AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This helps local governments rehabilitate road infrastructures and connect underserved communities in countries like Mexico, Peru, and Tunisia. By effectively computing and analyzing road networks, governments can prioritize maintenance operations, optimize spending, and enhance their roads. Get inspired.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 27, 2023

What are the top 3 trends that will trigger organizations to adopt a critical event management plan in 2023? According to Gartner, the consequences to IT operations or supply chains run high at around $540,000 per hour. That amounts to an average cost of business disruption rising from $3.9 million to $4.2

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Besides traffic management, digital twins can also be used in other areas of government operations, such as asset management and emergency response. Overall, the use of digital twins in public sector operations can streamline process efficiencies, reduce operational costs, and improve service delivery to citizens.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JUNE 30, 2023

But achieving these goals requires local authorities and mobile network operators (MNOs) to work closely together. BT Wholesale works with local authorities to reuse existing infrastructure, avoiding the expense and carbon footprint of building something from the ground up. International License.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Instead of each entity performing their own assessment, the state can leverage a single authorization to operate (ATO). StateRAMP is organized as a 501c(6) nonprofit and is governed by a board of directors. StateRAMP assumes that state and local government data will likely be at the Moderate impact level.

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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. With Solution Spark , public sector partners can develop open source AWS solutions to support customers across state and local government, federal government, healthcare, and education.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Save costs and improve operations, efficiency, and resiliency CalHEERS is a complex solution. The original on-premises system was designed for peak usage, which meant that for most of the year, it ate up unnecessary operational costs. Every year, the team has improved operations, simplified the system, and enhanced the user experience.

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Center for Community Progress

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The National Land Bank Network (NLBN) at the Center for Community Progress is a community of practice to unite and support the over 300 land banks operating throughout the country. The 2023 State of Land Banking survey received complete responses from approximately 30 percent of those land banks (92 completed, 20 partial).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

In turn, these insights have directly benefited the Navy Yard in their planning and daily operations. As of February 2023, 25 smart devices have been installed and are collecting data, processing at the edge, and feeding results and insights to the AWS Cloud.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

On June 7-8, 2023, Amazon Web Services (AWS) will again host the AWS Summit Washington, DC at the Walter E. Download the session guides for technical builder or business leader , federal government , nonprofit , state and local government , healthcare , education , or aerospace and satellite.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

In March 2023, Management Information Systems Quarterly published an article highlighting how the Commonwealth of Virginia harnessed the power of data to save lives before, during, and after the pandemic. Rivero, now an executive government advisor at AWS, has experience making data work for government.

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GovPilot

MARCH 28, 2023

Managing local government assets is an essential part of efficient government operations and maintaining community safety. From buildings and land to emergency vehicles and equipment, local governments have many assets to maintain.

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GCN

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Despite challenges from budget cycles, regulations and outdated procurement processes, state and local government agencies urgently need cyber solutions that improve operations and cut costs, a recent report says.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

With cloud as the new operational foundation, governments can fully embrace innovation to revolutionize constituent services and operational effectiveness. In 2019, Amazon set a goal to match all of the electricity used across it global operation with 100 percent renewable energy by 2030.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

AWS Snowblade meets US Military Ruggedization Standards, enabling defense customers to run their operations and manage demanding workloads in edge locations that can be subject to extreme operating conditions. federal, state, or local government security and compliance requirements. Learn more about AWS Snowblade.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

The project kicked off in February 2021 and the new web and cloud-based offender management system (OMS) went live in May 2023. The new OMS is improving operational efficiencies, for example, lessening the time to intake and assign an individual, and reducing IT infrastructure and maintenance.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The average (mean) cost for state and local government organizations to recover from a ransomware attack was $2.83 million reported in 2023. This is a sample of the data in the “State of Ransomware in State and Local Government 2024 report.” million in 2024, more than double the $1.21

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers ( NASCIO ) recently released the 2023 report of the top 10 priorities of state chief information officers (CIOs) for strategies, management processes, and solutions.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JUNE 20, 2023

Teams Emergency Operations Center version 2, now available! We are excited to announce our latest update to the Teams Emergency Operations Center, Version 2! When this will happen: GA: Rollout will begin in early June 2023 and is expected to be complete by mid-June 2023. You may want to notify your users of this update.

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Microsoft Public Sector

MAY 22, 2023

Newsworthy Highlights What’s new in Microsoft 365 Government – April 2023 We’re excited to announce several new products and services that have been delivered to our Microsoft 365 Government clouds in recent months and peek at what’s coming soon. In a future update, we will stop provisioning this column entirely.

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GovPilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Are you someone who prefers to support organizations that operate based on values you align yourself with? Failure to highlight and promote your local government’s mission and values can result in less support and decreased community engagement if the public isn’t well informed.

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AccessE11

JANUARY 2, 2024

As we begin our new year, we can reflect on the important moments in the municipal government space with our municipal year in review. The world of local government is constantly changing. The most significant development in city governments is the application of generative AI.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

that it deployed in the AWS Cloud in 2023. at AWS re:Invent 2023 AWS is determined to make the cloud the cleanest and the most energy-efficient way to run all our customers’ data infrastructure and business. which will be highlighted during AWS re:Invent 2023. You don’t do anything alone. Experiencing SeloVerde 2.1

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GovLoop

MAY 25, 2023

In February 2023, for example, the Defense Department’s inspector general found that “DoD personnel are downloading mobile applications to their DoD mobile devices that could pose operational and cybersecurity risks to DoD information and information systems.” In a January 2023 report, the U.S.

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GovPilot

JANUARY 27, 2023

If your government is operating from a rural location, there’s a serious chance that you internet and internet infrastructure is far from modernized. According to the USDA, 22% of rural areas (and 27% of tribal lands) continue to lack modern broadband service.

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Google Public Sector

JULY 7, 2023

Using innovation to support equitable access In April 2023, Dallas County began using Contact Center AI (CCAI) and Enterprise Translation Hub (ETH) to provide critical language services to constituents. This initiative was built on their existing foundation of innovation and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 10, 2023

The LZA helps establish platform readiness with security, compliance, and operational capabilities. LZA for Education incorporates the LZA’s best practices configurations , such as the detective guardrails defined in the Operational Best Practices for NIST 800-53 rev 5 Conformance pack.

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Partnership for Public Service

MAY 16, 2024

To celebrate the invaluable contributions of public servants, I embarked on a journey to delve into the experiences, challenges and triumphs of four people making a difference in local government and the federal workforce. Stay tuned to learn more about the others in a future blog post.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The Digital Agency’s government cloud As the central command for Japan’s digital transformation, the Digital Agency began pursuing the development of a government cloud in 2021. The RAs are organized into general administrative, operational blocks and nonfunctional blocks, which are combined to create model system patterns.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

Since April 1, 2023, state Medicaid agencies (SMA) have one year to “unwind” temporary COVID-era changes and return to pre-pandemic ways of working. million Medicaid members have been disenrolled as of August 11, 2023. A major part of that is re-certifying the 91 million members currently receiving Medicaid benefits. At least 4.5

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Operating fire lookout towers can serve as a pilot for more rapid wildfire detection.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 22, 2024

As councils face increasing pressure to deliver efficient, secure services, many are turning to the cloud As local authorities seek to integrate digital systems into their day-to-day operations, many are making the shift from on-site systems to cloud-based platforms.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

As a result, by embracing a multi-cloud strategy, government agencies must also be prepared to address a series of operational and security challenges. A major challenge: Managing workload identity Securing multi-cloud applications for state and local government entities presents a major challenge: managing workload identity.

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Google Public Sector

MARCH 3, 2023

On February 22, 2023, I ventured to Dearborn, Michigan to meet with the city’s mayor Abdullah Hammoud and local citizens. Moving forward, residents will be able to operate and process critical requests faster and online - such as applying for permits and licenses.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 18, 2023

A significant benefit of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) for North Carolina CED professionals is the availability of funding for investment in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure though the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRS). Where and how is that local government money being invested?

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This is a common architecture we see throughout State and Local Government customers (figure 1). For the public sector, agencies (or companies) are typically managed centrally by the State, City, or County’s central IT team: Figure 1 The operations or central IT team manages the tenant on behalf of the hosted agencies.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 30, 2023

This is a guest post by Louisa Barker, research manager in the European Government Insights team at IDC, and Joe Dignan, the European head of government insights at IDC. At World Water Day and the UN 2023 Water Conference , water was described as our world’s lifeblood. Source: IDC, 2023.

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