AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) employs project management principles to deliver public sector cloud outcomes. This blog post highlights project management tools, references, and AWS Management Console tips that give public sector customers better project visibility, automate task management, and help accelerate project outcomes.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Political polarization is having a substantially negative impact on the nation, according to 87% of local government leaders recently surveyed by CivicPulse and Carnegie Corporation of New York. However, only 31% of those same city and county leaders felt that polarization was seriously impacting their local communities.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 15, 2025

In our previous posts about how public sector organizations can secure their Internet of Things (IoT) deployments, we introduced the AWS IoT family of services in Secure your organizations Internet of Things devices using AWS IoT , and we dove deep into IoT communications with 4 common IoT protocols and their security considerations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 24, 2024

Governments encourage public sector organizations, businesses, and citizens to embrace digital technologies and practices through a range of incentives. As an Amazon Web Services (AWS) government transformation advisor, I’ve observed best practices that deliver success, and in this post, I summarize them.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 23, 2024

Government (USG) officials, allied nations’ diplomats, and private sector leaders to discuss approaches to shape the global future of responsible artificial intelligence (AI). He emphasized the need for the USG to cooperate with partners and allies in creating guardrails for responsible AI governance. The event convened senior U.S.

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Partnership for Public Service

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Our Public Service Leadership Model defines emotional intelligence , or EI, as the ability to recognize your emotions and those of others—and to use this information to manage behavior. Doing so requires public service leaders to demonstrate self-awareness and build and manage relationships effectively.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

However, LLMs alone may fall short in providing timely and relevant insights, especially for agencies managing dynamic and time-sensitive operations. This enables access to external APIs and integration with various data sources, facilitating cross-agency communication and data sharing via APIs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Today, Liam Maxwell, director of government transformation for Amazon Web Services (AWS), announced the winners of the first Future of Government Awards during a virtual ceremony. The Future of Government Awards recognize the people and projects leading public sector digital transformation around the world.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 3, 2025

The quantum clock is more accurate than ever before, it will lose less than one second over billions of year, providing a level of precision that will be revolutionary for military navigations to secure communications. The post The UK’s quantum clock: Changing military precision and security appeared first on Open Access Government.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

the Accelerator supports government technology (GovTech) startups as they develop innovative solutions enabling justice and public safety agencies to better serve their communities. created a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for Intelligent Digital Evidence Management Systems (iDEMS). Austin, TX Revir Technologies, Inc.,

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

As citizens’ expectations evolve and the need for rapid, accurate information becomes more pronounced, state and local governments seek smarter ways to keep pace. Enter Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and large language models (LLMs)—the dynamic duo powering the next wave of efficient state and local government services.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Government organizations face challenges that include tight budgets and rapidly evolving citizen demands. In the UK, 44 local government bodies—called councils—use an open approach to share expertise and pool resources to transform their web publishing platforms using LocalGov Drupal.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Satellite communications systems provide the DoD with critical capabilities—from delivering satellite imagery to enabling communications—that support military users operating around the globe. government (USG) space assets in all orbits to provide secure, assured, and low-latency data communications.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Moving digital assets to the cloud is one of the first steps governments can take to secure their public services against large-scale disruptions. It is better to have the power to effectively communicate and measure your progress within the whole organization than to have a detailed plan that only fits a part of the organization.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

This initiative aims to foster collaboration among employers, academic institutions, and governments, ensuring that academic curricula aligns with real-world demands of businesses. Dual education is a collaborative approach involving vocational schools and companies, both local and international, to train students and future professionals.

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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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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 24, 2022

Real-time data is the lynchpin for any progressive government , enabling it to improve efficiency, enhance operations and communications, provide improved services for citizens, uncover fraud and lower the risk of cyberattacks. The government benefits from receiving and processing data in real-time. Keeping data secure.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

Government customers with secure access to foundation models (FMs) and generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities within AWSs classified environment. Government customers, said Dave Levy, Vice President of Worldwide Public Sector at AWS. Government customers. Sonnet to our U.S. What is Amazon Bedrock?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Whether filing taxes, applying for student financial aid, seeking healthcare coverage, or receiving disaster support, customers are increasingly using internet-based web applications as the primary method of interaction with the federal government. These services communicate via a well-defined interface using lightweight APIs.

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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. West Virginia’s partnership with the AWS Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance represents a strategic investment in our future.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Department of Defense (DoD) relies on modern military applications that are data-heavy and depend on low latency to enable critical communications and coordination in the field. Customers also have the option to use satellite communications for network connectivity. Learn more about AWS for US Government and AWS for Defense.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

If a local government wants to re-do its IT setup, its leaders should collaborate with knowledgeable teammates, says Matt Sprague , industry strategy director, local government at Trimble , a U.S.-based He urges government administrators to ask prospective vendors how their company is working to make processes better.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Customers with highly-regulated workloads and complex compliance requirements can use the LZA to better manage and govern their multi-account environment. This means that the routing table configuration of your AWS Transit Gateway prevents these accounts from communicating with each other for security reasons.

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Partnership for Public Service

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Panelists included Ryan McCarthy, former secretary of the army, and Pat Kennedy, former undersecretary of state for management. Doing so is critical to managing the risks that come with leadership changes during a presidential transition. Effective communication of risk information at the right time and in the right place is critical.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 27, 2023

What are the top 3 trends that will trigger organizations to adopt a critical event management plan in 2023? Gartner reveals all Over the past year, organizations have been focused on managing the rise of home and hybrid workforces and adapting to the many changes resulting from the global pandemic. million to $4.2

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

However, social media also can be used to spread misinformation, which can lead to distrust between a government and its residents. It’s critical for governments to make their presence known, and intentionally engage with their residents to build a high level of trust. So, how do local governments activate on this?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Add the challenge of retaining existing talent and government agencies face a perfect storm. What does IDP look like in practice for government agencies? As talent shortages grow, job vacancies are commonplace across governmental agencies. Only then could a case worker administer the claim.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Building modern applications with containers Containers are lightweight, versatile, and portable units that are revolutionizing the way modern applications are built, deployed, and managed. Running containerized on-premises or self-managed workloads involves significant overhead to manage operational resources.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Agencies use asset management software and services to monitor, maintain, and control these types of operational assets and equipment. Asset management software can help agencies optimize the quality and utilization of assets throughout their lifecycle, increase productive uptime, and reduce operational costs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 25, 2024

Fachklinikum Mainschleife manages around 30 critical applications, including electronic health records (EHRs), health information systems (HIS), picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), and practice management systems. Architectural diagram of AWS Organizations for governance and control. Architecture Figure 1.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Attacks on digital citizen services can cause citizens to lose trust in their governments. As an IT leader for digital citizen services, you need to automate incident management runbooks. 1) Place current incident management runbook as documents in AWS Systems Manager. 2) Setup AWS Systems Manager Incident Manager.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 9, 2024

The early stages of AI The evolution of AI during the pandemic, especially to power chatbots serving massive increases in citizen service demands, paved the way for generative AI as a new type of government tool. While generative AI is beginning to open new possibilities in government, its use also has vast limitations.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z are all mingling in the office these days, and that can present a challenge when it comes to communicating effectively. Generational Communication Preferences: Do you know the preferred communication methods of each generation? Key Takeaways 1.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Empowering individuals with ownership of their own data Starting in July 2023, hundreds of staff at the Homeless Outreach Program Integrated Care System ( HOPICS ) began using Kiip to store documents, complete forms and applications, and streamline communications with incoming customers. Reach out to the AWS Public Sector team.

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GovLoop

JUNE 14, 2024

The NextGen Public Service Award nominations are open , and we need your help to find government workers who have made a positive impact in their workplace. Because of that, each year, we acknowledge and celebrate those who have used their intelligence, exuberance and dedication to improving and invigorating government. Favorite

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

As government organizations transition to Amazon Web Services (AWS), they often seek to maintain operational continuity by using their existing on-premises firewall solutions. East-west traffic describes communication within the cloud environment, such as between different applications or services in various subnets or VPCs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Patient data is sensitive and in many jurisdictions processing, access, and storage of patient data is regulated by government entities. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Wickr is an end-to-end encrypted messaging and collaboration service with features designed to keep internal and external communications secure, private, and compliant.

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