Joint Technology Committee

Tuesday, June 30, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

The Joint Technology Committee spent a marathon session grilling state IT leaders over a top-down OIT reorganization and layoffs, a fast-changing AI cybersecurity threat, and a string of agency AI pilots — and stumbled onto a disclosure that the Department of Corrections plans to route parole and housing decisions through software with no legislative oversight.

Key Actions

·OIT operating-model reorganization and layoffsAction

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Notable Quotes

“I can only speak for what I'm trying to do, which is to be honest and candid that we weren't delivering and we needed a radical change, how we're doing it.”
Sarah Tuneberg (State CIO / Executive Director OIT) · witness — Tuneberg's core defense of the disruptive reorganization and layoffs.

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TranscriptPreview

Or Mr. Gravy, we please read the roll. Senators and Representatives Basley excused. Kelty here. Pascal Here. Rodriguez here. You're ready to go. Madam Chair. Here. And thank you all for being here more on time than I was. Apologies, there was a lot of traffic getting down from Loveland. We have a lot on our agenda today. We're going to start with we're going to have Sarah Thunberg and Jill Frazier come up and we have 20 minutes for operating model and reorg presentation. And then we'll have 20 minutes for Q and A around that time. So if you're ready, you guys can come on up. Very good. Director Thunberg, thank you. Madam Chair. Thank you for having us, all of you, especially on an election day. I really appreciate the time you carved out. It's a pleasure to be here with you again. I am now the State CIO as well as Executive Director for the Governor's office of it, joined with Deputy Director for Security and Infrastructure and our state Chief Information Security Officer, Joe Frazier, and obviously the amazing page Asmon. Okay, cool. Great. So, as we, as you are aware, about a month ago,…

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