AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A landing zone is a well-architected, multi-account AWS environment that is scalable and secure. Using LZA on AWS, customers with highly-regulated workloads and complex compliance requirements can better manage and govern their multi-account environment. What is a landing zone?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

About to be handcuffed, the individual remembered their Kiip account. They explained to the officers that HOPICS set them up with an account that saved all of their identifying documents when they first entered the shelter.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 17, 2023

The common reasons customers may need to invoke Amazon Web Services (AWS) services in a standard account from an AWS GovCloud (US) account (or vice versa) include: cross-domain applications, feature parity, and if the AWS service doesn’t exist in AWS GovCloud (US). Key/value secret in Secrets Manager. Why AWS GovCloud (US)?

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Peak Proposals

JANUARY 28, 2021

Tracking Research Results : A second benefit of using a grant database is that many databases give you the opportunity to save your search results within your account or export them; the benefit of the latter option is that you can access your research results without having to log back into the database.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

According to current best practices , between 5-7 percent of a company’s IT budget should be spent on cybersecurity. percent of their IT budgets in 2022. To achieve data protection, Fachklinikum Mainschleife used AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) for encryption. In Germany, hospitals only invested about 2.2

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

At AWS, we believe that optimizing IT costs (including cloud) helps unlock budget to invest in more innovation. Successful EdTechs balance innovation (for example, new features or technology, like generative artificial intelligence (AI) ) with managing costs – both of product development and of operating costs for customer environments.

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Barrett & Greene

DECEMBER 11, 2023

At the end of November, a survey was released that investigated how local government finance leaders feel about their current budgeting practices and their readiness to embrace modernized approaches. One cautionary note, according to the report which was titled Rethinking Budgeting: Results from the Local Government Budget Survey.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

To accomplish this, Intelsat utilized their AWS account team and AWS Enterprise Support ’s cloud domain expertise to identify the AWS resources that required a DNS change and establish a migration strategy for each AWS resource type.

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Public Works Group Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Step outside the scope, and change orders start piling up along with the potential to expand budgets and schedules. Budget : The cash pile fueling the jobhow much the owner needs to spend before the well runs dry. CMAR (Construction Manager at Risk) : Contractor in early, builds with a price capteamwork meets accountability.

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GovLoop

APRIL 30, 2025

From implementing chatbots to conquering time management, theres a lot of free professional development opportunities to empower you as a public servant, including the NextGen Government Training Virtual Summit. May we interest you in some great online training topics this month? Join us online Wednesday, May 7 at 2 p.m. ET/1-1:30 p.m.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 30, 2024

UCMM has proven invaluable when talking about cyber investments not just with IT experts, but with chief financial officers, budget examiners and lawmakers, he added. DHS highlighted UCMM in its “Integrated Strategy for High-Risk Management,” a biannual update to the Government Accountability Office. OK, we got $5.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Cloud FinOps is a financial management discipline that creates accountability around cloud usage to help your agency successfully budget for this tech. The organization also needed to easily understand the cloud spend of each department so it could apply a central management fee to each. Favorite

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Governments worldwide dedicate a significant portion of their IT budget to maintaining legacy technology systems. In the 1980s and 1990s, a lack of appropriate IT solutions meant they developed bespoke software and systems on mainframe platforms to manage their core business. billion) of its current IT spending.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

My eCISO includes recommendations from popular cyber frameworks such as the Center for Internet Security (CIS), Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and more. A solution overview The application relies on several managed AWS services.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

APRIL 1, 2025

Governments should focus on gradual, manageable adoption that targets high-impact use cases without disrupting core public services. This means ensuring that data is interoperable, high-quality, and secure and that governance is in place to manage it. Strong and accountable leadership that asked the right questions from the outset.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

Louis struggle with resource constraints and grapple with the significant challenges cities face in balancing budgets, maintaining public services and managing infrastructure needs. It results from past budget deficits and requires ongoing management through interest and principal repayments.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

It expands on the AWS Well-Architected Framework, providing detailed guidance and recommendations that account for the special set of legal, legislative, accountability, and trust requirements that governments have – and helps them deliver meaningful outcomes on AWS.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

When they buy technology, cities and counties will often face multiple issues, says Dean Cunningham , segment development manager, Public Safety at Axis Communications , a company that produces network cameras, access control systems, network audio devices and other IP networking solutions for physical security and video surveillance applications.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Field Chief Technology Officer Wade Ellery discusses identity sprawl, IAM, and how organisations can overcome identity sprawl issues and combat budget restraints. It’s also creating complexity in terms of effectively provisioning and de-provisioning user accounts when an employee joins, changes departments, or leaves the company.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In K12, a lot of our stuff is very cyclical, so we don’t necessarily need the same technology January through December,” explained Michael Coats, IT infrastructure manager and cloud architect at Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency. Coats hopes to take his API instances serverless using AWS Lambda with Amazon API Gateway.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 1, 2024

If hearing about nonprofit budgets makes you cringe a little ( or a lot ), keep reading. In 2024, the grant landscape for nonprofits has evolved significantly, emphasizing the need for meticulous financial planning and transparent budgeting to meet funder expectations. We’ve got you.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 21, 2024

Being a start-up and a charity, Concerts for Carers does not have large budgets for DevOps teams, and we needed to find a solution that worked out of the box with minimal ongoing management. We did not want to manage infrastructure,” said James Haigh, director of We Are Sweet. The content in Amazon S3 is also encrypted.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

Financial planning needs to be understood as a positive feature of digital transformation, even if it means changing how financial plans are developed and managed. The Cloud Financial Management Framework focuses on financial planning related to current and future usage of cloud resources. Is it consistently reducing operating budgets?

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

“I really have to dive into how I implement new technology on a limited budget,” he said. For example, an automation could enter invoices into the accounting system rather than people typing them in by hand. It’s change management.” We’re exploring ways we can leverage robotic process automation,” he said.

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Grant Training Center

AUGUST 21, 2023

This skill is valued in many positions, especially those that involve data analysis, quality control, or project management. Project Management Abilities: Grant writing often entails creating project plans, budgets, and timelines. Financial Literacy: Grant writers often work on budget development and financial projections.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JUNE 27, 2016

." - Strathcona County Councillor Linton Delainey Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada, is leading the way in priority based business planning and budgeting. To date, Council and Administration have developed a strategic plan and completed a 4E (efficient, effective, equitable and economical) review of business plan and budget processes.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

That’s why thinking about the key types of tools to help you with your grant management work is so important. Managing multiple grant applications at once can be challenging for even seasoned nonprofit professionals. Grant Management Software. Accounting Tools. Internal Communication Tools . Custom workflow options.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

AUGUST 30, 2016

"The Toledo Chamber’s jointly funded venture with the City is the first of its kind public-private partnership in the world to bring Priority Based Budgeting into a community." At the Center for Priority Based Budgeting (CPBB) , we're constantly impressed and amazed at just how innovative local government communities can be.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This cost estimate would translate to a budget request, and when approved by the organization’s leadership, IT could turn a requisition into procurement. A contract—typically in the form of a purchase order—is issued, the equipment is ordered and shipped, and once the IT department confirmed receipt, the invoice is paid by accounts payable.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

Hilary Tam, AWS principal sustainability transformation lead, noted that IDC Europe, a leading research consultancy, identified that 62 percent of large EMEA organisations will spend at least 5 percent of their IT budgets on sustainability actions in 2025.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

What’s missing from current methods of managing flood risk? To understand how local governments can better manage flood risk, it is important to understand how this work is done at present. Solutions lie in community involvement The solutions to managing flooding effectively come in two aspects—human and technical.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A more flexible architectural approach to enable remote access In September 2019, the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released Memorandum M-19-26 , which replaced prior TIC-related memorandums and introduced TIC 3.0 Do you want to learn more and get hands-on experience with AWS Verified Access?

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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. AWS will review DTO fee waiver requests at the account level. Customers don’t need to close their accounts or change their relationship with AWS.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

This is a guest post by Shahirah Mahmood, PhD, director of data management, measurement, and outcomes at Easterseals, DC MD VA. We lacked a unified data management strategy, and our data lived in a mix of on-premises and cloud-based systems. Our program participants range in age from six weeks to 102 years old.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

For example, a recent directive from the US Government’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requires all US federal government agencies to transition to electronic records by June 30, 2024.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 25, 2024

LeMaster continues: “If someone clicks on the link, they may be directed to a phishing site and asked to provide credentials and multi-factor authentication (MFA) tokens, or surveillance-ware could be installed on their device, allowing attackers to access their government accounts or monitor device activity.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 31, 2023

They spend money on fundraising and overhead activities to secure individual donations, increase marketing, host fundraising events, and submit and manage grants. Yet these same foundations require hoop after hoop for nonprofits to jump through during the grant management process. An accounting of every penny is necessary.

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