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Five need-to-know facts about using the AWS Cloud for K12 cyber-resiliency

AWS Public Sector Blog

Cyber-resilience doesn’t have to be expensive K12 schools have a tall task: addressing rigorous security and compliance requirements while also managing tight budgets. Committed to K12 resilience Meaningful cybersecurity should be available to all K12 schools and districts—regardless of your budget or team’s skill level.

Education 200
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How to build awareness of flood risk and gain buy-in for flood control measures

American City & Country

In this way, AI-based flood modeling becomes a transparent, verifiable, data-driven method to perform readiness and preparedness actions, mitigation and resilience planning, capital spending, and real-time emergency response to protect lives, property, and infrastructure.

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Your cloud, your way: Google Distributed Cloud Hosted is generally available

Google Public Sector

Use Vision AI to optimize natural disaster response, analyze infectious diseases, or detect fraud. GDC Hosted offers additional flexible commercial models and provides cloud billing capabilities, including labeling of resources, enabling budgeting, and chargeback between different organizations.

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Seattle University’s 8-year cloud journey: Key lessons, wins, and a new path forward

AWS Public Sector Blog

Learn how this mid-sized university empowered a lean IT team with budget constraints to embrace an all-in cloud journey that has paid dividends with seamless disaster recovery, cost-savings, and has reinvested IT resources into student success.

Education 130
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Capital shallowing: the effect of disinvestment on government functioning

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But the failures with FEMA and disaster response after Hurricane Katrina and under Trump with Puerto Rico and Houston are a good example. But I don't know if the failure of the Army Corps of Engineers and levees was about capital shallowing or just politics, failure to adequately address risk, budget shortfalls, etc.