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Colin Wood

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Colin Wood is StateScoop’s editor in chief. Contact him at colin.wood@statescoop.com or cwood.64 on Signal.

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a map with social distancing grades — One of Esri’s maps shows ounty-by-county grade for social distancing from the data company Unacast. (Scoop News Group)

Esri announces FEMA data-sharing portal for pandemic response

State

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and adviser Melissa DeRosa update reporters on the state’s COVID-19 outbreak. (New York State)

Google, New York build new unemployment website to handle claims surge

City

guy holding drone — (David Henrichs / Unsplash)

Elizabeth, N.J., uses drones to enforce social distancing

City

drone — (Getty Images)

Indiana developing new strategic plan for drone program

State

emergency vehicles — (Getty Images)

911 call centers have enough capacity so far, but upgrades are delayed

County & Local

NJ Gov. Phil Murphy — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy tours a field medical station at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus on March 30 and March 31, 2020. (Phil Murphy / Flickr)

New Jersey needs COBOL coders to fix ailing unemployment system

State

home office — (Getty Images)

Some officials say government’s mobile work culture might stick

City

How Los Angeles went remote fast after the pandemic hit

City

mainframe — (Getty Images)

States’ unemployment systems are failing their stress test

State