Our mission at the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment is to protect and promote the integrity and vitality of Colorado's employment environment. We have more than 1,000 employees advancing this mission through services to businesses and workers across Colorado. In good economies and bad, we are serving our customers to help our state’s workforce thrive, compete and succeed while supporting our business community with resource and information to help them save valuable time and money.

The vision of the Colorado Energy Office (CEO) is to promote sustainable economic development in Colorado through advancing the State’s energy market and industry to create jobs, increase energy security, lower long-term consumer costs, and protect our environment.

The CEO has identified the following top priorities:

Continue to address the gaps in the market concerning the pursuit of cost-effective investments in energy efficiency

Continue to diversify the transportation fuels available and in use in Colorado

Promote the further development of the state’s energy economy, across all sectors

Provide leadership for continuous improvement of Colorado’s energy policies

The Department’s 2013-2014 Strategic Plan:

The Colorado Department of Public Safety [CDPS] is the single, statewide law enforcement agency in Colorado. CDPS provides a broad range of public safety services throughout the state. Agencies within CDPS include; the Executive Director’s Office [EDO], the Colorado State Patrol [CSP], the Division of Fire Prevention and Control [DFPC], the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management [DHSEM], the Division of Criminal Justice [DCJ], and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation [CBI]

The mission of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is to protect and preserve the health and environment of the people of Colorado. Dr. Chris Urbina serves as executive director and chief medical officer of the department.

2013 CDLE Strategic Poster

The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) works to create a positive business climate, encourages dynamic economic development and is focused on building sustainable job growth across the state. We offer a host of programs and services tailored to support business growth at every level including business recruitment, retention and expansion services; business funding and incentive programs; the Colorado Tourism Office; the Colorado Creative Industries office; the Colorado International Trade Office; the Colorado Small Business Development Centers; the Office of Film, Television & Media; minority and women-owned business services and economic analysis and research.

Since the final draft of the Colorado Blueprint was published in October 2011, OEDIT has executed a strategic plan focused on retention and growth in 14 key industries and aligning those industries across 14 regions throughout the state. The targeted industries represent almost 60 percent of the state’s jobs and an equivalent percentage of the state’s economic output. Our approach is simple: the most efficient and effective means of adding jobs is to drive growth in the industries which are already strong within the state.

Please refer to attachment to review the Colorado Blueprint.

Higher education must fulfill its essential role in creating the conditions for a healthy state economy, a productive society and a high quality of life for the people of the state. While serving these greater societal needs, the department and the state’s institutions understand that their main purpose is the rigorous instruction of students. The department, working together with the state’s institutions of postsecondary education, seeks a future for Colorado in which its institutions are accountable for continued improvement in the quality, efficiency and results of postsecondary education and are adequately funded to do so.