AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Discover some of the key announcements related to K12 education : New features to power education data analytics. Many schools and education service agencies are looking for ways to securely share, store, analyze, and visualize data for a variety of use cases. New services to securely share, govern, and collaborate on data.

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Government Technology Insider

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Despite decades of effort, many large-scale societal challenges—ranging from poverty to educational inequality—are persistent and difficult to resolve. Fortunately, there are data-driven frameworks like Result-Based Accountability (RBA) that help government agencies find ways to mitigate these challenges within the communities they serve.

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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. Applications like our Scorecard solution are designed for that exact purpose.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 22, 2024

Enter Kokomo24/7 , a health and safety software education technology (EdTech) platform committed to creating safer schools and communities. Kokomo aims to combat the assumption that cutting-edge health and safety technology solutions for student wellness are too expensive or cumbersome for school districts to implement.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Education: Awareness is the first line of defense. This makes it much harder for cybercriminals to hack your accounts. Strong Passwords: Make sure your passwords are complex and unique for each account, and regularly changed. Using the same or similar password for multiple accounts makes you more susceptible to identity theft.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

These templates are deployed across AWS workload accounts, the security account (capture memory, artifacts), and the forensic account (investigate and analyze). Analyze – Securely snapshot and share the volumes associated with the Amazon EC2 instance for investigation in the forensic account.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

In this blog post we show how Pearson PLC , an AWS education technology (EdTech) customer, successfully implemented resilient architectures through chaos engineering using AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS). This required the implementation of safeguarding techniques, well-defined risk tolerance levels, and robust rollback mechanisms.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Some US federal agencies and those who collaborate with them must support an automated, secure, and scalable multi-account cloud environment that meets Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) and Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) standards. Customers that need to align with CMMC 2.0 For example, CMMC 2.0

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 3, 2024

Personalized learning is a pressing challenge in modern education due to the diverse learning needs of students and the limited resources available to educators. In this post, we explain how to implement a personalized, self-paced student companion that addresses the challenges of tailored learning support.

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Google Public Sector

JUNE 25, 2024

The White House is championing this transformation while emphasizing the need for transparency and accountability in how AI is leveraged. Accountability: Adherence to government standards and regulations. Security and privacy: Ensure robust data protection throughout the AI development and deployment lifecycle.

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iGrantWriters

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Educators seeking funding know that getting a grant funded is no easy feat and demands all hands on deck. An anticipated 3500 educators from over various districts will join him on October 20-21 st for the 2021 Education Grants Conference to learn how to win in their grant development efforts. At Walkerâ??s hidden gemsâ??

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The post also shows how these previous automation measures can be applied across accounts with AWS Organizations and AWS Control Tower. Doing so allows your organization to: Consistently implement security and compliance across different environments, Regions, and accounts, and reduce the risk of human error.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

TMF is a call for proposals to help federal agencies implement President Biden’s Executive Order on the safe, secure, and trustworthy development and use of AI in the federal government. Starting with education is paramount, followed by enabling capabilities that drive hands on keys experimentation.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

The fiscal cliff can lead to a range of negative outcomes that diminish community quality of life, strain household finances and stifle economic growth, including: Reduced services: Local governments may be forced to cut essential services, including public safety, education, transportation and social services.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This post will explore best practices for implementing GWLB to facilitate centralized traffic inspection for both east-west and north-south traffic flows. For customers preferring to use their firewalls for NAT capabilities, a two-arm architecture can be implemented. In this approach, traffic exits directly from the inspection VPC.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

One area where improvements can often be made is in education and training. A comprehensive education approach must also include the ‘why’ element – the specific risks to the organisation and its customers or service users if policies are not adhered to along with potential ramifications.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Education institutions, though, face slightly different decision-making contexts when evaluating which cloud provider to use to host these applications. The value of data and innovation Three of Educause’s 2023 Top 10 IT issues (“ #4: Smooth Sailing for the Student Experience” , ” #7. Moving from Data Insight to Data Action “, and ” #10.

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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. This joint venture highlights the transformative potential of tech partnerships in higher education.

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GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Best practices can help implement AI safely, securely and effectively. Implement robust data governance frameworks to ensure the ethical use of data and protect against breaches,” she said. Agencies must promote accountability, which means being open and honest.

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Google Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Even before 2020, the education market was rapidly leaning into digitalization. That trend exploded when the pandemic forced education online, requiring every part of the education process to be digitized. The digitization of education isn’t slowing down. This implementation of Moodle is 100% cloud-native.

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A Library Writer's Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Chapter submissions are welcome to be published in the forthcoming Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) in Faith-Based Higher Education Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (GLAMs) , an edited volume to be published by Litwin Books. Case studies, reflective essays, and creative contributions may be shorter.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

As well as the billions of pounds we spend each year on defensive technologies, the skills of people charged with implementing and managing those tools to protect us is something that is arguably even more critical in the defence against growing criminal and nation-state cyber capabilities. The reality is we are searching for unicorns.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

However, we recognize public sector work holds unique obligations around accountability, accuracy, and equitable outcomes that must guide any technology changes. This cost-free resource aims to support leaders as they grapple with implementation challenges.

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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. This is due to the flexibility and power of the natural language capabilities of the AI tool.

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 4, 2022

public sector entities—including federal, state, and local governments, and educational institutions—accelerate their digital transformations. In June, we announced the creation of Google Public Sector , a new Google division focusing on helping U.S.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Prioritizing accountability and explainability. Accountability provides the guiding policies, standards, and checklists that we need to enforce throughout the lifecycle of AI initiatives to stay ahead of regulatory standards. Embed within the culture.

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Grant Training Center

AUGUST 21, 2023

Even if the job itself is not directly related to grant writing, many of the skills you develop in writing and implementing grants strongly relate to superior job attributes. This financial literacy is relevant to jobs in finance, accounting, and budget management.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Cyber attacks are unfortunately becoming a common event in higher education. Based on the lessons learned from Hartnell College’s experience, higher education leaders can consider the following steps to better prevent and prepare against cyber events.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 11, 2023

As student enrollment begins to stabilize at colleges and universities, higher education leaders are focused on supporting equitable access to postsecondary education. Many leaders are turning to technology to address systemic barriers to education by making services more transparent, efficient, and simple for learners and staff.

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Partnership for Public Service

AUGUST 18, 2023

Our government is uniquely positioned to build a more just, multiracial democracy by designing and implementing services that meet the needs of diverse populations. As agencies implement equity initiatives, they must better articulate their vision of equity by embracing narratives of a shared societal fate and a government for all.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Amazon Web Services’ ( AWS) 12 th annual re:Invent conference offers a variety of events that educate attendees about cloud-related topics. There, she managed and directed day-to-day operations and formulated and implemented policies to achieve the department’s mission. She is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant in California.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Develop an implementation strategy – If your organization needs an implementation approach, consider a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE). Contact your account team if you are interested in learning more about a Working Backwards workshop. Consider the functionality required to manage tasks.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

A fictitious customer, the Example Educational Fund of AnyTown, supports schools in its area by organizing fundraising events and creating programs for students. For example, the legacy content that the Example Educational Fund of Anytown stored in Amazon S3 Glacier would automatically move to a high-throughput storage tier for analysis.

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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. 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. trillion for the global economy by 2025.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Moreover, regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) mandate stringent data protection measures. Education: Teachers and administrators can safeguard student information and exam materials, ensuring that confidential data remains secure.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

US state and local government and education customers can get in-person no-cost training, hands-on help, and more at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) State and Local Learning Days. AWS educational sessions for customers in state and local government and education. What will you find at AWS State and Local Learning Days?

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Death and Taxes

APRIL 17, 2023

Taxes are a necessary aspect of any modern society, as they provide the government with the resources needed to provide public goods and services such as infrastructure, healthcare, education, and security. Policymakers must consider the administrative and enforcement costs of implementing tax policies when designing the tax system.

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