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AWS commits additional $20M to tackle health equity disparities through cloud technology

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2021, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched the AWS Health Equity Initiative as a three-year, $40 million commitment to help solve gaps in health equity. Nonprofit Jacaranda Health, an AWS Health Equity Initiative customer, helps mothers and newborns in Sub-Saharan Africa get the care they need.

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Orbital Sidekick uses AWS to monitor energy pipelines and reduce risks and emissions

AWS Public Sector Blog

In June 2021, the AWS Aerospace and Satellite team selected OSK as part of the four-week AWS Space Accelerator program to provide guidance on how best to make huge amounts of data about pipelines usable and actionable with cloud computing and analytics technologies. Once the data is processed, all these resources scale back down to zero.

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Are combination inspectors a good choice for municipalities?

American City & Country

This can be seen more recently after events like the 2021 Surfside, Fla., Then often following high-profile incidents and media coverage there are periods of heightened public awareness about safety issues that tend to lead to changes and or stronger enforcement of building codes.

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Best practices for project management in the AWS Cloud

AWS Public Sector Blog

Develop a governance strategy A governance strategy enables an organization to manage multiple cloud projects simultaneously in a flexible, coordinated, and interdependent way. This helps teams have a common framework, align on security and compliance requirements, and coordinate with the right personnel.

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Governments Find Strength in Numbers

GovLoop

CISA Coordinates a National Effort The federal government has collaborated with state governments on cybersecurity over the years. But the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2021 institutionalized those efforts by creating a network of state coordinators under CISA’s purview.

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Whole-of-state cybersecurity: Three procurement considerations for the public sector

AWS Public Sector Blog

In its 2021 State of Ransomware in the US report , Emsisoft estimated that the 77 cyber incidents that occurred that year cost taxpayers over $623M. The pandemic has caused states to rethink this model due to increased cyber events impacting SLGs, education organizations, and their critical infrastructure.

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Community Engagement Trends for 2025

Social Pinpoint

for 2021, 2022, and 2023, and now boasts national leagues, including in Australia. This will likely lead to projects becoming targets for coordinated responses and submissions from determined groups that are seeking to influence or alter the decision-making process. It’s been recognized as the fastest-growing sport in the U.S.