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Trump names officials to Intergovernmental Affairs Office

President Donald Trump named his appointments to the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, which mostly consisted of staff who worked on his presidential campaigns.

By Colin Wood

Washington DC CISO — Washington, D.C., Chief Information Security Officer Suneel Cherukuri speaks at CyberScoop’s Zero Trust Summit in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 2025. (Scoop News Group)

Convincing users key for zero trust rollouts, city CISO says

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By Jake Williams

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New York IT agency lost 17,000 devices, planned to destroy working ones, audit found

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By Sophia Fox-Sowell

Recent News

South Dakota reveals new online vehicle registration, titling system

By Keely Quinlan
NYPD extends contract with ShotSpotter, despite poor review

By Keely Quinlan
Maryland governor pushes new website for displaced federal workers

By Keely Quinlan
New York’s health data privacy bill would make state toughest in nation

By Keely Quinlan
‘Sophisticated’ cyberattack downs systems at Virginia attorney general’s office

By Sophia Fox-Sowell

Fighting multi-dimensional threats against state, local governments

How Trump and DOGE will affect state and local services

Shared services, AI cost key concerns for New York’s CIO

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New Washington bill would let state workers influence how agencies use AI

Legislation in Washington state would give the state government workers' labor union bargaining powers on how agencies are allowed to use artificial intelligence tools.

By Sophia Fox-Sowell

Musk and Trump — Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump, and his son X Musk, speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Improving comms, tech capacity keys for states waiting on Trump policy changes

By Colin Wood

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Why state efforts to ban DeepSeek are different from the TikTok bans

By Keely Quinlan

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Baton Rouge, La., Police Department cancels ShotSpotter contract

By Keely Quinlan

Iowa governor unleashes DOGE task force on state inefficiency

By Colin Wood

New York State government bans Chinese AI app DeepSeek

By Keely Quinlan

New York launches ‘Tree Tracker’ as part of quest for 25 million trees

By Sophia Fox-Sowell

New chief data officer tracker compares state efforts

By Colin Wood

Gov. Newsom orders updates to California wildfire maps

By Sophia Fox-Sowell

Asset management software Cityworks had a security flaw

By Sophia Fox-Sowell

Podcasts

Inside Maryland’s new digital infrastructure group

By StateScoop Staff

Breaking down states’ AI executive orders

By StateScoop Staff

How an app is helping one police agency keep track of gear

By StateScoop Staff

AI sandbox generates new solutions, talent pipeline in Massachusetts

By Colin Wood

Hurricane Helene devastated communities, inspired tech upgrades

By Sophia Fox-Sowell

Bomb threats and cyberattacks: How election officials prepared for the 2024 election

By StateScoop Staff

Videos

State app modernization requires everyone’s help, says CIO

By Colin Wood Jake Williams

How Connecticut’s CIO helps ‘needy’ schools

By Colin Wood Jake Williams

Digital divide shrinking in North Carolina, says CIO

By Colin Wood Jake Williams

Tennessee moving old systems to the cloud

By Colin Wood Jake Williams

Insights

Strengthening multi-cloud security with a unified approach

By Dave Karakis

Ramping up digital fraud prevention with advanced verification tools

By Scoop News Group

How enhanced identity data supports AI adoption, strengthens security, and improves public service

By Haywood Talcove

Enhancing government services while combating fraud

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students using phones — High school students using their phones during recess at the Lycee Aristide Maillol in Perpignan in the Pyrenees-Orientales department in the South of France on November 14, 2024. (Jc Milhet / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images)

Alabama governor pushes K-12 cell phone ban

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Louisiana appoints former energy IT manager as new CIO

Eli Crane — US Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., testifies during a hearing of the House Task Force on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 26, 2024. (Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

To expand cyber workforce, government must unfreeze hiring and target youth, experts told House committee

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New Orleans launches public safety app, just in time for the Super Bowl

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Deloitte to provide Rhode Island $5M for ransomware recovery

Bob Ferguson — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson gives his victory speech at the Washington State Democrats Election Night Watch Party at the Seattle Convention Center on Nov. 5, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. (Alexi Rosenfeld / Getty Images)

Washington governor creates data center workgroup to explore economy, energy, environment impacts

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks at a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol on November 11, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage / Getty Images)

Georgia secretary of state wants easier access to immigration data to verify voter citizenship

Greg Abbott — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a news conference in the state Capitol on June 08, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

Texas to launch cyber command center, Gov. Abbott declares in State of State address

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In first for states, Texas bans DeepSeek, RedNote apps from government-issued devices

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Tyler Technologies acquires community development platform MyGov

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Cyber measures for education cool in state legislatures as sector matures

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas on July 11, 2021. (Andy Jacobsohn / AFP / Getty Images)

State and local governments should prepare for changes to CISA, cyber experts say

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As feds resign, state and local governments turn to talent matching program

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