AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is helping leading tax authorities around the world to migrate and modernize their mission critical tax systems in the cloud, allowing them to achieve better service reliability, scalability, and security, while paving the way for new and innovative business functionality. Find the solution on GitHub.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

To secure SS4A grant funding to better support its Safe System projects and strategies, Bellevue used Amazon’s Working Backwards innovation process to inform the development of the City’s SS4A grant application. Supporting safe mobility for VRUs is critical as these neighborhoods prepare for 30,000 new jobs and 27,000 new residents by 2025.

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Microsoft Public Sector

AUGUST 20, 2024

This means that agencies requiring FedRAMP High Authorization can now access these leading AI capabilities within their Azure Government tenant, enabling secure and responsible access to the latest AI technologies while maintaining strict security and compliance requirements.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 12, 2023

trillion for the global economy by 2025. In England and Wales, cyber-related fraud incidents accounted for 61% of all fraud cases last year. Imagine your accounts team gets hacked and, after scanning through their previously sent emails, the hackers know how to word an email to convince you it is really them.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The new AWS Region in the UAE will help them realize their cloud ambitions effectively and securely while being fully compliant with local regulations. The company is now on a path to achieve this milestone by 2025, five years ahead of the initial 2030 target.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 24, 2022

A report from IDC has found that data creation at the edge is set to expand by 33% by 2025, accounting for 22% of all digital data being created, captured, and replicated. Keeping data secure. Government data is maintained through protective security policies and risk management centrally and locally.

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Microsoft Public Sector

AUGUST 20, 2024

Security and Compliance: Our Top Priority Security and compliance are at the core of our commitment to public sector customers. Copilot for Microsoft 365 GCC is built on the secure foundation of Microsoft 365 GCC, adhering to all existing privacy, security, and compliance commitments.

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A Library Writer's Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

This is particularly true if the goal is to enhance perception and build support among stakeholders while securing essential funding and resources. ALAO seeks chapter submissions for a volume entitled Figuring It Out: The Search for Meaningful Metrics.

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Security and Compliance: Our Top Priority Security and compliance are at the core of our commitment to public sector customers. Microsoft 365 Copilot GCC is built on the secure foundation of Microsoft 365 Government GCC, adhering to all existing privacy, security, and compliance commitments.

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Microsoft Public Sector

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Newsworthy Highlights Preparing for Security Copilot in US Government Clouds With the announcement of Security Copilot back in March, there has been a growing demand to understand and expand the role of machine learning (ML) in security. What action do I need to take?

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Security/Identity. Enterprise Mobility & Security (GCC, GCCH, DoD). Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Security (GCC, GCCH, DoD). Microsoft Defender for Identity Security (GCC, GCCH, DoD). MC362284 — (Updated) OneDrive sync app will automatically configure accounts. Microsoft Purview. Government DoD endpoints.

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Enable strong name-based mapping in government scenarios If you work in smartcard federated authentication environments, here’s a much-anticipated security feature for you. Starting with the September 10, 2024 Windows security update, you can use strong name-based mapping on Windows Server 2019 and newer. Beginning January 15th, 2025.

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Microsoft Public Sector

AUGUST 19, 2024

MC823306 — VDI: Classic Teams for end of support and end of availability timelines and warning dialogues Classic Teams in VDI will reach end of support on October 1st, 2024, and end of availability on July 1, 2025. Full support for Purview eDiscovery legal holds is anticipated by early 2025.

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 GCC High and DOD environments have a target General Availability (GA) date of Summer 2025. The only setting specific to the legacy Invitation Manager (that retired late February 2024) is the setting for Guests must sign in using the same account to which sharing invitations are sent.

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Microsoft Public Sector

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

MC683926 — Priority Account Chat Controls General Availability 30-60 Days Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 144367 As part of the Teams Premium package, we are introducing a new management capability: Priority Account Chat Controls that empower users with decision making controls for unwanted internal communications via policies setting.

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Current users have access to their accounts via Power BI for the Web and can switch to this option any time prior to retirement. Teams Rooms on Android devices applies the Teams Premium meeting security features including end-to-end encryption and sensitivity labels if the meeting organizer has them turned ON.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Key topics covered include addressing concerns around data sovereignty, security, lock-in risks and budget control while highlighting AWS capabilities and commitments in these areas. Advancing data governance and stewardship practices to build trust and enable secure data sharing between departments, including safeguarding privacy.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ( HIPAA ) findings; deriving artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)-driven insights from healthcare data; achieving healthcare interoperability; simplifying and automating prior authorization forms; and more. Learn more at AWS for Health.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

Under these new requirements, agencies must update their public access policies as soon as possible—no later than the end of 2025—and must achieve full implementation of the public access requirements by 2027. Data users can access the data in place via AWS native APIs, often without needing an AWS account.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2024

To address these critical data security and privacy concerns, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has long maintained guidelines governing the responsible management of controlled access human genomic and phenotypic data maintained in NIH-designated data repositories. Note: Non-U.S.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 24, 2025

To navigate this complex landscape, healthcare organizations are turning to scalable, affordable, and highly available cloud infrastructures such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build resilient, secure, and innovative solutions. Layered security controls for generative AI.

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GovLoop

APRIL 3, 2024

A Government Accountability Office study regarding the Department of Defense recommended answering these questions up front: Who is included in the AI workforce? Don’t depend on vendors for security, privacy protection or elimination of bias. It turns out that many of the skills required to work effectively with AI are “soft” skills.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

compliance in the first quarter of 2025. In this post, I explain what contractors need to know right now to prepare for the changes coming in 2025. This includes all the NIST SP 800-171 r2 security requirements and processes. FedRAMP is the gold standard for secure cloud services.” What do the different CMMC 2.0

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 20, 2025

AWS CloudFront Edge Locations , available in Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, UAE, and Oman, can improve security and performance. We recommend partners also reach out to their account teams who can provide them contacts in local AWS teams. The next event is scheduled for April 2025 in Saudi Arabia.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Together, we will accelerate innovation in cancer discovery and treatments, deploy generative artificial intelligence at scale, and leverage the power, agility, and security of cloud computing to revolutionize health and patient outcomes,” said Dave Levy, AWS Vice President of Worldwide Public Sector.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The State of Digital Government Review 2025 emphasises the potential of AI to reduce costs and enhance public service delivery. It is crucial for public sector employees to grasp not only the potential benefits of AI, but also the ethical, legal, privacy, sustainability, and security risks associated with its implementation.

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Super Library Marketing

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library This is the first in the 2025 series of library social media guides. Many libraries are still prohibited from downloading the app to their library-owned devices due to privacy concerns and reports that the app’s owners share data that could pose a national security risk.

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