AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

Many organizations within state and local government (SLG) and education must build digital environments and services that meet a variety of dynamic security and compliance considerations, such as StateRAMP and Federal Information Security Management Act ( FISMA ). Customers can logically group accounts together in OU.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 28, 2025

Government agencies handle vast volumes of bureaucratic documents daily, ranging from tax forms to medical records. By integrating human review into the artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) workflow, government agencies maintain quality control.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

MARCH 11, 2025

The federal government reported an estimated $162 billion in payment errorsor improper paymentsduring fiscal year 2024. This marks a steep decline from the prior year$236 billion in FY 2023. This decline was largely due to the termination of or.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The report notes that major incidents in which attackers used stolen valid account credentials were associated with more complex response measures by defenders, at a rate 190% greater than for…

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

MARCH 11, 2025

It is not only government that responds to disasters and the needs of disaster survivors and victims. The Disaster Accountability Project was created to help coordinate nongovernmental organizational efforts. It is not only government that responds to disasters and the needs of disaster survivors and victims. Haiti and Nepal.

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Partnership for Public Service

MARCH 18, 2025

For government to perform at its best, members of the SES should beheld accountable for managing healthy, high-performing agencies and recruit, retain and developtop talent through improved hiring and leadership development. The government should also do more to grow its own talent and continually develop current executives.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

MARCH 26, 2024

The federal government reported an estimated $236 billion in “improper payments” during the most recently completed fiscal year (FY 2023). Such payments are essentially payment errors that can be the result of many things—include overpayments.

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State Tech Magazine

JULY 13, 2023

Agencies are beginning their journey to the cloud,” Foster says, “so we’re looking at our overall data protection strategy to account for that. “It’s bread-and-butter IT,” says DCS Executive Director James Foster. But we’ll be in a hybrid state for quite some time.” In state IT, there are few things less sexy…

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

StateRAMP is organized as a 501c(6) nonprofit and is governed by a board of directors. StateRAMP Ready statuses do not expire, and cloud service providers (CSPs) do not have to have a contract with governments to receive a Ready or Authorized status. How is StateRAMP different than FedRAMP?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 10, 2025

It enables government agencies, educational institutions, and healthcare providers to modernize their IT infrastructure while adhering to strict data sovereignty, security, and compliance requirements. Outposts already provides robust capabilities for resource sharing in multi-account environments.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Today, we issue a new revision of the Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards , also known as the “Yellow Book,” which supersedes the 2018 revision of the standards. Attention auditors! The Yellow Book is the book of standards and guidance.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

CentralSquare is a government technology ( GovTech ) company and AWS Partner that provides mission-critical software to more than 8,000 local public service organizations across North America. Using AWS Landing Zones, CentralSquare can quickly set up unique, secure, multi-account environments for their customers, based on AWS best practices.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

JUNE 20, 2024

The federal government is our nation’s largest employer with more than 2 million workers. Equal opportunity laws and regulations are meant to ensure workplaces are free from discrimination. But investigations by analysts here at GAO and Office of.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 24, 2024

Governments encourage public sector organizations, businesses, and citizens to embrace digital technologies and practices through a range of incentives. As an Amazon Web Services (AWS) government transformation advisor, I’ve observed best practices that deliver success, and in this post, I summarize them.

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Government Technology Insider

MARCH 18, 2025

In the federal governments continued efforts to curb waste, fraud, and abuse, a key focus remains on maximizing efficiency at the same time cutting costs. For decades, governments have relied heavily on paper-based systems for tasks ranging from record-keeping to correspondence.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Users often take matters into their own hands by using the same passwords at work that they use for their personal accounts — which may or may not be compromised — or by falling back on simple, easy-to-remember phrases and numerical combinations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Healthcare institutions have the opportunity to accelerate their move to the cloud, but first they need more clarity in how to manage healthcare data governance securely and in compliance with all regulations. To make good governance decisions, health policymakers need to ask the question, “What are we trying to achieve?”

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Governments worldwide dedicate a significant portion of their IT budget to maintaining legacy technology systems. This can pose security and operational continuity challenges and governments seek to address this challenge. For example, the cost to the UK government of maintaining legacy IT is estimated to be around 50 percent (or £2.3

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Despite the rapid growth of software marketplace usage in recent years, some state and local government (SLG) purchasers are holding back. SLG agencies can set up an AWS account through their reseller so their purchase order and invoicing process works as usual.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

MARCH 13, 2025

When you take money out or put money into your bank account, your account balance adjusts accordingly. For the federal government, the U.S. General Fund performs a similar functiontracking cash activity for all federal entities. Balancing Americas.

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2025

The Government Accountability Office reported that 20 of 23 agencies surveyed have about 1,200 current and planned AI cases specific challenges or opportunities that AI may solve. Federal civilian agencies understand that artificial intelligence will be increasingly useful in streamlining and automating complex workloads.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

The pandemic also accelerated government agencies’ adoption of new technologies to support team collaboration and more flexible work environments, including chat, video conferencing, and document sharing. Why consumer apps fall short Why do some agency users continue to rely on unsecure messaging apps?

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State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The New York Office of IT Services is in the second phase of implementing NY.gov ID+, a single, verified login across state government to simplify how residents access services. Phase two of the one-ID plan involves consolidating existing duplicate accounts, an optional process for users with select applications initially.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

JANUARY 22, 2025

Whether youre sending an email, paying a bill online, or logging in to a credit card or bank accountwebsites and many more systems rely on cryptography to keep your information safe. But emerging quantum computer technologies could allow.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

JULY 11, 2024

GAO’s role as a watchdog agency means we are always looking for ways to improve government programs and operations, and save taxpayers money. We make recommendations to federal agencies and sometimes to Congress on actions they can take to make.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 18, 2025

The Centre for Digital Public Infrastructure (CDPI) defines DPI as: A set of technology building blocks powered by interoperable open standards or specifications operated under a set of enabling rules with open, transparent, and participatory governance to drive innovation, inclusion, and competition at scale. No CIDR 10.20.0.0/16

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The MDC deployment process consists of six stages: Order submission Site assessment validation and site preparation Order approval Delivery Installation and commissioning Government security accreditation Figure 1. After you submit the form, we will contact the primary account owner within two business days.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

After consulting with their AWS account team, IT, and business stakeholders, the COO approves the following expected business outcomes after the implementation of the new generative AI solution. Given their limited qualified workforce, examiners can only thoroughly review a small percentage of documentation.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

GAO audits federal programs and spending to ensure that taxpayer dollars are protected and that programs operate effectively and efficiently. While we share our findings with Congress and the public through hundreds of reports and testimonies issued.

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

If there was ever any doubt that agencies are prime targets for cyberattacks, a June 2024 Government Accountability Office report certainly sets the record straight. Urgent Action Needed,” the GAO’s dispatch to Congress begins. Risks to our nation’s essential technology systems are increasing.”

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 6, 2025

In an increasingly digital world, governments and public sector entities are seeking secure and efficient ways to use cloud technologies. A landing zone is a well-architected, multi-account AWS environment that is scalable and secure. A landing zone provides the central architecture and guardrails in a foundational cloud environment.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

MARCH 7, 2023

Current and retired federal employees have recently reported widespread problems accessing their retirement savings and account information through the federal retirement system known as the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). Congress asked GAO to examine.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

AUGUST 1, 2023

Millions of teachers and non-profit workers save for retirement using 403(b) retirement accounts. But these accounts can sometimes be subject to excessive fees and limited oversight that could impact the amount retirees ultimately receive.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A landing zone is a well-architected, multi-account AWS environment that is scalable and secure. Using LZA on AWS, customers with highly-regulated workloads and complex compliance requirements can better manage and govern their multi-account environment. What is a landing zone?

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Government Technology Insider

JANUARY 23, 2025

Over the past decade, the role of IT in government operations has evolved significantly and public sector IT distribution has adapted to meet these new demands and complexities. In the latest episode of the Government Technology Insider Podcast , host Lucas Hunsicker sat down with former public sector CEO, Art Richer.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

Steps for manual set up of a landing zone on AWS A landing zone is an AWS solution that enables organizations to set up a secure and scalable multi-account AWS environment. Prepare your AWS accounts – Prepare your AWS accounts by creating the necessary accounts and configuring the required settings.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In this post, I would like to share how two AWS Partners, Ness and CloudThat , used the Generative AI TTM to drive innovation and accelerate their generative AI journeys, benefiting government agencies and education customers. I hope these examples provide you with inspiration as you plan your generative AI roadmap.

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