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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Kathy Hochul — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a press conference announcing on Aug. 26, 2021 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images)

New York governor appoints chemical executive as new CIO

State

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New York bans facial recognition tech in schools

Emerging Tech

ransomware infected computer — An IT researchers shows off a computer infected by a ransomware at the LHS (High Security Laboratory) of the INRIA (National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation) in Rennes, France, on November 3, 2016. (Damien Meyer / AFP / Getty Images)

Dallas ransomware attack compromised data of 30,000 people, officials say

County & Local

Priorities Podcast

Minnesota used automation to rapidly process frontline worker benefits during COVID-19

Priorities Podcast

Josh Shapiro — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a press conference at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh on Sept. 20, 2023. (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)

Pennsylvania governor announces plan for state generative AI usage

Emerging Tech

Tennessee Chief Information Officer Stephanie Dedmon — Tennessee Chief Information Officer Stephanie Dedmon addresses the National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ midyear conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on May 2, 2023. (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)

Ahead of ARPA spending deadline, states weigh priorities for ‘neverending’ modernization

Modernization

Josh Shapiro — (Office of Gov. Josh Shapiro)

Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro shares Community phone number

Digital Services

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California legislature passes ‘Delete Act’ to protect consumer data

State

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Delaware’s new consumer-data privacy law covers wider range of businesses

Data & Analytics