AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 22, 2023

With that in mind, at Amazon Web Services (AWS), we strive to build and operate resilient services—in part, by learning from failures. However, we also apply learnings from failure events across workloads by using a program called the Operational Readiness Review (ORR) program. Follow along to learn how to install it.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 1, 2025

It is important to note that operating in a given AWS U.S. Independent third-party attestation audits provide assurance that control activities are operating as intended. One important aspect of this foundation is organizing the AWS environment following a multi-account strategy. SLG compliance on AWS U.S. SLG customers.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Work backward from your understanding of what AI enables you to do The AnyOrganization chief operations officer (COO) recently read an AWS blog post that addressed generative AI for the public sector. We provide guidance on how to manage operational AI workloads, how to keep them operational, and how to ensure reliable value creation.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 10, 2025

Outposts already provides robust capabilities for resource sharing in multi-account environments. Organizations can share Outposts and their associated resources across multiple AWS accounts in the same organization in AWS Organization s using AWS Resource Access Manager ( AWS RAM ).

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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). A conformance pack is a collection of AWS Config rules and remediation actions that can be deployed as a single entity in an account and an AWS Region or across an organization in AWS Organizations.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

No matter what comes of the election next week, the current Congress will have a lot on its plate, including a continuing resolution that expires December 16. But what exactly is a continuing resolution? Continuing resolutions are temporary spending.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

Launch a multi-account framework with AWS Control Tower For organizations that need to establish multiple AWS accounts, customers can deploy a multi-account framework on AWS with AWS Control Tower , which can help provide resource and security isolation for customers’ AWS accounts.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

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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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. After you submit the form, we will contact the primary account owner within two business days.

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State Tech Magazine

JULY 13, 2023

Oregon Data Center Services handles daily backups for roughly 4,000 state servers, a task made more manageable by a platform that allows its fellow agencies to do some of the work themselves, whether they’re operating applications on the DCS infrastructure or, eventually, in the cloud. But we’ll be in a hybrid state for quite some time.”

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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. userIdentity.invokedBy NOT EXISTS) && ($.eventType

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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

MARCH 6, 2025

The outcome of this step is a mapping that defines how each applicable compliance requirement is met by AWS operated controls and customer-operated ones. A landing zone is a well-architected, multi-account AWS environment that is scalable and secure. If youd like to find out more, please contact the AWS Public Sector team.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

As the number and size of satellite constellations in orbit increase, satellite ground segment architectures must modernize to maintain agility, operational excellence, and economic viability. Traditional ground segment architecture composed of antenna, modem, front end processor, and mission operations software backend.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

With authority to operate in the AWS Top Secret cloud , Amazon Bedrock is providing U.S. Other use cases in which the upgraded model excels include knowledge Q&A platforms, data extraction from visuals like charts and diagrams, and automation of repetitive tasks and operations. Amazon Titan Text Embedding v2. Government customers.

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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

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

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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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. Deploy edge solutions using AWS MDC Figure 1.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Customers with highly-regulated workloads and complex compliance requirements can use the LZA to better manage and govern their multi-account environment. Important account considerations for connected VPC First, decide the account you will use for the virtual private cloud (VPC) that is connected to the VMware SDDC during SDDC deployment.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

MAY 3, 2024

A not so long time ago (April), in a galaxy nearby (ours), the Jedi Council (GAO) issued a first-of-its-kind estimate of fraud across federal programs and operations. Happy early Star Wars Day! We estimated that the federal government could lose.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

JULY 30, 2024

Earlier this month, a software update from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused Microsoft Windows operating systems to crash—resulting in potentially the largest IT outage in history. Disruptions were widespread. Around the world, businesses and.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 28, 2025

This document-heavy workflow, often reliant on manual processing, can result in delays, errors, and increased operational inefficiencies, causing frustration among both employees and stakeholders. This lack of transparency makes it challenging to monitor workflows, identify bottlenecks, and maintain accountability.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

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. Access to an AWS account in US-East-1. Under Permissions , uncheck Block Public Access.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 21, 2025

Companies analyse factors like revenue, cost structures, customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, and innovation. Learning from top-performing companies helps refine strategies, optimise operations, and improve customer experiences, collectively contributing to gaining a competitive edge.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The platform can improve public safety by automating alerts, encouraging citizen reporting and enhancing operational efficiencies—ultimately saving law enforcement agencies time and resources. eHawk Lees Summit, MO eHawk is a criminal justice technology company driven by its innovative RePath platform.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

However, when it comes to mission-critical applications, whose availability is vital for business operations, owners must allocate dedicated time to design and rigorously test the resilience of their applications. Afterwards, the Pearson team uses CloudWatch to check the performance of the application during the experiment.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 10, 2023

When used in coordination with services such as AWS Control Tower , the LZA provides a comprehensive no-code solution across more than 35 AWS services and features to manage and govern a multi-account environment. Leveraging a multi-account strategy sets the stage for improved security posture and growth.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 10, 2025

He provided an example of where, between 2010 and 2023, rent increases allowed by the RGB fell short of what is needed to cover increased operating costs and inflation by roughly 1 percent per year in pre-1974 rent-stabilized buildings in the Bronx.

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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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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

AUGUST 15, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, some food assistance programs changed their operations and. Millions of Americans—from college students to senior citizens—lack access to adequate, nutritious foods every year.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Not only do these attacks disrupt educational instruction and school operations, they also impact students, their families, and teachers. In recent years, cyberattacks on K-12 schools have increased. The scale and number of attacks increased during.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The post also shows how these previous automation measures can be applied across accounts with AWS Organizations and AWS Control Tower. Doing so allows your organization to: Consistently implement security and compliance across different environments, Regions, and accounts, and reduce the risk of human error.

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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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GovLoop

JANUARY 28, 2025

Banks, PSHRA-SCP, EdD, MBA, Organization Design & Development Manager, US Office of Personnel Management and Owner-operator of Banks & Banks Consulting Company, spoke on how to ensure your 2025 goals are not only set, but met. Below are a few key takeaways from that session , as well as the full recording with even more tips.

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