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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Virginia’s IT inventory revealed 2,552 apps

State

Texas’ relationship with AI is ‘getting serious’

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks before U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins signs three new SNAP food choice waivers for the states of Idaho, Utah, and Arkansas in her office at the United States Department of Agriculture Whitten Building on June 10, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Arkansas governor orders technology dept. to centralize, improve cyber

State

hand putting ballot in box — (Getty Images)

States are picking sides as competing election integrity efforts move ahead

State

West Virginia overcomes broadband bottleneck to enter the cloud

State

Utah doesn’t issue identities anymore — it ‘endorses’ them

State

San Jose, Calif., publishes data strategy to boost equity, innovation

Data & Analytics

Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (C) and West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner (R) look on during a House Administration Committee hearing in the Longworth House Office Building at the U.S. Capitol on September 11, 2024 in Washington, D.C. The hearing examined “American Confidence in Elections” while looking forward to the 2024 Presidential Election in just under two months. (Bonnie Cash / Getty Images)

Ohio secretary of state pushes new security directive for county election boards

Cybersecurity

Nebraska’s joint security operations center is filling gaps left by federal cuts

Cybersecurity