AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

Improvement in student learning outcomes for two districts as compared to pre-program baseline from 2018. The program’s impact has reached more than 5 million students and enabled over 200,000 teachers across over 53,000 schools. An end-of-program impact study is underway but initial results show significant impact.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

In August 2018, Governor Northam appointed him the chief data officer for the Commonwealth of Virginia. They also agree to actively participate in the data governance framework, providing oversight of the chief data officer’s data sharing operations as a designated Trustee. The solution involved multiple AWS services. “We

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2024

With our unique mix of technology, youth culture, and creative peer-to-peer engagement, DoSomething members have completed more than 94,000 hours of service, and have registered nearly 420,000 young people to vote since 2018, with a 62 percent turnout rate—more than 12 percent higher than the national average.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

million positions unfilled between 2018 and 2028—it is clear that there is a growing talent gap in critical STEM-focused areas. Amazon leverages its vast distribution operations to deliver the kits. As manufacturers continue to struggle with workforce shortages—according to Deloitte research , a skills gap could leave 2.4

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Partnership for Public Service

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

22, 2018, until Jan. During the 2018-2019 shutdown, 42,000 members of the Coast Guard worked without pay —a first for active-duty service members—because the Department of Homeland Security’s appropriation lapsed. Our assessment of the most recent shutdown —which lasted a historic 35 days from Dec.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 28, 2024

Ireland has taken a proactive approach to enabling better use of health data while protecting patient privacy through legislation like the Data Protection Act 2018 , which aligns with GDPR. The government’s eHealth strategy aims to improve digital services and data sharing for integrated care.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 17, 2023

Improving air quality through co-creation In 2018, the Mayor of London set an ambitious goal : 80 percent of the 31 million daily trips in the city should be made on foot, by bicycle, or public transport by 2041. By the end of 2022, 63 percent of journeys fulfilled these criteria.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The AWS European Sovereign Cloud will be separate and independent from our existing Regions and its entire infrastructure and operations will be located within the European Union. The AWS CIC program launched in 2018 and ASU was one of the first universities to establish a CIC.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 21, 2024

They apply that frugal approach to IT: they build and operate only what they need to pursue their mission, and constantly innovate both to meet mission objectives and optimize cost. They often rely on donor and grant funding, so they have to justify every expense to their constituents. Going over budget is not an option. Python).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Citizens expect governments to continue to operate despite floods or heat waves endangering data centers, malicious actions taken against IT infrastructure, or power grid failures. The AWS IMAGINE Grant , started in 2018, funds US-based nonprofits that use cloud technology to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 29, 2024

billion in 2018 to £21.0 The banking industry had similar challenges, such as having large amounts of customer data, dealing with potential fraud, and the need to modernise their operations. Many in the sector opted for lift and shift tactics, which proved to be successful in modernising their operations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 14, 2023

The award categories are as follows: Momentum to Modernize As nonprofit organizations seek to transform and enhance their core mission operations with technology, organizations need funding for foundational technology projects, such as migrating servers to the cloud and modernizing new and existing applications.

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Partnership for Public Service

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

These stopgap measures hinder innovations in technology, operations and staffing that our government needs to deliver services more effectively, forcing agencies to live with a fiscal uncertainty that prevents them from making long-term, strategic decisions. Shutdowns are bad for the public and federal employees.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018). 3 (2018): 489-530. 1 (2018): 103-123. How are CLTs different from other affordability tools?

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Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

However, these applications will not operate smoothly unless IoT-based strategies for developing smart cities have a database as their foundation. This is over six times the amount processed in 2018. It enables data-driven governments and insight-driven policies that can improve operating efficiency.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MARCH 4, 2025

Across its various grant programs, EDA made 175 awards in North Carolina totaling more than $203 million from 2018 to early 2024. Currently, two EDA University Centers operate in North Carolina: one at Fayetteville State University and another at UNC-Chapel Hill. The Economic Development Reauthorization Act of 2024 (S.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 11, 2022

In transportation, it means that private parking resources are usually not addressed in parking planning (" Testimony on parking policy in DC ," 2012), private sector operators aren't addressed in planning for various modes. In solid waste, it means that the agency only plans wrt residential waste pickup for houses of 1-4 units.

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Reprogramming the City

APRIL 1, 2023

The plant converts food waste and wastewater into biogas, which is then used to generate electricity for the facility’s operations (EBMUD, 2020). The biogas can be used to generate electricity, heat, or be upgraded to biomethane for use as a vehicle fuel or in natural gas grids (Scarlat et al.,

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Mostly, a master plan only covers what the government controls or operates, and usually ignores for profit services, and often, franchised services. But it's a demonstration of a quirk in planning generally and transportation planning specifically. The point of planning is to be proactive, not reactive.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2023

And it starts with decent cultural planning: -- " Revisiting stories: cultural planning and the need for arts-based community development corporations as real estate operators ," 2018 The preeminent example is SEMAEST of Paris, although it deals primarily with retail uses. No reason the model can't be extended to arts and culture.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 21, 2022

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). It lacks a national emergency operations centre. In The Hague there is a compact but technologically advanced operations centre.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 11, 2024

According to Twitter and other news sources (" WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative ," DC News Now) WMATA the operator of regional subway and bus services, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, are going to start working together. It's about speed versus access.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The loss of one PPU on each affected satellite has forced them to operate with reduced power, impacting their 15-year design life. All four satellites were constructed by Northrop Grumman in Virginia and launched between 2018 and 2020.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

BTMFBA is a series of articles about the need to control your real estate if you want to maintain arts uses. -- " New form of BTMFBA in San Francisco ," 2023 -- " A wrinkle on BTMFBA: let the city/county own the cultural facility, while you operate it (San Francisco and the Fillmore Heritage Center) ," 2021 -- " BTMFBA: Baltimore and the Area 405 Studio (..)

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

based ZeroEyes , works by identifying brandished guns and notifying ZeroEyes operation centers, where human analysts determine whether an AI-detected threat is accurate before alerting local law enforcement. ” ZeroEyes was founded in 2018 by a team of Navy SEALs and technologists, according to its website.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

MARCH 14, 2023

From 2008 to 2018, Jim chaired FEMA’s National Advisory Council. We advise public and private organizations on an all-inclusive approach to disaster preparedness that addresses governance, planning, operational procedures, technology implementation, training, and exercises in order to achieve a successful and sustainable program.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 3, 2023

In 2018, the Office of Management and Budget made VA a lead agency partner to pilot improving CX across the federal government. One hurdle Morton sees is that government agencies tend to operate by business unit. She envisions making CX measurements as important as operational ones in evaluating the success of government programs.

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Partnership for Public Service

MAY 25, 2023

Debt limit breach By statute, Congress limits the amount of money the Treasury may borrow to fund government operations even as it mandates that agencies spend more money than the government takes in. Still, a debt limit breach would be more harmful for our nation and for the public good. However, the Treasury has never defaulted on U.S.

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AccessE11

MARCH 14, 2024

This transition not only promises to streamline operations but also to significantly enhance decision-making through real-time data and insights. A shift that not only enhances the efficiency and accuracy of municipal operations but also elevates the speed at which critical decisions are made. The results?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 3, 2023

Paris was a pioneer when it introduced e-scooters, or trottinettes, in 2018 as the city’s authorities sought to promote non-polluting forms of urban transport. This entry," Further updates to the Sustainable Mobility Platform Framework " (2018) aims to create a master "mode" framework for sustainable mobility.

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Policy Chats

APRIL 20, 2020

About Michael Huerta: Michael Huerta served as a former administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration between 2013 and 2018. About Michael Huerta: Michael Huerta served as a former administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration between 2013 and 2018.

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Policy Chats

APRIL 20, 2020

About Michael Huerta: Michael Huerta served as a former administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration between 2013 and 2018. About Michael Huerta: Michael Huerta served as a former administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration between 2013 and 2018.

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Policy Chats

APRIL 20, 2020

About Michael Huerta: Michael Huerta served as a former administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration between 2013 and 2018. About Michael Huerta: Michael Huerta served as a former administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration between 2013 and 2018.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

Since the program’s inception in 2018, AWS has awarded grants to 66 nonprofit organizations with missions ranging from food security and housing, to maternal healthcare and social justice. We’ve seen some of the biggest and most innovative ideas come from IMAGINE Grant applicants. Learn more about how to apply for the AWS IMAGINE Grant here.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 8, 2023

Computing’s environmental impact on our planet That developer’s laptop doesn’t operate in a vacuum. It allows organisations to spin up, terminate, update, and scale-up applications with better resilience, governance, security, visibility, and lower operational costs. million flights annually.

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CRA Today

APRIL 9, 2024

Its new lending platform, for which it is also building an algorithm to determine loan eligibility – stands to make the roughly 10-person operation more efficient, Marisa Calderon, NCRC CDF’s executive director, said in a recent interview.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

neighborhood ," 2019, (" Blaming Walmart for Skyland's failure is misdirected ," 2016," For the first time, Skyland Town Center's revitalization might have a chance: creating a community focused retail destination ," 2018). State Center; Park Heights; etc.) It's all relative when it comes to strong and weak markets within communities.

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