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.
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)
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.
A panel of experts at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, say institutional barriers are blocking progress promised by new technologies in policing.
Nearly a year after Pittsburgh, Long Beach and Austin came up short in a 0 million smart city transportation challenge, the cities reflect on where they go…