AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

The pandemic has caused states to rethink this model due to increased cyber events impacting SLGs, education organizations, and their critical infrastructure. Cyber events continue to heavily impact SLG and education institutions, compromising data and critical services to students and constituents.

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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. One popular tool is robotic process automation (RPA) — software that people can “train” to handle specific tasks or processes, such as capturing and analyzing data from digital forms.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 22, 2024

That builds on a 2021 executive order that lauds zero trust’s protective capabilities: “The Zero Trust security model eliminates implicit trust in any one element, node, or service and instead requires continuous verification of the operational picture via real-time information from multiple sources to determine access and other system responses.”

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

During the CSP go-live event, AWS supported the launch through AWS Countdown , which offers architecture and scaling guidance and operational support during the preparation and execution of planned events. This created further savings and operational resiliency for CSS.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 10, 2023

In 2021, Civix, also an AWS Partner, saw an opportunity to streamline how filers and third-party vendors manage and report disclosure data to states. The backend file processing is entirely built using event-driven AWS Lambda functions to sieve through data at scale without underlying infrastructure management overhead.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 29, 2023

According to the Government Cyber Security Strategy: 2022 to 2030 policy paper , four in 10 incidents managed by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in the year ending August 2021 were aimed at the public sector. This isn’t coincidence.

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 2, 2023

Extreme weather events caused by these shifts are becoming more common and more deadly, forcing migration as storms flood or destroy the physical structures people call home and leaving ruined properties and contaminated vacant lots in their wake. Places are getting hotter—and colder.

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The Lowe Down

DECEMBER 22, 2022

On September 22 nd , 2021, Chinese real estate giant Evergrande failed to meet a coupon deadline totaling $83 million of bond interest payments. Evergrande has become highly leveraged through this strategy, with firm liabilities totaling 2 trillion RMB ($287 billion) in 2021 equaling 2% of China’s GDP. . Article by Katie Chen.

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GovLoop

MAY 18, 2023

Walking the Walk In 2021, a comprehensive city survey of digital access and accessibility resulted in recommendations that could transform the participation of disabled, older and marginalized people in government programs. We’re now figuring out all that’s involved in implementing those recommendations,” she said.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In 2021, a comprehensive city survey of digital access and accessibility resulted in recommendations that could transform the participation of disabled, older and marginalized people in government programs. We’re now figuring out all that’s involved in implementing those recommendations,” she said. Walking the Walk.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 19, 2024

A commitment to the development and production of a broad, comprehensive, visionary, and detailed revitalization plan/s (Bilbao, Hamburg, Liverpool); the creation of innovative and successful implementation organizations , with representatives from the public sector and private firms, to carry out the program.

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Super Library Marketing

OCTOBER 31, 2022

I first met Suzanne at the Association of Small and Rural Libraries conference in 2021, where she co-presented on social media. But I am more intentional about other ways to market such as issuing press releases and attending community events, both of which have been successful for us in the past year or so.”.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Hartnell College is a public community college located in Salinas, California, with over 7,500 undergraduates enrolled (2020–2021). Cyber attacks are unfortunately becoming a common event in higher education. However, there are ways that leaders can proactively prepare their institution to be resilient in the event of a cyber event.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The discussion of Equinox and Brooklyn Army Terminal also covers community building and camaraderie amongst the artists, sharing equipment and help depending on needs, organizing events, etc.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JUNE 22, 2023

AI can enhance customer engagement, streamline operations, and provide a competitive advantage when implemented effectively, but, without ethical systems, could result in serious challenges of bias. This includes identifying potential sources of bias in data and algorithms and implementing measures to mitigate their impact.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 31, 2022

He mentions how Mayor Harrell held a "Day of Service" event where 4,000 people participated, but that one day isn't enough, which I think is a good point. There needs to be an event every month, as a way to rebuild the idea of community and people working together to address common problems.

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Social Pinpoint

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As the Denton County Transportation Authority’s (DCTA) recent Senior Marketing and Communications Manager, I was tasked with launching and optimizing the marketing and communications plan for the agency’s GoZone microtransit public involvement project in spring 2021. cost, safety, zone maps, etc.)

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

Improving the customer experience (CX) has emerged as an imperative for government agencies following the 2021 Executive Order on Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery to Rebuild Trust in Government. Amazon SES monitors for events such as email bounce rates, compliance record, delivery record, and more.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 16, 2022

In 2021, 2,792 incidents compromised government data, and 537 of them resulted in confirmed disclosure of data. Use real reported events to demonstrate current threats, and make sure everyone knows how to recognize and report them. ” To see more about how agencies are implementing cybersecurity, download the guide.

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Grant Training Center

JUNE 27, 2022

More than almost two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the scientific community is still feeling the effects of the vastly disruptive event — and may for many years to come. Faculty feedback that is taken seriously and implemented can greatly increase faculty confidence and reduce stress.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

APRIL 28, 2023

To simplify our overview, we can split these use cases based on the sector in which they are effectively implemented. 1 among all major industries in 2021. Retail benefits massively from RPA The retail sector can also significantly benefit from RPA implementation. Moreover, it risks significant social upheaval and reluctance.

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A Library Writer's Blog

JULY 17, 2023

Images of Afghans clinging to planes evacuating Kabul prior to the Taliban’s takeover in August 2021 were only the most recent event in one of the largest protracted refugee situations in the world (UNHCR 2022). What are the humanitarian and social justice implications of nonprofits’ advocacy, governance, or implementation activities?

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

AUGUST 4, 2021

This paper examines the effects of UAC in the private rental market and finds that the ZIP Codes where UAC was initially rolled out (early UAC ZIP Codes) had higher rates of represented tenants and lower rates of executed warrants of eviction than ZIP Codes selected for UAC but prior to its implementation. Methodology. Research Questions.

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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. The AWS whitepaper Disaster recovery options in the cloud describes how the architecture can be extended to implement disaster recovery.

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Government Technology Insider

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Here is what he told us: GovDevSecOpsHub (GDSOH): Digital transformation is a key topic at every government event we attend and is a topic of conversation in every discussion we have with state and local CIOs and CISOs. This article was originally published on GovDevSecOps Hub on November 15, 2021. What is North Carolina doing?

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Partnership for Public Service

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

MSNBC anchor Alicia Menendez emceed the event, and thanked the nearly 400 guests for helping pay tribute to the Sammies honorees and spotlighting the value of public service. These public servants coordinated the largest resettlement of refugees in modern U.S. from all over the world,” she said.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

MAY 6, 2024

Hence there is potential for floods that equal or exceed those generated in 2008, storms that may be more disruptive than Arwen was in 2021, heatwaves greater than that of July 2022, and so on. A consistent trait has been the failure to learn and implement lessons from past events, or indeed from good practice in other European countries.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

In the United States, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) received approximately 781,000 naturalization applications in fiscal year (FY) 2022 and completed nearly 1,076,000 applications—a 20 percent increase from FY 2021 and the highest in nearly 15 years. These challenges aren’t unique to naturalization.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2023

But the Kimmel, strapped for income, took down the trees and renovated the rooftop perch years ago so it could reap revenue from weddings and other events. how do we make this particular library or transit station or park or neighborhood "great"?) Gone was one of the city’s truly fun and surprising public spaces.

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Microsoft Public Sector

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Newsworthy Highlights Microsoft 365 Government price updates - into effect March 1st 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). Team site templates: Contracts management – manage, process, and track contracts.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JANUARY 23, 2023

When this will happen: January 2, 2023 (previously December 8, 2022) How this affects your organization: Once this change is implemented, instead of going to the ‘Get Data’ page to upload files to a workspace, users can now use a streamlined Upload experience, found at the top of any workspace page.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2024

Personally, I think an arena is probably an acceptable choice, especially as it likely will increase transit ridership to events--the team estimates that the 70% of trips to the current arena will drop to 40%, with the much better transit location of Market East. Cities cost money to operate. From the Lee's Marketplace website.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JULY 20, 2023

This aligns with similar retirement for general clouds in October 2021. How this will affect your organization: Promoted results will no longer trigger in Microsoft Search for SharePoint Home or office.com when this change is implemented. Using Office Perpetual versions like Office 2019, Office 2019, and Office 2021/LTSC.

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Microsoft Public Sector

APRIL 20, 2023

Join us in-person at the Reston Garage or remotely from your computer, to see the solutions developed using the Power Platform during that week's FedMake event. MC535700 — IT Admin Policy Change for the New Webinars experience on Teams 30-60 Days With the launch of the new webinar experience , we introduced a new events policy.

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Microsoft Public Sector

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Microsoft’s newest security brand category, Microsoft Priva, was first announced at Ignite in 2021—today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Microsoft Priva for the Government Community Cloud (GCC), GCC High, and Department of Defense (DoD) customers. Announcing New Teams Developer Portal for GCC.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JUNE 22, 2022

Today, we are sharing some of our more recent learnings and practices relevant to President Biden’s Executive Order (EO) 14028 and cybersecurity fact sheet, as well as our readiness to help agencies meet requirements implemented in March by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Release News. SharePoint / OneDrive for Business.

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

A new feature was implemented that changes the format that is used to create user photo names from a UPN based format to ObjectId based format. In mid-November 2021 (MC289683), we announced the rollout of the modern experience of the global term store for Syntex & SharePoint admin center. Thank you for your patience.

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