AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In fact, the United Nations (UN) estimates that the built environment accounts for about 40% of global energy use and about 30% of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. Applications are open today and proposals are due by October 21, 2022. AWS announces the 10 startups selected for the 2022 AWS Space Accelerator.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

APRIL 11, 2023

While food prices generally increased about 2% in prior years, they increased about 11% from 2021 to 2022. Last year, U.S. consumers saw the largest annual increase in food prices since the 1980s. Inflation contributed to the increase. But there were.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

While the federal workforce performs a wide range of duties, federal agencies also enter into contracts with outside companies and organizations. These contracts are used to provide products and services ranging from aircraft and software to food.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

AUGUST 30, 2022

As students and teachers head back to the classroom this fall, they are likely to face a number of challenges that could impact the 2022-23 school year and learning outcomes. We’ve reported on these mounting challenges during the last couple years.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 22, 2024

In May 2022, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second-largest school district in the US, encountered a problem. The COVID-tracking and health data system built for the district during the COVID-19 pandemic had become clunky, difficult to customize, and expensive to maintain.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

MARCH 21, 2023

As Ukraine enters its second year of conflict with Russia following the 2022 invasion, the U.S. is expected to continue providing significant financial support, as indicated by the President’s FY 2024 budget request. In addition to responding to.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

billion people, were moderately or severely food insecure in 2022, meaning they did not have adequate access to food. To create an account, select Create a DIEM account. Once you’ve been granted access, you will receive a notification that your account has been authorized to access the DIEM API.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The Federal Flexible Spending Account Program (FSAFEDS), administered by HealthEquity, Inc., FSAFEDS provides three account options to support the needs of employees and their families. All three work by automatically deducting money from each paycheck — before payroll taxes —and putting it into an account.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

In 2022, Emory launched the AI.Humanity initiative to explore the societal impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) and influence its future development to serve humanity. It also offers a familiar HPC user experience, hiding AWS Cloud complexities.

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Microsoft Public Sector

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | October 2022. How this will affect your organization: Going forward, if the user who is sharing a SharePoint site has an Exchange mailbox, the mail will come from their e-mail account instead of no-reply@sharepointonline.com. Updated October 6, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below.

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Microsoft Public Sector

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Can someone check my logic on the potential to use Azure Commercial for CUI and ITARs if the following compensating controls are place: All Azure workloads (VM, AKS, Log Analytics) use Azure Disks and Storage Accounts which are encrypted with Customer Managed Keys, using Azure Key Vault (FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certified).

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Social Pinpoint

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Governments can foster trust by prioritizing inclusivity and demonstrating a commitment to addressing community needs through transparency, accountability, and ongoing dialogue. Invented in 1965 as a backyard game for children in the United States, pickleball was designated the official state sport of Washington in 2022.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

An Aadhaar number can be used to support various government subsidies and acts as a vital proof of identity and proof of address for opening a fixed deposit account, applying for a passport, investing in mutual funds, and more. Two separate AWS accounts with administrator access for each. Create consumer VPC in separate AWS account.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

According to IBM’s annual data breach report, 83 percent of organizations experienced more than one data breach in 2022. Between 2016 – 2022, US K-12 schools experienced 1,619 publicly disclosed cyberattacks, with 80 percent of school IT professionals reporting a ransomware attack in 2022. Learn more about the AWS CIC program.

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FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2022

The Government Accountability Office recently released a new strategic plan that will guide efforts from 2022 to 2027 as the agency aids federal operations and addresses the most critical issues facing the nation’s government and society as a whole.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

Throughout the development, deployment, and operation of the CSP, the AWS account team and CSS collaborated in weekly operations calls, increasing in cadence during critical milestones. Modernization journey The CSP launch culminated several years of application development to build a cloud-native platform for mortgage securitization.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

To address this, First Street created the first-ever property-specific and climate-adjusted assessment of wildfire risk for CONUS, and in May 2022 began sharing that information for approximately 143 million properties through Risk Factor TM. Learn more about the model works in this published paper on MDPI Open Access Journals.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 17, 2023

By the end of 2022, 63 percent of journeys fulfilled these criteria. In a city where streets account for 80 percent of public space, their domination by traffic makes it harder for people to walk, cycle, or take the bus. RoadLab 2.0 , launched in November 2022, focuses on improving portable traffic signals to reduce congestion.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 26, 2022

In February 2022, Carbyne and RGCOG launched the US’s first i3-compliant cloud-native call handling system—resilient to earthquakes, fires, floods, and more. Call-takers were often unable to ascertain the state of the callers without having eyes on the scene. Learn more about how AWS supports justice and public safety customers.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The 2024 presidential election is in two weeks, and early and absentee voting is already well under way for many states in an election that, by all accounts, promises to be a close race. This past week, TargetSmart, a Washington D.C.-based have cast the largest number of early and absentee ballots votes so far.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

In 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched curated solutions for nonprofits in the AWS Solutions Library and AWS Marketplace. These tasks include processing daily banking transactions, managing accounts, and updating financial records. These solutions help meet the most important needs of charities and membership-based organizations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The UK government’s Roadmap for digital and data 2022-2025 acknowledges the challenge that legacy IT poses. Establish accountability mechanisms – Mechanisms designed to monitor modernization progress and associated expenditure can hold the organization accountable, even when leadership or policy changes are frequent.

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Coming up on Oct 27 2022, 08:00 AM - 08:30 AM (PDT) There will be a Windows 365 Government: setup and configuration session that you don't want to miss. If your tenant does not allow access to a public cloud, sign up for the Tech Community with a personal account to participate in the live Q&A. technical takeoff graphic.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 8, 2024

The NHS software provider Advanced Computer Software Group is facing a substantial fine of £6 million following a cyber attack in August 2022 The breach compromised the personal data of nearly 83,000 individuals, including sensitive medical records, prompting an investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In January 2022, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) unveiled the National Roadway Safety Strategy , and Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that includes a new Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program. Given this crisis, how can we achieve zero fatalities and serious injuries on our roadways?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

In fact, instant messaging has become the preferred form of internal workplace communications, including email, according to Gartner’s 2022 Channel Benchmark and other research studies. Driven by the need for convenience, real-time conversations, and anywhere, anytime access, electronic messaging has become a go-to means of communication.

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Microsoft Public Sector

MARCH 5, 2024

Microsoft Entra data noted in the Microsoft Digital Defense Report shows the number of “attempted attacks increased more than tenfold compared to the same period in 2022, from around 3 billion per month to over 30 billion. Account Management It is obviously a great starting point to “a. Monitor(ing) the use of system accounts.”

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 24, 2023

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), noncommunicable diseases like heart disease, stroke, and respiratory diseases account for around 74 percent of all deaths worldwide.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 24, 2023

For example, in fiscal year (FY) 2022, the federal spend on all these programs is estimated to be about $3.26 get('Account') id = str(datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%s")) get("Account") data_bucket = " " s3 = boto3.client("s3") get("Account") data_bucket = " " s3 = boto3.client("s3") client('sts').get_caller_identity().get('Account')

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

95% of cybersecurity issues can be traced to Human error, states the World Economic Forum Global Risk Report 2022. Phishing emails sent to these accounts can be extremely convincing. Over 60% of people use the same pass- word for multiple accounts, meaning a hacked or leaked password could cause severe damage to the victim.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In fact, a staggering 87 percent of public schools reported that the pandemic had negatively impacted their students’ social-emotional development during the 2021–2022 school year. The COVID-19 pandemic took a heavy toll on students’ mental health and well-being.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Aberdeenshire Council had 243 data breaches between 2020 and 2022. A case in point appears to be Aberdeenshire Council, which revealed in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request that some 243 breaches occurred between January 2020 and March 2022 – with that figure representing an upward trend.

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 19, 2022

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | August and September 2022. Updated September 27, 2022: We have updated the content below to show as intended. We previously shared that the SharePoint app bar can be temporarily disabled until September 30th, 2022 (MC343428 March '22). Microsoft 365 Government Adoption Resources.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

APRIL 13, 2023

The report also utilises a range of publicly-available data to drill down into the different types of cybercrime and to list the countries most affected by cyberattacks across 2022. Cybercrimes targeting individuals In 2022, the most common consumer cybercrimes were: Online shopping scams made up 42.7% of all consumer attacks.

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GovLoop

MAY 25, 2023

A High-Level View According to the 2022 (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study, the global cyber workforce has reached 4.7 Government Accountability Office notes that its auditors have made 712 recommendations to federal agencies since 2010, 21% of which have not been implemented. million workers, but that still leaves 3.4

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iGrantWriters

DECEMBER 19, 2021

s Public Diplomacy (PD) section is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Fiscal Year 2022 Public Diplomacy Grants Program. Deadline To Apply April 02, 2022 component can include U.S. citizen speakers who are experts in U.S. policy, academia, culture, and economics; the use of U.S. institutions; or promotion of U.S.

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Super Library Marketing

DECEMBER 18, 2023

He’s reinstated numerous banned accounts and freely allows posts from climate deniers, anti-vaxxers, as well as antisemitic dog whistles. 10 percent of Twitter users account for about 92 percent of the Tweets shared on the platform. He was featured on this blog in 2022. Most users aren’t active.

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