Swipe ➡️ through what you missed in last week's headlines in state & local #govtech, like:
📉Iowa using data tools to reach lowest recidivism in a decade
🏫the FCC ending school bus Wi-Fi & hotspot service
🤖CA Gov Newsom signing a landmark AI bill
📰 statescoop.com
06.10.2025 16:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
San Jose is using AI to to identify road hazards. ⚠️ 🚗
And it's going well - the AI identified potholes with 97% accuracy and debris with 88% accuracy. 🛣️
Full scoop from @statescoop.bsky.social's Sophia Fox-Sowell 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/san-jose-ai-...
02.10.2025 14:05 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The FCC will end WiFi hotspot funding 🚌🛜
Last year, the FCC provided $48M to fund Wi-Fi on buses, and more than 200,000 hotspot connections were requested to support connectivity especially in rural areas. 🧑🌾
Hear more from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📽️ ⬇️
📰➡️ statescoop.com/fcc-votes-to...
02.10.2025 15:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Trump administration continues to cut federal spending, including on emergency response. On this week's Priorities Podcast, James Barros with Hawaii Emergency Management Agency joins us to discuss Hawaii's emergency alert system. 🚨
Full episode 🎧 ➡️ statescoop.com/radio/james-...
01.10.2025 18:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📢 It's official: the Center for Internet Security's agreement with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will not be renewed at the end of the month.
More from @colinwood.me 📽️ ⬇️
What this means for state & local government 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/cisa-state-l...
30.09.2025 13:58 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
It's official: the Center for Internet Security's agreement with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will not be renewed at the end of the month.
Learn what that means for state and local cybersecurity efforts from @colinwood.me 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/cisa-confirm...
29.09.2025 21:19 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The University of South Florida is expanding a flood-tracking app that combines crowdsourcing, AI and cameras. 📸 🤖 🌧️
Full scoop from Sophia Fox-Sowell 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/crowdsourced...
26.09.2025 16:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
After a year of drafting and debate, California has approved new privacy rules for automated decision-making software. 🤖
The reviews? Well, they're mixed. 👀
Full scoop from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/california-a...
25.09.2025 18:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This week's top stories in state & local #GovTech 📰 🖥️
📢 A new deputy CIO for NYX
🗳️ A new voter-data sharing agreement in TX
🥫 A judge blocking the Trump administration's attempt to use SNAP data to verify immigration status
Full scoop at statescoop.com 📰
24.09.2025 19:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NYC highlights another AI use case: subway inspections. 🚇
Using AI, a a startup:
❗ identified 5 maintenance issues
🌳 located more than 300 vegetation encroachments
🦺 saved 30 hours of labor
💰 saved $800 of work cost per mile
@statescoop.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/nycs-transit...
24.09.2025 16:28 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The technology behind child and family services | StateScoop
Tarek Tomes and Katie Savage, the CIOs of Minnesota and Maryland, explain how their work is supporting improvements in child and family services in their states.
On this week's Priorities Podcast, State of Maryland CIO Katie Savage and State of Minnesota CIO Tarek Tomes join us to discuss how technology is supporting their state's child and family services. 👨👩👧
Learn more in the full episode hosted by @colinwood.me 🎧 ➡️ statescoop.com/radio/child-...
24.09.2025 19:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Jane Nelson, Texas’ secretary of state, announced last week that her office had accumulated agreements with nine other states to share voter registration data. 🗳️
Experts are concerned about this effort's reliability and lack of transparency.
Learn more 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/texas-voter-...
23.09.2025 19:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Despite being killed in a 99-1 vote, a nationwide moratorium on passing any regulation related to AI was included in Trump's AI Action Plan. 🏛️ 🤖
Three experts testified before Congress on the implications of state regulations on AI.
@statescoop.bsky.social ➡️ statescoop.com/state-ai-law...
22.09.2025 17:47 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
USDA asked states for the personal data of individuals using SNAP benefits. 🥫🥕
A judge blocked this request saying that the data sharing could expose applicants’ sensitive information, like immigration status to support mass deportations. 👀🔎
📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/judge-blocks...
22.09.2025 19:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
California is warning residents against a fraudulent mobile app is impersonating a real one offered by the California Department of Social Services. 👀
What you need to know 📹⬇️
Full scoop from Sophia Fox-Sowell 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/dont-downloa...
19.09.2025 18:46 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Colorado delayed the implementation of a high-risk artificial intelligence legislation.
This week, on Priorities Podcast, Colorado Representative Brianna Titone discusses the implications of this delay. 📽️ ⬇️
Full episode 🎧 ➡️ statescoop.com/radio/briann...
17.09.2025 20:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
State and local governments are being given a bigger role in a new federal push to bring futuristic air travel, such as flying taxis and cargo drones, into everyday use. ✈️
Full scoop from Sophia Fox-Sowell 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/u-s-departme...
17.09.2025 17:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The personal data of nearly 475,000 Texans who applied for natural disaster relief over the last 10 years was compromised. 🌪️ 🌩️
Full scoop from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/texas-agency...
16.09.2025 14:04 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Nevada has faced a 300% increase in cyberattack attempts on its websites since a ransomware attack in August knocked several state websites offline and downed several digital services. 🖥️
Full scoop from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/cyberattack-...
15.09.2025 14:51 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
The California legislature approved a bill that would place new safeguards on artificial intelligence-powered chatbots to better protect children and other vulnerable users. The bill now heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. 🤖
Full scoop from Sophia Fox-Sowell 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/california-b...
12.09.2025 17:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The federal government is claiming that all of the potential $13 billion leftover from the BEAD program are taxpayer savings. 💰
Our experts aren't so sure. By law, these funds must remain with the states. 🔍
via @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ lnkd.in/ekaBsqzH
11.09.2025 16:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Two statewide officials in Kansas are meeting in court. 🏛️
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach sued Governor Laura Kelly over her refusal to share the personal data of 730,000 SNAP recipients with the federal government.
Get the full scoop from Sophia Fox-Sowell 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/kansas-ag-su...
10.09.2025 20:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Priorities Podcast explored all things emergency response with Elizabeth Dunn from the role of technology to the importance of timely alerts. 🚨 ⛈️
Watch below as she discusses how technology, like AI, continues to transform the way we manage disasters. 📽️ ⬇️
🎧 ➡️ statescoop.com/radio/why-so...
08.09.2025 16:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Let's talk about Texas and China. 🤠 🇨🇳
@colinwood.me discusses Texas' recent foreign agent law and its implications.
Get the full scoop 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/texas-china-...
05.09.2025 20:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In mid-April, thousands of people living in rural Kentucky received a 30-day notice that their internet would be disconnected. That hasn't yet happened, but StateScoop has an update. 🛜
Swipe ➡️ to learn more.
Full scoop from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰➡️ statescoop.com/kentucky-mid...
04.09.2025 19:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
State officials in Nevada have confirmed that the cyberattack earlier this week did result in state data being stolen. 🔓 🚫
Officials are working to determine what exact data was stolen.
Full scoop from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/nevada-ranso...
30.08.2025 01:19 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The Colorado legislature voted to delay its state AI act by five months. 🏛️ 🤖
This bill would regulate high-risk AI systems in areas like hiring, lending, housing, insurance and government services.
Full scoop @statescoop.bsky.social 📰➡️ statescoop.com/colorado-leg...
28.08.2025 15:07 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Here's what's happening in state and local #govtech this week from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social.
🛜 House Dems seek answers on broadband guidance
🚫 State service outages in NV and MD following cyber incidents
🌧️ Enhanced youth camp protections in TX
Full episode📽️➡️ youtu.be/me54CetXWYA
28.08.2025 18:17 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
