Gate 3: Execution

In-Progress

• Agency requirement gathering on source systems, classifications and roles (Had first agency onboarding meeting to review this)
• Implementation Schedule, Agency Project Confirmation
• Onboarding documentation for agencies to streamline time commitments,alignment to metadata standards and classifications, roles and responsibilities and cataloging needs
• Alignment between Informatica data classifications and data classification working group progress to categorize and classify various levels of data assets and capture this is Informatica
• Ongoing gating work
• ITD Presentation this Thursday
• Scans for first agency data sources (We have already scanned our first data source!)
• Infrastructure is ready on OIT CDO side

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Data Inventory/Catalog Update

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Pilot Agencies:

• CDOT
• BHA
• CDPHE

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Service:

• Approved by RSB at $53.05 per IPU
• Plante Moran and OIT will work with Early Adopter agencies to forecast IPU consumption

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• DOR
• CDLE
• OIT

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Bridging the Digital Divide in Colorado

Brandy Reitter, Executive Director Colorado Broadband Office

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January 2025

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On the road to 99%

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Goal: Households Connected

94.8%

Current Status:

95.4%

Goal: Rural Households Connected

70%

Current Status:

75.2%

131,000 Colorado households lack access to quality high-speed internet (previously reported 160,000 households)

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On the road to 99%: Broadband coverage as of Nov. 2024*

How are we Getting there

Funding Sources:

• State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds - HB21-1289
• Allocated $75M for digital inclusion, deployment and middle mile projects
• Connected 12,529 locations
• Capital Projects Fund
• Allocated $113.5M for last mile fiber to the home in rural Colorado
• Connected 18,000 locations
• Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment
• Allocated $826.5M for last mile fiber and alternative technologies
• Gap is 131,000 locations
• Digital Equity Act Capacity Grant
• Allocated $12M - Coming in 2025

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Capital Projects Fund (CPF) Updates

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• Earlier this year, we awarded $113,500,000
• Additional funding awarded to the Southern Colorado Economic Development District in Crowley County to connect 1,753 homes and businesses in some of the most rural and underserved communities in Colorado
• Award details are on the Advance-CPF website
• First Coloradans connected to high-speed internet in Kiowa and Elizabeth

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BEAD Program Next Steps

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BEAD Program Activities

• Reach out to ISPs adjacent to Project Areas with no-bids and request that they serve those remaining areas
• Remediate high cost areas from current applications based on EHCPLT

• Create a new Project Area Map that includes remaining Project Areas and EHCPLT locations
• Map will be available for ISPs to bid on

• Application closes on February 28, 2025
• Open second grant round with Project Area Map for 30 days

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• Open to all applicants using the same scoring criteria
• Expecting to cover the remaining Project Areas

• Select and make preliminary awards for inclusion in the Final Proposal to the NTIA
• Initiate public comment process

Next Steps

Update Project Area Maps

Second Grant Round: Alternative Technology

Second Grant Evaluation

Develop and Submit Final Proposal to NTIA

Review Round 1 Applications

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HB24-1336 was enacted on May 22, 2024

• Repeals the Broadband Deployment Board
• Requires the CBO to establish a grant program criteria and guidelines for awarding HCSM funding:
• A two tier grantmaking structure:
• Tier One - 60 percent of funding
• Broadband Middle Mile Projects
• Tier Two - 40 percent of funding
• Other unfunded broadband and telecommunication needs
• Solicit input from the general public and various stakeholders
• Create a work group
• Establish a formal appeals process

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Advance State & Local Dollars Grant Program

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Advance State & Local Dollars Grant Program

• NEW grant program under the Advance Colorado Broadband Grant Program, called State & Local Dollars, or Advance-Local for short
• Award money from a state-funding program called the High-Cost Support Mechanism (HCSM) Fund to middle mile, last mile, short-term construction, and non-deployment projects
• Fill the gaps left by federal funding
• CBO published the Program Guidelines and Appeal Policy with a 30 day public comment period closed on Dec. 6

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Advance Colorado Broadband State & Local Dollars Timeline

Draft Guidelines to be completed

Oct. 1, 2024

Publish Grant Guidelines

Dec. 20, 2024

Open for Public Comment

Nov. 5-Dec. 6, 2024

Stakeholder Work Group Launches

Fall 2025

Implementation Begins

Jan. 1, 2025

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Digital Equity Program Timeline

Colorado’s Digital Access Plan approved by NTIA in April 2024

Colorado receives $12 million in funding in by end of 2024

Application for Digital Equity Act Capacity funds submitted May 28

Additional funding opportunities expected in 2025 & 2026

Implementation begins early 2025

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Other Initiatives

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Workforce Development

Workforce Milestones

Build: Plan

• Develop & publish plan
• Establish Core Working Group
• Weekly meetings

Awareness: Reach 10K Coloradans

• Fact sheets and one-pagers connected to broadband
• Develop work-based learning for jobs

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Employment: 1,500 new Coloradans employed

• Telecom and Construction fields
• Rural areas
• Minority groups

Training: 3K Coloradans in Training

• Applied for grants
• Pilot & scale workforce programs

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Transition: Sustainability

• Transition to State Pathways
• Evaluation of funded programs/workforce needs.

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Legislation in 2025

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The Cell Phone Interim Study Committee

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Implemented by HB24-1265

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• Bill 1: Single Point of Contact Wireless Services

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• Bill 2: Wireless Telephone Infrastructure Deployment Incentives

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• Bill 3: Local Government Permitting Wireless Telecom Facilities

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Stakeholder Outreach

• Community & Industry Leaders Roundtable Calls

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• Weekly Broadband Legislative Stakeholder Calls

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• Advance Consult Group

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• CBO Advance-Local Program Webinar

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• BEAD Weekly Office Hours

Thank you

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Closing Remarks

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