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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 and industry need to partner on resiliency after disasters

Cities building resiliency plans should be willing to test new technologies that could help mitigate disasters, speakers said during a South by Southwest panel.
SXSW panel
Wyoming Department of Transportation official Renée Krawiec, Gemalto marketing director Tiffany Conway, Maryland Department of Transportation official Christine Nizer, and StateScoop associate publisher Jake Williams speak at the South by Southwest conference. (StateScoop)

Digital driver’s licenses solve problems of convenience and security, officials say

Maryland and Wyoming are wrapping up pilot programs exploring digital, mobile driver's licenses and preparing to offer them to the broader public.
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Jeanette Manfra
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)

DHS works to gain trust, help states on election security

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.
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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)

Police need public’s trust before adopting new technologies, officials say

Emerging technologies like drones and data analytics can help police, but they need community acceptance first, speakers at a South by Southwest panel said.
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