AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 22, 2024

Cloud computing is pivotal to allow the federal government to gain operational efficiencies and drive innovation securely and cost efficiently. Access to AWS GovCloud (US) is restricted to US entities and root account holders who have successfully passed a thorough screening process. Deploy edge solutions using AWS MDC Figure 1.

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Introduction This white paper explores the philosophy and implementation strategy of the Federal Responsible and Secure Artificial Intelligence (AI) Sandbox, an initiative aimed at promoting responsible and secure AI practices within federal government agencies. Specific sectors have additional regulatory requirements.

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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. Government Accountability Office notes that its auditors have made 712 recommendations to federal agencies since 2010, 21% of which have not been implemented.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Summary Highly regulated enterprises and government agencies still maintain critical applications operating on legacy mainframe systems. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a 2023 report identifying critical federal IT legacy systems in need of modernization that were written in older languages, such as COBOL.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Reference architecture for implementing a modern application on AWS GovCloud (US). 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. To achieve low latency, use Amazon CloudFront in an AWS account in any commercial region.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

As Australia moves forward with its National framework for the assurance of artificial intelligence in government , Amazon Web Services (AWS) is committed to helping our customers implement AI solutions that align with Australia’s AI Ethics Principles.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 24, 2024

Enabling agencies to build and strengthen AI governance Robust governance is the foundation upon which responsible AI initiatives must be built. AWS offers a range of services and tools that can empower agencies to establish and operationalize AI governance practices.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Today, government IT teams find themselves navigating a labyrinth of security controls, compliance requirements, and risk management practices. As a result, by embracing a multi-cloud strategy, government agencies must also be prepared to address a series of operational and security challenges.

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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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Peak Proposals

APRIL 3, 2023

Because of concerns about malicious software, it’s safest to stick to templates from Microsoft or Google or downloaded from a government agency or well-known foundation. For example, regardless of project details, you may already know which staff members will be involved in implementing the project.

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Google Public Sector

MAY 19, 2022

of government website traffic being bad bots, according to research by cybersecurity firm Imperva 1. As cyber threats increase, government agencies need a way to safely let constituents access digital services. State governments have found success with using Google Cloud’s reCAPTCHA for cyber risk management.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Public safety agencies are deploying reliable and responsive applications for communication, resource allocation, and coordination—all essential in times of emergencies and disasters. Blueprints also helps you implement the relevant security controls needed to operate workloads from multiple teams in the same cluster.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

From government agencies to public health organisations, the need for robust data protection measures has never been more critical. Moreover, regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) mandate stringent data protection measures.

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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. Considering the highly sensitive nature of organizational cybersecurity data, security and trust were heavily prioritized in My eCISO’s design and implementation. million , and experts predict the threat to grow.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

By operationalizing advanced AI securely in classified environments, AWS enables government agencies to gain an asymmetric advantage in areas like intelligence analysis, decision-making, and operational efficiency for their most sensitive security missions. The NSM emphasizes the need for rapid AI adoption in national security.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 17, 2024

The Executive Order on Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery to Rebuild Trust in Government requires the design and delivery of services in a manner that people of all abilities can navigate. The executive order calls for the use of technology to modernize government and implement services.

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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

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The US Office of Management and Budget published M-21-31 , a memorandum for federal government agencies to define event logging requirements related to cybersecurity incidents. Logs from these services need to be enabled in all AWS Regions and accounts that are within scope. AWS Security Hub.

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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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Google Public Sector

JUNE 7, 2023

In times of challenge, like the pandemic, we saw agencies rapidly apply AI to critical digital services. For instance, New York State implemented Contact Center AI (CCAI) to modernize its call center operations and provide New Yorkers with real-time answers to their most common and pressing questions about vaccine safety and efficacy.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Four blockers to legacy IT exit Moving targets – Government agencies and private sector companies operating in highly regulated industries face regular legislative changes. Implementing these changes can impact their systems and lead to the accumulation of technical debt.

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GovLoop

MAY 28, 2024

PT to hear from a government CX expert about how to develop and implement an effective digital CX program. LLM, Deputy Chief Veterans Experience Officer, Veterans Experience Office How Agencies Can Protect Critical Data Data is every agency’s most valuable asset – and it needs to be protected as such. ET/1-1:30 p.m.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 3, 2023

First and foremost, Morton said, is recognizing that users experience their interactions with an agency very differently from the way those within the organization do. When there is a new program, insiders may focus on distributing implementation to separate groups with purview over the various pieces. The Obstacles.

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GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

AI offers government agencies unprecedented opportunities to enhance efficiency, improve decision-making and deliver better services to citizens. Best practices can help implement AI safely, securely and effectively. It’s also important to prioritize strong data governance and security.

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Government Technology Insider

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The mass adoption of cloud solutions by government agencies has improved cost management and service delivery but has brought with it some significant security challenges. Implementing Zero Trust has enabled NJJ to secure employees from anywhere, expand service capabilities, and build a more resilient security posture.

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

September 2024 Update Microsoft 365 Commercial + Azure Commercial FedRAMP in Azure The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services.

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Microsoft Public Sector

AUGUST 20, 2024

Support and Resources: Empowering Your Team We are committed to providing comprehensive support and training resources to ensure effective adoption of Copilot within government workforces. Your feedback and insights will be crucial in refining Copilot to meet the unique needs of the public sector.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 19, 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. Thus, customers may benefit from fine-tuning a language model on text completion in those domains.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 30, 2024

DHS highlighted UCMM in its “Integrated Strategy for High-Risk Management,” a biannual update to the Government Accountability Office. As a standard practice across government, agencies create a Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) to identify and track tasks needed to address an audit concern.

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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.

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Google Public Sector

APRIL 18, 2023

Harmful practices through the abuse of networked computational tools pose serious accountability challenges globally. Information pollution, like air pollution, challenges our information infrastructure and its utility and reliability. We know that people will continue to make more technological breakthroughs in the next 50 years.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A commissioned Forrester Total Economic Impact study indicates organizations can improve productivity and reduce costs by 50 percent by implementing AI into their document pipelines. Getting started in AI and ML for government agencies. Develop AI implementation guidelines that include transparency of algorithms used.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Before the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was implemented, purchasing insurance in the individual market proved challenging for those without employer-sponsored health benefits. There are more than nine million active accounts. This was particularly true in California, where more than 39 million people live.

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