Departments and agencies within Colorado possess large amounts of public data regarding businesses and the economy. This data can help businesses with strategic planning, but it exists in so many different places and formats that most businesses cannot use it. The Secretary of State's office will address this problem through the creation of the Business Intelligence Center (BIC). The BIC seeks to aggregate public data and make it available to the widest audience in the most useful format. It will provide businesses with unprecedented access to public data and encourage economic growth.