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Colin Wood

StateScoop & EdScoop

Colin Wood is the editor in chief of StateScoop and EdScoop. He’s reported on government information technology policy for more than a decade, on topics including cybersecurity, IT governance and public safety.

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Connecticut expands free virtual interpreting service to Hartford airport

State

California’s education data office says it’s ready to make data tools

State

Miami-Dade County targets sustainability, ocean health with new partnerships

County & Local

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine hired a cyber adviser — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine listens as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the White House with members of the National Governors Association on January 31, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

Ohio’s backlogged forensic labs get $10 million boost

Modernization

VR guy who might use NIST facility some day — (Getty Images)

NIST launches immersive VR research center for public safety

Emerging Tech

Alaska needs tribal broadband — Barrow, Alaska (Getty Images)

Tribal broadband gets $77 million from Commerce Department

State

AIOps cutting hours of cyber work in Utah, CTO says

Cybersecurity

Many states lack strategy for application modernization, NASCIO data shows

Modernization

NASCIO panel 2022 — Left to right: NASCIO government affairs director Alex Whitaker, California acting CIO Russ Nichols, Washington CIO Bill Kehoe, Hawaii CIO Doug Murdock, Oregon Deputy CIO Jennifer Bjerke, Alaska CIO Bill Smith. (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)

Not every state IT project needs to cost millions, CIOs say

Modernization