AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The rise in cybersecurity threats means city, county, and education leaders must consider how best to protect constituent and student data, financial information, services, and more. Furthermore, K12 IT teams are understaffed and typically lack a dedicated security officer and Security Operations Center.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Key topics covered include addressing concerns around data sovereignty, security, lock-in risks and budget control while highlighting AWS capabilities and commitments in these areas. Advancing data governance and stewardship practices to build trust and enable secure data sharing between departments, including safeguarding privacy.

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Underpinning Google products and services – which provide an intuitive, personalized consumer experience – is artificial intelligence and security. AI is delivering great experiences to our users, securely and at global scale at every moment. It is what we have come to think of as the “Google magic.” In Dearborn, Mich.,

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

Just that one tool alone is so powerful for our time and budget,” said NPD Sergeant Bucky Culbertson. SOMA’s ecosystem is built from the ground up on a modern technology stack, deployed securely in the cloud in partnership with AWS, with a user-friendly and device-agnostic interface. government security and compliance requirements.

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 29, 2022

While the digitization of government services and operations has helped enhance the constituent experience, it has also increased the cyber threat surface for governments of all sizes. We recently commissioned a cybersecurity survey asking workers—including government workers—how they feel about their cloud security solutions.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 12, 2023

Stay on budget and on timeline because that’s where you’ll lose stakeholder support. Bitfocus made sure that their cloud-based offering Clarity Human Services is secure, scalable, and efficient by building according to the pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework. Be transparent and don’t overcommit.

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GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The private sector has set the service bar high, and government agencies are striving to deliver the same level of speed and simplicity that constituents have come to expect elsewhere. How can organizations enhance their service deliverability when they’re already facing budget pressures and staff shortages? Favorite.

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GovLoop

MARCH 27, 2024

Department of Homeland Security Frank Indiviglio, Chief Technology Officer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Jim Richberg, Head of Cyber Policy & Global Field CISO, Fortinet James Coyle, U.S. Join us online Monday, April 15 at 4 p.m. Join us online Wednesday, April 17 at 12 p.m.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 6, 2022

But in the past, the city struggled to get feedback about the project from many stakeholders and constituents. In-person meetings are tough for people to attend because of work schedules, childcare needs, and mobility and health limitations, for instance — challenges that could prevent many constituents from participating.

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GovLoop

APRIL 22, 2024

GAO, in a 2023 report about the Internal Revenue Service’s modernization efforts, describes it this way: “In an era of constrained budgets, the high costs of maintaining legacy systems could limit an agency’s ability to modernize and develop new or replacement systems.”

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GovLoop

MAY 12, 2023

But in the past, the city struggled to get feedback about the project from many stakeholders and constituents. Constituents don’t have to pay transportation costs to commute to a meeting, and there are fewer custodial and security expenses when meetings are fully virtual.

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Government Technology Insider

MAY 21, 2024

“In a world that is continually developing, this kind of time savings is a game-changer for ensuring public-facing applications are secure, reliable, and provide exceptional experiences for the end user.” Manual testing comes with its fair share of challenges; however, it is essential to modernizing public-facing applications.

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GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Everything is digitized, including normal business processes, and what it takes to secure the ‘IT state’ is becoming more complex,” he said. And, of course, there’s the Amazon effect : Hicks said that consumer and constituent expectations are changing because of developments in the commercial world. Why the Complexity? Into the Cloud.

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Modernization helps agencies better serve citizens, improve benefit delivery speed, and resolve technical debt accumulated in legacy systems, but today’s fragmented toolset does not meet governments where they are given their staffing level, skillset, and budget.

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GovLoop

MARCH 6, 2023

In order to continue serving constituents effectively, agencies need to embrace change. These aren’t small obstacles, it is possible for agency leaders to leverage solutions that will give your customers the secure, up-to-date services they’re clamoring for.

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Government Technology Insider

JULY 9, 2024

According to NASCIO, deploying cloud solutions and artificial intelligence, increasing broadband/wireless connectivity and balancing the need for security and risk management with public access rank among the Top 10 CIO Priorities for 2024. The author, Speleos Dravillas, is Chief Revenue Officer at Nomadix , an ASSA ABLOY company.

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GovLoop

MARCH 21, 2023

Many agencies undertaking transformation initiatives are dealing with common problems: a lack of agility, increasing “surprise” costs, problems with security and compliance, overly complex management issues and an overall lack of collaboration across the IT environment.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 5, 2022

For Nancy Rainosek, Texas’ Chief Information Security Officer, cybersecurity directly affects an agency’s mission and constituent service. And whether that involves helping people pay their water bills or allowing law enforcement to preserve crime data, the cost of IT security is worth it, she believes.

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GovLoop

AUGUST 28, 2024

Eddy, Director, Homeland Security Programs, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Kevin Walsh, Director, Information Technology and Cybersecurity team, GAO How Plain Language Improves Constituent Engagement Plain language is an absolutely core component of effective CX, but is it prioritized at your organization? 25 at 2 p.m.

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GovLoop

AUGUST 30, 2024

However, security and privacy concerns turned warehouses into vaults, “central places where the secrets and crown jewels were kept,” he said. Ainsbury noted that by using data meshes, such as those Granicus provides, to integrate disparate data, agencies have the data needed to securely offer personalized solutions.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

How do you deploy technology in a way that is secure, delivers mobile functionality and improves services? Given budget pressures, it can be tempting to take a Band-Aid approach to technology issues, modernizing a service here, an application there. If you are responsible for your agency’s technology, your job isn’t an easy one.

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GovLoop

MAY 10, 2024

Helps align staff and constituent demographics. Is separate from the budget process, as much as possible. It helps agencies make evidence-based decisions — often using real-time information — regarding public safety, infrastructure, socioeconomics, disaster management, conservation, health care, national security and other concerns.

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GovLoop

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Instead of using your gut to tell you where to invest your modernization budget, use the data at your fingertips to target those dollars for maximum impact. However, figuring out how to harness that power in an ethical, secure, and private way is not easy. Join us online Wednesday, March 6 from 2-2:50 p.m. ET/11-11:50 a.m.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Streamlined digital workflows allow agencies to respond better — and faster — to constituents. “If A paper-based workflow offers multiple opportunities for delays, errors and security breaches, and the risk of losing the document altogether. Imagine a budgeting request.

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GovLoop

JUNE 6, 2024

Although most CIOs and chief information security officers (CISOs) see the value of collaboration, it can still feel awkward. Collaboration does not necessarily require a formal program with a dedicated budget. Also, they can find strength in numbers, with the opportunity to share insights, information and even resources.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 31, 2023

The Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ( CISA ) recently released the FY23 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO ) in July 2023. Additionally, without governance, this model can introduce technology sprawl and inconsistent deployment and management of security controls.

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GovLoop

JULY 18, 2023

Agencies seeking to improve customer experience face multiple hurdles — some that start long before direct interaction with constituents. And, Barry said, government systems tend to grow more complex, although simplicity would improve internal processes and constituent experiences. That’s especially true of security.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 26, 2023

In this way, we enable individuals to purchase healthy food for their families with the confidence that they can maximize meal servings and stay on their food budget.” Amazon API Gateway is a fully managed service that makes it simple to create, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs at any scale.

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State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping how public sector organizations serve their constituents. By driving data-informed decision-making, enhancing service delivery and improving operational efficiency, AI provides government agencies with powerful tools to meet growing demands for transparency, security and budget discipline.

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Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

JULY 22, 2021

Even before that, at least 26 Republicans were touting the benefits of the measure to their constituents while neglecting to mention they voted against it. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 suspended the debt ceiling—the amount the country can borrow—only until July 31 of this year. This larger, $3.5

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Poverty & Policy

MAY 26, 2017

Well, we finally have the full version of Trump’s proposed budget for upcoming fiscal year. These tacks are basically the same as when the administration released its skinny budget preview, except that we now have a shift prompted by a range of cuts to safety net programs that don’t depend on annual appropriations.

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