AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 21, 2022

Registration is still open for the IMAGINE 2022 conference presented by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Register now for the IMAGINE 2022 conference in Seattle. Dive deep into learning sessions for education, state, and local leaders. Check out the breakout sessions for the IMAGINE 2022 conference here.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 16, 2023

This is a guest post by Kevin Mills, vice president of government partnerships at Coursera. 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. Increased worker income and productivity add an estimated $6.3

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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. Learn more about how AWS supports justice and public safety customers. John increased access to government services with AWS. How the City of Fort St.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Mason faculty, students, staff, and public sector and industry partners can also expect the development of new approaches to address food insecurity, reduce the technical skills gap in data center engineering, and advance environmental priorities. George Mason University is Virginia’s largest public research university.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

At re:Invent 2022 , dive deep on the transformative power of the cloud. Discover how Amazon Web Services (AWS) empowers organizations across the public sector in the AWS Public Sector Leadership Session, on Tuesday November 29, from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM. The next chapter for the public sector.

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Google Public Sector

MAY 17, 2023

When Google Public Sector was announced in June 2022, it was a sign of Google’s strong commitment in serving the needs of U.S. federal, state, and local governments, and education institutions. Since then, Google Public Sector has furthered its work to accelerate the digital transformation of U.S.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Arnie Armstrong, Cyber Security Principal at Made Tech , explains why a user-centred cyber security approach is vital to local government We often hear that the biggest cyber security vulnerability in any organisation is its own employees, but is this really the case? Can local government securely store our data?

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 16, 2023

And it’s what’s led to my joining Google Public Sector shortly after it was formed in July of 2022. We want to bring that power - and its mission-critical capabilities - to our government workers and military service men and women. It is what we have come to think of as the “Google magic.” In Dearborn, Mich.,

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 17, 2023

This is a guest post by Rikesh Shah, outgoing head of open innovation at Transport for London, on behalf of the AWS Institute from Amazon Web Services (AWS), a thought leadership and executive education program to accelerate digital transformation for public sector executives.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 9, 2022

During the keynote, Kim Majerus, vice president of US state and local government and education at AWS, and customer guest speakers shared with attendees how innovators in education, state, and local leadership use AWS to help deliver for their communities, expand digital equity, accelerate workforce development, and more.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

According to the United States Constitution, public access to judicial proceedings is a right covered by the First and Sixth Amendments. In spring 2022, a state judicial system implemented a scalable livestreaming solution using Nomad with Amazon IVS in less than two months. John increased access to government services with AWS.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The Working Backwards process is gaining traction among outcome-focused public sector organizations tackling problems ranging from gun violence to cyclist and pedestrian road safety. Building solutions through public and private sector collaboration. Building a culture of innovation to better serve citizens.

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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. “The

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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

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Governments can use CGIT to retain the integrity of critical datasets, back up applications, and transfer services to run in the cloud, reducing the risk of compromise and enabling continuity of government. CGIT gives public sector bodies the ability to leverage globally distributed IT infrastructure to underpin their continuity plans.

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Watch this discussion in full and more sessions from the AWS Stockholm Summit Public Sector track. Please take a few minutes to share insights regarding your experience with the AWS Public Sector Blog in this survey , and we’ll use feedback from the survey to create more content aligned with the preferences of our readers.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Digital government and services Digital government and modernized service delivery remain the second highest priority for state technology leaders in the 2023 report. Citizens expect to engage with their local government in the same fast, digital manner that they communicate in their daily lives. million residents.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

It costs real money when the public sector gets hit with a ransomware assault. The average (mean) cost for state and local government organizations to recover from a ransomware attack was $2.83 This is a sample of the data in the “State of Ransomware in State and Local Government 2024 report.”

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 12, 2023

The 2022 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Homeless Assessment Report found that there were 582,462 people experiencing homelessness on a single night in January 2022. That’s half a million people without a home,” said Kim Majerus, vice president of global education and US state and local government at AWS.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

In September 2022, the State of Arizona Department of Homeland Security (AZDOHS) launched a new program to bolster the cybersecurity of Arizona’s most vulnerable cities, counties, and K12 school districts. Learn more about AWS for cybersecurity in education and state and local government.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In 2022, we invested ¥348 billion in capital and operational investments in our data centers in Japan. During 2011-2022, the investment in our AWS Regions in Japan resulted in ¥1.31 In 2022, our infrastructure also supported over 20,300 full-time jobs at third-party vendors in skilled professions.

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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. Learn more about how AWS supports workforce development in the public sector. Rethinking how to hire and retain cloud talent in the public sector.

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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. Accelerating innovation through collaboration with local governments. Startups contributing to local digital transformation.

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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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Barrett & Greene

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This kind of thing happens all-too-frequently to us, and to others who have been around the world of state and local government for a while. We pointed this out to our source who was interested to hear the news. They’re re-inventing things all the time. And they make mistakes they made before that could have been prevented.”

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Microsoft Public Sector

MAY 22, 2023

There’s a lot of innovative products accelerating interest in Microsoft 365, and we continue our commitment to deliver the new product value, services, and features to our US Government cloud environments (GCC, GCC High, and DOD). Microsoft 365 for US Government Service Descriptions · Office 365 Platform (GCC, GCCH, DoD) · Office 365 U.S.

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Google Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Registration is now open for the Google Government Summit , taking place on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. We’re excited to welcome the government community in person for a full day of networking, best practices and learning from peers to help accelerate the mission of government. Can’t join us in person?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

At re:Invent 2022, Sreeji Vijayan, chief information officer of the Georgia DHS, spoke about the Georgia DHS’s migration journey with AWS. During 2021 through 2022 they migrated the Integrated Eligibility system, called Gateway, document imaging system (DIS), and the Child Welfare System (SHINES).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 12, 2022

The Future of Government Awards program seeks to celebrate the hidden public sector heroes who work tirelessly to modernize their governments to improve citizen services. Nominations for the awards are now open and will close on October 14, 2022. Learn more about open source solutions for governments.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Keiron Holyome, VP UKI, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa at BlackBerry discusses cyberattacks and the public sector. Cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated and severe, as shown in our latest 2022 Threat Report. What organisations are most at risk from cyberattacks in the public sector?

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GovPilot

JULY 21, 2022

Americans are increasingly frustrated with the public sector. While the rising distrust in government is often directed at the Federal government, leadership at the state and local levels aren’t quite off the hook.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

According to the United Nations (UN) 2022 Global Assessment Report on Climate Reduction , worldwide disasters will get worse if current trends continue. In February 2022, deadly floods and landslides ravaged Petrópolis, a city in southeastern Brazil in the State of Rio de Janeiro.

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 29, 2022

In 2020, 79 ransomware attacks hit government organizations, amounting to nearly $19 billion in downtime and recovery costs 1. Other research indicates 34% of local governments worldwide were hit by ransomware in 2022 2. Shift from reactive to proactive prevention. Continuous, autonomous detection.

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GovPilot

OCTOBER 20, 2022

If you’re answering yes to one or either of these questions, it makes sense that you’re considering modernizing your government website. An antiquated website isn’t suited to make important information for your community-members easily accessible, let alone offer online applications for filing documents with your government.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 23, 2022

This blog post summarizes the experiences and insights he presented at the AWS Institute and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Executive Education program for public sector leaders in June 2022. A common driver of public sector transformation is the potential for efficiency.

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Google Public Sector

JANUARY 10, 2024

A founding sponsor of Tech Empowerment Day in 2022, Google Cloud again served as a key partner in ensuring students gain hands-on experiences with modern technologies. The 2023 event featured 40 booths from tech companies, including Google Public Sector, that students could freely explore. This event is part of L.A.’s

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