Case Study: Colorado Treasurer’s Office achieves improved debt compliance and faster legislative responses with OpenGov

Colorado Improves Debt Compliance and Builds Trust With Legislators Using OpenGov

The Colorado Treasurer’s Office, led by Treasurer Walker Stapleton, was managing hundreds of millions in state debt using fragmented systems and manual Excel reconciliation. That piecemeal approach caused missed SEC disclosure deadlines under the MCDC initiative, resulted in a sanction and cease‑and‑desist order, and left legislators waiting days for basic debt information.

By implementing OpenGov to centralize and visualize its debt data, Colorado created a single source of accurate, dynamic debt reporting. The change eliminated dozens of error‑prone spreadsheets, improved SEC compliance and oversight, enabled legislators to get answers in seconds, reduced the risk of penalties and negative press, and freed staff to focus on strategic policy work.

Colorado Treasurer’s Office

Walker Stapleton

Colorado Treasurer's Office