AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Whether on land, in air, or at sea, having connectivity and access to information in the field is critical for the US Department of Defense (DoD). Satellite communications systems provide the DoD with critical capabilities—from delivering satellite imagery to enabling communications—that support military users operating around the globe.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Andrew Buss, Deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Innovation Management, and Innovation Manager Tara Woody offered their wisdom about how to implement innovations and keep momentum going. During planning and pilot periods, it’s important to keep communication flowing internally and externally.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The data deluge: Challenges of managing and analyzing information In the modern law enforcement landscape, the emergence of real-time crime centers has opened possibilities and presented significant challenges. Navigating the information flood. This ensures ease of maintenance and access to critical information.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 4, 2023

However, this poses significant problems with information sharing and data storage because microscopy slides are fragile, and the dye used to visualize the cell structure fades over time. Any urgent findings are communicated over the phone with the primary team doctors.

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Google Public Sector

MARCH 17, 2025

Gemini streamlines team communications by helping users summarize, draft, and find information in their emails, chats, and files. Enhanced collaboration: AI-powered tools facilitate seamless communication and collaboration within and across government agencies.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Integrated chat assistants can also provide real-time claim information through the IVR without agent assistance. Every constituent has a different set of circumstances that dictates how and when they prefer to communicate. These solutions dont just alleviate front line staff.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Sprague adds this example of how digital transformation can enhance a government’s performance: “Updated processes, supported by new and existing technologies, can help break down silos so that data and communication can flow more efficiently across teams.”

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

As one-time donations increasingly become the norm, nonprofit development teams are challenged to think outside-the-box to attract, retain, and communicate with their valuable supporters. Organizations can use data to inform an enhanced engagement strategy, but many are challenged to unlock the full value of that data affordably and at scale.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

If the application is using TLS encryption natively (such as API traffic on https/443), then use Elastic IP addresses (EIPs) to communicate. As noted in the VPC FAQ when using public IP addresses, all communication between instances and services hosted in AWS use AWS’s private network. 8 or 0.0.0.0/0) 24 and 10.0.1.0/24), 8 or 0.0.0.0/0)

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 22, 2024

I still have challenges with clients not getting information to me on time, resulting in some last-minute panic. In the realm of grant writing, encountering challenges with colleagues/clients not providing necessary information in a timely manner is not uncommon. You seem like someone who has worked out a solution for this.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 15, 2024

Amazon Web Services ( AWS) Ground Station is a cloud-based service that provides you with an opportunity to perform communication sessions with your satellite without spending a fortune on your own ground station infrastructure. TLE consists of two lines of text with specific information about the satellite’s orbit.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2024

With the Internet of Things (IoT), selecting the right communication protocol ensures efficient data exchange and seamless connectivity between devices and the cloud. For AWS IoT Core, the primary method of securing communication is through the use of X.509 for all communications.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

First, the pandemic created a rise in e-learning solutions, as teachers and students adopted digital platforms for communicating, teaching and learning, and managing academic information. Amazon Lex invokes an AWS Lambda function that uses LangChain retriever for Amazon Kendra index to implement a RAG workflow.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 23, 2023

GraphQL is a query language and server-side runtime system for application programming interfaces (APIs) that prioritizes giving clients exactly the information they request and no more. GraphQL implementation options on AWS There are two ways to run GraphQL implementations on AWS. AWS AppSync is available in most AWS Regions.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 30, 2024

As part of the “substantive and technical expertise” competency, Foreign Service employees must develop “the ability to read, understand, create, and communicate data as information” and to identify “the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches based on data-driven analysis, as appropriate.” sponsored U.N.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

Digital banking By implementing digital banking solutions, credit unions benefit from the performance increases and scalability that the cloud offers. These solutions also help credit unions implement single sign-on solutions. For more information about the AWS Nonprofits organization, visit the AWS for Nonprofits main page.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In addition to the risk to life and biodiversity, wildfires can destroy and disrupt property, essential infrastructure, communications, air quality, and more. Image file location and information, such as the minimum confidence score, serve as input parameters for the Amazon Rekognition Custom Labels service detect_custom_labels() method.

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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. To understand how these technologies work together to enhance information retrieval and generation, let’s examine the process flow of an LLM integrated with RAG.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

East-west traffic describes communication within the cloud environment, such as between different applications or services in various subnets or VPCs. East-west traffic can also include communication between the AWS Cloud and on-premises data centers connected via AWS Direct Connect or other private connectivity solutions.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Digital advocates of the year Winner: Digital Identity Directorate Team – Brazil The Digital Identity Directorate Team implemented the innovative GOV.BR This blog post highlights the 2023 awardees. Digital Identity , revolutionizing Brazilian citizens’ relationship with the public sector through a secure, simple, and interoperable identity.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

For this blog post, we provide an example of an LZA landing zone, which implements strong segregation of your development, test, and production accounts by default. 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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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 24, 2024

The Canadian government’s Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) program Beyond the Cloud trains people and upskills employees for essential roles such as cloud architects, engineers, and administrators. They develop online portals, mobile apps, and digital platforms to access government services and information.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 22, 2024

According to the National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ (NASCIO) 2024 Tech Forecast , nearly half (49%) of state CIOs said they will need to increase the number of IT employees to keep pace. Communication plays a critical role in modernization projects.

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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. AWS Organizations facilitates governance and control across multiple AWS accounts.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

Carbyne APEX transitioned the call center from analog to a digital interface that is smartphone-friendly and allows operators to communicate with callers via live video. This provides accurate location information and rich data within the call handling platform itself.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2024

They often lead and implement projects aimed at conserving natural habitats and restoring degraded ecosystems. Working closely with local communities, they foster sustainable practices and build capacity for environmental stewardship. This research is essential in informing policy and guiding action towards sustainability.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 8, 2024

By automating repetitive aspects of these essential tasks, healthcare professionals can focus more on communications with patient and personalized care that can create better patient outcomes, and optimize their workload. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) allows us to retrieve data from outside a foundation model.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Jonty Fletcher, Marketing Manager at Synertec Ltd , focuses on the benefits and challenges of adopting multi-channel communications Multi-channel communications are something that people need to think about. The question is, which method works best in communicating to the recipient? What are multi-channel communications?

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2022

One of emergency management’s major partners in all things concerning disasters, from the preparation phase to the response and recovery is our public information/affairs officers who support what we are trying to do in communicating with the public. I highly recommend this podcast to your listening.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Efficient clinical coding ensures that patient information is accurately recorded. AI-driven translation platforms UHL and UHN are now also testing AI-driven translation platforms that could change the accessibility of healthcare information. These platforms can translate health-related videos into multiple languages in seconds.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

NARA defines federal records as “all recorded information, regardless of form or characteristics, made or received by a Federal agency under Federal law or in connection with the transaction of public business.” Now more than ever, agencies are seeking to communicate through secure channels, and maintain and preserve those communications.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 9, 2024

Today, at a cybersecurity skills-building event for students hosted by the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC), AWS announced the launch of the K12 Cyber Grant Program across Canada. Our goal is to expedite the digital evolution of education and safeguard academic settings through cloud computing technology.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 18, 2025

Key advantages of private IoT networks include: Network isolation: Devices communicate through a private, closed network that is not exposed to the public internet. By implementing Spitfires One Network, the authority can: Isolate devices: All devices operate within a private network, making them invisible and unreachable to external threats.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

His immediate priority was to create the “State in the smartphone” – so people could communicate directly with the state via their smartphones. After registering, citizens can receive communications and complete in-app payments. He is the youngest minister in the political history of Ukraine.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Giving patients and their families access to the information they need in ways convenient for them is a key focus for one of the UK’s largest National Health Service (NHS) trusts. The Trust provided important information about patient journeys and operational challenges, and coordinated access to internal stakeholders and systems.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

Wickr RAM is DOD compliant and able to transmit controlled unclassified information (CUI), personal health information (PHI), and personally identifiable information (PII) as defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Best-of-breed technology collaborations.

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