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A new law in Utah makes a unique distinction in how the state treats identity. SB 260 creates several protections for residents, including that “the state does not establish an individual’s identity,” but rather that, in some instances, it “endorses” it. scoopmedia.co/4dXPCn0

Retiring Tennessee CIO says she treasures the teamwork in state government scoopmedia.co/3SQcfQB

For AI projects, California’s CIO wants agencies to consider benefit, value, cost scoopmedia.co/3HDO05T

Washington's CIO Bill Kehoe said the cyber grant program has funneled 200 grants valued a total of $7.5 million to local governments. Hear it directly from him at NASCIO #NASCIO25📹 ⬇️ Full scoop from Colin Wood 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/bill-kehoe-was…

The 2025 LocalSmart Awards are accepting nominations. Whether it’s a city executive guiding change or an IT project revolutionizing citizen services, recognize their impact now. Nominate by June 27 at midnight ET: scoopmedia.co/3YFvks2

Nominations are now open for the 2025 LocalSmart Awards. These awards honor the executives, IT leaders and digital projects driving transformational change across cities, counties and municipalities. Nominations close June 27: scoopmedia.co/4328VGA

When Stephanie Dedmon departs state government, she won’t be thinking about legacy. She’ll be thinking about her team. Dedmon, whose last day will be June 30, has spent the last several months overlapping with and training her successor, Kristin Darby. scoopmedia.co/3Ts4qAM

When funding from the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program ends it will require state governments to collaborate more closely with their municipalities, Washington’s top technology official said in a recent interview. scoopmedia.co/3FX1bhI

Retiring #Tennessee CIO Stephanie Dedmon reflects on her 20 years in state government as she prepares to retire at the end of this month with SateScoop at NASCIO. 🏛️ 🖥️ Watch the full interview 📽️ ➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=1-gPZQ… Read the full scoop 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/video/tn-cio-s…

Following a jailbreak last month at the Orleans Justice Center, the New Orleans City Council is set to consider revisions this month to an ordinance that would allow police broad use of facial recognition technology. scoopmedia.co/409eXEK

After an extensive effort last year to examine her state’s technological shortcomings, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday issued an executive order that will rearrange the state’s IT efforts and place a greater emphasis on cybersecurity. scoopmedia.co/4jTYbk2

COGE, not DOGE, is going well, says state CIO scoopmedia.co/3ZunCl6

On this week's Priorities Podcast, we're joined by New Jersey's Chief Innovation Officer Dave Cole & Joe DeLaTorre to talk about their years long effort to modernize the state's call centers. ☎️ The result? Nearly 1,500 more calls answered each day. Full episode: scoopmedia.co/3G42Zp7

Hawaii Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, who’s acting as governor while Gov. Josh Green is out of state, signed a bill Monday that creates a centralized broadband office and is designed to expand access to the internet and digital literacy resources. scoopmedia.co/442i8iR

“I run at the speed of business, not at the speed of government,” Teena Piccione, North Carolina’s newly confirmed chief information officer, told StateScoop in a recent interview. scoopmedia.co/4kJL9XO

Two events last week highlighted the growing weight of politics in the elections process. Alabama’s secretary of state announced that Virginia had become the tenth state to join his voter integrity database, used by half of the nation’s state governments. scoopmedia.co/3FPwLOv

At least one emergency response expert is raising concerns that staffing cuts at the FEMA and the NOAA could hinder state and local government coordination and impede public warning systems during natural disasters. scoopmedia.co/45qc99W

Philadelphia launches app for finding public lactation spaces scoopmedia.co/4n5sjvI

Iowa’s IT reorg delivered ‘enormous efficiencies,’ says CIO scoopmedia.co/4kTgO99

Delaware leans into payment processing to ‘leapfrog’ digital services scoopmedia.co/4617Q55