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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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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, left, sits in a Baton Rouge diner with Bryan Adams, the state’s fire marshal. (Gov. Jeff Landry’s Office)

Louisiana’s governor announces new IT vendor on his diner-themed podcast

Modernization

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz listens during a hearing with the House Oversight and Accountability Committee at the U.S. Capitol on June 12, 2025 in Washington, DC.(Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Minnesota governor activates National Guard amid St. Paul cyberattack

Cybersecurity

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes looks 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. (Bonnie Cash / Getty Images)

Cybersecurity tips for state election offices, as federal support dwindles

Cybersecurity

NGA asks governors to prioritize broadband, infrastructure, permitting in coming fiscal year

State

President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House on July 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Trump is traveling to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to speak at an artificial intelligence and energy summit. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Defeated state AI moratorium finds new life in Trump’s AI Action Plan

The exterior of the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant is seen in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, January 5, 2020. The plant treats wastewater from more than 1 million people and is the largest of 14 wastewater facilities in New York City. (Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images)

New York proposes stronger cyber controls for water utilities

Cybersecurity

Doug Robinson talks cyber grants — NASCIO Executive Director Doug Robinson (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)

Good news, bad news for state and local cyber grant funding, says NASCIO director

Cybersecurity

Trump and Landry — President Donald Trump speaks with Hyundai Chairman Euisun Chung (right), Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (center) and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., (left) at an investment announcement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House March 24, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

Louisiana’s digital wallet gets approved for airports, federal buildings

State

Amid cuts to federal cyber services, local election officials expect greater state support

Cybersecurity