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During the late 20th century, assignment to Administrative Segregation -- in some states known as solitary confinement -- was standard protocol for difficult, dangerous offenders. In 2011, philosophies regarding Administrative Segregation began to shift. The late Tom Clements, then executive director of CDOC, felt that change was in order for Colorado. In 2011, the Colorado legislature laid the foundation for Administrative Segregation overhaul in...

Innovation is key to economic growth. Each year, the Colorado Innovation Network issues a report on Colorado's innovation performance, which is based on an objective analysis. The 2013 report highlights where potential opportunities exist to ensure Colorado's continued competitiveness as an innovative state. These metrics are used to compare Colorado's performance to both the national average and a set of benchmark states.

Colorado's school readiness initiative is an essential component of the state's educational improvement policies designed to ensure all Colorado's children graduate ready for college and career. Colorado's educational improvement policies exemplify a continuous improvement cycle at all levels of the educational system: classroom, school, district, and state department of education.

Recycled energy or waste heat to power (WHP) is the process of capturing heat discarded by an existing process and using that heat to generate electricity. Colorado's Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) requires systems to have a nameplate capacity of 15 megawatts (MW) or less, convert the otherwise lost energy from the heat from exhaust stacks or pipes to electricity and not combust additional fossil fuel to be eligible.