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How SkillsFuture Singapore provides access to skills training resources and more with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG), a statutory board under the Ministry of Education (MOE), was formed in 2016 to promote a culture of lifelong learning in Singapore and strengthen the country’s ecosystem of industry-relevant training and adult education. SkillsFuture Singapore provides citizens with training opportunities and more.

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4 Things You'll Learn About Data, Leadership + Budgeting at the CPBB 2016 (Un)Conference!

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

The Center for Priority Based Budgeting 2016 "Prioritized World" (Un)Conference is just over a month away. The 2016 CPBB Unconference is going to be our biggest and most dynamic event to date! Last year NRC engaged at our 2015 conference (and is a sponsor of the 2016 conference). But don't just take our word for it.

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Rethinking how to hire and retain cloud talent in the public sector

AWS Public Sector Blog

In the 2021 Global Knowledge IT Skills and Salary Report , one of the largest studies of industry salaries, certifications, and skills, 76% of IT decision-makers reported an IT skills gap, up from 31% in 2016. Idaho collaborates with AWS on statewide cloud computing training and education effort. Rethin k skill potential in hiring.

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Bulgarian EdTech Shkolo uses AWS to reduce bureaucracy for administrators

AWS Public Sector Blog

Shkolo is an education technology company (EdTech) based in Bulgaria that was founded to reduce school bureaucracy and provide an efficient communication channel between teachers and parents. Since migrating to AWS, Shkolo has onboarded many more customers—made possible because of the scalability that using the cloud provides.

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Generative AI as a force for good in facilitating cyber-resiliency in public sector organizations

AWS Public Sector Blog

Between 2016 – 2022, US K-12 schools experienced 1,619 publicly disclosed cyberattacks, with 80 percent of school IT professionals reporting a ransomware attack in 2022. These incidences are estimated to cost businesses worldwide an average of $4.88 million , and experts predict the threat to grow.

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Accelerating economic research at UBC with high performance computing using RONIN and AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

When Leyton-Brown and Newman began research into the computationally complex auction theory behind the 2016 United States wireless spectrum auction, their ML models required significantly more computing power than their on-premises infrastructure could provide.

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Season 4 Episode 1 - Education CIO's Modernization Journey Hones in on Security

GovCast

The Department of Education is undergoing a modernization journey that ramped up when CIO Jason Gray joined in 2016.