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For Disability Pride Month—We Highlight Our Work on College Campus Access Issues

GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

The percentage of college students with disabilities has nearly doubled during the last two decades—with as many as 21% reporting a disability in 2020. These students face additional challenges in college, which can reduce their chances of graduating.

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AWS expands program offering low-to-no cost security services for federal political campaigns and committees

AWS Public Sector Blog

Beginning in 2020, AWS collaborated with DDC to provide essential security services and resources to eligible election campaigns, regardless of party affiliation. If you have any questions regarding the AWS/DDC offering, reach out to your account team for more information, or send an inquiry to the AWS Public Sector Team.

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Empowering public sector innovation: How AWS Partners are accelerating their generative AI adoption

AWS Public Sector Blog

Ness: Accelerating AI capabilities Ness, an AWS Premier Partner since 2020, participated in the Generative AI TTM in Q1 2024 to accelerate their AI capabilities and deploy generative AI solutions for their public sector clients. I hope these examples provide you with inspiration as you plan your generative AI roadmap.

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University of British Columbia Cloud Innovation Centre: Governing an innovation hub using AWS management services

AWS Public Sector Blog

In January 2020, Amazon Web Services (AWS) inaugurated a Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC) at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The Centre’s work has involved 300-plus AWS accounts across various groups, including external collaborators, UBC staff, students, and researchers.

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StateRAMP on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Launched in 2020, StateRAMP was designed by its board of directors to support state entities that want to leverage cloud-based services in a secure way. Next, agencies can use AWS Security Hub , which aligns to the NIST 800-53r5 standard, to also assist with benchmarking the account against NIST 800-53. What is StateRAMP?

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As Student Loan Payment Pause Ends, Income-Driven Repayment Plans May Help Borrowers

GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

Interest on loans will begin accruing (again) in September and payments will be due starting in October—for the first time since March 2020. The federal student loan payment pause ends this month. After the more than three-year pause, many borrowers.

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A Snapshot of Government-wide Contracting for FY 2021 (Interactive Dashboard)

GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

In Fiscal Year 2021, the federal government spent about $637 billion on contracts, a decrease of $54 billion from FY 2020. However, FY 2021 COVID-19-related spending increased from $35 billion to $52 billion, with drugs and biologicals comprising the.