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Priorities Podcast

Each Wednesday, StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast explores the latest in state and local government technology news and analysis. Listen to in-depth conversations with government and industry’s top executives, and learn about trending stories affecting state and local IT leaders ranging from modernization and digital accessibility to the latest advances in generative artificial intelligence.

Bomb threats and cyberattacks: How election officials prepared for the 2024 election

Despite numerous threats from rival nations and bad actors online, Election Day 2024 proceeded with minimal disruptions. Two executives from the Center for Internet Security say it…

2 days ago

Code for America kicks off second annual FormFest

Amanda Renteria, Code for America’s chief executive, says the second annual FormFest is designed to encourage action by government agencies.

Dec 4, 2024

2024 brought ‘novel innovations’ in data privacy law

Privacy researcher Muge Fazlioglu says many states are exhibiting new "digressions" from the state privacy law templates of years past.

Nov 20, 2024

How Maryland’s bug bounty hackers found cyber vulnerabilities the state couldn’t

On the latest episode of StateScoop’s Priorities podcast, Maryland’s Senior Director of State Cybersecurity Lance Cleghorn talks about the state’s first bug bounty program, which saw white-hat hackers…

Nov 14, 2024

How states can better digital ID programs for better privacy, equity

On the latest episode of StateScoop’s Priorities podcast, Jay Stanley, senior policy analyst at the American Civil Liberties Union, talks about a new report he authored for the organization…

Nov 8, 2024

One year into New York’s AI plan, city aims at partnerships

New York's Alex Foard says the city's AI action plan is progressing ahead of schedule as the city looks ahead to build more partnerships to develop the…

Oct 31, 2024

How U.S. water infrastructure became a ‘huge’ cyber target

Samuel Alva, a technical adviser with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, says aiding thousands of water utilities is a "daunting" task.

Oct 23, 2024

After heavy leadership turnover, Wyoming’s new CIO wants to bring stability

Roughly one month into the CIO role in Wyoming, Clines says one of his top priorities is to bring stability to the state’s IT.

Oct 16, 2024

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Jake Williams

Vice President — Content & Community

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Jake Williams is the vice president of content and community for StateScoop and EdScoop. He's spent nearly a decade in the government IT market, covering the ins and outs of state and local government, as well as higher education. He started his journalism career in his native Pennsylvania and has also worked as a reporter for Campaigns & Elections magazine.