AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Satellite communications (satcom) serve a wide range of industries such as telecommunications, broadcasting, military, aviation and maritime, and emergency services. It uses Amazon Forecast to build a time series predictor model for each satellite beam in the ship(s) path, accounting for the impact of weather conditions in a given location.

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Super Library Marketing

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This happened because we had a messy, unorganized internal communications strategy. If we were having problems getting information to staff about a fun event, we were really in trouble when it came to communicating the information they needed to do their work properly. And how do they want that information delivered?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 24, 2024

First responders need secure, uninterrupted communication to help them get oriented quickly and support complex coordination efforts. Wickr is an end-to-end encrypted messaging and collaboration service with features designed to help keep communications secure, private, and compliant.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 26, 2024

Victims received fake vaccinations and government handout offers to encourage them to hand over valuable financial information. Cybercriminals saw opportunities to exploit the digital nature of these services, enabling them to hack accounts and access the financial information of vulnerable individuals.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2024

In the US, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) regulates the processing, maintenance, and storage of protected health information. In this post, we present an architecture that uses the Wickr messaging solution for protected communication with a generative AI backend system.

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zencity

JULY 12, 2023

Social media has significantly changed the communication landscape, bringing government leaders closer to the people they serve and building trust between them. If you have an existing Instagram account, your username is reserved for you, but if you don’t, get on it sooner rather than later. Screenshots from city Threads accounts 4.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 15, 2024

Amazon Web Services ( AWS) Ground Station is a cloud-based service that provides you with an opportunity to perform communication sessions with your satellite without spending a fortune on your own ground station infrastructure. TLE consists of two lines of text with specific information about the satellite’s orbit.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Satellite operators are successfully using AWS Ground Station to communicate with their satellites without having to worry about buying, leasing, building, scaling, or managing their own satellite ground stations. Upon solution deployment, an AWS Lambda function retrieves the list of historic AWS Ground Station contacts for the account.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Protecting the privacy and security of this information when using generative AI can be a significant challenge. The major components are an AWS account, AWS IAM Identity Center, and Amazon Bedrock. Strict data governance protocols are typically required. The following diagram illustrates the solution architecture.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Misinformation is false or inaccurate information spread in error, regardless of intent. Malinformation is information based on fact but purposely taken out of context to mislead others. Fauci’s call-to-action to “flood the system with correct information.”

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Open Access Government - Technology News

APRIL 8, 2024

Among the documents shared online are rent statements, applications for council housing purchases, and identification documents such as passport information. This breach is a significant threat to the affected individuals, as their personal information is now exposed to opposing actors.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JULY 26, 2024

Writing applications, staying accountable to funders, and reporting on results are just a few of the planning tasks required. Your CRM can consolidate all grant-making efforts into one central location, allowing for streamlined collaboration and communication across your organization. Segmentation.

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Windows and Microsoft 365 IT admins in the public sector can now access essential information about known issues for Windows updates and related announcements in the Microsoft 365 admin center. For more information, see  Assign admin roles in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Navigate to  Health > Windows release health.

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zencity

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

One of the most common challenges shared with us by our local government partners is around communication efforts. First, the need to communicate effectively and compellingly. We are here to augment your communication efforts with a suite of new Zencity tools to make Comms work more efficient, effective, and impactful.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

East-west traffic describes communication within the cloud environment, such as between different applications or services in various subnets or VPCs. East-west traffic can also include communication between the AWS Cloud and on-premises data centers connected via AWS Direct Connect or other private connectivity solutions.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 16, 2024

The goal: to bring accountability and consistency to the performance management process, boosting morale and improving retention over the long term. By doing so, the HR team eliminated outdated spreadsheets and paper forms, encouraged ongoing communication, and leveraged automation to enhance efficiency. between 2021 and 2022.”

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Peak Proposals

JANUARY 10, 2021

Slab is a browser-based knowledge management tool that companies (and nonprofits and educational institutions) can use to create, organize, store, and share information. A Slab account is free for up to 10 users. Features Slab’s website highlights the tool’s capacity to create, organize, search, and integrate information.

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GovLoop

JUNE 30, 2023

There are a lot of points of entry now,” said Raghurama Pantula, Director of Information Security for Karsun Solutions, a modernization company that applies innovative approaches to help achieve agency missions. “So, Networks: Maintaining network segmentation while allowing authorized communication between components.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 12, 2023

In England and Wales, cyber-related fraud incidents accounted for 61% of all fraud cases last year. This information overload can cause individuals to operate on autopilot, leading to a lack of critical thinking and making them vulnerable to fraudsters’ frauds. trillion for the global economy by 2025.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Lisa Jammer, Director of People and Culture for the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR), recommends focusing on the following objectives. We have our introverts and extraverts, and you want to have communications mechanisms that work for both.”. Build Trust and Communication. Over-communicate. Jammer asked.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

All connected devices run network services, which communicate with other devices and online services. They often include weak points such as admin accounts with insecure passwords or come without multi-factor authentication enabled. User accounts are now required for multiple device access and internet- based services.

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GovLoop

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

An interview with Marty Sullivan, Director of the Arkansas Administrative Office of the Courts, and Tim Holthoff, Director of the Arkansas Court Information Systems Division Arkansas has long been a national leader in providing public access to court information.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Atlas One Austin, TX Atlas One is revolutionizing public safety communications by crowdsourcing anonymous tips, evidence, and information in local neighborhoods and communities, and automating time-consuming back-office tasks. R3 Score Technologies, Inc. Baltimore, MD R3 Score Technologies, Inc.

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Partnership for Public Service

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Let data drive decision-making Annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey results and our Best Places to Work in the Federal Government ® rankings offer agencies vital information on their workforce. This information is often hard to find, and employees don’t know where to turn if they have questions.

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Microsoft Public Sector

AUGUST 20, 2024

Potential use cases for Copilot for Microsoft 365 in the GCC High and DOD environments include: Enhanced Decision Making , where Copilot can analyze large volumes of data to provide actionable insights and recommendations, helping government agencies make more informed decisions.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Even accounting for inflation, stock market volatility, political turmoil, and post-pandemic “revenge” spending, the largest transfer of wealth in American history is taking place daily. But not including essential preparations for planned giving could turn a generous gift into an accounting and programming nightmare for a nonprofit.

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Partnership for Public Service

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

While bridging this alarming gap in trust and representation requires a comprehensive systemic approach, one effective strategy involves improving the ways in which federal agencies share information with the public, particularly by delivering relevant messages through appropriate channels.

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Microsoft Public Sector

AUGUST 20, 2024

Data Handling and Privacy: Copilot operates within your Microsoft 365 GCC tenant compliance boundary, ensuring that sensitive information remains protected and that all AI-driven processes are conducted securely. This is required to help protect US government sensitive information which should not leave the GCC compliance boundary.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 4, 2023

However, this poses significant problems with information sharing and data storage because microscopy slides are fragile, and the dye used to visualize the cell structure fades over time. Any urgent findings are communicated over the phone with the primary team doctors.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

AWS KMS helps us protect sensitive information by handling encryption for data at rest and in transit. Secure service mesh management with Istio – In our Kubernetes-based microservices architecture, Istio works alongside Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) to provide fine-grained control over service-to-service communication.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JANUARY 17, 2023

And we have added new artificial intelligence (AI)-supported capabilities that help automate tasks, find the information we need, and help us communicate in ways that are more accessible for everyone. 1 Following the phased pricing update, Office 365 G1 will also increase in March 2024 by 10% and in March 2025 by 5%.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

Carbyne APEX transitioned the call center from analog to a digital interface that is smartphone-friendly and allows operators to communicate with callers via live video. This provides accurate location information and rich data within the call handling platform itself.

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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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GovLoop

JULY 17, 2023

Many government agencies have come to rely on Twitter to get information out — especially time-dependent notices, from snow days and street closings to flood warnings and Amber alerts. Many have added links to their websites and other social media accounts to their Twitter profiles if they hadn’t already. They’re not all in one place.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 24, 2024

The Canadian government’s Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) program Beyond the Cloud trains people and upskills employees for essential roles such as cloud architects, engineers, and administrators. They develop online portals, mobile apps, and digital platforms to access government services and information.

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Social Pinpoint

JUNE 5, 2023

Community engagement facilitates meaningful interactions by giving community members a voice to support decision makers in making better informed decisions. Why is data protection and privacy important in community engagement? Is my data being protected?

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