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How Penn State built an all-in-one campus resource app on Modo Labs’ development platform using AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Penn State Go officially launched in January 2020 and COVID-19-related shutdowns began a few months later. Since 2020, the app has had 332,000 downloads and has logged around 119 million lifetime user interactions, with 85 percent of students using the app at least one time a week.

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Announcing the winners of the inaugural Future of Government Awards: Celebrating digital transformation initiatives around the world

AWS Public Sector Blog

The open source app IO was launched in early 2020 by PagoPA , a state-owned company created to spread digital services in Italy, to overturn this paradigm by putting simple and user-centered public services into the citizens’ pockets. After registering, citizens can receive communications and complete in-app payments.

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Querying the Daylight OpenStreetMap Distribution with Amazon Athena

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2020, Meta introduced the Daylight Map Distribution , which combines OpenStreetMap (OSM) data with quality and consistency checks from Daylight mapping partners to create a no-cost, stable, and simple-to-use global map.

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4 global skills trends shaping workforce development

AWS Public Sector Blog

The highest percent change in Coursera learner enrollment growth between Q4 2020 and Q4 2021 can be seen in the regions of Asia-Pacific (APAC), Middle East/North Africa (MENA), and sub-Saharan Africa. For a deeper understanding of these trends, download the Global Skills Report 2022.

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Enhancing Security with CISA’s ScubaGear Baselines for M365

Microsoft Public Sector

The program was in response Solorigate in 2020, and the discovery of common cybersecurity gaps that negatively impacted organizations’ risk. The PowerShell source code and download for the tool can be found at GitHub - cisagov/ScubaGear: Automation to assess the state of your M365 tenant against CISA's baselines.

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Cybercrime is on the rise, is your business prepared?

Open Access Government - Technology News

million in 2020/21 ( Source: ActionFraud ). The act of downloading software and files from the internet can expose a device to a malware infection. Potential sources of malware include email attachments, app downloads, and the installation of unauthorised software. Malware Protection.

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Improve road safety by analyzing traffic patterns with no-code ML using Amazon SageMaker Canvas

AWS Public Sector Blog

Download the transportation dataset to your local machine. This dataset is collected from Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Sub city police departments for research work and was prepared from manual records of road traffic accidents from 2017 to 2020. Access to an Amazon SageMaker Canvas subscription. Access to an Amazon QuickSight subscription.