Managing Editor

Benjamin Freed

Benjamin Freed was the managing editor of StateScoop and EdScoop, covering cybersecurity issues affecting state and local governments across the country. He wrote extensively about ransomware, election security and the federal government’s role in assisting states and cities with information security.

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The Center for Internet Security 24-hour operation distributes cybersecurity intelligence and other services to the MS-ISAC’s members. (Center for Internet Security)

A new interstate election security body is about to face its first major test

Cybersecurity

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Waymo to start testing driver-free cars in California

Emerging Tech

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Smart infrastructure challenge announces winners of $50 million in seed funding

City

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Local governments hit FCC with three 5G lawsuits

City

Co-op City in 1973, the Bronx neighborhood where New York City's 2015 Legionnaires' disease outbreak began. (National Archives at College Park) — Co-op City in 1973, the Bronx neighborhood where New York City’s 2015 Legionnaires’ disease outbreak began. (National Archives at College Park)

Can government’s centralized data offices put themselves out of business?

State

Charles Grindle (Commonwealth Office of Technology)

Kentucky’s $375,000 CIO defends his first year on the job

State

Newton, Ohio Police Chief Tom Synan explains his efforts to combat opioid addiction at the Smart Regions Conference in Columbus, Ohio, on October 25, 2018. (StateScoop)

Cincinnati-area governments sign opioid data-sharing pact with feds

City

Tennessee CIO Stephanie Dedmon, left, stands with Adobe manager Earl Moore, at the 2018 NASCIO conference in San Diego. (StateScoop)

Tennessee CIO says citizen services mobile app will be ready in early 2019

Modernization

Deloitte consultant Srini Subramanian, Arizona CISO Mike Lettman, Illinois CIO Kirk Lonbom and Georgia CISO Stan Gatewood discuss a biannual survey of state cybersecurity policy. (StateScoop)

State CISOs are getting more attention, but most still struggle for budgets and talent

Cybersecurity