Legislative Audit Committee Hearing part 2

Wednesday, January 28, 2026·16m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Legislative Audit Committee approved committee minutes and released a University of Colorado Colorado Springs athletics report, while discussing a follow-up OIT audit meeting for early April and arranging House sponsorships for two potential bills related to school district records and attorney-client privilege in fraud investigations.

Key Actions

·OIT Audit Follow-Up DiscussionNo Vote

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Controversies

OIT resource allocation for addressing audit recommendations

Senator Pelton pressed David Ettinger on what resources would actually be needed and what they would cost to address audit findings, asking 'What does that look like? How does that, how much does that cost? What are the possibilities of this resources actually happening?' Ettinger responded that he has no specific resource request and is evaluating what can be done with existing OIT resources, but did not provide cost figures.

Notable Quotes

“I don't have any particular resource request. I'm evaluating what I can do with the resources that I have in the organization.”
David Ettinger, Office of Information Technology — Ettinger was responding to Senator Pelton's questions about what resources OIT would need to address findings from the state audit of the agency.

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Votes

Motion to approve the minutes from January 21, 2026Passed

Yes (2)Vice chair (name not stated in transcript), Senator Weissman

Motion to release the University of Colorado Colorado Springs athletics report without a hearingPassed

Yes (2)Vice chair (name not stated in transcript), Senator Pelton [UNCLEAR which Pelton

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TranscriptPreview

It's. It. The Legislative Audit Committee will come back into regular session. Any last comments from the Office of Information Technology that you would like to offer, Mr. Edinger? Thank you, Madam Chair. David Ettinger, Office of Information Technology. Just want to say that we appreciate the partnership with OSA and with the Legislative Audit Committee. We'd be happy to return to talk in more detail about any other parts of the audit and we will continue to get to work to improve our performance. Thank you. Thank you, Senator Wiseman. Oh, I'll defer to Senator. Oh, all right. Sorry, Senator Pelton. Thank you, Madam Chair. And I want to be brief. I want to back up just a little bit. In one of your remarks after a presentation, you mentioned resources many times. What does that look like? How does that, how much does that cost? What are the possibilities of this resources actually happening? Sorry, Mr. Ettinger. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you for the question, Senator. I've been evaluating how we can use existing resources within OIT that are allocated elsewhere to augment this. As I mentioned in my opening statement, we had hundreds of employees engaged…

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