Government Technology Insider

MARCH 30, 2023

Digital transformation and modernization activities were fast-tracked across the public sector to allow government agencies to operate at full capacity under unusual circumstances. Simplifying operations by automating and streamlining basic tasks makes it possible for agencies to reallocate resources for more valuable activities.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Budget limitations and unreliable internet connectivity hampered its aims. To support the growing community and its needs, Thoughtworks formed the Bahmni Coalition of open source developers and implementation partners. Doctors needed a standardized EMR system to access accurate patient information instantly.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

One of the primary challenges is the daily influx of “real time” data that could significantly enhance situational awareness during operations. It can help law enforcement agencies transform data into actionable intelligence, streamlining operations and enhancing overall situational awareness. Navigating the information flood.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

Public Schools (GCPS), the business value of implementing cyber resiliency and disaster recovery (CR and DR) initiatives—which the school embarked on with AWS in 2023—is multifaceted. “CR When a cyberattack impacted the digital infrastructure of Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) in November 2020, operations were disrupted for three days.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

By using the UK implementation guide for the LZA , UK customers can design environments that will help them to align to new NCSC guidance. Figure 1 builds on the standard Shared Responsibility Model, adding a middle tier for the landing zone and landing zone operations. What is a landing zone?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

With these solutions, the Navy Yard can support the community while utilizing ground truth data across planning objectives and support budgeting. In turn, these insights have directly benefited the Navy Yard in their planning and daily operations. Additionally, the PIDC has been able to recoup costs from damage to its property.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 24, 2024

In an era characterized by workforce shortages, limited budgets and escalating demands for rapid service delivery, government agencies are frequently hampered by antiquated technology infrastructures that AI-driven technologies are tactfully modernizing. where funding was realigned to support shifting priorities effectively.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This shows a significant gap between the recognition of AI’s potential and its practical implementation. While the idea of widespread AI adoption in the public sector may take time, the financial and operational benefits could be substantial. Among female employees aged 45 and above, the figure drops to 15%.

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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. Implementing these changes can impact their systems and lead to the accumulation of technical debt.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Unfortunately, several hurdles can obstruct agency efforts to make the most of zero trust : Complexity: Agencies often operate on outdated infrastructures, but fully transitioning to a more dynamic one can be challenging, due to budgeting resources, acquisition and implementation.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 15, 2022

With budget left to spend before September 30, agencies need to obligate their remaining 2022 fiscal year funds. With AWS Marketplace, you can shorten procurement times, implement the controls you need to operate with confidence, and enable your organization to unlock innovation.

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Partnership for Public Service

APRIL 27, 2023

Budget management is often a top priority when discussing technological modernization, and digital ways of working are often seen as more expensive. However, adopting digital services does not have to conflict with a lean budget. Here are three opportunities to implement lower-cost digital transformations: 1.

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Google Public Sector

MARCH 16, 2023

To serve its growing population and economy at scale, Arapahoe County needed a better way to manage its rising data center maintenance costs while balancing flat year-over-year budgets. Working on Google Cloud platform will also help free up IT teams to work on other critical county initiatives.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

On the surface, the value proposition associated with cloud migration—trading up-front hardware expenses and ongoing operation and maintenance of on-premises infrastructure for on-demand, pay-as-you-go cloud computing—seems like it would be very compelling to a CFO. What’s not for a CFO to like?

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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. Since HSD’s contact centers all operated from centralized locations, that meant nobody would be around to answer the phone when residents called. It was awesome.”

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Our goal is to expedite the digital evolution of public services and safeguard government operations through cloud computing technology. To help provincial and municipal governments implement cloud-based cybersecurity solutions, AWS is investing $5 million CAD in AWS credits to new and existing AWS customers.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 1, 2024

If hearing about nonprofit budgets makes you cringe a little ( or a lot ), keep reading. In 2024, the grant landscape for nonprofits has evolved significantly, emphasizing the need for meticulous financial planning and transparent budgeting to meet funder expectations. We’ve got you.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 24, 2023

“What people are expecting is personalized, online, digital services for those things that can be digitized,” said Charlie Francis, Senior Consultant at Questica, which provides multi-user budgeting, performance measures, transparency and data visualization software for governments. It’s a policy guide. It’s a level of service guide.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 17, 2024

It extends beyond a singular component, impacting all facets, and operates holistically. In September 2021, the Office of Management and Budget unveiled a draft federal strategy , emphasizing the need for a zero-trust architecture to meet evolving cybersecurity demands. However, embracing new approaches introduces challenges.

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The integration of AI into defense operations promises unprecedented efficiency, operational superiority, and strategic advantages. The Department of Defense believes so much in AI technology that they budgeted $1.8B in FY24 to support AI efforts which could include identifying potential threats or targets on the battlefield.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Enable your organization to scale the planning efforts and push the vision and top-down goals towards the operational leaders. Enable members of your organization with the policies and tools to take ownership for implementing and launching your continuity plan.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

Louis struggle with resource constraints and grapple with the significant challenges cities face in balancing budgets, maintaining public services and managing infrastructure needs. It results from past budget deficits and requires ongoing management through interest and principal repayments.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Cunningham adds that proper training for system operators “must cover not only system operation but also legal and ethical considerations.” Cross-departmental collaboration and scalable solutions are important to maximizing ROI and adapting to changing citizen demands within budget constraints.”

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Government Technology Insider

AUGUST 31, 2022

At the state and local levels, budgets prove thinner. According to SolarWinds recent annual Public Sector Cybersecurity Survey , 50% of security IT professionals across state agencies and 25% of local governments selected “low budgets” as the leading challenge plaguing their team’s success. Automate wherever possible.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JUNE 2, 2016

"Priority-based budgeting will allow city officials to regain control of the budget." - City Manager Sam Anselm The City of Joplin, Missouri is in their first year of the priority based budgeting process. This will help better manage the broad number of services we provide, while recognizing our budget constraints.”

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 21, 2024

Going over budget is not an option. They apply that frugal approach to IT: they build and operate only what they need to pursue their mission, and constantly innovate both to meet mission objectives and optimize cost. They often rely on donor and grant funding, so they have to justify every expense to their constituents.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Why using old procurement methods is a problem Cloud computing presents a difficult choice for organizations: adopt and shift operating models to take advantage of its benefits or maintain the status quo and miss out. We have a limited budget. Many recognize the value of the cloud but are hesitant to abandon familiar legacy systems.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 14, 2023

They now feature prominently in how teams operate and interact with one another and their customers and partners. This includes whether devices are company-issued or employee-owned as part of a BYOD policy, as well as app usage and operating systems, such as Apple or Android. Firstly, consider the operating systems it supports.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

For example, a recent directive from the US Government’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requires all US federal government agencies to transition to electronic records by June 30, 2024. Rate-limit implementation architecture to support intelligent document processing workflows.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Government employees don’t operate in a vacuum. It takes teamwork — and a lot of it — to keep agencies operating, meeting missions and providing for constituents. The Office of Personnel Management charged federal agencies to develop and implement diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) plans.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 31, 2023

Nonprofits hire program staff, implement programs, and serve those in need. And that is on top of implementing their programs and serving the people. And the more work necessary, the higher the percentage of a nonprofit’s budget will be dedicated to overhead – the essential operations needed to run a nonprofit.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Rather than needing to secure a budget and work with a proprietary vendor to access a product, open source projects are available to anyone. It protects what they see as ‘their’ revenues and keeps them operational. It provides that simple cloud user experience, but without being tied to a specific operator.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 12, 2023

This information overload can cause individuals to operate on autopilot, leading to a lack of critical thinking and making them vulnerable to fraudsters’ frauds. Removing the hurdles to better security By implementing low-code platforms, organisations can lessen the number of barriers to implementing an effective cybersecurity system.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 30, 2023

Telecare service providers have faced challenges in prioritising a transformation project, implementing digital solutions, or integrating new hardware. The sooner we begin the investment/implementation of these strategies, the better it will be for all” says Tom. Decisions need to be made to safeguard service users.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 19, 2024

Still, with ever-shrinking budgets and rising service costs, there is no room for error regarding council technology investment decisions. Compounding the problems arising from a lack of government funding and demands on day-to-day spending is the fact that many councils don’t have modern IT solutions that enable informed budgeting decisions.

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Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Understanding Proposal Budgets a. Budget Preparation and Review b. Key Budgeting Concepts VI. In some cases, you may be able to market a research study to a funder interested in implementing projects and vice versa: You might be able to convince a funder that traditionally focuses on research to fund your project.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

" This approach ensures every decision council makes is viewed through a priority lens. " - Mayor Roxanne Carr Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada, is leading the way in priority based business planning and budgeting. This approach is now being recommended to all PBB implementers using Strathcona’s training materials.

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