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New Mexico delivers customer-obsessed human services programs powered by AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Shanita Harrison is HSD’s customer innovation director, a role created in 2020. Then, with the time they saved managing numbers, they turned their attention to new outreach channels: chat, text, and email. After implementing their new contact center, they consolidated 150 phone numbers into two—one for customers, one for providers.

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A Changing Workforce Makes DEIA a Priority at DHS

GovLoop

Government needs to manage and engage current and potential employees alike. Already understaffed before the pandemic, state and local governments have seen dramatic drops in employment since 2020 — 68,000 state jobs lost and 627,000 at the local level.

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4 ways AWS can help with Medicaid unwinding

AWS Public Sector Blog

The top four concerns that SMAs have shared are in approaching outreach and engagement, staffing shortages, returned mail, and reporting capabilities. Automated outreach to members through text and phone can not only inform members about their re-determination needs, but also collect the information necessary to conduct Medicaid renewals.

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Government Close to the People: The Nation’s Counties

Barrett & Greene

How many times have you read articles that refer to “cities and states,’ as though those two entities cover the waterfront for the broader term “local government”? Yet when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a playbook to guide vaccination distribution in October of 2020, counties barely received a mention.

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How Virginia unleashed the power of data

AWS Public Sector Blog

Rivero, now an executive government advisor at AWS, has experience making data work for government. Community leaders could use the root cause and supplier information to publish press releases and community outreach warning the user community of the potential danger from a specific batch.

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Meet the New Featured Contributors

GovLoop

His past work has included a range of both strategic and technical roles at Results for America and the Sunlight Foundation as part of the What Works Cities initiative, which helps local governments improve people’s lives by using data and evidence effectively to tackle pressing challenges.

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Social Media Gives an Oklahoma Agency Its Voice

GovLoop

In 2020, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation adopted a unique — and often delightfully irreverent — approach to its use of social media. The digital outreach works, and it’s a model for other agencies. An Aimless Approach — at First.