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Introducing the Government Lens for the AWS Well-Architected Framework

AWS Public Sector Blog

The Government Lens includes a section, titled “Enabling service outcomes for government,” which covers best practices to help services measurably meet the intended policy or service outcomes, whether for public facing services (online or offline), grants management, budgeting, law enforcement, or any other function of government.

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Knowing When, Where and How to Modernize

GovLoop

For example, a system upgrade can slow employees’ computers if they’re dated and need reconfiguring and budget constraints have prevented an agency from replacing older equipment. Clunky, old, public facing systems frustrate constituents and reduce engagement, she said. What is Change Management?

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Overcome Manual App Testing Challenges to Drive Modernization: Insights from California CIO Academy

Government Technology Insider

“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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Generating program-defining insights in seconds for child, adult, senior, and military services

AWS Public Sector Blog

Leadership, marketing, and fundraising teams now have program metrics from the child development centers (one of several programs at Easterseals) at the ready to create presentations, public-facing communications, and grant proposals at a much higher velocity. Collaborating with AWS to create a personalized data strategy.

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Collaboration with career staff is critical to appointees’ success

Partnership for Public Service

These resources offer tips on collaborating with career staff and executing goals, as well as deep dives on topics specific to the federal environment such as understanding the federal budget process and the structure of the White House.

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Looking ahead: What has the pandemic taught us about online access?

Open Access Government - Technology News

While this is not always possible due to budget constraints and other factors, such as staffing levels, the transformation which we have all had to go through during recent events shows us that adopting such an approach is not impossible but something to work towards. rather than waiting for the demand. International License.

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Zero Trust: How can local councils defend against the increasing cyber threats?

Open Access Government - Technology News

And e arlier this year, three neighbouring councils in Kent were targeted by simultaneous breaches, affecting their public-facing systems. A recent survey from the Public Technology Institute shows that only 23 per cent of the councils are ‘very engaged’ in cybersecurity initiatives. million in downtime over three years.