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Cooperative Purchasing: State Procurement Offices Prioritize Sustainability During Acquisitions

State Tech Magazine

Minnesotas Office of Enterprise Sustainability works to reduce energy and asset waste among the states government agencies. Established in 2017 and reaffirmed recently by Gov. Tim Walz, the office concentrates on supporting sustainability in six focus areas, one of which is procurement. Many companies have an environmental,

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Disaster response and risk management using PNNL’s Aether framework on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

When moving from on-premises to AWS in 2017, PNNL designed the Aether framework to embrace AWS-managed services and serverless technologies wherever possible, largely bypassing a lift-and-shift migration. Access to those APIs is controlled through Amazon Cognito , which manages user identity and access at high granularity.

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Addressing the intersection of climate change and health with new Halcyon fellowship: Apply now

AWS Public Sector Blog

“Entrepreneurs, when provided with the right tools and resources, can solve many of the world’s most pressing issues,” said Dan Barker, managing director of the Halcyon Incubator. “We Since 2017, AWS has worked with Halcyon to support talented social entrepreneurs around the world through the Halcyon Incubator.

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10 ways that governments incentivize cloud use to accelerate digital transformation

AWS Public Sector Blog

These incentives standardize processes and motivate behaviors that achieve the objectives of these initiatives in a way that can be sustained over time. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) invested in the development of Prozorro, which is estimated to have saved Ukraine’s government $6 billion since 2017.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In some instances, notably the Manchester Arena bombing and the Grenfell Tower fire (both in 2017), the shortcomings have been nothing less than scandalous (Kerslake 2018, Moore-Bick 2019). From memory he recited to me a catalogue of omissions, oversights and failures in managing the risks. These are rather ambiguous bodies.

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From Waste to Energy: How Urban Waste is Powering Our Cities

Reprogramming the City

Recent advancements in waste to energy (WtE) technologies have offered a promising solution for repurposing waste into energy, providing a sustainable and efficient means of managing waste while also generating valuable energy. Incineration, for example, can reduce waste volume by up to 90% (European Commission, 2017).

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The economic impact of AWS’s investment in Japan

AWS Public Sector Blog

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we are committed to supporting Japan’s digital transformation (DX) ambition by helping Japanese customers modernize IT and innovate securely at pace, driving sustainable economic growth. We are also focused on helping our customers meet their sustainability goals with cloud technology.