AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

To make the most of your experience, mark your calendar for the following public sector sessions and activities. For a high-level overview of public sector sessions, see the Worldwide Public Sector Attendee Guide. Discover new ideas, build connections, and interact with cutting-edge technology.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 25, 2024

Doing so has supported my capabilities and success delivered on behalf of my public sector customers, who I’ve witnessed embracing the Leadership Principles. Upon completion of the six-month program, cloud SEs would re-join their home pre-sales teams to support public sector organizations, among others, on their cloud journey.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is excited to announce the release of a public-sector focused eBook on generative artificial intelligence (AI). However, we recognize public sector work holds unique obligations around accountability, accuracy, and equitable outcomes that must guide any technology changes.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

So how can public sector organizations help address this skills gap? Though women account for 60% of the government workforce, they aren’t well-represented within government IT. The same holds true for minorities— one in five Black professionals works in the public sector , yet less than 18 percent are in IT-related jobs. “I

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 21, 2022

It’s important that the technology and methods educators use to teach these important skills aren’t barriers to learning. The browser-based computational notebook tool, Jupyter , provides students and educators with an interactive learning environment to accelerate programming learning. for students as early as possible.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Compliance is essential, but ensuring compliance in the cloud with various regulations and standards can be challenging, especially for public sector organizations. The post also shows how these previous automation measures can be applied across accounts with AWS Organizations and AWS Control Tower.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 10, 2024

Solution overview: Associating multiple AWS accounts to publish and consume data from Amazon DataZone Most real-world workloads involve managing data from multiple sources, which can become complex very quickly without a way of cataloging the data. AWS Glue Data Catalog with metadata in the producer account.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2024

For our public sector pioneers, tailored sessions and activations will amplify your re:Invent experience, and this post will help you to start charting your personalized agenda today. Join this session to explore how cutting-edge artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) solutions are revolutionizing the public sector.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Our AWS Partner Transformation Program (PTP) is an important part of this commitment, offering comprehensive assessment, training, and enablement to help our public sector partners build successful and profitable AWS-based businesses.

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Microsoft Public Sector

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Microsoft 365 Government Adoption Resources Empowering US public sector organizations to transition to Microsoft 365 What’s New in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Ignite 2023 Teams Connect shared channels in GCCH & DoD - Work seamlessly and securely with those inside and outside your organization.

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 4, 2022

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

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

While physical security remains a critical focus, businesses and other public sector organizations are bolstering their security posture towards a less visible vulnerability: data and computer systems. Public sector organizations – such as government agencies and schools – are not exempt from these statistics.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 11, 2024

Leaders in education and state and local government know that technology is changing at a rapid pace. That’s the central theme of this year’s AWS IMAGINE conference for education, state, and local leaders presented by Amazon Web Services (AWS). There is no cost to attend; register now to secure your spot.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JUNE 20, 2023

Newsworthy Highlights How Microsoft 365 helps public sector organizations embrace generational diversity Empowering your workforce with modern productivity, collaboration, and security tools can help your agency embrace generational diversity and across four critical areas: recruitment, retention, productivity, and learning.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

At this year’s IMAGINE conference for education, state, and local leaders, three K12 technology leaders convened to answer the question: How can the cloud help innovative ideas scale and expand in K12 education? There were many variables to account for—language, culture, urban versus rural—as they approached potential new locations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 23, 2024

As a teacher with the KIPP charter school network in Houston, Texas, Dave Wakefield knew there had to be a better way for educators to gain insightful feedback on their instruction. In order to increase engagement and hands-on learning among students, for instance, many educators work to reduce their teacher talking time.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

McGraw Hill , an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner, is an education technology (EdTech) and publishing company that provides educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education to help millions of educators, learners, and professionals around the world achieve success.

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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. The EdTech credits its partnership with AWS for allowing it to rapidly scale while remaining affordable for K12 and higher education. Learn more by visiting the AWS Cloud for EdTech hub.

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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. Dave Levy , vice president of AWS worldwide public sector, is hosting the session, “ Empowering citizens through digital innovation ” on Monday, November 27, at 4:30 p.m. Louis University.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll take key announcements from re:Invent and apply them to relevant K12 education use cases. From generative artificial intelligence (AI) to cost optimization, AWS can support your school, district, or educational service agency and enhance both the classroom and administrative experience.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

How can public sector attendees prepare for re:Invent and make the most of their experience? With hundreds of session options, you can narrow down options to those most relevant for public sector organizations with industry-specific guides and tracks. Look for inspiration from public sector leaders and customers.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

By leveraging AWS to develop the next generation of GovTech technology, the startups aim to address justice and public safety challenges, such as increasing community engagement, deterring crime, and reducing recidivism. 911 call centers are facing unprecedented challenges, with high call volumes, legacy technology, and short staffing.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

However, some public sector organizations are challenged by procurement. To help demystify the cloud procurement process, here are answers to three questions public sector procurement officials frequently ask about buying cloud. How are cloud solutions different than legacy technology? With cloud, the model is different.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

However, in my experience as a former chief financial officer (CFO) in higher education , financial planning for cloud computing is often not attended to with as much diligence. Frameworks for financial planning in higher education AWS offers two rich frameworks for this kind of financial planning.

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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. How common are security breaches in government?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In fact, the United Nations (UN) estimates that the built environment accounts for about 40% of global energy use and about 30% of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. Read more about AWS for startups in the public sector : AWS announces the 10 startups selected for the 2022 AWS Healthcare Accelerator focused on health equity.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

With an IT staff of four, the Library District completed a successful migration in six months with help from their AWS account team. Before contacting any cloud service providers, the Library District looked for other public libraries who had migrated their ILS to the cloud to ask questions about their experience and migration outcomes.

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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 20, 2022

The Working Backwards process is gaining traction among outcome-focused public sector organizations tackling problems ranging from gun violence to cyclist and pedestrian road safety. Building solutions through public and private sector collaboration. Building a culture of innovation to better serve citizens.

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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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

And the team was impressed with the work AWS has done with other education technology (EdTech) companies, such as Metis and Gaggle. The app’s other purpose is to provide educators access to individual students’ “mental health report cards,” which are based on their activity and responses in the app. We’re excited to deliver it.”

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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. How to check Windows release health information Go to the  Microsoft 365 admin center  and sign in with an admin account.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

And do we need more education within teams? The creation of the National Cyber Force in 2020 and the release of the National Cyber Strategy 2022 represented both a significant step up in our offensive cyber capability and a renewed focus on supporting the public sector’s defensive cyber capabilities.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

We rarely go for long without hearing of an information security breach or cyber-attack to which a public sector body or local council has fallen prey despite significant ongoing efforts and resource deployment to prevent them. One area where improvements can often be made is in education and training.

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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. Watch the fifth episode of the AWS Behind the Cloud vodcast to learn more about how generative AI is influencing the global education space.

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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). Afterwards, the Pearson team uses CloudWatch to check the performance of the application during the experiment.

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