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Each Wednesday, StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast explores the latest in state and local government technology news and analysis. Listen to in-depth conversations with government and industry’s top executives, and learn about trending stories affecting state and local IT leaders ranging from modernization and digital accessibility to the latest advances in generative artificial intelligence.
StateScoop hosts Priorities Podcast, a news show with 226 episodes published.
After the Trump administration canceled the Digital Equity Act last May, the National Digital Inclusion Alliance sued the federal government. Now, more than a year later, there’s a path toward restoring at least some of
Last week’s cyberattacks against water and wastewater facilities in Minnesota have actually affected at least 12 states, according to ABC News. The federal government has said it’s looking into whether Iran is responsibl
One year after catastrophic flooding killed more than 100 people along the Guadalupe River, another round of deadly July flooding swept across Central and South Texas, creating flash flood emergencies that forced evacuat
Extreme heat is becoming one of the fastest-growing challenges facing state and local governments across the country, an issue that affects far more than public health. Rising temperatures threaten infrastructure, electr
The democratization of technology is ordinarily considered a good thing, but as AI models become more powerful, people working in cybersecurity, in particular, have raised concerns about what that is doing to the threat
Things like identity management and threat intelligence are important for cybersecurity, said Kevin Greene, the public sector chief cybersecurity technologist with the software firm BeyondTrust, but limiting access is th
When Estonia escaped Soviet occupation and regained its independence in 1991, it took a propitious turn to the internet. In seeking to establish a new, democratic government, the northern European nation began building d
The Department of Housing and Urban Development last month offered state and local governments up to $3 million to deploy AI-powered building code permitting systems. Julia Richman, the former chief transformation office
Assistant Secretary Adams joins the podcast to discuss the "A Home for Every Child Initiative," and how modernizing child welfare systems with predictive algorithms and automated tools can better support families in need
Greenberg joins the podcast to discuss the AIDE initiative and how it fits into the national effort to use emerging technologies in emergency management New episodes of StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast are posted each Wed
Michael Santorelli of the New York Law School said the BEAD program will involvle as many as four million utility poles across the country, and complex regulations and rules around their use could slow dow broadband depl
Chief AI officer role is ‘part strategy, part operator, part change leader’ A growing number of states are hiring officials whose primary job is to ensure the considerate deployment of artificial intelligence. In Oklahom
Lopez and Varn discuss how states are implementing BEAD while dealing with uncertainty, technical debates around the program and the core challenge of access versus adoption.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency could be headed for one of the biggest overhauls in its history. Samantha Penta, associate professor at the University of Albany’s College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Secur
The civic tech nonprofit Code for America is hosting its annual summit, in Chicago, this week. Amanda Renteria, the group’s chief executive, said the event is “one moment you get in community on this marathon,” the marat
The House of Representatives this month approved legislation that would extend the legal mandate of the FirstNet Authority through 2037. Such a long-term authorization would come with both “a positive and a negative impa
Zach Boyd, director of the Utah Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy, said in a recent interview that he’s trying to “lay the foundations for AI governance.” His office doesn’t regulate or enforce AI policy, but acts
Tony Sauerhoff has been serving as Texas’s interim chief information officer since January, after Amanda Crawford, the former statewide CIO, stepped down. Last month Gov. Greg Abbott removed Sauerhoff’s interim status, l
The fire department of San Bernardino County, California, is testing a new firefighting technology that uses low-frequency sound waves, rather than water or chemicals, to suppress flames. The Paiute Tribe of Bishop, Cali
The Commonwealth Office of Digital Experience, Pennsylvania’s digital services bureau, also called CODE PA, has a new executive director. Sara Hall recently took over the office, with plans to build on the “strong founda
Amanda Renteria
Chief Executive · Code for American
1 appearance on this show
Paul Rosenzweig
Principal · Red Branch Consulting
1 appearance on this show
Sara Hall
executive director · Commonwealth Office of Digital Experience
1 appearance on this show
Justin Sherman
Play Ball Ambassador for MLB · Public Service Alliance
1 appearance on this show
Kevin Greene
BeyondTrust
1 appearance on this show
Ralph Johnson
Washington state
1 appearance on this show
Michael Santorelli
New York Law School
1 appearance on this show
Tai Phan
Oklahoma
1 appearance on this show
Zach Boyd
Utah Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy
1 appearance on this show
Geoff Hale
Center for Democracy and Technology
1 appearance on this show
Quinn Anex-Ries
Center for Democracy and Technology
1 appearance on this show
Marie Cohan
Texas
1 appearance on this show
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