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Newsletter August 2025
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 "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -Peter Drucker
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 Applications are due by August 29th. Colorado governments are welcome to apply. Visit the SIPA GovGrants webpage to review the program materials, criteria, and additional resources.
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Please join us in welcoming our new SIPA staff member, Grants Coordinator Anya Dickson-Arguello! In this role, Anya supports the full cycle of grant operations for the SIPA GovGrants program, from application review and evaluation through reporting, disbursements, and measurement of program impacts.
Learn more about Anya on SIPA's Team Page.
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August 20th: Organization Transformation - A Pathway to Improvement by TEKsystems
You are accountable to mission critical projects and milestones for your organization. Accounting for reduced state budgets and desire for cost optimization, TEKsystems offers a strategic perspective and tactical execution to help your organization build increased efficiencies and effectiveness through modernization and operations management. TEKsystems can help you jump-start the journey with a clear, shared vision and an actionable, measurable plan, aligned to industry best practices. Join us to discover how they do this for your peers!
Brandon Williams with Eagle County is offering a unique opportunity for anyone interested in Google NotebookLM. For anyone in state/local government, join us on 15 Aug 2025 at 9:30 am MDT. Brandon will introduce the topic, but the session will actually be with a Googler (Goldy) who's tied into the NotebookLM team, and Goldy will be doing a demo as well as fielding questions or feature requests. This isn't going to be a technical discussion, more of a unique opportunity to engage with someone on the Google AI team about what they are doing and an opportunity to ask questions and suggest features/use cases - sign up here and I'll add you to the invite! - Eagle County - Google NotebookLM Coffee Hour Sign-Up
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 Agenda Available - Register Today! Join us on September 4, 2025, at Empower Field at Mile High Stadium for a day of learning and networking. Check out the agenda, session descriptions, and keynote speaker on our User Conference page. A few sessions are highlighted below.
Discover SIPA, a unique government authority dedicated to serving fellow Colorado governments. SIPA's Duane Tucker and Kara Finch will lead you through our state statute (briefly), why we exist, our benefits and technology portfolio, and how to engage and procure through SIPA. Understand who SIPA is, how your organization can work with us, and how we can be your trusted partner for digital government technology solutions in this fun and interactive presentation.
Join this session on September 4th at 11:45 AM, West Club, South Alcove
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Jenny Chiavone with the City and County of Denver will guide attendees through the process of creating a cohesive and user-friendly digital experience for public services, no matter the size of your organization!
Join this session on September 4th at 2:00 PM.
 Industry trends show that threat actors have increased the number of attacks against the K-12 education system because of the "data rich environment" that centers around the extensive amount of personal and financial data they maintain about their students, teachers, school staff, etc.
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has an extensive amount of information available on K-12 education and cybersecurity as well as a report titled "Protecting Our Future: Partnering to Safeguard K-12 Organizations from Cybersecurity Threats".
People use ableist words and phrases everyday without realizing how they affect other people. It's easy to use words like "crazy," "lame," or "dumb" without really thinking about where those words come from or the history behind them, but we can do better.
The Apple Style Guide has an excellent section on inclusive writing that provides simple advice in plain-language that can help to navigate this complex topic.
For more information, check out the writing about disability section in the style guide.
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 New Service Launches
New SIPA Customers
- West Douglas County Fire Protection District
- Grand Lake Fire Protection District
- High Desert Conservation District
- Parker Water and Sanitation District
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We are proud to announce our newest supplier partner, The Idea Garden. They provide literacy and community building around complex topics such as data, AI, and technical communication, focusing on interaction, making complex topics simple and boring topics fun, and creating/delivering training that is immediately applicable to participants' daily work. Find out more about them on their SIPA Service page! |
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 Take advantage of SIPA's simple procurement process and negotiated contract terms! SIPA, created by the general assembly, provides digital government services to better engage with constituents, manage operations and protect data to assist all Colorado governments.
What products and services do you want to see offered by SIPA? Let us know by taking this brief survey.
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 Did you know that you can see status updates, and uptime for websites, payment services, AccessGov/Engagement Builder, and custom apps on Tyler Colorado's DGS Colorado System Status Page? Subscribe to receive email alerts about outages!
Need technical assistance? Submit a service request to Tyler Colorado using their customer support portal.
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