AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

In 2019, AWS launched the AWS Equity Equivalent Investment Program (EEIP) in South Africa , to pursue its mission to invest over $20 million (ZAR 365 million) in developing 100% black-owned small information and communications technology (ICT) and digital economy businesses in the country through December 2026.

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Center for Community Progress

MARCH 3, 2025

Your city should communicate clear plans for how it will use the data to prioritize cleanup efforts during the survey period and after. The Future of Illegal Dumping Prevention Flints illegal dumping inventory is part of an ongoing project with YVPC and Community Progress.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

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. It reduces training time, eases stakeholder communications, and improves governance for inspecting one or multiple projects.

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Government Technology Insider

DECEMBER 5, 2023

military sites, adding seven more with a new contract in 2021. The airborne-to-ground 4G/5G Communications pilots begin with equipping DoD aircraft with private 5G platforms for initial entry communications and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), explained Tim Kokinda, 5G Product Director, Cornet Technology.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

His immediate priority was to create the “State in the smartphone” – so people could communicate directly with the state via their smartphones. After registering, citizens can receive communications and complete in-app payments. EU Digital COVID Certificate, with more than 245 million certificates obtained through IO since June 2021.

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

2020 brought tremendous disruption to the global transportation sector. As the world coped with a pandemic, millions began working from home and millions more lost their jobs. Logistics networks were broken and then reshaped. All while the planet experienced the. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

Wickr’s Global Federation capability empowers individual users, the DOD enterprise, and the federal government to securely communicate while mobile and disconnected from secure networks. Wickr RAM helps protect the privacy of communications even over compromised networks. Best-of-breed technology collaborations.

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California Department of Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

September 27, 2023 – Monica Hernández has been appointed CDT’s new Deputy Director of Communications and Stakeholder Relations at the California. Since 2021, Monica has served as Deputy Director of Communications at the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 24, 2024

The fund allowed us to expand LocalGov Drupal between early 2020 and late 2021. Establish transparent communication channels and shared governance to allow all voices to be heard. Funding from the Local Digital Fund kickstarted the collaborative effort, allowing councils to jointly build and enhance the platform while sharing costs.

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zencity

DECEMBER 13, 2021

When we think about resident feedback, oftentimes negative feedback comes to mind: complaints about sanitation, unhappiness with police-community relations, or the mishandling of public communications. As 2021 comes to a close, we took a look at which cities have the most satisfied residents, and at what makes those cities so great.

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Government Technology Insider

MAY 16, 2023

military sites, adding seven more with a new contract in 2021. The airborne-to-ground 4G/5G Communications pilots begin with equipping DoD aircraft with private 5G platforms for initial entry communications and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), explained Tim Kokinda, 5G Product Director, Cornet Technology.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 22, 2024

In the view of CSI, synthetic media threats incorporate tactics that target brands, pose as financial officers and leaders, and use deceptive communications to gain access to organizations’ networks, communications channels, and sensitive data.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Nonprofits are using the cloud for fundraising, donor and member management, and communications. In 2021, Nonprofit Trends Report, Fourth Edition reports that 36% of nonprofits invested in new technology such as customer relationship management systems (CRMs), collaboration and productivity tools, machine learning (ML), and automation.

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 28, 2022

New Skills ” based on the Hopes & Fears survey of Malaysians in April 2021. Positioning Malaysia as a Regional Leader in the Digital Economy ” report published in October 2021. Google provides the curriculum and support for teaching staff, online courses and hands-on labs for students, at no cost to the universities or students.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 16, 2024

From 2010 to 2021, the county’s population grew by a whopping 33% to 429,000. between 2021 and 2022.” By doing so, the HR team eliminated outdated spreadsheets and paper forms, encouraged ongoing communication, and leveraged automation to enhance efficiency. Residents are flocking to Manatee County, Fla.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

As part of this effort, the team has customized AWS Disaster Response vehicles, enabled with technology including AWS Snowball Edge devices and satellite communications. Volunteers across the company have logged over 2,700 hours since 2021 supporting 14 disasters and humanitarian events.

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GovLoop

JULY 27, 2023

The number jumped in 2020 and 2021 (the most recent year for which stats are available), first because of COVID restrictions and then staffing shortages. Still, 50% of transactions were completed in less than 15 minutes, according to the bureau’s 2021 annual report (the most recent report available). Residents have noticed.

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Super Library Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

This video, and dozens more like it, are the work of the library’s Office of Communications and Marketing. Communications and Marketing Director Rachel Johnson grew up north of Baltimore. There’s a special place in my heart for our 2021 Summer Reading Promotional video. I loved to bother her after story times as a toddler.

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The City Fix

DECEMBER 20, 2021

As 2021 closes, most cities around the world continue to grapple with the uncertainty of a pandemic now in its second year. Amid dips and rises in cases, the emergence of new variants, and the ongoing challenge of vaccinating the. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

A 2021 white paper on information and communications by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications highlighted the gap between urban and local digital transformation initiatives in Japan, with urban areas making more progress and local areas lagging behind. Supporting digital transformation across Japan.

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GovLoop

JULY 6, 2023

Citizen and Immigration Services once used RPA to process two million backlogged records in just one hour, according to the 2021 State of Federal RPA Report. Clearly communicate an automation initiative’s aims and how it will and will not affect employees. For example, U.S.

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GovLoop

JUNE 30, 2023

A Government Accountability Office report issued in June 2021 noted that most of the federal government’s $100 billion fiscal year spending on IT went to maintaining and operating existing technology, including old, unsupported systems with known vulnerabilities. The data plane is a collection of such proxies.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 16, 2022

According to a Gartner survey in 2021, digitally advanced government organizations realize more benefits of modernization, including higher efficiency, cost reductions, greater workforce productivity, compliance, and transparency. Continue the momentum by scaling digitization.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Amateur radio is emergency management’s last best hope for maintaining communications in a disaster when all other systems fail. This podcast is an interview with two leaders from the Seattle Auxiliary Communications Service (Seattle ACS) Tim helming and Catherine Middleton-Hardie.

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Super Library Marketing

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I met Becky at the Library Marketing and Communications Conference in 2023. She went to the microphone at the end of a session and revealed the secret way she ensures her social media posts are seen by more people in her community.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JANUARY 17, 2023

On August 2021 we announced an update to our pricing for Microsoft 365 (which applies to all commercial customers: Enterprise, US Government, and Business). You can find the full blog from our initial announcement here:  New pricing for Microsoft 365 | Microsoft 365 Blog.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 9, 2022

For Alanna Reed, San Antonio’s Director of Communications and Engagement, numbers tell only part of the story. Besides being inefficient, this made it difficult for the city to coordinate communications across departments. The new department’s name reflects the idea that engagement is as important as communications itself, Reed said.

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Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

What evidence-based strategies can you use to more effectively craft communications with practical purposes, so that busy people respond and take needed action? Among the topics he’s explored is how to improve written communications with practical purposes.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

However, when it comes to working with people and their relationship and thoughts about all phases of disasters, it is the social sciences that can help us most understand and communicate with the people and populations we serve. T-Mobile provides 24x7x365 support, so they are ready to help you when communications are critical.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

JULY 5, 2022

When asked, emergency managers will unfailingly say that the first critical infrastructure that needs to be restored after a disaster is communications. T-Mobile provides 24x7x365 support, so they are ready to help you when communications are critical. We discuss all the components that make up an ERT, both equipment and personnel.

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Super Library Marketing

JANUARY 30, 2023

While inside the library, he decided to study communications in college. Years later, he is working in communications for a library, specifically as Director of Marketing and Communications for Capital Area District Libraries (CADL). At the age of 21, Trenton went to the library with his future wife to research careers.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Ozlem Aydin is a senior management official working for the Director of the Office of Communications at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). This post appeared in a slightly different form November 24, 2021. Favorite.

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Decisions That Matter

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

He also undertook several initiatives to transform Alaska's procurement function, starting with the formation of a cross-agency procurement officer group to increase communication and idea sharing, breaking down silos, and fostering new inter-agency relationships.

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Decisions That Matter

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

He also undertook several initiatives to transform Alaska's procurement function, starting with the formation of a cross-agency procurement officer group to increase communication and idea sharing, breaking down silos, and fostering new inter-agency relationships.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 provided the USDA with $390 million available in non-competitive grants to offer WIC agencies looking to innovate their technology. This technology is aging across the U.S., which can create challenges for both WIC beneficiaries and staff – highlighting the need for modernization.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

JUNE 22, 2021

T-Mobile provides 24x7x365 support, so they are ready to help you when communications are critical. They have the most reliable 5G according to umlaut based on crowdsourced user experience data (Sept 2020 to Feb 2021). T-Mobile provides 24x7x365 support, so they are ready to help you when communications are critical.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

JULY 6, 2021

T-Mobile provides 24x7x365 support, so they are ready to help you when communications are critical. They have the most reliable 5G according to umlaut based on crowdsourced user experience data (Sept 2020 to Feb 2021). T-Mobile provides 24x7x365 support, so they are ready to help you when communications are critical.

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