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US government agencies can communicate, collaborate securely with AWS Wickr

AWS Public Sector Blog

Driven by the need for convenience, real-time conversations, and anywhere, anytime access, electronic messaging has become a go-to means of communication. 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.

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Automating multi-channel communication for school bus delays

AWS Public Sector Blog

Communication with parents is a must for school districts. In this blog post, I walk through how to set up a solution that enables school districts to notify a targeted group of parents about school bus breakdowns and delays via the parent’s preferred method of communication (i.e.,

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Empowering public sector innovation: How AWS Partners are accelerating their generative AI adoption

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2023, we expanded PTP to include Targeted Transformation Modules (TTMs), which provide tailored guidance to help AWS Partners accelerate their journey in specific topic areas. Bhavesh Goswami, Founder and CEO of CloudThat Technologies Pvt.

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How Agencies Can Help Employees Develop Soft Skills

State Tech Magazine

Some attendees also made the assertion that when it comes to training and professional development, IT deputy directors might be more interested in honing their soft skills than anything else; for example, they want to know how to communicate with legislators and stand in for CIOs. A recent Deloitte study found something similar.

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AWS selects 13 startups to innovate public safety solutions through the GovTech Accelerator

AWS Public Sector Blog

Pictured: The AWS 2023 Justice and Public Safety GovTech Accelerator cohort at Amazon’s HQ2 for Week Zero, a three-day onboarding event to kick off the accelerator. The program will culminate with the 2023 AWS GovTech Accelerator demo day at the State of GovTech conference on November 14.

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Implementing a unified search platform for educational content on Amazon OpenSearch Service

AWS Public Sector Blog

Since communication with OpenSearch is done using HTTP requests, interacting with the cluster happens through requests such as PUT, GET, and DELETE. In this particular example, OpenSearch returns only documents older than January 1, 2023, with titles containing the words Generative AI.

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2023 NextGen Public Service Award Winners

GovLoop

Please join us in celebrating and congratulating our 2023 award winners! 2023 Award Winners: Eli Homes, Research Fish Biologist, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Michael Berkholtz, Manager of Business Relations, Federal Acquisition Service, Office of Information Technology Category, U.S.