Staff Reporter

Keely Quinlan

StateScoop & EdScoop

Keely Quinlan reports on privacy and digital government for StateScoop. She was an investigative news reporter with Clarksville Now in Tennessee, where she resides, and her coverage included local crimes, courts, public education and public health. Her work has appeared in Teen Vogue, Stereogum and other outlets. She earned her bachelor’s in journalism and master’s in social and cultural analysis from New York University.

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downtown Seattle — People pass by The Spheres in downtown Seattle on June 25, 2025. (Juan Mabromata / AFP via Getty Images)

Seattle appoints former LinkedIn, Airbnb data science manager to be city’s first AI officer

AI

An aerial view of Astoria Houses in New York City, United States on July 13, 2024. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto)

NYC announces free, online digital learning hub for public housing residents

Digital Services

Trump and friends — President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order beside Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and White House artificial intelligence and crypto czar David Sacks in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)

State leaders, civil rights groups respond to ‘dangerous’ Trump order banning state AI laws

AI

Welcome to Georgia sign — (Getty Images)

Georgia’s IT agency selects vendor to streamline web accessibility work

Digital Services

Howard Lutnick — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick looks on during remarks to the press at the end of an EU Foreign Affairs Council about Trade in Brussels on Nov. 24, 2025. (Nicolas Tucat / AFP)

State lawmakers from 28 states ask Commerce to release BEAD ‘nondeployment’ funds

Broadband

Trump's face — President Donald Trump attends the signing ceremony of a peace deal with the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame and the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)

State AI law moratorium omitted from 2026 defense bill, but Trump is preparing ‘ONE RULE’ executive order

AI

submit button on privacy policy — (Getty Images)

Opt-out tool will let Californians erase personal data held by brokers

Privacy

A group of Marin County, California, employees — A group of Marin County, California, employees gather for an in-person workshop as part of the county’s Digital Accelerator Initiative. (Luke Fretwell / GovFresh)

Marin County, Calif.’s digital accelerator helped agencies stop blaming each other

County & Local

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks at a press conference, flanked by FBI Director Kash Patel, following the fatal shooting of political activist Charlie Kirk, during an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 12, 2025 in Orem, Utah. (Michael Ciaglo / Getty Images)

Utah governor announces ‘pro-human’ AI plan, condemns federal preemption scheme

AI