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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. The surge in online activity creates more opportunities for scams and attacks. In 2024, there was a dramatic rise in the sophistication of AI-powered attacks.

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Creating agentless outbound campaigns to support Medicaid unwinding efforts

AWS Public Sector Blog

In this blog post, learn how to deploy a serverless outbound campaign to meet Medicaid unwinding outreach needs and support agency staff members by streamlining the outreach process. Solution overview: Creating agentless outreach campaigns Agencies can help automate their outreach programs with the Amazon Connect Outbound Campaign solution.

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Addressing federal record retention in mobile device messaging

AWS Public Sector Blog

The majority are subject to Federal Records Act (FRA) and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) regulations that require them to collect, store, and manage federal records that are created, received, and used in daily operations. AWS announces low-to-no cost security services for federal political campaigns and committees.

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What Do I Need to Know About Generative AI?

GovLoop

Prominent industry figures have called for slower development so regulation — and ethics — can catch up. Others say the risks are overblown , and that the suggested regulations serve both to solidify the lead of companies like OpenAI and distract from addressing the harms caused by existing AI. So, Will It End the World?

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Uber: criminal?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

These firms evaded regulation, but were able to mobilize their customers as advocates and pay for campaigns to support what they were doing, making it difficult for elected and appointed officials to challenge their narrative. (If If they even had the understanding to be able to do so, they'd lose.

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Pandemic profiteers: Exploiting fear through cyber scams and how to move forward

Open Access Government - Technology News

Firstly, there is a need to continue to invest and implement more robust awareness campaigns, a strategy many banks and lenders already adopt routinely. On the prevention side, governments can improve regulation and legal frameworks. Companies must consistently warn users about the risk of cyber scams during transactions.