AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Shri Jayesh Ranjan, principal secretary at the Information Technology, Electronics & Communications Department of the government of Telangana, India, took the stage to share his organization’s journey to the cloud. And, in 2022 alone, AWS created 1,000 jobs in Singapore. On September 17, 2021, CoWIN recorded 22.5

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Microsoft Public Sector

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | October 2022. These features currently available to Microsoft’s commercial customers in multi-tenant cloud environments are now rolling out to our customers in US Government Community Cloud (GCC), US Government Community Cloud High (GCC-High), and/or United States Department of Defense (DoD).

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 14, 2023

Watch the full event below: NYU Furman Center State of the City 2022 from Furman Center on Vimeo. “And that leads us to: how do we not just better communicate, but better understand and engage with the residents across the city of what it means for everyone in every neighborhood to help address the housing crisis?”

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A Library Writer's Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

Interested in presenting at the 9th annual Library Marketing and Communications Conference November 2-3 in Indianapolis, IN? We want you to share your knowledge on the tried and true, the latest trends, and the best practices in marketing and communications. Library Marketing and Communications Group 1190 Meramec Station Rd.,

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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. With this data in hand, credit unions can send their members personalized communications , such as text messages, email, and voice calls.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In 2022, the State Department updated its criteria for evaluating U.S. Foreign Service employees’ performance to reflect data’s growing usefulness — in all aspects of department work. The Core Precepts outline five competencies that selection boards consider when reviewing employees and making decisions about tenure or promotions.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In the summer of 2022, the agency reported a 50 percent increase in visits to the emergency room for suicide attempts by girls aged 12–17. We knew that creating a resource to engage kids sooner could alleviate some of the burdens on school counseling offices—and possibly save lives.” Dr. Karen A.

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zencity

JANUARY 3, 2022

It’s a new year, which means our team is here to share the local government conferences we’re most excited for in 2022. As we kick off 2022, we’re planning to attend dozens more city , county , and law enforcement conferences mapped out over 25 US states and three countries including the UK and Spain. IACP Technology Conference 2022.

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Social Pinpoint

APRIL 21, 2024

You just perfected the virtual meeting, and now you’re looking to combine new online best practices with traditional engagement methods. Then we’ll discuss big lessons learned and emerging trends in digital+ engagement. How does digital engagement bring in new voices and improve outcomes?

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Social Pinpoint

AUGUST 24, 2023

With the rise of technology, online community engagement has become a powerful tool for public participation. But how can we foster community engagement among the younger generation? How should we define ‘youth’ in our community? Why should we engage with the youth in our community?

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Social Pinpoint

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Online community engagement has truly transformed how we connect, communicate, and access information. In this article, we will explore how to combat these challenges by sharing five ways to empower online community engagement in older adults. How Should We Define ‘Older Adults’ in Our Community?

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Social Pinpoint

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Closing the loop with a comprehensive community engagement report shows respect and encourages further participation. It’s important to show that you are listening to your community. A community engagement report is a vital tool for building trust and creating transparency in the public participation process.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Operational since November 2022, as part of AWS’s total investment of INR 1,36,500 crores (US $16.4 With AWS, the Indian government can enhance its delivery of services to citizens, and develop digital public infrastructure, thereby enhancing government-citizen engagement, empowering citizens, and driving better governance.

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Social Pinpoint

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

As people get used to using them, we can see them playing a huge role in boosting community engagement too. QR codes have gained popularity ever since and the number of scans quadrupled in 2022. Can I Use QR Codes in Community Engagement Too? The technology is incredibly flexible and convenient. million U.S.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 17, 2023

In this blog post, learn key takeaways from our engagements with public sector customers that can help you better prepare for this transformation. It is better to have the power to effectively communicate and measure your progress within the whole organization than to have a detailed plan that only fits a part of the organization.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 15, 2022

In essence, they are capable of threatening the security of commonly used public key cryptosystems and exposing the vulnerabilities that exist within today’s fundamental digital systems that are used to power various internet services, including online financial transactions, e-commerce, and secure communications.

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Partnership for Public Service

APRIL 27, 2023

Three keys to launching a human-centered internal digital transformation are employee engagement, strong leadership and transparent communication. Employee Engagement. Leadership Engagement. Communication. Communicate clearly that progress takes time.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 16, 2023

However, digital transformation can only be achieved when workers have the data literacy skills to read, interpret, communicate, and reason with this data. According to a 2022 AWS and Gallup Global Digital Skills Study , 72% of workers with advanced digital skills express high job satisfaction, compared to 43% of those with basic skills.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 16, 2024

between 2021 and 2022.” With a focus on streamlining processes and improving employee retention in the face of hiring challenges, the HR team recognized a strong need to better engage with and provide consistent feedback to employees and managers alike. Recognizing the need According to the U.S.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

On September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall in Southwest Florida. In the wake of severe storms such as Hurricane Ian, the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Disaster Preparedness and Response team leverages the AWS Cloud to help communities more efficiently prepare for and respond to disasters globally.

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GovLoop

JULY 10, 2023

Narrowing the 5Es of Experience HX designers use the 5Es of human experience to design robust and complete experiences: Entice, Enter, Engage, Exit, Extend. The three middle Es – Enter, Engage, Exit – occur by default in any user interaction. In many agency-citizen interactions, that engagement involves applying for benefits.

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Google Public Sector

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Seeking to expand upon Advana’s data sharing capabilities, the DoD engaged Google for help given Google’s experience in managing vast volumes of data for analytics, enterprise search, and machine learning. This keeps the data flowing and helps the DoD streamline processes and communications so they can meet their mission.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Shkolo is an education technology company (EdTech) based in Bulgaria that was founded to reduce school bureaucracy and provide an efficient communication channel between teachers and parents. Since migrating to AWS, Shkolo has onboarded many more customers—made possible because of the scalability that using the cloud provides.

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Bang the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

So here are the top 6 agenda items to help you focus time and energy on what matters in 2022. In the last few years, there’s been an understandable reassignment of many key communication staff to booster public health campaigns, with few able to prioritize the essential task of updating (now painfully old) policy.

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Super Library Marketing

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Engagement rates continue to be highest for Instagram accounts with fewer than 10,000 followers. Reels get more engagement than regular videos posted to the Feed. Add hashtags for visibility, not engagement. In mid-2022, the head of Instagram revealed in an interview that hashtags on the platform don’t increase engagement.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The second cohort of the county's Community Planning Lab wrapped up last month after the class spent weeks learning about urban development and design, planning and zoning, public engagement, affordable housing, transportation, land use and more. Citizen engaged planning practice. Photo: David Jackson, Park Record.

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A Library Writer's Blog

JUNE 24, 2022

Whether it's Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok, or any of the other emerging platforms, social media is the perfect environment to communicate and remember historical events in innovative ways or to add nuance and a personal perspective on important historical moments. This event will be held online on August 23 at 16.00

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Citizens expect to engage with their local government in the same fast, digital manner that they communicate in their daily lives. Public sector customers are using AWS to digitally transform their citizen engagement and service delivery management applications.

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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). But I favor the digital ones because they provide real-time reporting on engagement.”

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

million households in the UK without internet access, according to the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 18, 2023

billion in 2022. One of the reasons for continuous VR popularity among retailers is its ability to transform and enhance the customer experience via immersiveness and advanced emotional engagement. For example, employees can practice interacting with virtual customers in a VR environment in order to develop communicative skills.

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Super Library Marketing

APRIL 17, 2023

David surveyed 945 people about their reading habits in December 2022 to gather book reading data. David’s survey shows about 32 percent of people read only 1-5 books in 2022. Storytelling is a powerful way to communicate with the human side of your library. (But we knew that, didn’t we?) Only 3 percent plan to read fewer books.

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GovLoop

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In Arkansas district courts, the “failure to appear” rate can be high — more than 45,000 people no-showed in 2022. In the future, he would like the court to send automatic reminders by text, communicating with constituents as a medical provider might. That wastes time and effort and can lead to arrest warrants.

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GovLoop

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In terms of communicating, internally and externally, that can be both a blessing and a curse. We talked to three employees at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, Community Development Department(CDD) about how they use visualization to help data fulfill its purpose. At its essence, data visualization is a communication tool,” she said.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

A different kind of concept is by the Salt Lake Tribune , which has created the " Innovation Lab " to communicate about best practice ideas and approaches to problems in the community. We want to change that. So we are bringing our newsroom to you. Interesting.

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iGrantWriters

JANUARY 25, 2022

To establish this network for all stakeholders of the CI workforce, NSF will support a set of Research Coordination Networks (RCN) to advance CI Professionals communities through transformative and/or new approaches for fostering, nurturing, expanding, and sustaining such communities. The RCN:CIP projects are intended to: 1.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 14, 2023

State and local government organizations are using these technologies to design better policies, make data-informed decisions, strengthen communication and engagement, and improve the speed and quality of public services. Ransomware attacks targeted the global education sector more than any other industry in 2022.

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