Gov. Bill Ritter's staff and top appointees will file financial disclosures for the three years during which they ignored a rule requiring them to publicly state any personal, financial or legal interests in conflict with their state duties, spokesman Evan Dryer said Tuesday.

Under pressure from government watchdogs, Ritter on Monday gave the 25 or so non-filers until Oct. 25 to turn in disclosures, but he did not immediately make the order retroactive.

All of Ritter's executive staff and all but one Cabinet leader failed to follow the disclosure rule, records show.

Dreyer said appointees and staff members were all vetted privately for conflicts of interest before they were hired. And they were encouraged to report potential conflicts to Ritter's office.

Libertarian think tank The Independence Institute initially discovered the missing documents.