American City & Country

OCTOBER 25, 2024

No question, more local governments are facing cyber threats in 2024, says Tim LeMaster, vice president, worldwide systems engineering at Lookout. Using these credentials, criminals can gain access and move laterally across state and local networks, allowing them maximum control to steal data or deploy ransomware.”

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Government Technology Insider

JANUARY 4, 2023

While all levels of government – federal, state, and local – are affected, local government agencies are often the hardest hit due to a lack of staffing and resources for robust cyber defenses. That’s not really what it is; this is about putting together a team.”.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

By most accounts, the need for affordable housing across North Carolina is massive. What can local governments do to address the need for more affordable housing ? What can local governments do to address the need for more affordable housing ? How can limited local government funds be leveraged to maximum effect?

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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). StateRAMP is organized as a 501c(6) nonprofit and is governed by a board of directors. StateRAMP assumes that state and local government data will likely be at the Moderate impact level.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

With this solution, customers with highly-regulated workloads and complex compliance requirements can better manage and govern their multi-account environment. This will help organisations think about the organisational change and operating model needed to be successful in the cloud. eventType !

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Government Technology Insider

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Fortunately, there are data-driven frameworks like Result-Based Accountability (RBA) that help government agencies find ways to mitigate these challenges within the communities they serve. But why is this an issue, and why do so many well-intentioned government agencies fail to see the impact they strive for?

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

As a result, by embracing a multi-cloud strategy, government agencies must also be prepared to address a series of operational and security challenges. A major challenge: Managing workload identity Securing multi-cloud applications for state and local government entities presents a major challenge: managing workload identity.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 24, 2024

This post highlights how Amazon Web Services (AWS) secure communication service AWS Wickr integrates with the Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK) to enhance the efficiency of emergency response with a user-friendly, map-based solution that expands the common operating picture and strengthens cross-team collaboration.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Don’t miss the augmented reality demo Operation Global Guardian. Don’t miss out – consult your AWS account representative for the can’t-miss meetup opportunities to expand your circle. With hundreds of breakouts dedicated to the public sector, there is something for everyone.

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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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AccessE11

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A survey by the Center for Digital Government involving 169 local government leaders highlights this trend, revealing a substantial 51% increase in constituent participation due to the implementation of digital tools for citizen engagement.

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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

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Courts and other public safety organizations are being targeted by a rising number of cyber events,” said Kim Majerus, vice president of global education and US state and local government at AWS. The AWS GovTech Accelerator was created to support the development of technologies that can address these challenges.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

A fiscal cliff, a term that underscores the urgency and potential abruptness of the financial crisis, occurs when local governments experience a sudden and severe economic downturn due to declining revenues and increasing expenditures. Recent economic shifts have intensified these issues. What is a fiscal cliff?

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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. Smaller cities often operate with limited budgets and manpower, which can hinder the adoption of advanced data collection and analysis technologies.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Save costs and improve operations, efficiency, and resiliency CalHEERS is a complex solution. There are more than nine million active accounts. The original on-premises system was designed for peak usage, which meant that for most of the year, it ate up unnecessary operational costs. It also provides increased resiliency.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

Develop network segmentation policies and controls The first TSA recommended action is “Develop network segmentation policies and controls to ensure that operational technology systems can continue to safely operate in the event that an information technology system has been compromised, and vice versa.”

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Operational excellence and monitoring To maintain high operational standards, we rely heavily on Amazon CloudWatch and AWS Lambda. Amazon Aurora is used for high-performance transactional workloads, fostering fast and reliable database operations. EKS enables us to run microservices-based architectures with high availability.

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AccessE11

JANUARY 2, 2024

As we begin our new year, we can reflect on the important moments in the municipal government space with our municipal year in review. The world of local government is constantly changing. The most significant development in city governments is the application of generative AI.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

US state and local government and education customers can get in-person no-cost training, hands-on help, and more at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) State and Local Learning Days. AWS will offer one-on-one support and more at two AWS State and Local Learning Days events. The AWS Cloud Journey. How the City of Fort St.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

WVLSC operates as the statewide land bank for VAD properties, including those that have known or suspected environmental issues, and takes title to those properties to prepare them for redevelopment. To account for these limitations, we’re seeing land banks step in as the property developer.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 12, 2023

But when also accounting for the most pressing issues of the day – climate change and diversity, equity and inclusion, among others – a difficult job suddenly becomes a Herculean task. Under the best of circumstances, urban planning requires tremendous amounts of data, foresight and cross-department cooperation.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Despite the central role of tax agencies in supporting state economies and local communities, many are challenged with legacy systems that lack flexibility and functionality. Improving government operations. Intelligent document processing and quality control can also optimize government operations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

This post will explain how healthcare authorities can leverage this wealth of data to enhance their decision-making processes within business operations by using AWS. Disaster recovery – The AWS Cloud offers robust disaster recovery options, ensuring that patient data is protected and can be quickly restored in case of unforeseen events.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

For example, tax revenue accounting and return processing modules would run on the same tightly coupled infrastructure despite minimal overlap in business and process functionality. This can further improve scalability, reduce operational overhead, and allow the system to automatically scale up or down based on demand.

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This is a common architecture we see throughout State and Local Government customers (figure 1). For the public sector, agencies (or companies) are typically managed centrally by the State, City, or County’s central IT team: Figure 1 The operations or central IT team manages the tenant on behalf of the hosted agencies.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Having already summoned fresh reserves of resilience throughout the disruptive events of 2022, local councils are now tasked with digging even deeper to contend with a cost-of-living crisis that shows no sign of relenting. With soaring inflation leaving local government facing a funding gap of £3.4

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

“The average American interacts with many different agencies over their lifetime,” Scontras said, “but legacy government technology forced people to create different accounts and re-enter their information for each agency separately. Today, we’re enabling agencies to provide a single, secure account with single sign-on across agencies.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 24, 2023

Local government services play a role in so much of our everyday lives that they become invisible. To achieve that, local governments must move away from budgeting for services in silos and come together to create a digital twin of the organization, Francis said. “We It’s a policy guide. It’s a level of service guide.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Furthermore, K12 IT teams are understaffed and typically lack a dedicated security officer and Security Operations Center. Learn more about AWS for cybersecurity in education and state and local government. As other state agencies move toward creating programs to support local government and K12 security, AWS is here to help.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 26, 2022

The United States’ 911 system has been operating for over a half-century, providing aid in case of emergencies. Read more about AWS for state and local governments : How the Port of Long Beach addresses supply chain challenges with AWS. Learn more about how AWS supports justice and public safety customers.

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Barrett & Greene

JANUARY 8, 2024

He went on to say that the “more society becomes focused on success the more failure gets stigmatized.” We agree with his conclusions and think they apply in important ways to state and local government policy and management.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

MVD wanted a solution that would better support expansion to 24/7 call operations, new support functions for digital driver’s license enrollment, and integrate reporting and analytics. This made it difficult for MVD to support increasing customer requirements and introduce new applications.

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Google Public Sector

JUNE 7, 2023

For years, Google has been working with state and local governments to focus on the needs of the mission, using data to improve the constituent experience and offer more accessible digital services, while helping government workers operate more efficiently.

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