AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

billion through 2022 to meet customer demand for cloud computing services, according to a new economic impact study (EIS) from AWS. Learn more about how organizations in South Africa are using AWS to innovate for their communities. The development of Amazon EC2 in South Africa also resulted in significant economic impacts.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 16, 2023

Public sector agencies today require digital skills to deliver the functions citizens expect, and the innovations necessary to speed up processes and address gaps and inequity. However, digital transformation can only be achieved when workers have the data literacy skills to read, interpret, communicate, and reason with this data.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 7, 2024

The prototype of the immersive web app experience was showcased to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, and Minister for Communications and Information Josephine Teo. The project’s use of technology was instrumental in enabling people to discover Singapore’s rich heritage and stories in an innovative way.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

The 11 startups selected to the Accelerator are: Brenna is a mobile app that streamlines communication between registered nurses (RNs) and family members of residents in aged care facilities.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

According to the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), as of October 11, 2022, the US has sustained 15 weather/climate disaster events, with losses exceeding $1 billion each, the deaths of 342 people, and significant economic effects on the areas impacted.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

Since its official launch in October 2022, the program has donated over 1,100 kits, impacting 3,700 students and teachers in Atlanta, Dallas, Clovis (New Mexico), Detroit, Philadelphia, and Wichita to date, with a goal to scale impact and foster long-term systemic change in STEM education.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Solving for national scale opportunities requires long-term thinking—across data, applications, research, innovation, and citizen outcomes,” said Rahul Sharma, president of India public sector at AWS, as he opened the keynote at the AWS Summit New Delhi. And, in 2022 alone, AWS created 1,000 jobs in Singapore.

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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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Google Public Sector

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

From SolarWinds , to hacks against widely used email servers , to attacks against the defense industrial base , we know that cyberattacks against the public and private sectors continue to be an issue. If one communication system goes down during an emergency, Google Workspace can keep collaboration and communication running smoothly.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Moving digital assets to the cloud is one of the first steps governments can take to secure their public services against large-scale disruptions. In this blog post, learn key takeaways from our engagements with public sector customers that can help you better prepare for this transformation. Get started with CGIT.

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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 Cloud technology is key to accelerating innovation in India’s public sector. Customers can rely on AWS Partners’ deep technical expertise to respond quickly and securely, driving innovative solutions for the government.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JANUARY 22, 2024

As Microsoft Teams is the primary tool for communication and collaboration, customers are looking to improve productivity by integrating their business processes directly into Microsoft Teams via third-party party (3P) applications or line-of-business (LOB)/homegrown application integrations.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JANUARY 23, 2023

Newsworthy Highlights What’s New in Microsoft Teams | December 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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Microsoft Public Sector

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As Microsoft Teams is the primary tool for communication and collaboration, customers are looking to improve productivity by integrating their business processes directly into Microsoft Teams via third-party party (3P) applications or line-of-business (LOB)/homegrown application integrations.

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Microsoft Public Sector

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As Microsoft Teams is the primary tool for communication and collaboration, customers are looking to improve productivity by integrating their business processes directly into Microsoft Teams via third-party party (3P) applications or line-of-business (LOB)/homegrown application integrations.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JUNE 20, 2023

Newsworthy Highlights How Microsoft 365 helps public sector organizations embrace generational diversity Empowering your workforce with modern productivity, collaboration, and security tools can help your agency embrace generational diversity and across four critical areas: recruitment, retention, productivity, and learning.

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Microsoft Public Sector

APRIL 20, 2023

As Microsoft Teams is the primary tool for communication and collaboration, customers are looking to improve productivity by integrating their business processes directly into Microsoft Teams via third-party party (3P) applications or line-of-business (LOB)/homegrown application integrations. Thank you for your patience.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JULY 20, 2023

As Microsoft Teams is the primary tool for communication and collaboration, customers are looking to improve productivity by integrating their business processes directly into Microsoft Teams via third-party party (3P) applications or line-of-business (LOB)/homegrown application integrations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Pictured: Learners take part in hands-on learning at the AWS Fiber Optic Fusion Splicing Certificate Course at Mountain Empire Community College, November 14-15, 2022. These high-demand skills are increasingly needed to build out the world’s data and communication networks like 5G as well as data centers. “On

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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. Snowball Edge devices are powerful and portable cloud computing devices designed for rugged deployments in the harshest physical environments.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In California, Manifest MedEx leveraged their AWS-based technology infrastructure to create the Surveillance and Public Health Information Reporting and Exchange (SaPHIRE) in July 2022. The examples in this blog post are only a handful of use cases from the broad portfolio reflecting public health’s expanded engagement with HIEs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The EIS details how AWS plans to invest in the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region during 2022-2036, including both capital and operating expenditures associated with establishing and operating this new Region. As of April 2022, Amazon has over 310 renewable energy projects across the globe. AWS launching new Region in UAE in 2022.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 11, 2023

The new tool can communicate with students via text and email when the status of their aid application changes. In 2022, the financial aid team worked on file reviews right up until the first week of fall quarter; this year, they were finished with initial reviews by May—saving them four months of time.

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 19, 2022

As Microsoft Teams is the primary tool for communication and collaboration, customers are looking to improve productivity by integrating their business processes directly into Microsoft Teams via third-party party (3P) applications or line-of-business (LOB)/homegrown application integrations. Public Sector Center of Expertise.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Announcing the AWS IoT Rapid Adoption Assistance Initiative for Public Sector Partners. Wickr, an AWS company, offers a secure and compliant solution to protect organizational communications.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 14, 2023

From July 11-12, 2023, the IMAGINE: Education, State, and Local Leaders conference from Amazon Web Services (AWS) gathered public sector leaders from around the world in Sacramento, CA to reimagine the future of state and local government and education. What if the public sector was edgeless?”

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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. Each district can socialize the hotline to students and parents in the way that works best for the district’s community. Dr. Karen A.

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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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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. million residents.

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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. Contact the AWS Public Sector Team to start a conversation today.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Professor Jon Crowcroft FRS FREng, co-founder of iKVA , Researcher at Large, at The Alan Turing Institute and Professor of Communication Systems at Cambridge University’s Computer Laboratory, provides his view on Artificial Intelligence in the UK.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Engineers mapped out the build and launched a working demo in October 2022. When students are trying to understand new concepts, it’s very beneficial for them to be able to communicate with the teacher verbally,” said Panwar. The teacher has brought a student “on stage” for a live conversation using Amazon IVS Real Time Latency.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 16, 2023

With AWS HPC, ELT teams can model these natural effects and develop reinforced structures to handle these perturbations (see e.g., Giant Magellan Telescope’s example from AWS re:Invent 2022 ). Learn more about AWS for aerospace and satellite.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 16, 2024

According to a 2024 survey by public sector HR management company, NEOGOV , which explored the effects of the ongoing hiring crisis on the public sector, 33% of agencies report impacts to service. between 2021 and 2022.” In the public sector, accreditation is always top of mind.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 9, 2023

While remote and hybrid work has certainly decreased again this year, the number of people working remotely remains higher than before the pandemic with around 22% of the UK workforce working at least one day a week from home and 13% working exclusively from home in September 2022.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) 2022 Digital Competitiveness Index, Japan ranked 29th out of 63 countries, down one place from last year’s ranking. Startups are an important driver of public sector innovation. As of October 2022, Amazon has already helped over 13 million people gain cloud skills.

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