AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Today, I have the privilege of announcing our 2023-2024 Amazon Web Services (AWS) IMAGINE Grant winners. World Resources Institute ’s Data Lab is standardizing and improving technical processes across the organization by building a unified data infrastructure for data science and product development.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

These startups are developing inspiring and innovative solutions that address various challenges associated with space sustainability. GRASP (Lille, France) – GRASP’s mission is to develop satellite instruments and products that provide a complete picture of the Earth’s atmosphere and surface.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 14, 2025

In 2023, 50,950 such reports were added to the site, allowing teams in regions such as Yemen, Ethiopia, Haiti, and Myanmar to get the word out about their emergencieseven when the eyes of the worlds media are focused on other higher-profile issues. Giving voice to the people on the groundat every emergency ReliefWeb has more than 18.2

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 16, 2024

Fugaku, a name familiar to many in Japan, is the supercomputer developed by Japan’s RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS) in collaboration with Fujitsu , as a result of the Japanese government’s national policy. In April 2018, he was appointed as the director of R-CCS, where he oversaw the supercomputer’s development.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

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. These solutions included summarization, information extraction, sentiment analysis, topic classification, and data visualization.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

To address this problem, AWS, talent developers, and educational institutions have developed a map of skills necessary for the primary entry-level technology job roles. Since its launch in 2023, the AWS Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance has already engaged 1050 educational institutions and more than 250,000 learners worldwide.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Nominations are now open for the Future of Government Awards 2023 , a global awards program that celebrates practitioners, teams, and leaders who are transforming people’s lives by applying digital solutions and leveraging technology to reform the public sector for those it serves. Nominations will close on December 14, 2023.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

SNDGG oversees Singapore’s digital government transformation and development of the country’s engineering capabilities toward building a smart nation. Axiom will use AWS to continue developing cloud-based technology that supports orbit, research, scientific discovery, and space exploration.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

In 2023, the AWS Space Accelerator will call on teams and resources across Amazon to help emerging startups focus on cloud-powered solutions that support the use of space as a sustainable and usable environment for years to come, as well as solutions that positively impact life on Earth.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

The initiative brings together a coalition of Fortune 500 companies and other employers, government agencies, workforce development organizations, and education leaders to better prepare learners for entry-level tech careers. More than 30,000 students are training through the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) program.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) made more than 140 announcements at re:Invent 2023. Take advantage of generative AI 2023 was a big year for generative AI at AWS. Amazon CodeWhisperer is an AI-powered tool that generates real-time code in your integrated development environment (IDE) and command line.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

platform interactive demo to learn how Brazil is enabling agriculture producers to make sure their property is in compliance with the country’s Forest Code , and monitoring their sustainability development policies to combat illegal deforestation and more. See the SeloVerde 2.1

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 9, 2023

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is developing a software bill of materials ecosystem that companies can publish to, so agencies have greater visibility into software programming libraries, versions and underlying components.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 14, 2025

Through a cloud-first strategy, the country has modernized its public services, boosted economic growth, and developed a culture of innovation. For example, iGA launched Bahrain Open Data Portal in August 2023 in collaboration with OpenDataSoft company. The Kingdom of Bahrain shows how this can be done.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Ann Schlemmer, CEO of Percona, discusses the future of open source in 2023, including why platforms will matter more. Developers love open source software, and businesses value the innovation that it supports. The big reason why developers like using open source is that they can get started easier and faster. This means money.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 12, 2023

To celebrate the leaders and organizations that are propelling the academic landscape forward, AWS announced the 2023 cohort of Education Champions at IMAGINE: Education, State and Local Leaders 2023 Conference. This year, the program was expanded internationally.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

Participating startups are eligible to receive AWS computing credits, specialized AWS training, mentoring from defence and national security domain and technical subject matter experts, business development, go-to-market advice, and investment guidance. Learn more about the AWS European Defence Accelerator and how to apply.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

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 AWS GovTech Accelerator was created to support the development of technologies that can address these challenges. Launched in June at the AWS Summit in Washington, D.C.,

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 23, 2024

The tech industry in the state of Texas is booming, with a growing demand for skilled workers in cloud, information technology (IT), software development, and data analytics roles. AWS has a long history of collaborating with organizations in Texas to advance workforce development and skills attainment initiatives.

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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2023

The Public Technology Institute, a leader in government technology training and professional development, is looking at changes, both internal and across government IT, following the announcement of a new partnership and the release of its annual survey.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

AUGUST 13, 2024

The challenges facing real estate development today are well-known. A June 2024 survey of the nation’s largest developers found that two-thirds of multifamily projects in the pipeline are delayed because they are no longer economically feasible under current conditions. How have developers adapted to rising costs?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

DynamoDB is a serverless, NoSQL database service that you can use to develop modern applications at any scale. In this particular example, OpenSearch returns only documents older than January 1, 2023, with titles containing the words Generative AI. Use the PutItem API call to save the key-value pairs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 31, 2024

The 2023-2026 data strategy of the Government of Canada (GC) The GC’s data strategy describes how the Federal Public Service intends to utilize data over the next three years to deliver enhanced services and value to Canadians. A new $100,000 AWS community grant fund launched in 2023 supports Calgary sustainability initiatives.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In 2023, local governments contributed nearly $30 million in soft loans to new construction projects funded by 9% Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) — more than double the amount in any previous year. The data shows that affordable housing developers continue to struggle with closing financial gaps in their projects (Table 1).

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 2, 2023

Texas Chief People and Culture Officer Lisa Jammer led a learning session Monday about attracting and retaining cyber talent at this year’s NASCIO 2023 Midyear conference in National Harbor, Md. The annual conference brings together state IT leaders to discuss the latest IT trends, challenges, and developments in state and local governments.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

AWS wants to help startups develop solutions that address the needs of government agencies, with the first cohort focused on justice and public safety organizations including courts, corrections, emergency services, and law enforcement. Applications open today and close Monday, July 10, 2023.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

From July 11-12, 2023 in Sacramento, CA, leaders from across state and local government and education will gather to learn more about how to transform public services to deliver for students, constituents, and communities. Register now for the IMAGINE 2023 conference in Sacramento. Will we see you there? Check out the full schedule.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Rural roads are critical for connectivity, transportation, and development. With 189 member countries, the World Bank is the largest multilateral development bank globally with a mission to reduce poverty and increase shared prosperity in a sustainable way. A road in rural Peru. Get inspired. Watch our AWS in Space story.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 9, 2023

That’s why mitigating the risk to critical business systems and applications from human error or newly added, complex systems or technologies will need to continue being any organisation’s number one priority in 2023. The post What cybersecurity trends can we expect to see in 2023 appeared first on Open Access Government.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The US Department of Education Office of Educational Technology’s 2023 Dear Colleague letter states bold actions are necessary to truly recover and re-imagine education in this post-pandemic world. How to Apply Applications for the AWS Education Accelerator are open through November 17, 2023, with limited space available.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 11, 2024

These posts are meant to inform local governments about current conditions facing private developers and real estate development projects in their communities. Figure 1) Source: Fannie Mae Developers continue to report challenges caused by high interest rates. 2] (Figure 4) Source: U.S. link] [2] St. Louis FRED Economic Data.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 25, 2023

As we enter 2023, many industries are faced with minimal business growth projections , with the global economy expected to expand by 1.6% Businesses’ goals today will affect their 2023 outcomes and longer-term success. The true winners will be those making automation a critical part of their 2023 strategy.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

Characterizing disaster risk and developing strategies for resilience and response to natural event hazards is core to the mission of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). PNNL developed Aether as a reusable framework for sharing data and analytics with sponsors and stakeholders.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 27, 2023

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.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

His responsibilities include managing and directing the program’s overall technology strategy, architecture, application development, and cybersecurity. He is also concurrently the senior advisor of the Singapore Economic Development Board. Anthony holds two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 7, 2024

AWS has helped ASTERRA overcome traditional on-premises infrastructure limitations and to accelerate the development of solutions for anticipating and mitigating failures, saving water, energy, and avoiding carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions as a result. As an example, the company chose AWS Elastic Beanstalk to deploy EO Discover.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

We anticipate that 2023 will see an increase in public sector organizations seeking end-to-end solutions versus an interest in building blocks. The city has worked with Quantela to develop a comprehensive view of what’s going on in the city, including car, bike, and pedestrian traffic patterns. An increase in solution-oriented tools.

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