Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley; Bob Kolasky, the director of the National Risk Management Center; Andre Hentz, the acting undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology division; and Rachel Horn of the Consumer Technology Association speak at a panel on city resiliency at the South by Southwest conference in Austin on March 12, 2019. (StateScoop)
Cities building resiliency plans should be willing to test new technologies that could help mitigate disasters, speakers said during a South by Southwest panel.
Between rural broadband investment and emerging technologies that can transform government operations, state executives are tuning in to the latest trends.
Department of Homeland Security Assistant Director for Cybersecurity Jeanette Manfra speaks at the South by Southwest 2019 conference in Austin, Texas, on March 9, 2019. (StateScoop)
The department worked hard to win over election officials who were uneasy about working with the federal government, Jeanette Manfra said at the South by Southwest Conference.
If signed by Gov. Gary Herbert, Utah would join states including California, Arizona, and Pennsylvania that allow public testing of fully autonomous vehicles.
Fortune magazine writer Polina Marinova, former Boston Police Department Superintendent Paul Fitzgerald, software developer Matthew Polega and Seattle Police Department Chief Strategy Officer Chris Fisher speak at the South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas on March 8, 2019. (StateScoop)
Emerging technologies like drones and data analytics can help police, but they need community acceptance first, speakers at a South by Southwest panel said.