AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

When combined with Powertools for AWS Lambda (Python), a developer toolkit that implements serverless best practices, agencies can significantly increase their development velocity while maintaining high security and compliance standards. Next steps To review the technical solution for this blog, see the GitHub repo for this post.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Additionally, the ability to share developed assets (prompts, apps, functions, knowledge bases) across departments promotes collaboration and efficiency, ensuring that successful AI applications can be replicated and scaled throughout the organization.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 30, 2024

SoftwareOne developed SummarAIze, which is software for automatic generation of GitHub pull request descriptions that is driven by AI. SummarAIze accelerates code reviews, reduces development cycles, and optimizes resource allocation. Developed as a NodeJS AWS Lambda function , the application’s source code is scripted in TypeScript.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In addition to matching generative AI development priorities to business needs, leaders and technologists must sufficiently understand the capabilities of generative AI in order to validate if it is the right tool for the job. Develop the foundational capabilities that enable this journey.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The database is also developing a community by encouraging people to come together to respond to the pollution problem; OpenLitterMap supports weekly meetups with live open source coding sessions. To date, almost 7,000 people from 92 countries have uploaded almost 365,000 geolocated images, which have been applied with almost 600,000 tags.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

To address this problem, AWS, talent developers, and educational institutions have developed a map of skills necessary for the primary entry-level technology job roles. To learn more about the impact of the Women in Cloud initiative, please read this AWS blog post. The program continues to transform lives and careers.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 14, 2025

As weather alerts were issued about the likely impact of El Nio rains on Somalia, Liston Mwabi, the assessment officer at REACH Initiative , needed to quickly develop a strategy for using cash assistance to alleviate the impact. The challenge was that there was no information available on the likely impact of this type of aid in his area.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

the Accelerator supports government technology (GovTech) startups as they develop innovative solutions enabling justice and public safety agencies to better serve their communities. The AWS GovTech Accelerator was created to support the development of technologies that can address these challenges.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

according to the World Bank —a recent global survey by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Gallup revealed “myriad positive outcomes” for those who develop their digital skills, including higher salaries, job satisfaction, and increased revenue and innovation for the organizations that employ digitally skilled people.

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JANUARY 6, 2025

While preparing a set of entries celebrating next month's 20th anniversary of the blog, I came across this entry from 2020, which I didn't quite finish. There are plenty of business organizations that come together to work together on economic development matters across jurisdictions, that's part and parcel of the "Growth Machine."

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

“Support from AWS allows us to efficiently identify cancer markers that predict which patients benefit the most from this novel treatment and ultimately can help us develop a next generation drug that works even better,” said Jill Kolesar, Dean and Professor at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. The Aspira Women’s Health lab team.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

In 2022, the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) initiated a pilot project to analyze traffic patterns and provide analytics within the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The PIDC is Philadelphia’s public-private economic development corporation and master developer of the historic shipyard, which is now a thriving, mixed-use campus.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

A passionate team of AWS developers and engineers in Cape Town, South Africa, created a single virtual server instance allowing South African customers to access practically unlimited cloud computing capacity without needing an on-premises data center.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 15, 2025

In this blog post, we discuss five key ways AWS supports GovTechs in their mission to serve government agencies and citizens. Modernizing legacy software and developing digital-native solutions both require scalable, flexible infrastructure, along with expert guidance to optimize costs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

AWS wants to help startups develop solutions that address the needs of government agencies, with the first cohort focused on justice and public safety organizations including courts, corrections, emergency services, and law enforcement. Learn more about the AWS GovTech Accelerator and apply now.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

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.” Containers also facilitate rapid development and deployment of services, allowing organizations to roll out new applications and updates quickly.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Award announcements are expected in mid-December, followed by a project development period culminating in April 2025. AWS, with its comprehensive cloud services, is at the forefront of empowering customers to develop and scale cloud-centered geospatial solutions. Submissions will remain open until November 29, 2024.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

Characterizing disaster risk and developing strategies for resilience and response to natural event hazards is core to the mission of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). PNNL developed Aether as a reusable framework for sharing data and analytics with sponsors and stakeholders.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 11, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) skills are among the most in-demand, but a variety of cloud skills like architecture, data management and storage, and software development are among the top 10 needed IT skills. A key highlight of AWS Learning Days is the diverse range of session formats.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 31, 2024

This blog is the first in a series that discusses how generative artificial intelligence (AI) is being used in education. The core part of McGraw Hill’s product development approach focuses closely on the provision of solutions that will benefit both students and educators across the entire learning ecosystem.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Too often, policymakers lack access to relevant data that could better inform the development of these new policies. The research center developed a platform, QuantGov , with assistance from Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources, including Amazon Bedrock , AWS Lambda , Amazon API Gateway , and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Floodmapp, an Australian startup, has developed a real-time flood mapping and monitoring platform that uses AWS services such as AWS Batch and Amazon Elastic Container Service to provide accurate, location-specific flood data. This collaborative approach is crucial in addressing the complex, broad-reaching nature of water challenges.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

We have been happy to provide technology training opportunities that map directly to in-demand careers through our Fiber Optic Fusion Splicing program and other AWS-led initiatives in the state,” said Roger Wehner, director of economic development at AWS. Fiber optic cables are the reason you’re reading this on your computer right now.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

To help develop a proof-of-concept (POC) for the project, Alig reached out to Peter Fader, the Frances and Pei-Yuan Chia Professor of Marketing at Wharton. Alig credits AWS for helping speed the POC’s development, saying, “The AWS team was instrumental in training and testing the LLMs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

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).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

University students will compete in a tournament-style challenge as either model developer teams or red teams to enhance the AI user experience, prevent misuse, and enable users to build more secure code. Model developer teams will create code-generating models to enhance security, identify threats, and prevent unintended behavior.

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Policy & Politics Journal blog

JULY 3, 2024

by Sarah Brown and Elizabeth Koebele All articles featured in this blog post are free to access until 31 October 2024 It’s that time of year again when course syllabi are updated with fresh research. We hope to make this… Continue reading →

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

Both the Health Equity Initiative and the Healthcare Accelerator are part of AWS for Health , an offering of AWS services and AWS Partner Network solutions designed to help organizations increase the pace of innovation, unlock the potential of health data, and develop more personalized approaches to therapeutic development and care.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Working together with AWS Growth Advisory, we quickly went from generating the first mockup of designs to rapid development, which led to our final product which you can now experience today,” said Singh. The AWS Growth Advisory Team helps AWS customers develop new innovative solutions and products from the first idea to production.“We

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Rural roads are critical for connectivity, transportation, and development. With 189 member countries, the World Bank is the largest multilateral development bank globally with a mission to reduce poverty and increase shared prosperity in a sustainable way. A road in rural Peru.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 22, 2024

The EdTech is continually developing its capabilities in the health and wellness space—and as one of LAUSD’s technology collaborators—it could build on existing work to create a health and safety platform that was the right fit and the right price. Both apps have been foundational to LAUSD’s campus security strategy.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 14, 2025

Through a cloud-first strategy, the country has modernized its public services, boosted economic growth, and developed a culture of innovation. Its also vital to develop a cloud-skilled workforce to support sustainable innovation and partner with leading cloud providers to accelerate adoption and attract investment.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

The initiative brings together a coalition of Fortune 500 companies and other employers, government agencies, workforce development organizations, and education leaders to better prepare learners for entry-level tech careers. More than 20 AWS Partners and customers have committed to the Egypt alliance.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Designed in collaboration with 20 Greek and international companies, the Smart Island project was developed with the support of the Greek government, local authorities, and the US Embassy. Smart solutions deliver sustainable local economic development through the optimal use of local resources.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

Solutions developed by and for these communities have the potential to create meaningful change in Latin America and the Caribbean. As global understanding of the widespread impacts of climate change continues to improve, one thing is clear: climate change disproportionately affects vulnerable populations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 23, 2024

The tech industry in the state of Texas is booming, with a growing demand for skilled workers in cloud, information technology (IT), software development, and data analytics roles. AWS has a long history of collaborating with organizations in Texas to advance workforce development and skills attainment initiatives.

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