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Colin Wood

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Colin Wood is StateScoop’s editor in chief. Contact him at colin.wood@statescoop.com or cwood.64 on Signal.

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Washington’s AI order could boost awareness in government, CIO says

AI

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (John Moore / Getty Images)

Washington governor signs AI order plotting yearlong policy path

State

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Ohio city reveals nearly 6,000 affected by recent ransomware attack

Cybersecurity

FCC closes comments on ‘open internet protections’ rulemaking

Broadband

Dickie Howze — Richard “Dickie” Howze chats in the hallway between sessions of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ annual conference in Louisville, Kentucky, on Oct. 10, 2022. (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)

Longtime Louisiana employee and first statewide CIO Dickie Howze has retired

State

nascio fraud panel — From left, Utah CIO Alan Fuller, North Carolina CIO Jim Weaver and acting Illinois CIO Brandon Ragle discuss the widespread fraud against COVID-19 relief funds at the NASCIO midyear conference in Oxon Hill, Md. (Colin Wood / Scoop News Group)

NASCIO updates mission for first time in 20 years

State

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‘BladeRunner 2.0’ to help NYC officials track snow fleet vehicles

City

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Need a state AI roadmap? NASCIO has a guide for that

State

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Low-quality data makes AI stupid, says Virginia’s data chief

AI