AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This year’s winners of the Go Further, Faster award include: Crisis Text Line is developing applications based on large language models (LLMs), to enhance highly-nuanced crisis conversations at a level of depth and speed not attainable in the past, ultimately decreasing time to intervention for individuals at risk of harming themselves or others.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The Open Source Creation of the Year Award celebrates government organizations that embody open government through the development of open source solutions. His immediate priority was to create the “State in the smartphone” – so people could communicate directly with the state via their smartphones.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 11, 2025

Knowledge and understanding of AI use against civil service/public sector organisations and the commission of serious and organised criminality is developing. Human analysts will always have a role in developing key findings and assessments, and human decision-makers will take action in response to analytical recommendations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

When AMA wanted to launch its community membership — their first true subscription-based membership — AMA decided to rethink its existing membership system. With their in-house software development expertise, they decided to build it themselves. Applications communicate with back-end microservices via Amazon API Gateway.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 24, 2024

In this post, I explain how councils used collaboration and shared resources to develop this digital public infrastructure which has reduced the cost of building council websites by up to 80 percent and delivered better services. Brighton & Hove and Croydon are councils that are mature in their use of Drupal, with in-house developers.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JANUARY 4, 2023

To attract, retain and expand businesses in today’s tight labor market, economic development organizations (EDOs) are becoming more involved than ever in partnerships to help meet employers’ talent pipeline and training needs. Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation in Pa.; The community programs share many similar drivers.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Furman Center faculty directors Vicki Been, Ingrid Gould Ellen, and Kathy O’Regan recently released “ Supply Skepticism Revisited ”, highlighting the latest rigorous research that draws out the nuanced effects housing supply has on housing affordability. 16 hosted at the NYU School of Law.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Costs stem from hosting requirements and technical headcounts to develop, deploy, and maintain each approach. Empowering multidisciplinary teams Technical abilities required vary by project complexity, necessitating assessments of in-house skills versus outsourcing potential components.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

APRIL 25, 2025

Holding specialist expertise in-house is costly. Leveraging tools like Microsoft Power Platform, designed to create solutions to key business problems, organisations can develop intuitive and user-friendly applications tailored to meet their unique needs. Yet, data, AI, and app innovation are crucial for digital transformations.

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Peak Proposals

MARCH 23, 2022

For a proposal style guide, the guide covers in-house style rules and any supplemental style guidance provided by the funder. We published a short post several years ago about developing a style sheet and what types of information to include. Grant proposals also need style guides. We go over how to do this later in this post.

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Peak Proposals

MARCH 23, 2022

For a proposal style guide, the guide covers in-house style rules and any supplemental style guidance provided by the funder. We published a short post several years ago about developing a style sheet and what types of information to include. Grant proposals also need style guides. We go over how to do this later in this post.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® is a leading customer relationship management (CRM) software used by nonprofits to communicate with donors and drive fundraising programs. With improved data insights, nonprofits can personalize communications with constituents, strengthen donor relationships, enhance operational efficiencies, and more.

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California Department of Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

September 27, 2023 – Monica Hernández has been appointed CDT’s new Deputy Director of Communications and Stakeholder Relations at the California. Since 2021, Monica has served as Deputy Director of Communications at the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 14, 2023

New York City’s least-dense community districts are permitting new housing at lower rates compared to the rest of the city, raising questions for policymakers over how to achieve fair and equitable housing growth across a broad range of neighborhood types, according to a recent report from the NYU Furman Center.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

We are an independent affiliate of the national Easterseals organization, highly focused on the needs of our local community in the greater Washington, D.C. Housing data this way allows us to analyze it by demographic as well as program or service. Generating reports now takes seconds when it used to take days.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 12, 2023

Adopting low code to secure internal and external communications To address this issue, organisations can shift away from relying solely on emails for digital communication, as it’s not email itself that’s critical but the means of communication. This can be achieved by developing a low-code application.

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GovLoop

APRIL 4, 2023

And worse, once you know your strengths, communicating them to a manager can be even harder. Department of Housing and Urban Development Much of the advice for under-represented groups in the workplace focuses on the need to lean in. EI is the ability to manage your emotions and those of the people around you. Favorite

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

For more than a year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has supported SMAs with in-house Medicaid expertise to identify unwinding issues and develop solutions to address them. A major part of that is re-certifying the 91 million members currently receiving Medicaid benefits. Figure 1 illustrates the architecture of the solution: Figure 1.

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Bang the Table

APRIL 22, 2022

With the British government’s social housing white paper published just a few weeks prior, social housing provider Catalyst ® launched The Garden – an online community platform that enables tenant participation and provides real-time customer feedback. We wanted to develop an online community.

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iGrantWriters

JANUARY 5, 2022

Description Efforts are underway to develop a safe and effective vaccine to protect people from acquiring HIV ultimately reducing the number of new infections and ending the epidemic. Entities (Foreign Organizations); Regional Organizations; Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; U.S. Territory or Possession.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 17, 2024

To help close the digital divide, the city created Big Apple Connect — a subsidy program that provides free broadband and basic cable access to people living in NYC public housing. So far, coverage is available in 220 public housing developments.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 19, 2023

In fact, just recently, the White House hosted its global ransomware summit , which brought three dozen nations, the EU, and private businesses together to discuss the threat landscape and this evolving threat vector. DevSecOps – a business priority for 2023 Early threat detection is becoming more and more crucial.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services Caroline Goon, Director of External Affairs, White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, U.S. This person will push the envelope to find innovative ways to share their message while keeping employees and stakeholders engaged.

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CRA Today

APRIL 9, 2024

Episode 76: Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Rethinking Community Development Strategy to Address Digital Inequity with Sarah Hope Marshall [link] Sarah Hope Marshall joins me here to reflect upon digital inequity in place-based community revitalization. How has my world changed because of technology?”

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A Library Writer's Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

We invite scholars, librarians, historians, and researchers from various disciplines to present their research at the 2025 LHRT Research Forum, which will focus on how libraries in unexpected places serve communities, preserve history, and expand access to knowledge. Personal and private libraries with public impact.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

APRIL 8, 2024

Among the documents shared online are rent statements, applications for council housing purchases, and identification documents such as passport information. This includes monitoring financial accounts for suspicious activity and being cautious of unsolicited communications requesting sensitive data.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

For nearly a year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has supported SMAs with in-house Medicaid expertise to identify unwinding issues and develop solutions to address them. Scenario 1: The Medicaid agency sends a letter to Martha’s house using the address they have on file. She misses the letter and doesn’t respond in time.

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Super Library Marketing

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This was the first-ever pre-conference workshop for the Library Marketing and Communications Conference , which returned in all its in-person glory. And then we wonder why it’s so difficult to create successful library marketing and communications. We’re building houses without foundations.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 3, 2023

Ryo Nagase, Professor from Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan, highlights research concerning advancing connector technologies for multicore optical fibres, starting with an informative introduction Japan has been leading the development of optical communication technology from when the field first emerged.

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Super Library Marketing

OCTOBER 30, 2023

I went from checking out my favorite creepy books in North Carolina to walking to the library from my house in Bakersfield, California as a teen, and later, seeking out the library as a quiet refuge in college.” In 2016 I made the conscious decision to pivot my resume towards library marketing and joined our Marketing and Communications team.

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Super Library Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

American Copy Editors Society In-person event, April 4-5, 2024, in San Diego, California Price: $775 This conference boosts an impressive program packed with sessions that will sharpen your writing skills for all kinds of library promotion including tools for fact-checking, accessibility, creativity, and how to build an in-house style guide.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

MARCH 5, 2024

Prior to his service at FEMA, he served as the Director of Preparedness Policy for the White House Homeland Security Council. Prior to his service at FEMA, he served as the Director of Preparedness Policy for the White House Homeland Security Council.

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GovLoop

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Peter Bonner is a cross-sector innovator, working in the areas of human capital, workforce development, and leadership effectiveness. She is a FEMA-trained crisis communicator and certified Advanced Public Information Officer (APIO). General Services Administration and previously with the U.S. Small Business Administration.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 27, 2024

It's doing some great bike infrastructure, some of which we will be trying to get for the perimeter of Sugar House Park. They have the capacity for community communication. WRT temporary, I imagine it could become something more like the roundabout at Hollywood Avenue and 1000 East, but again, no two way communication.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

It has quickly progressed to become the leading interactive digital solution for communication, service delivery and end user engagement between health professionals and the community. DCB0129 – Clinical Risk Management: This provides evidence of the clinical safety of our Health and communication app. Thank you! ”

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Partnership for Public Service

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Prioritize diverse experiences: Personnel selected for White House and executive branch roles must bring the expertise, diversity of experience and energy to build strong intergovernmental relationships. Develop knowledge management tools to support and track engagement both during the transition and once in office.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

As the number of students we taught rose and tenure-track faculty left, they were replaced with wonderful, intelligent, highly-trained contingent faculty with heavy teaching loads, by-the-course or one-year contracts, and little to no support for equipment, materials, or professional development. It was the house.

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