The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) is committed to making its information resources accessible to individuals with disabilities by meeting or exceeding the requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794d).
Section 508 is a federal law that requires agencies to provide individuals with disabilities equal access to electronic information and data comparable to those who do not have disabilities unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency. Section 508 standards are technical requirements that are used to measure compliance within this law. More information on Section 508 and the technical standards can be found at www.section508.gov.
If you require assistance or would like to report an issue related to the accessibility of any content on this website, please email susannah.harris@state.co.us. If applicable, please include the web address or URL and the specific problems you have encountered.
Adobe Acrobat Files
Much of the content on CEO's site is in HTML or plain text formats. These formats are generally accessible to people who use screen readers. We also have a large number of documents in Adobe Acrobat® Portable Document Format (PDF).
Publications in PDF can only be viewed and printed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader®, version 3.0 or higher. You can download and get help using the Acrobat Reader at the Adobe Systems site. The downloadable Acrobat Reader software is available at no cost from Adobe.
People using screen-reading devices generally are unable to read documents directly in PDF format, unless they have an accessibility plug-in installed on their system along with the Adobe Acrobat Reader. This plug-in is available at no cost from Adobe. Adobe also has online tools that will convert PDF files to HTML on request. To get the plug-in and latest news about Adobe’s accessibility tools and services, visit the Access Adobe website.
PowerPoint & Word Files
You can view documents in Microsoft PowerPoint® format if you have any version of PowerPoint installed on your computer. For those who don’t have the software, Microsoft Corporation offers a free PowerPoint file viewer. You can download and get help using the PowerPoint viewer at the Microsoft Download Center.
You can view documents in Microsoft Word® format if you have Word, version 6.0 or higher, installed on your computer. Word documents can also be viewed with many other word processing software programs. Additionally, Microsoft offers a free Word file viewer that you can download from the Microsoft Download Center.
Colorado Energy Office Statement of Nondiscrimination
The Colorado Energy Office (CEO), and subrecipients receiving funds from CEO, do not discriminate against any individual on the basis of protected statuses in employment, admission or access to services or benefits under any of its programs. The protected statuses are referenced by the laws listed below:
- Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VI”) is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin. This law applies to entities receiving federal financial assistance.
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Section 504”) is a federal law that protects qualified individuals with disabilities from discrimination. This law applies to entities receiving federal financial assistance.
- Age Discrimination Act of 1975 is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of age. This law applies to entities receiving federal financial assistance.
- Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a federal law that prohibits sex discrimination (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity) in any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.
- Section 13 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 prohibits sex discrimination by any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance under this Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, or the Environmental Financing Act.
- Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended (“ADA”) is a federal law that protect qualified individuals with disabilities from discrimination. This law applies to all state and local government agencies.
- Title 24 of Article 34 Colorado Revised Statutes (CRS), Parts 4, 6, and 8 are state laws that prohibit discrimination for employees, places of public accommodation, and persons with disabilities.
In accordance with the laws linked above, CEO and its subrecipients describe discrimination as “excluding individuals from participation or denying an individual the benefits of any program or activity due to the individual’s race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.” CEO, and its subrecipients, will take reasonable steps to ensure barriers to accessing programs based on a protected class are limited, that there is a method to report barriers, and that CEO and its subrecipients provide timely remedies to reported barriers.
For more information about CEO's Nondiscrimination please read our Nondiscrimination Policy.
If you feel you have been discriminated against, please review the Colorado Energy Office Grievance Procedure for steps to file a complaint.