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Spend Control 2.0: Moving Beyond Requisitions for Modern Financial Management

OpenGov

Public sector leaders are no strangers to financial scrutiny. Every dollar spent must be accounted for, justified, and optimized for maximum impact. Moving Beyond Requisitions for Modern Financial Management appeared first on OpenGov.

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University of British Columbia Cloud Innovation Centre: Governing an innovation hub using AWS management services

AWS Public Sector Blog

The Centre’s work has involved 300-plus AWS accounts across various groups, including external collaborators, UBC staff, students, and researchers. High-level technical solution AWS recommends using AWS Control Tower as a foundational landing zone for managing multi-account environments with prescriptive controls.

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4 steps EdTechs can take to grow their profitability on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

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. The following framework demonstrates how EdTechs can improve their understanding of cost and profit drivers.

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Best practices for project management in the AWS Cloud

AWS Public Sector Blog

Contact your account team if you are interested in learning more about a Working Backwards workshop. Select the right project management tools With a governance strategy, requirements, and a project plan in place, the next step is deciding the tools that aid the project’s success. Learn more about cloud financial management with AWS.

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Creating Accountability Around Cloud Spend

GovLoop

Cloud FinOps is a financial management discipline that creates accountability around cloud usage to help your agency successfully budget for this tech.

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Meet the featured customer speakers for the Worldwide Public Sector Innovation Talk at re:Invent 2023

AWS Public Sector Blog

Karen Johnson provides executive leadership for Administrative Services, Financial Management, and Information Technology at Covered California. Johnson holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting from St. She is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant in California.

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How to optimize costs for grant-based research projects with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Cost Explorer is a data visualization tool that helps customers understand and manage costs and usage for accounts across Regions, services, and utilization types. To learn more about cost optimization methods and opportunities, visit AWS Cost Management. To learn more about AWS Cloud Economics , contact your AWS Account Team.