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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New York’s IT office partners with AWS for cloud and AI services, strategy saving taxpayers $58M

AI

Anthropic launches $15M cyber defense program for state, local, tribal and territorial governments

AI

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Washington, DC rolls out redesigned beta version of city’s website with new digital services

Digital Services

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore attends a conversation with Governor Mikie Sherrill, Governor Wes Moore, Mark Drilling, and Rye Barcott about his new book “Courage Will Save Us” at 92NY on June 09, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Dominik Bindl/Getty Images)

Maryland names former federal AI leader as state’s responsible AI senior advisor

AI

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Florida man, ACLU sue police after wrongful arrest using facial recognition tech

Emerging Tech

The website for the Texas Design System. (Scoop News Group)

Texas launches accessible, standardized web design system to modernize agency sites

Digital Services

A school bus drives up 8th avenue in New York City. October 21, 2025. (Photo by Zamek/VIEWpress)

FTC orders Illuminate Education to bolster data security after breach impacting 10M students

Cybersecurity

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., speajs to reporters in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, June 4, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Sen. Mark Warner to introduce bill to restore MS-ISAC funding, boosting federal cyber support to $50M annually

Cybersecurity

From left, Rep. Craig Goldman, R-Texas, full committee ranking member Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and full committee Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., attend the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade hearing titled “Examining Legislation to Establish a Federal Comprehensive Privacy and Data Security Law,” in Rayburn building on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House subcommittee splits on SECURE Data Act that preempts state privacy laws

Privacy