AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Instead of each entity performing their own assessment, the state can leverage a single authorization to operate (ATO). The impact level is based on National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-60r1 , which outlines how to map information and information systems to various security categories.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Bamboo Health operates one of the nation’s most powerful care collaboration networks, providing Real-Time Care Intelligence to enable seamless care coordination, leading to higher quality and cost-effective whole person healthcare.​ For more information, read the whitepaper Blue/Green Deployments on AWS.

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The CIO Council

JUNE 9, 2022

Data enables an enterprise view, provides better insights to agencies’ modernization journeys, and optimizes strategic investment decisions through the Information Technology Oversight and Reform (ITOR) account, Technology Modernization Fund (TMF), and Federal Citizen Services Fund (FCSF). We take this responsibility seriously.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We also define the roles and responsibilities between Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the customer to provide clarity for successful deployment, improve operational availability, and enhance security posture. The following sections provide detailed information on each stage, helping you understand the deployment process and prepare effectively.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

Log aggregation strategies You can send logs to CLAW from each individual AWS account or a central log aggregation point. If you are currently using a solution like AWS Control Tower , your log data for services like AWS CloudTrail or Amazon GuardDuty are already being sent to the log archive account, as shown in Figure 1.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 8, 2024

The NHS software provider Advanced Computer Software Group is facing a substantial fine of £6 million following a cyber attack in August 2022 The breach compromised the personal data of nearly 83,000 individuals, including sensitive medical records, prompting an investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

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Microsoft Public Sector

MARCH 5, 2024

In the first blog of this series, we looked at the System and Information Integrity family of requirements (3.14) in the draft of NIST 800-171r3, which covers flaw remediation, malicious code protection, security alerts via advisories and directives, and system monitoring. Account Management It is obviously a great starting point to “a.

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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. For more information, see  Assign admin roles in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Navigate to  Health > Windows release health.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Transparency and accountability are crucial to maintaining public trust and require clear policies on surveillance use and data access.” Cunningham adds that proper training for system operators “must cover not only system operation but also legal and ethical considerations.”

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 30, 2024

By utilizing the LZA and CID together, you can streamline the deployment process, ensure compliance with best practices, and gain valuable insights into your cloud environment, ultimately leading to improved operational efficiency, enhanced security, and better-informed decision-making. An architectural diagram of the LZA.

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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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Partnership for Public Service

JUNE 5, 2024

Federal communicators play a vital role in delivering accurate and meaningful information to the public, stakeholders and decision-makers. I took part in the Partnership’s data literacy training, “Insightful Governance: Data Literacy for Government Leaders, ” and I found it to be informative and useful.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

This targeted approach offers clearer accountability, enhanced transparency, simplified risk assessment, and focused testing procedures. Privacy by design ensures that good privacy practices are built into your information systems, business processes, products, and services.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2024

In the US, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) regulates the processing, maintenance, and storage of protected health information. NETCCN delivers remote clinical expertise to the point of need during disasters and on the Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) battlefield.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

In addition to the IT team, health and human services subject matter experts, the Amazon Managed Services team, and the AWS account team helped the department with EPS design and deployment in the AWS Cloud. As a compliment to AWS Organizations, a landing zone is a well-architected, multi-account AWS environment that is scalable and secure.

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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. The AWS GovCloud (US-East) and (US-West) Regions are operated exclusively by US citizens who work within US territory.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Without robust policies helping to enforce, guide and limit the use of p-cards with clear consequences for violation, localities cannot hold individuals accountable and safeguard taxpayer dollars from potential inappropriate use. Are these controls being performed and operating as intended to detect or prevent the risk?

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Microsoft Public Sector

AUGUST 20, 2024

Data Handling and Privacy: Copilot operates within your Microsoft 365 GCC tenant compliance boundary, ensuring that sensitive information remains protected and that all AI-driven processes are conducted securely. This is required to help protect US government sensitive information which should not leave the GCC compliance boundary.

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GovLoop

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Data resilience is critical to smooth operations at your agency. With this information, agencies will be able to choose the best solutions that map to those criteria and apply the right policies.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

As government organizations transition to Amazon Web Services (AWS), they often seek to maintain operational continuity by using their existing on-premises firewall solutions. It’s important to note that GWLB operates as a bump-in-the-wire solution, meaning it transparently intercepts and forwards traffic without acting as a proxy.

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iGrantWriters

JUNE 27, 2023

Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Additional Information on Eligibility: Public and private agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals are invited to apply. The research will also support the U.S.

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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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Peak Proposals

JANUARY 10, 2021

million nonprofits in the United States alone, and the largest nonprofits, those operating at the national or international level, are similar in structure to large for-profit companies. A Slab account is free for up to 10 users. There are more than 1.5 What kinds of software solutions do nonprofits need? Business ($12.50 user/mo.),

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

The Government Lens is a collection of customer-proven design principles, scenarios, and technology agnostic best practices designed to encourage the unique context and requirements of governments globally to be considered when designing, building, and operating government workloads on AWS.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 25, 2024

He adds that cyber mischief today can be lethal very quickly to government IT operations: “These modern kill chain attacks are quick and highly effective, accelerating the timeline for ransomware and other cyberattacks from months to minutes.” He notes that a ransomware attack on local government can often be overlooked.

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The City Fix

JULY 19, 2023

The minibus taxi (MBT) industry is the backbone of South Africa’s public transportation system with a fleet of approximately 250,000 vehicles, operated by thousands of providers, employing some 600,000 drivers. MBTs account for 80% of all journeys taken by taxi.

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Microsoft Public Sector

MAY 31, 2024

As a business leader, you know the value of having access to the right information at the right time. Azure Cognitive Search is a cloud search service that can index, understand, and retrieve the right information across your enterprise content. by bringing systems online to improve efficiency and operational performance.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 24, 2024

Airports are mini cities that at any one time serve and support thousands of people who need services to keep them informed, comfortable, and safe. Data integration tools will lead to smarter planning The first step is to join up MAG systems and integrate data silos on-the-day operations to optimize staff planning.

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GovLoop

MARCH 22, 2023

Intelligent data management helps organizations enhance their public-facing services, while improving their backend operations, Breakiron said. And directly associated, Breakiron said, is accessibility, knowing how the agency organizes and uses its information, and what the data’s condition is. “We

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

While this connectivity enables business operations from anywhere, this increased use of connected platforms presents increased risks. They often include weak points such as admin accounts with insecure passwords or come without multi-factor authentication enabled. All user accounts should be protected with multi-factor authentication.

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AccessE11

JANUARY 17, 2024

This shift not only enhances the accuracy of your choices but also makes the decision-making process more transparent and accountable. Essentially, utilizing data empowers municipalities to make informed, strategic decisions that are responsive to actual community needs and conditions.

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

For more information on how Microsoft 365 ensures trustworthy AI, please visit Microsoft 365 - How Microsoft 365 Delivers Trustworthy AI. This is required to help protect US government sensitive information which should not leave the GCC compliance boundary. an individual has access to.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Atlas One Austin, TX Atlas One is revolutionizing public safety communications by crowdsourcing anonymous tips, evidence, and information in local neighborhoods and communities, and automating time-consuming back-office tasks. eHawk Lees Summit, MO eHawk is a criminal justice technology company driven by its innovative RePath platform.

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Azure Commercial and Azure Government each have a Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO/PA) from the FedRAMP Program Management Office (PMO). For more information, please see the section below FedRAMP in GCC. Controlled Unclassified Information). The PMO is the primary governance and decision-making body for FedRAMP.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 25, 2024

The DWP aims to capitalise on generative AI’s capacity to revolutionise operations and unlock unforeseen opportunities. DWP and AI Earlier uses of AI within the DWP have centred on enhancing operational efficiency, such as detecting fraud in Universal Credit claims.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Karen Johnson provides executive leadership for Administrative Services, Financial Management, and Information Technology at Covered California. There, she managed and directed day-to-day operations and formulated and implemented policies to achieve the department’s mission. Louis University.

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GovLoop

MAY 25, 2023

In February 2023, for example, the Defense Department’s inspector general found that “DoD personnel are downloading mobile applications to their DoD mobile devices that could pose operational and cybersecurity risks to DoD information and information systems.” But recent media reports suggest the deadline might be elusive.

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