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Optimizing the US mortgage market with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

During the CSP go-live event, AWS supported the launch through AWS Countdown , which offers architecture and scaling guidance and operational support during the preparation and execution of planned events. CSS delivers an industry-critical function and is regulated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

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How the Norton Police Department saves time and money with AWS Public Sector Partner SOMA Global

AWS Public Sector Blog

Prior to 2019, NPD’s on-premises system was failing the agency in workflows and other important day-to-day agency tasks. AWS GovCloud (US) is an AWS Region designed to host sensitive data, regulated workloads, and address the most stringent U.S. Since deploying the SOMA platform, NPD has recognized numerous benefits.

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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). The same is true of some of the earlier events, such as the Hillsborough stadium disaster of 1989.

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How NRCan used an AWS open source solution to complete a PBMM evidence package in 60 days

AWS Public Sector Blog

The Government of Canada (GC) is turning to Amazon Web Services (AWS) to support increased agility and speed of delivery of new solutions especially as it responds to events like COVID-19. In 2019, AWS signed a framework agreement with the GC to host workloads on AWS. Achieving ATO is essential to public sector operations.

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Master planning for solid waste | Creating a VV equivalent for solid waste management and service operating at the metropolitan scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And it imposes rules on the other properties, but doesn't do too much enforcement and oversight on recycling from multiunit residential and commercial properties (" Reformulating building regulations to promote sustainability, " 2016). Putting messages on the area garbage trucks, sponsoring NPR, promoting events, etc.

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The Vajont Dam Disaster, Sixty Years On

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The intended purpose of the dam was to regulate the flow of water to electrical turbines on the Piave River by ensuring a supply at times when the main river was at low flow. In the aftermath of disaster there is often a tension between those who want to commemorate the event and those who want to forget it, or to obscure the memory.

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April 2023 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter

Microsoft Public Sector

Join us in-person at the Reston Garage or remotely from your computer, to see the solutions developed using the Power Platform during that week's FedMake event. MC535700 — IT Admin Policy Change for the New Webinars experience on Teams 30-60 Days With the launch of the new webinar experience , we introduced a new events policy.