AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Each year across the United States, new government policies take effect that impact the lives of millions of people, however, those policies are only as good as the data that informs them. For a nonprofit with a limited budget, the Mercatus Center discovered another huge advantage in AWS: cost savings.

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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 7, 2024

Government agencies often face funding challenges to obtaining a desirable level of cyber resilience, but all organizations may experience similar budget crunches. Cyber resilience is the capability of any organization to weather and recover from a cyberattack with the goal of minimum disruption to daily business.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 24, 2024

A Gartner study predicts that by 2026, more than 70% of government agencies will employ AI to augment human decision-making, marking a significant turn towards automation from 35% in 2022 to more than 70% by 2026. Automated document processing systems, as those implemented in Tarrant County, Texas , and Palm Beach County, Fla.,

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Governments worldwide dedicate a significant portion of their IT budget to maintaining legacy technology systems. This can pose security and operational continuity challenges and governments seek to address this challenge. The UK government’s Roadmap for digital and data 2022-2025 acknowledges the challenge that legacy IT poses.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Lire cet article en Français Provincial and municipal governments are increasingly adopting cloud technology to transform the security and efficiency of their technology solutions. Government institutions across Canada are leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build secure and resilient computing environments.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 15, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers, technology leaders, and government agency CIOs continually balance risk and reward to accomplish many things by using AWS GovCloud (US). This is why in 2011 AWS launched AWS GovCloud (US), a secure, isolated, sovereign, elastic, scalable, compliant, and resilient isolated hyper-scale cloud.

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Government Technology Insider

JUNE 25, 2024

Enabling cloud-based collaboration with Microsoft 365 has helped government agencies encourage connection and productivity , simplify training and maintenance, and create new channels for citizen interaction. For teams looking to turn the tide on Microsoft 365 governance, it can be overwhelming to decide how and where to start.”

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Government Technology Insider

DECEMBER 11, 2024

As federal agencies grapple with aging IT infrastructure and mounting cybersecurity challenges, the Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Reform Act represents a critical lifeline for technological advancement in the government sector. Aside from those high priorities, every agency should consider upgrading its technology.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

AWS Marketplace helps simplify and streamline procurement for public sector organizations, enabling them to spend their budgets driving their missions forward rather than on administrative overhead. Do you have questions about how AWS can help your government agency provide innovative services for constituents?

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The Challenge Many government agencies remained overwhelmed with paper, even as the pandemic drove digitization and modernization. As a result, government agencies continue to look for better ways to streamline manual processes that overwhelm their workers and take focus from higher value initiatives.

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Google Public Sector

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

In 2025, it's poised to become a cornerstone of public sector operations, transforming how agencies make decisions and serve constituents. By leading with AI-powered innovation, government agencies can improve efficiency, enhance decision-making, and provide better services to citizens.

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zencity

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Public budgeting decisions directly impact communities, influencing everything from local infrastructure to essential services and public safety. For residents, these decisions shape their everyday lives; for government agencies, they represent a chance to build trust Source

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Partnership for Public Service

DECEMBER 4, 2024

This past summer, the Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration issued a challenge : Create a toolkit of effective approaches to increase public participation and community engagement in government. Both are critical to an effective government.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Public sector organizations – such as government agencies and schools – are not exempt from these statistics. The tool could potentially be run as a shared service by trusted regional governments, municipalities, and/or non-profit entities. These incidences are estimated to cost businesses worldwide an average of $4.88

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Google Public Sector is bringing the Google magic – evolving cloud and AI technologies, security, and scale – to the mission of the government to transform the way citizens experience public services and the way agencies operate. But governments are not yet meeting citizen expectations. One source estimates that in the U.S.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 30, 2024

UCMM has proven invaluable when talking about cyber investments not just with IT experts, but with chief financial officers, budget examiners and lawmakers, he added. The agency also uses the model to track and report on the outcomes of those investments. It comes back to that $5, Baidwan said. “I OK, we got $5.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 3, 2024

The state’s Human Services Department (HSD) manages a budget of $7 billion of state and federal funds as it works to transform the lives of 800,000 low-income New Mexicans. The advocate would make sure online government services were as good as anything residents found in the private sector. That’s one of the highest rates in the US.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

As six out of 10 government finance teams still rely on manual reconciliation , the survey findings echo this, in which 46.1% of agencies rely on payments from local residents and businesses for up to half of their revenue, while 29.4% of agencies, which is the challenge of managing late payments.

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GCN

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Despite challenges from budget cycles, regulations and outdated procurement processes, state and local government agencies urgently need cyber solutions that improve operations and cut costs, a recent report says.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 17, 2024

Digital transformation is a driving force for government agencies, with cloud technology playing a pivotal role. Recognizing its significance, the highest levels of government are actively embracing Zero Trust. Strategic Partners to Ensure Mission Success Elevate your agency’s performance with mission-critical solutions.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

MAY 14, 2024

By Steve Goll, Tyler Technologies As advancements in technology speed up, government agencies face a decision: maintain old legacy systems or invest in modern technology. With a projected $144 billion budgeted for IT by states and local governments in 2024, the stakes are high. How should those dollars be best invested?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

In a March 2022 survey of 147 state and local government leaders by the Center for Digital Government , more than half of respondents said they plan to procure citizen-facing applications and storage and backup infrastructure in the next one to two years. Read the six steps to cloud procurement readiness for government.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

The deployment and results SOMA is a leading technology partner providing critical response and operating software solutions for law enforcement, first responder, and government agencies. Just that one tool alone is so powerful for our time and budget,” said NPD Sergeant Bucky Culbertson.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 12, 2023

In communities across the country, organizations, philanthropists, and government are working hard to make homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring. That’s half a million people without a home,” said Kim Majerus, vice president of global education and US state and local government at AWS. Not all HMIS systems are the same.

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Peak Proposals

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Search for government grant websites. Government agencies at all levels offer grants to nonprofits and other organizations. To find government grant opportunities, Google for keywords like "federal grants," "state grants," or "local grants." Search for foundation websites.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The average (mean) cost for state and local government organizations to recover from a ransomware attack was $2.83 This is a sample of the data in the “State of Ransomware in State and Local Government 2024 report.” The group estimates that hackers are shutting down an average of at least one government agency globally each day.

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Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

What’s a Better Fit, Government or Foundation Funding? Government Databases IV. Understanding Proposal Budgets a. Budget Preparation and Review b. Key Budgeting Concepts VI. Researching Funders and Identifying Funder Priorities What’s a Better Fit, Government or Foundation Funding? Funder Database Options d.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 21, 2024

Going over budget is not an option. Conclusion With tools like EDP and SEDT, Urban supports a diverse set of builders and users, including researchers, government agencies, policymakers, and community advocates. They often rely on donor and grant funding, so they have to justify every expense to their constituents.

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GovLoop

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Civic tech makes it easier for people to interact with government agencies. It can include applications such as community platforms that connect constituents to services and resources, open data initiatives and participatory budgeting tools. Image by Frederico Beccari on Unsplash Favorite

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

Governments and the organizations providing technology solutions for the benefits of the citizens are continuously presented with evolving laws and compliance requirements. Learn how more than 7,500 government agencies around the world use AWS to support their missions at the AWS for Government hub.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Food programs in schools, government agencies, and nonprofits face several challenges that impact their effectiveness, budget, and overall community well-being. From tight budgets and staffing shortages to supply chain issues and compliance hurdles, these obstacles complicate daily operations.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The public experiences government innovation in different ways. Sometimes it makes internal government systems better — by moving operations to the cloud and away from outdated IT, for instance. And third, organizations with budget pressures need to improve capabilities while lowering costs. Keep a List of Agency-Level Ideas.

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GovLoop

MARCH 27, 2024

5 Emerging Technologies You Need to Know We’ve assembled a team of government and industry leaders to share their perspectives on five key technology trends you need to know. PT to hear from a government CX expert about how to ramp up the effectiveness of your public surveys. Agency for Global Media Favorite Happy learning!

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Google Public Sector

MARCH 24, 2023

The pair created “Totally Not Stolen,” an application aimed at solving the common problem of rising textbook prices for students on tight budgets. To learn more about hosting an Appathon program, or to schedule an appathon, visit the Google Workspace for Government page and contact us today.

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Government Technology Insider

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The public wants the government to deliver services online. The days of waiting in line at a government office or physically mailing applications are over. However, while moving application processes online might seem convenient, it has not been without challenges for the government. That’s something we need to change.

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Microsoft Public Sector

AUGUST 20, 2024

We're thrilled to announce the upcoming Oct 2024 anticipated General Availability of Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 GCC subject to US Government authorization. This is required to help protect US government sensitive information which should not leave the GCC compliance boundary. an individual has access to.

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GovPilot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In the limited budgets afforded to government agencies , officials may find difficulty in assessing where funds need to be allocated. Local governments center their concerns around the prosperity and success of their community but these efforts may be short-sighted.

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