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Boosting Agility for State and Local Government Finance & Budget Offices

Government Technology Insider

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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Modernizing government IT: 4 approaches to overcome legacy exit challenges

AWS Public Sector Blog

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. For example, the cost to the UK government of maintaining legacy IT is estimated to be around 50 percent (or £2.3

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How healthcare organizations can fulfill compliance standards with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

They can result in the cancellation of operations or examinations. To minimize the risk of dangerous IT-related interruptions to operations, the European Union (EU) introduced new cybersecurity legislation NIS 2 Directive in 2023. percent of their IT budgets in 2022. In Germany, hospitals only invested about 2.2

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Don’t Wait to Modernize: A Q&A on Preparing for The MGT Reform Act

Government Technology Insider

The bipartisan legislation, currently making its way through Congress, aims to reauthorize and strengthen the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF), which has enabled agencies to modernize legacy systems , enhance cybersecurity and improve service delivery to citizens, through 2031. Be intentional with your investments.

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Creating a strategic approach to government continuity

AWS Public Sector Blog

Enable your organization to scale the planning efforts and push the vision and top-down goals towards the operational leaders. When disaster strikes, you will likely be running low on budget, time, and people. Equip your technical workforce with appropriate tools and knowledge to build operational excellence.

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Navigating the Tradeoffs of Good Cause Eviction

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The paper also analyzes good cause legislation in other cities and states to help policymakers consider how to balance anticipated tradeoffs. In 2023, Albany lawmakers failed to pass any significant legislation that could have addressed the city’s affordability problems, with a good cause bill at the center of the legislative stalemate.

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Introducing the Government Lens for the AWS Well-Architected Framework

AWS Public Sector Blog

The Government Lens is a collection of customer-proven design principles, scenarios, and technology agnostic best practices designed to encourage the unique context and requirements of governments globally to be considered when designing, building, and operating government workloads on AWS.