Editor In Chief

Colin Wood

StateScoop & EdScoop

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

Articles by Author

blue digital waves — (Getty Images)

Software firm OpenGov acquires ProcureNow

State

(Getty Images)

It’s two steps forward, one step back for state government IT

State

Gov. Gavin Newsom watches as ICU nurse Helen Cordova receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine — Gov. Gavin Newsom watches as ICU nurse Helen Cordova receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center on December 14, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Jae C. Hong / Pool / Getty Images)

California launches COVID-19 vaccine look-up website

State

Shawnzia Thomas and Gov. Brian Kemp — Gov. Brian Kemp poses with Shawnzia Thomas on Feb. 11, 2019 after naming her executive director of the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity. (State of Georgia)

Georgia Gov. Kemp selects human services official as new statewide CIO

State

Oakland, California — Oakland, California (Getty Images)

Oakland, California’s CIO stepped down this month

City

a map of Northern Wisconsin's storm damage — This map, an inventory of damaged infrastructure created by the Wisconsin Emergency Management agency, was one piece of data used by Wisconsin Geographic Information Officer to develop the state’s damage maps. (Scoop News Group)

‘Community of practice’ key for GIS success, says Wisconsin official

County & Local

Los Angeles skyline — (AaronP / Bauer-Griffin / GC Images)

LA’s innovation chief left for Bloomberg public-sector role

City

Frank Winters, geographic information officer of New York

Lori Sorenson, CTO of Illinois