Joint Technology Committee

Thursday, January 22, 2026·27m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Joint Technology Committee heard two budget requests from the Colorado Judicial Department — a $3.2 million capital request for phase three of a Case Management System modernization and an operating request covering data center refresh and AV courtroom outfitting — but took no votes, with the chair explicitly stating no decision would be made that day and that the committee would return on February 15th or later.

Key Actions

·No Bill Number – Judicial Department IT Capital Budget Request (CMS Modernization)No Vote

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Controversies

Reliability of the $33.8 million total CMS cost estimate given timeline extensions

Rep. And Paschal asked how secure the department is in the $33.8 million total figure given that Gartner is still scoping and the project timeline has already been stretched. Vasconcellos stated: 'I also can't sit here and guarantee we're absolutely going to stay within 33 million given the impact of the timeline already.' Tesfaye stated the goal is to scope within the budget but that critical needs outside it will be addressed as they come.

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Notable Quotes

“This was originally planned as a three year request cycle, $10 million per year. Unfortunately, the state's budget has found itself in a place where it can't support that. Stretching out those timelines unfortunately has cost impact.”
Stephen Vasconcellos, State Court Administrator — Vasconcellos was explaining why the CMS modernization project's total cost estimate may be at risk, in response to committee questions about whether the $33.8 million figure is reliable.

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TranscriptPreview

Joint Technology Committee will come to order. Mr. Gravy, will you please call the roll? Senators and Representatives Basley. Excused. Pascal. Here. Rodriguez Weinberg. Absent. Tatone. I am here, Madam Chair. Here. Okay. Ahead of us today we have the Judicial Department IT Capital Budget request. Just a quick note. There is going to be at the top of your inbox a box link for the questions that have been answered by the Department. We've just gotten that this morning, so. Which is fine. We're not going to be making a decision today. The intention is that we'll hear from the Department, we'll ask some questions and we'll have a discussion. And hopefully we will be pretty quick. Today we'll come back either February 15th or later to make a decision on the Judicial. Does anyone have any questions? Ms. Falco, is there anything else that you need to say to prep us for today? Samantha Falco, Legislative Council staff. You should have two separate documents in front of you. One for the IT capital request, and then the JVC also referred. The JVC also referred an operating request. So we'll hear about both of those. And then the questions…

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