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Covered California provides affordable healthcare access, powered by AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

California swiftly embraced the ACA and became the first state in the nation to enact legislation to set up a health insurance exchange and soon after, in partnership with the state’s Medicaid agency, established the California Healthcare Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention System (CalHEERS). “The

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Boosting Agility for State and Local Government Finance & Budget Offices

Government Technology Insider

Digital transformation and modernization activities were fast-tracked across the public sector to allow government agencies to operate at full capacity under unusual circumstances. Transparency is widely valued by agencies, stakeholders, and constituents because it provides essential insights for large-scale scenario development.

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5 Ways That Agencies Are Ailing From Legacy Systems

GovLoop

Cobol is Still in Play Some government agencies still run programs based on COBOL, a programming language dating to the 1950s. Constituent Service Takes a Hit In August 2023, three members of the Senate urged the Social Security Administration to accelerate its modernization efforts.

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Whole-of-state cybersecurity: How to implement and build a sustainable program

AWS Public Sector Blog

But now is the time for state and local government agencies to act quickly and think strategically about their approach to building a resilient WOS strategy. In a top-down approach , an executive sponsor agency at the state level takes the lead in procuring security control solutions.

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State of Mississippi’s Strategy for Moving Forward with the American Rescue Plan

Government Technology Insider

Among other important measures this piece of legislation seeks to fund critical programs to drive economic recovery and to make the temporary fixes permanent through investment in modernization. By investing in cloud infrastructure technology, state and local government agencies can streamline their administration and finance.

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Why cyber-physical systems security is crucial for state and local governments

Open Access Government - Technology News

Simon Chassar, CRO at Claroty, discusses why cyber-physical systems security is so integral to government in the modern era Digital transformation allows state and local government agencies to better and more efficiently serve the public.