Editor In Chief

Colin Wood

StateScoop & EdScoop

Colin Wood is the editor in chief of StateScoop and EdScoop. He’s reported on government information technology policy for more than a decade, on topics including cybersecurity, IT governance and artificial intelligence.

colin.wood@statescoop.com

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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on “Rightsizing Federal Government,” on Capitol Hill, on Feb. 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Al Drago / Getty Images)

Iowa governor unleashes DOGE task force on state inefficiency

State

Beeck Center website — (Scoop News Group)

New chief data officer tracker compares state efforts

State

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

State

Cyber measures for education cool in state legislatures as sector matures

Cybersecurity

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2025. (Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images)

New president, similar federal agenda for state CIOs in 2025

Cybersecurity

Ohio county IT director resigns after $1.5 million ransomware payment

State

Shaquille O'Neal — Shaquille O’Neal celebrates the launch of ‘Shaq-A-Licious XL Gummies’ at Hershey’s Times Square on September 25, 2024 in New York City. (Santiago Felipe / Getty Images)

Verifying income for public benefits is about to get easier in Missouri

Digital Services

California Gov. Gavin Newsom stands with actor Danny Trejo, left, and SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland at a press conference at Raleigh Studios unveiling a vast expansion of California’s Film and Television Credit Program on October 27, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama / Getty Images)

Analysis of state AI orders reveals care, inconsistency

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the recently announced cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas while joined by Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Cross Hall of the White House on January 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Biden’s cyber EO says states might get funding for digital driver’s licenses

Cybersecurity