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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Articles by Author

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)

Arizona secretary of state seeking new cyber funding after website hack

Cybersecurity

Pennsylvania AG’s systems down after ‘cyber incident’

Cybersecurity

CISA says it’s not abandoning the states. Cyber officials aren’t so sure

Cybersecurity

NASCIO sign — (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)

State, local governments urge Congress to reinstate pulled cyber funding

Cybersecurity

tall piles of paperwork — (Getty Images)

States and vendors both are frustrated by procurement

Modernization

New state, local cyber grant rules prohibit spending on MS-ISAC

Cybersecurity

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

Cybersecurity tips for state election offices, as federal support dwindles

Cybersecurity