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The AWS approach to accelerating innovation and procurement with state agencies

AWS Public Sector Blog

In addition to the IT team, health and human services subject matter experts, the Amazon Managed Services team, and the AWS account team helped the department with EPS design and deployment in the AWS Cloud. Through the combined efforts of the North Carolina and AWS teams, the full EPS launched on the deadline of July 1, 2021.

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Optimizing the US mortgage market with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

CSS built and now operates the largest and most advanced mortgage securitization platform in the US, supporting Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae’s 70 percent market share of the industry with flexibility, scalability, and security at its core. Operational costs were reduced by $10.7 million from launch.

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Deploying AWS CloudWatch canaries at scale to elevate monitoring, observability and reliability

AWS Public Sector Blog

SFI has been providing application sustainment operations to FMCSA since April 2021. It’s achieved by using a modulo operator to determine every 10th nested stack to be created and adding the dependencies to an array for later use. This file must be accessible for nested stacks to deploy canary resources. py' -o -name '*.js')

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Calculating Success Rates for the Housing Choice Voucher Program using HUD Administrative Data

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In fact, PHAs typically spend the entirety of their voucher funds by basing the number of vouchers they can issue to account for the estimated share of recipients who won’t successfully use their vouchers. In 2021, success rates declined sharply to 58 percent, and then remained depressed in 2022, standing at 57 percent.

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Agencies Work Diligently to Upgrade Legacy Systems

FedTech Magazine

“It’s almost like a game of whack-a-mole,” says Kevin Walsh, director of IT and cybersecurity at the Government Accountability Office. “As In April 2021,Walsh provided testimony to Congress on agencies’ efforts to modernize critical legacy systems, some of which have been in operation since the 1960s.

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Best practices for project management in the AWS Cloud

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2021, Rhode Island’s Department of Labor and Training collaborated with AWS on a Working Backwards process that improved transparency for unemployment insurance claims. Contact your account team if you are interested in learning more about a Working Backwards workshop. What is the solution and most important customer benefit?

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How to implement CNAP for federal and defense customers in AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Department of Defense (DoD) organizations often have requirements to establish a secure, scalable, multi-account environment that implements the security baseline compliant with US federal government standards. AWS GovCloud (US) helps meet compliance mandates, safeguard sensitive data, and protect accounts and workloads.