Keely Quinlan

Minnesota Gov. Walz's anti-fraud legislation includes machine learning and artificial intelligence. 💰

Full scoop from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/gov-tim-walz...

#AI #Fraud #Minnesota #GovernmentFraud #Walz

New York is considering a bill that would ban chatbots from giving legal and medical advice. 🤖 🚨

Full scoop from @statescoop.bsky.social's @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/new-york-bil...

Maryland is using a mapping platform that ingests infrastructure data to spot internet coverage gaps and make smarter investments. 🛜 🗺️ 🚜

Full scoop from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/maryland-sin...

NTIA has formally advised states against signing a contract rider with SpaceX requesting exemptions from Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program requirements. 🚜 🛜

Full scoop from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/spacex-starl...

New York City's police department's drone flights rose 3,200% since 2022 with little public oversight. 👀

Full scoop from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/report-nypd-...

A Pittsburgh school district is deploying an AI-powered weapon detection system. 🛜

Privacy experts are warning against this because similar technology has failed in critical moments. 👀

@keelyquinlan.bsky.social explains more 📹 ⬇️

Full scoop 📰➡️ statescoop.com/new-gun-dete...

The Senate began considering a bill that would give $650 million per year through 2030 to rural broadband expansion. 🛜 🚜

Full scoop from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/senate-bill-...

North Carolina has announced a $50 million recovery program to help internet service providers rebuild after Hurricane Helene. 🛜

Full scoop from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/north-caroli...

#HurricaneHelene #Helene #NorthCarolina #RuralBroadband

As @nascio.bsky.social Annual continues in Denver, check out StateScoop's evaluation of their latest survey from Editor-in-Chief @colinwood.me . 💻

Get the full scoop and see if you can spot the 9 Ferris Bueller's Day Off references embedded within 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/nascio-2025-...

This week on Priorities Podcast, @nycofficeoftech.bsky.social Chief Digital Equity Officer Paolo Balboa joins us to discuss digital equity is moving on in the big apple even during the age of Trump. 🍎 🏙️

Check out the clip below to learn more 📽️ ⬇️

Full episode 🎧 ➡️ statescoop.com/radio/nyc-di...

Nevada has faced a 300% increase in cyberattack attempts on its websites since a ransomware attack in August knocked several state websites offline and downed several digital services. 🖥️

Full scoop from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/cyberattack-...

The personal data of nearly 475,000 Texans who applied for natural disaster relief over the last 10 years was compromised. 🌪️ 🌩️

Full scoop from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰 ➡️ statescoop.com/texas-agency...

Here's what's happening in state and local #govtech this week from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social.

🛜 House Dems seek answers on broadband guidance
🚫 State service outages in NV and MD following cyber incidents
🌧️ Enhanced youth camp protections in TX

Full episode📽️➡️ youtu.be/me54CetXWYA

Voting-rights groups announce national expansion to reach underrepresented communities | StateScoop The Voter Participation Center and the Center for Voter Information are expanding their work in an effort to get more eligible but unregistered Americans at the voting booth.

ICYMI 👀

The Voter Participation Center and our partner organization, the Center for Voter Information, will be expanding our mail voter registration program to reach underrepresented Americans nationwide 📬

statescoop.com/voter-partic...

Texas Comptroller’s Office kicks off CAPPS STARR project to modernize state's financial systems | StateScoop Texas is replacing its outdated accounting and financial management technology platforms.

Texas is replacing its outdated accounting and financial management technology platforms. via @keelyquinlan.bsky.social statescoop.com/texas-comptr...

Waymo gets first NYC permit to test self-driving vehicles | StateScoop Waymo has received permission to test eight self-driving vehicles around parts of Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn.

Waymo has received permission to test eight self-driving vehicles around parts of Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn.
via @keelyquinlan.bsky.social statescoop.com/waymo-nyc-pe...

As Trump removes voters from the rolls, 2 nonprofits are sending more than 4.7M Americans. 🗳️

The efforts will focus on registering people of color, young people and unmarried women.

More from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📽️⬇️

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Voting-rights groups announce national expansion to reach underrepresented communities | StateScoop The Voter Participation Center and the Center for Voter Information are expanding their work in an effort to get more eligible but unregistered Americans at the voting booth.

With attacks on voting rights, both federally and in the states, this work has never been more critical. Elections should be a contest of ideas, not a contest of who gets to vote. Our work ensures that we live up to this ideal.

Read the full article ⤵️

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Voting-rights groups announce national expansion to reach underrepresented communities The Voter Participation Center and the Center for Voter Information are expanding their work in an effort to get more eligible but unregistered Americans at the voting booth. BY KEELY QUINLAN AUGUST 21, 2025

Two nonprofit, nonpartisan voting-rights organizations are expanding their efforts to register more voters, using data from public and commercial sources to target their work. Over the next two months, the groups, the Voter Participation Center and the Center for Voter Information, said they will send voter registration applications to more than 4.7 million eligible but unregistered Americans. The groups told StateScoop they plan to conduct additional digital outreach and follow-up mailings leading into the 2026 midterm elections. The efforts will be focused on registering those often underrepresented in the voting process, such as people of color, young people and unmarried women.

Tom Lopach, the Voter Participation Center’s chief executive, said the groups’ expanded effort to register voters was deemed necessary in light of the Trump administration’s attacks on voting access. He said the expansion is also driven by work the center did comparing voter turnout data from the 2024 general election to monthly census numbers. “What we’ve noticed for a number of years is progress on voter registration in underrepresented communities has been somewhat stagnant, and that in 2024, voter turnout from the communities we serve — people of color, young people and unmarried women — have reduced compared to 2022 and to 2020,” Lopach said. “So, knowing that our goal is to create an even playing field and help underrepresented populations participate in our elections, we knew it was time to run our programs nationally.”

The news is out! The Voter Participation Center and our partner organization, the Center for Voter Information, will be expanding our mail voter registration program to reach underrepresented Americans nationwide 📬🗳🎉

@statescoop.bsky.social @keelyquinlan.bsky.social

SpaceX claimed VA excluded Starlink from competing on equal footing for bids on more than 95% of BEAD locations. 🛰️ 🛜

The state determined SpaceX’s applications did not qualify due to Starlink’s technical specifications.

via @keelyquinlan.bsky.social ➡️ statescoop.com/spacex-says-...

The U.S. government is increasingly using Starlink YouTube video by FedScoop

Through direct sales and a constellation of resellers, the U.S. government is increasingly using Starlink. via @rebheilweil.bsky.social & @keelyquinlan.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH0f... | fedscoop.com/starlink-us-...

As Trump and Elon feud, government demand for Starlink grows Through direct sales and a constellation of resellers, the U.S. government is increasingly using Starlink.

As Trump and Elon feud, government demand for Starlink grows. Through direct sales and a constellation of resellers, the U.S. government is increasingly using Starlink. via @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @keelyquinlan.bsky.social fedscoop.com/starlink-us-...

Commerce Secretary Lutnick delivered on his promise to get updated guidance on #broadband access to state governments.

What does that guidance entail? Watch below 📹⬇️ and then read the full scoop from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📰➡️ statescoop.com/commerce-sec...

Commerce Sec. Lutnick releases new BEAD guidance, with 'tech-neutral approach' | StateScoop As promised, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has released new guidance for the nationwide broadband overhaul, rescinding final approvals in several states.

As promised, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has released new guidance for the nationwide broadband overhaul, rescinding final approvals in several states. via @keelyquinlan.bsky.social statescoop.com/commerce-sec...

Commerce Sec. Lutnick releases new BEAD guidance, with 'tech-neutral approach' | StateScoop As promised, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has released new guidance for the nationwide broadband overhaul, rescinding final approvals in several states.

And to round out this week's fun news cycle, we've finally got the long-awaited, "revamped" BEAD guidance.

New report from me: statescoop.com/commerce-sec...

Authorities use AI to make memes about a lost zebra in Tennessee | StateScoop Several local governments and law enforcement agencies in middle Tennessee have shared AI-generated images of a missing zebra.

Several local governments and law enforcement agencies in middle Tennessee have shared AI-generated images of a missing zebra. via @keelyquinlan.bsky.social statescoop.com/lost-zebra-t...

Are you seeing #AI generated images of a zebra from government accounts? 🦓

Meet Ed, a local pet turned runaway, now roaming through middle Tennessee. Learn more from @keelyquinlan.bsky.social 📹⬇️

Full scoop: statescoop.com/lost-zebra-t...

Are Commerce Secretary Lutnick's proposed changes to the BEAD program speeding up the process of delivering internet to underserved?

Hear what @keelyquinlan.bsky.social heard at this year's #FiberConnect conference 📽️⬇️

Full scoop: statescoop.com/bead-uncerta...

#broadband #ruralbroadband

BEAD uncertainty has state broadband chiefs advancing slowly, cautiously | StateScoop In the face of looming changes to BEAD, several state broadband chiefs said their offices were slowly moving ahead with the program.

In the face of looming changes to BEAD, several state broadband chiefs said their offices were slowly moving ahead with the program. via @keelyquinlan.bsky.social statescoop.com/bead-uncerta...

Privacy advocates are worried about mobile driver’s licenses | StateScoop Dozens of privacy advocates, along with top digital rights groups, have signed onto a campaign to remove the surveillance capabilities native to mobile driver’s license technology.

Dozens of privacy advocates, along with top digital rights groups, have signed onto a campaign to remove the surveillance capabilities native to mobile driver’s license technology. via @colinwood.me and @keelyquinlan.bsky.social statescoop.com/no-phone-hom...