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Breaking barriers: How AWS is revolutionizing the accessibility of federal agency communications for the visually impaired

AWS Public Sector Blog

Equal access to public communications is both a legal requirement and essential service. AWS enables federal agencies to provide accessible communications through automated document-to-speech conversion. million Americans with visual impairments face barriers accessing critical government information.

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AWS announces Satellite Resiliency for AWS Outposts

AWS Public Sector Blog

With Satellite Resiliency for AWS Outposts we are able provide extra local resiliency to customers in government and highly regulated industries like banking who need highly resilient services that can continue to operate even if there is limited local connectivity back to the AWS Region,” said Hlöðver Thor, CEO of AWS Partner Andes.

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New survey: Public sector poised for generative AI revolution

AWS Public Sector Blog

Almost half of respondents (43 percent) are interested in using generative AI to improve operational efficiency, followed by enhancing communications (29 percent), education and workforce development (28 percent), and enhancing citizen services (21 percent). The benefits can’t be ignored.

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Continuous monitoring and governance: AWS best practices for keeping your data secure during the holidays

AWS Public Sector Blog

Generative AI has been increasingly used to create highly personalized and convincing phishing emails, making it harder for even trained employees to distinguish between legitimate and malicious communications. Re-evaluate your on-call communication and rotation plan.

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US government agencies can communicate, collaborate securely with AWS Wickr

AWS Public Sector Blog

Driven by the need for convenience, real-time conversations, and anywhere, anytime access, electronic messaging has become a go-to means of communication. In fact, instant messaging has become the preferred form of internal workplace communications, including email, according to Gartner’s 2022 Channel Benchmark and other research studies.

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Empowering the public sector with secure, governed generative AI experimentation

AWS Public Sector Blog

Regulatory compliance – Stringent regulations in areas such as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the data privacy and breach laws applicable to government and nonprofit sectors may constrain the permissible use cases for generative AI. Strict data governance protocols are typically required.

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Migrate and modernize public sector applications using containers and serverless

AWS Public Sector Blog

We previously reviewed AWS serverless and container services to build modern applications in the previous blog post, “ Modernizing public sector applications using serverless and containers.” Many public sector customers are interested in building secure, cost-effective, reliable, and highly performant applications.