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.
Priorities Podcast
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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.
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July 22, 2026
It’s getting really hot. How can state and local governments mitigate the negative effects?
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, electric grid reliability, worker productivity, agriculture, emergency management and government budgets. Grace Wickerson, a senior manager of climate and health with the Federation of American Scientists, and the co-author of a recent report outlining best practices for governments seeking to mitigate extreme heat, said the publication sought to fill a void discovered in recent years. “What should be all the tactics and strategies that governments should employ to address extreme heat?” she said. “What are the evidence-based practices? How can we actually prevent all those real negative impacts?” Top stories this week: John Cohen, executive director of the office of strategic programs and initiatives at the Center for Internet Security, said it’s a sign of the times that considerations of digital intrusion were this year put on equal footing with more traditional, physical threats during planning for the FIFA World Cup. In an interview, Cohen said: “The threat environment has changed.” The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has told several state broadband offices that satellite internet projects approved for federal grant funding must be reviewed. Approval of the BEAD funds will be revoked, the agency said, if states can’t refute new FCC data showing the locations are no longer eligible. At least one municipal government was among those to see their internet service disrupted after a cyberattack against a Maine telecommunications firm Sunday caused an outage affecting 23 towns along the state’s midcoastal region. New episodes of StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast are posted each Wednesday. For more of the latest news and trends across the state and local government technology community, subscribe to the Priorities Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud or Spotify.
July 15, 2026
AI-charged cyber threats are especially tough for small organizations
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 landscape. The availability of models that can find vulnerabilities in software and rapidly exploit them is troubling for even the most powerful governments. But for cities, towns and small public utilities, researchers at the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity said it’s an especially onerous threat, and one that’s too often going unspoken. Sarah Powazek, program director for the center’s Public Interest Cybersecurity initiative, said “the way AI is impacting those small organizations is very, very different than the conversation going on at the national level, which is mainly focused on export controls and U.S.-China relations.” And Grace Menna, the program’s senior fellow, explained to the Priorities Podcast how the center’s work is attempting to “help bridge this gap.” This week’s top stories: The nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance this month launched three new satellites, which will soon be used by emergency managers to monitor for wildfires. They’ll spend three months undergoing testing before entering service and providing far more frequent updates on fire-prone regions. Arizona has launched two new locations for its regional security operations center initiative. Operated out of community colleges in the Phoenix area, they’re hoped to provide additional cybersecurity services and bolster the state’s workforce pipeline. Pennsylvania’s health department this week launched a new data dashboard to help the public stay apprised of measles cases. The state’s health secretary said the dashboard boosts access to information and increases government transparency. New episodes of StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast are posted each Wednesday. For more of the latest news and trends across the state and local government technology community, subscribe to the Priorities Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud or Spotify.
July 8, 2026
Is ‘privilege debt’ creating cyber risk in your organization?
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 the key. The fast pace of change in technology has led organizations to become “very reactive,” he said, when instead they’d be served better by getting “ahead of the attack lifecycle.” This, Greene said, is done by repairing the “structural conditions” in organizations’ IT environments. “We know that privilege is the fuel that drives the success of these campaigns with threat actors,” he said. Top stories this week: One year after deadly floods in Texas Hill Country, many regions are updating their warning systems, but adoption still remains uneven. Twenty-nine counties have signed agreements with the state, but in the state’s more than 200 remaining counties, many communities still lack warning sirens, largely due to cost. Ralph Johnson, who has spent the last three-and-a-half years as Washington state’s chief information security officer, announced in a LinkedIn post on Friday that he’ll step down from his role in September. “Cybersecurity has never been just a job for me,” Johnson wrote. “It has been a mission, a responsibility, and a professional community that I care deeply about.” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker this week signed a bill into law that adds a new layer of oversight for developers of advanced AI systems operating in the state. The Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act requires large AI developers to publicly disclose their safety and security practices, report significant AI safety incidents and maintain internal compliance programs. New episodes of StateScoop’s Priorities Podcast are posted each Wednesday. For more of the latest news and trends across the state and local government technology community, subscribe to the Priorities Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud or Spotify.
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