Center for Community Progress

JANUARY 6, 2025

According to the National Land Bank Networks 2023 State of Land Banking Survey, vacant lots account for 86 percent of all land bank properties and half of all survey respondents listed vacant land stewardship as one of their top priorities. Traditional land conservancies work to permanently conserve natural landscapes and working lands.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

This post outlines how AWS tools and services can support government agencies in adhering to Australia’s AI Ethics Principles when developing AI and machine learning (ML) solutions. The post includes a focus on implementation to help Australian governments responsibly innovate whilst maintaining cloud-based agility.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Containers also facilitate rapid development and deployment of services, allowing organizations to roll out new applications and updates quickly. Customers are also adopting Kubernetes as a platform strategy and creating internal developer platforms (IDPs) to empower application teams to self-serve infrastructure provisioning requests.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Public sector organizations – such as government agencies and schools – are not exempt from these statistics. In the meantime, the San Diego cyber community will continue to shape My eCISO through the collective development of guidelines. These incidences are estimated to cost businesses worldwide an average of $4.88

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

With microservices architecture, developers build an application with independent components that run each application process as a service. The static content of the SPA is hosted in an Amazon Simple Storage Service ( Amazon S3 ) bucket in an AWS account in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. Access to an AWS account in US-East-1.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

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. Four blockers to legacy IT exit Moving targets – Government agencies and private sector companies operating in highly regulated industries face regular legislative changes.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

The success of this project has aided in the development of new opportunities for MVD as it continues innovating and enhancing services to better serve the people of Arizona. Kyndryl, which has more than 24 years of experience as a managed service provider for ADOT, developed a solution to address the agency’s needs.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

PT to hear from government and industry leaders as we discuss the workforce trends you need to know as we head into 2025. PT to hear from government and industry leaders about what agencies can do to thwart ransomware and other cybersecurity threats. You’ll hear from: Jennifer R. Join us online on Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 2 p.m.

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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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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 12, 2023

Artificial intelligence can be a game-changer in the mission of modernizing urban development, especially when it comes to transportation infrastructure Planning and maintaining communities in the modern world is as simple as threading a needle with an elephant. A restaurant opens while a shopping mall shutters its doors.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 9, 2024

Introduction Government agencies are increasingly using large language models (LLMs) powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI) to extract valuable insights from their data in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud (US) Regions. Access to the Amazon EC2 G4dn.12xlarge 12xlarge instance type, containing 4 Nvidia T4 GPUs.

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Government Technology Insider

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Aside from those high priorities, every agency should consider upgrading its technology. As of May 2023, the legacy systems at the Department of Transportation and the Office of Personnel Management were languishing in antiquity, with no modernization plans developed. You want a vendor who wont just sell you the solution and walk away.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

By using LLMs through Amazon Bedrock, government agencies can significantly reduce processing times, improve accuracy in application assessment, and allocate human resources more effectively, transforming their document processing workflows. The following screenshot shows the Upload documents page of the developed demo.

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Peak Proposals

JUNE 1, 2023

Before we discuss each tool, we want to give a quick overview of what a reference manager is and why you may want to add one to your proposal development toolbox. Scholarly journals, publishing houses, online news sites, and even government agencies use specific styles for referencing information. What Is a Reference Manager?

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Google Public Sector is committed to helping advance the missions of education and government agencies through cloud technology in a secure and responsible way. We recently launched a Google Public Sector partner demo portal, which makes it easy for our partners to share and present Google Public Sector solutions to customers.

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Google Public Sector

JANUARY 18, 2024

Elevate your brand visibility : Establish your organization as a trusted leader in delivering cutting-edge technology solutions for government agencies. After creating a free account, you'll find a gateway to a series of knowledge and practical tools. There are thirty-two GTM kits currently available to partners.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 9, 2024

While the new CMS policy is a positive step toward breaking the recidivism cycle, implementation is not straightforward—especially given compliance issues and the siloed nature of both government agencies and recordkeeping. This coordination reduces the likelihood of relapse and hospitalization.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Getting started in AI and ML for government agencies. As tax agencies embark on their intelligent automation journey, they may want to consider taking a small step first. Develop AI implementation guidelines that include transparency of algorithms used. How nonprofits can automate tax-exempt status across AWS accounts.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 30, 2024

With that in mind, DHS developed the Unified Cybersecurity Maturity Model (UCMM), a framework that “allows us to tie the investment dollars to the cybersecurity of a [high-priority] program and its component systems,” Baidwan said. The agency also uses the model to track and report on the outcomes of those investments.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 24, 2023

Each year, US federal, state, and local government agencies spend a significant part of their budgets on various social and safety net programs. Amazon A2I brings human review to all developers, removing the undifferentiated heavy lifting associated with building human review systems or managing large numbers of human reviewers.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

Since joining the AWS TBSB program, Hunter Strategy has won contracts with two large federal agencies. Through these contracts, Hunter Strategy is delivering agile application development services and cloud security services.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 27, 2024

City and county governments are often key buyers of landscape equipment and supplies, says Keith McGinty , director of bids and government accounts at SiteOne Landscape Supply , a firm that sells soil maintenance products, irrigation, lighting, nursery products, tools, equipment, safety items and hardscapes in addition to landscape supplies.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

Georgia DHS developed an iterative cloud strategy that would allow them to think big, start small, and scale fast. Tactically, the Georgia DHS established a multi-account landing zone (MALZ) environment for cloud management, the security guardrails required for DHS, and a change management plan.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Arts and retail focused community development corporations. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the Playhouse Square Development Corporation, and Jubilee Housing of Baltimore (focused on live work housing) are particularly good examples. Transit focused community development corporations. Transit and real estate appreciation.

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GovLoop

JUNE 30, 2023

But legacy hardware and software, which abound in government agencies, can create a barrier to implementing zero trust. A service mesh approach, by performing tasks abstracted from existing applications, allows agencies to implement the principles of zero trust across the enterprise.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

How can we use real-time data platforms to improve the cybersecurity skills gap crisis in government and the public sector? There is a crisis in cybersecurity skills , and the public sector, including government agencies, will be feeling the cumulative impact this year.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

His role as Enterprise Sales Representative for the UK and Ireland means he is responsible for selling into large accounts. Government agencies. For your sign-in to cloud applications, you would sign in with your On Prem Active Directory account and receive a SAML token via your On Prem Federation Service, such as ADFS.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

IT professionals develop a list of needed equipment and get a cost estimate for that equipment. 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. With cloud, the model is different. Vendor Insights.

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Government Technology Insider

OCTOBER 22, 2024

I also introduced a revolutionary framework called Results-Based Accountability (RBA), which offers organizations a practical roadmap to improve societal outcomes by aligning their efforts with shared results and specific, data-driven indicators. For any of this to be possible, measurement is essential.

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GovLoop

APRIL 22, 2024

Cobol is Still in Play Some government agencies still run programs based on COBOL, a programming language dating to the 1950s. Agencies Can’t Adapt to Change Many legacy systems were developed with the theory that basic operation requirements would not change dramatically.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

For example, citizens want to report issues to their local governments in a fast and simple manner and not have to worry about identifying the right government agency or phone number—for instance, if a fire hydrant is broken, or a road sign has fallen over. Deploy the SAM template to your account. Prerequisites.

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GovLoop

MAY 25, 2023

As Fortune points out, these shortages are good news for cyber wages — and bad news for government agencies competing for talent. Beginning in September 2023, software vendors must attest that they are using secure development practices identified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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Google Public Sector

APRIL 18, 2023

Recognizing its potential, the Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) funded the earliest versions of the network establishing TCP/IP on ARPANET and the Defense Data Network. This paved the way for the development of the Internet as we know it.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 31, 2023

Neurodivergent individuals could be part of the untapped talent pool that meets the demand for cyber, machine learning, artificial intelligence and other skills that government leaders agree are hard to find — and even harder to retain. Federal, state and local government agencies concur that recruiting talent has changed with the pandemic.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 31, 2024

AI and ML empower transportation agencies to extract valuable insights from their raw data collected using IoT devices like sensors and cameras, enhancing the quality of services. Upload the dataset to the S3 bucket in your AWS account and enable access to the bucket for SageMaker Canvas. Choose Create.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

For example, an EU member state government agency might choose not to share portions of a data asset with other member states, but they would want to share it in full with local agencies within their own member state. Different initiatives for data spaces connectors components are developing, some of them open source.

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