AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, government agencies, educational institutions, and nonprofits face unique challenges in adopting and deploying generative AI. Through controlled trials and POCs, teams can identify and validate valuable use cases for AI assistance, recognize the technology’s current limitations, and set realistic expectations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Communication with parents is a must for school districts. In this blog post, I walk through how to set up a solution that enables school districts to notify a targeted group of parents about school bus breakdowns and delays via the parent’s preferred method of communication (i.e.,

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Plus, when educators connect and communicate with each other, they can help improve the culture of education, use their data more effectively, and deliver better results for students. Discover how four AWS EdStart Members use AWS to create more connected and engaging educational experiences for learners around the world.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers and education industry experts highlighted earlier this year in the “ Innovation drivers in higher education ” report, student demand for comprehensive sustainability strategies is a key factor in driving this change. Sustainability is becoming a priority topic across public sector organizations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

At the core of the Tech Alliance lies a collaborative effort to validate and then communicate the technical and professional skills learners need to develop for entry-level jobs in cloud engineering, data analytics, and software development. This initiative expands student employability, adding skills that the technology market seeks.”

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Homeroom

AUGUST 10, 2022

Department of Education, Office of Communication and Outreach “The main function of an academic advisor is to bring holistic support to students as they navigate their higher education to post grad journey.” The post The Importance of Academic Advising in Higher Education appeared first on ED.gov Blog. Continue Reading.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

The initiative brings together a coalition of Fortune 500 companies and other employers, government agencies, workforce development organizations, and education leaders to better prepare learners for entry-level tech careers. More than 30,000 students are training through the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) program.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 1, 2024

After responding to the increased need for online learning during the pandemic, the market for educational and professional learning content has continued to expand. The global digital education content market is predicted to jump from today’s $60 billion market value to a $180 billion in the next decade, according to FactMR.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 10, 2024

Educational institutions around the world seek reliable options that allow administrators, professors, teachers, and students to maintain connectivity and productivity on- or off-campus. In 2023, more than 2,000 education customers around the world subscribed to software in AWS Marketplace. What is AWS Marketplace?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In this post, I would like to share how two AWS Partners, Ness and CloudThat , used the Generative AI TTM to drive innovation and accelerate their generative AI journeys, benefiting government agencies and education customers. Bhavesh Goswami, Founder and CEO of CloudThat Technologies Pvt.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 14, 2023

From July 11-12, 2023, the IMAGINE: Education, State, and Local Leaders conference from Amazon Web Services (AWS) gathered public sector leaders from around the world in Sacramento, CA to reimagine the future of state and local government and education.

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Google Public Sector

APRIL 26, 2024

For example, an estimated 920 million people globally have an education that does not match their job 1 , while 60% of workers will require new training before 2027 but only some have access to adequate training opportunities 2. Speed has also improved by using Vertex AI.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

Integrating science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) into K12 education that teaches skills-based learning with real-world applications can help students develop critical thinking skills. There is a continuing global shortage of STEM talent and many communities in the US do not have equal access to high-quality STEM education.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Providing ‘safety rails’ is key While the majority of school children are using AI to help with their school work, its popularisation has also increased their anxiety about education. Communication between parents and teachers is therefore vital if students are to be safeguarded outside the classroom.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Seeking to create a personalized mobile app experience, Penn State partnered with Modo Labs , an educational technology company ( EdTech ) offering a no-code app-building platform powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Fortunately, Penn State seamlessly pivoted this new student resource to send COVID-19 safety communications to students.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 7, 2024

Breaking down the challenge to make heritage appealing to all The NCS Cloud Innovation for Communities (CIC) program team was tasked with making Singapore’s rich history and heritage more appealing across all generations through engaging experiences powered by cutting-edge technologies.

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Policy Chats

MARCH 3, 2025

In this episode, Deb Aikat, University of North Carolina Professor of Journalism and Media, talks with the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about how technology impacts government processes and media communication. billion people, and the United States, one of the oldest modern democracies.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

In this blog post we show how Pearson PLC , an AWS education technology (EdTech) customer, successfully implemented resilient architectures through chaos engineering using AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS). Fargate tasks cannot communicate with DynamoDB. Fargate tasks cannot communicate with Amazon S3.

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Partnership for Public Service

JUNE 5, 2024

For high-level federal communicators, the ability to understand and use data to communicate effectively is not just beneficial—it’s essential. Federal communicators play a vital role in delivering accurate and meaningful information to the public, stakeholders and decision-makers.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Metis Eduventures Private Limited is the education technology (EdTech) company behind Adda247 , India’s largest test prep platform. Its mission is to make quality education widely accessible, even to those outside major cities. Metis has readied more than 50 million students for 400 different exams in 10 regional languages.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 9, 2024

Lire cet article en Français Education institutions are increasingly adopting cloud technology to transform the security and efficiency of technology solutions for schools worldwide. Our goal is to expedite the digital evolution of education and safeguard academic settings through cloud computing technology.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

By leveraging AWS to develop the next generation of GovTech technology, the startups aim to address justice and public safety challenges, such as increasing community engagement, deterring crime, and reducing recidivism. 911 call centers are facing unprecedented challenges, with high call volumes, legacy technology, and short staffing.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 4, 2023

In a joint research initiative with INFINITT, SMC piloted a cloud-native picture archiving and communication system (PACS) in its pathology department in 2019. Any urgent findings are communicated over the phone with the primary team doctors. The cloud-based DPS immediately improved communication in multidisciplinary oncology teams.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Colonel Davis was one of the speakers participating in a panel at the IMAGINE 2023 conference for education, state, and local leaders from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Share data and facilitate collaboration For first responders, poor communication can have dire consequences. My driver, Mike, drove right up to me and said, ‘Paul?'”

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Super Library Marketing

MARCH 3, 2025

Nicole is now the Communications Coordinator for the Delaware County District Library, a five-branch system with a bookmobile and other outreach services. She had one Communication Specialist but was certain she needed more help. The first thing I did was sit down with my Communications Specialist and perform a job task audit.

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Careers in Government

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

State and local governments should consider enhancing communications to employees on the value of the benefits that they provide. The post How Can Government Recruit and Retain Talent? appeared first on Careers in Government.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 15, 2023

But the measure of an effective communications platform is how accessible it is for everyone to participate. No Going Back When millions of people began working from home several years ago, seamless communications platforms such as Zoom for Government became invaluable. Governments for Zoom Video Communications.

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 29, 2023

This year’s winners of the Google Cloud Customer Award in government and education include eight organizations from across the country. Each of these entities is setting new standards for creating meaningful change and leaving a positive impact within their communities. Congratulations to the 2023 award winners!

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

UNCF (United Negro College Fund) is working with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to build HBCUv, a learning management ecosystem that seeks to reimagine Black education. AWS believes that technology—when leveraged strategically—is a powerful force multiplier in solving social and environmental challenges.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Start by organizing data sources effectively, encompassing camera video, databases, radio communications, social media, weather updates and more. Educating decision makers: One of the key strategies is education. A proactive approach is essential. This ensures ease of maintenance and access to critical information.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Whether you’re transforming how you teach; improving communications for public safety; moving medical records to the cloud; or generating donor, member, or volunteer insights through managed databases and analytics, various public sector organizations around the world are continuing to find they need to upskill, or reskill, their employees.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 11, 2023

As student enrollment begins to stabilize at colleges and universities, higher education leaders are focused on supporting equitable access to postsecondary education. Many leaders are turning to technology to address systemic barriers to education by making services more transparent, efficient, and simple for learners and staff.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Communications in disasters has always been an issue—across the board. In this podcast we dive into what makes communications so difficult in a disaster and how having communications options and redundancy is critical. Communications in disasters has always been an issue—across the board. Today’s guest is James Clevenger.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 21, 2023

According Global Market Insights , AI in the education market is anticipated to grow 45% by 2024. TensorIoT elevated Citibot for increased government efficiency and citizen engagement Citibot is an AI chatbot that helps citizens communicate with their governments using text messaging and web chat.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

The desktop application offers its own videoconferencing, presentation, and communication tools, while preventing downloading or sharing the data outside of the AWS infrastructure. Because we are using distributed processing, the size of the instance is smaller, the time is faster, and the cost is lower,” said Shruthi. “Our

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

One only has to watch or read the national news to see crisis communications being practiced. In those situations you need to know something about crisis communications, the topic of this podcast. In those situations you need to know something about crisis communications, the topic of this podcast.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 23, 2024

State Department’s Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, Ambassador Stephen Lang; the British Embassy’s Deputy Head of Mission, James Roscoe, MVO; and the Italian Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission, Alessandro Gonzalez. Dobriansky, G7 partners discussed ways to align AI governance strategies.

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