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Civix simplifies online campaign finance reporting with AWS serverless technology

AWS Public Sector Blog

Public officials and employees for electoral candidates, political committees, and political action committees (PACs) must publicly disclose their campaign finances in accordance with different state campaign finance disclosure laws. Read on to learn how Civix worked with AWS to create their new solution.

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Continuous monitoring and governance: AWS best practices for keeping your data secure during the holidays

AWS Public Sector Blog

Bad actors use new technologies such as generative artificial intelligence (AI) to craft more convincing phishing campaigns and social engineering attacks. Emphasize continuous cyber education, reminding users of potential adversarial activities, such as social engineering attacks that involve gift cards and charity.

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Collegis partners with Google Cloud to unlock value in higher education data

Google Public Sector

Higher education institutions suffer from a silo problem: they have enormous amounts of data, but it resides in systems that are disconnected from one another, thus hindering the potential impact. Data can be powerful—but only if it’s able to tell you something insightful and actionable.

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It’s FAFSA Week of Action: Time to Take a #FAFSAFastBreak!

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Department of Education is thrilled to announce the launch our #FAFSAFastBreak campaign, a national effort to drive FAFSA submissions among high school seniors and returning college students. It’s FAFSA Week of Action (April 15-19) and to kick off the effort the U.S. Everyone has an important role to play!

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Automating multi-channel communication for school bus delays

AWS Public Sector Blog

Enable outbound campaigns 1. In the Amazon Connect console, navigate to Telephony and check Enable outbound campaigns. Then, select Save to enable outbound campaigns. Once outbound campaigns are enabled, download and deploy the CloudFormation template in your account. This will allow you to run the outbound campaigns.

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How one nonprofit uses AWS to amplify citizen advocacy across Africa

AWS Public Sector Blog

Whether lobbying political leaders in world capitals or running grassroots campaigns in local communities, ONE encourages governments to fight extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. Users can ask the chatbot for information about local campaigns and volunteer for opportunities in their area.

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Lawmakers push for expanded cyber training, education

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The Cybersecurity Awareness Act would direct the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to launch a new public-private campaign promoting cyber best practices across state and local governments, small businesses and underserved communities.