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CreatorUp harnesses AWS AI tools to scale digital content development

AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 1, 2024

CreatorUp helps the education sector meet content demand—quickly When it comes to developing digital course content, one of the biggest challenges is scalability. That was the equivalent of 56 feature films that we developed,” says Almond. Thanks to CreatorUp—and the AI infrastructure provided by AWS—this demand was quickly met.

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FEDRAMP High Development in the Cloud: Code with Cloud Workstations

Google Public Sector

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In the demanding world of federal software development, teams are constantly challenged to deliver innovative solutions while upholding the highest security standards. The complexity of scaling teams, managing infrastructure, and ensuring consistent development environments can quickly become overwhelming.

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How Penn State built an all-in-one campus resource app on Modo Labs’ development platform using AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The right platform for efficient app development “We chose Modo Labs because it offered easy tools for creating a mobile experience that would help us consolidate all the resources that we had,” says Ryan Seilhamer, product owner of Penn State Go. Creating our own custom integrations was something that we didn’t see on other platforms.”

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How Agencies Can Help Employees Develop Soft Skills

State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2023

Some attendees also made the assertion that when it comes to training and professional development, IT deputy directors might be more interested in honing their soft skills than anything else; for example, they want to know how to communicate with legislators and stand in for CIOs.

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Empower Digital Government: Strategic Workbook for Modern Transformation

Our Strategic Workbook for Modern Government offers a step-by-step guide to developing a sustainable digital strategy. However, while many have adopted new digital tools, few have implemented comprehensive strategies to maximize their benefits.

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Low-Code Development Offers Fast Relief for Strained State and Local Agencies

State Tech Magazine

JULY 24, 2023

8 comes low-code and no-code software development. For example, Gartner forecasts the low-code software development market will grow roughly 20 percent in 2023. 2 technology in demand: legacy application modernization. 6 is artificial intelligence. And at No. These priority items are linked. Many state and local governments…

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U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) Reauthorized

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MARCH 4, 2025

Economic Development Administration (EDA) with strong bipartisan support. 3891) , the first in 20 years, is included as part of the Water Resources Development Act (S. Planning activities related devising, implementing, and updating a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) are eligible for funding.

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Philly Chinatown Residents Don’t Trust the Arena Development Process

Next City

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

At a crucial political moment, thousands marched in the pouring rain in opposition to the proposed Sixers arena in the heart of downtown Philadelphia.

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Local Governments Are Developing Early AI Use Cases, CIOs Say

State Tech Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

Local government CIOs agreed that artificial intelligence has great potential for staff augmentation but noted that they are only in the early stages of testing AI use cases. Speaking Thursday at the Public Technology Institute’s 2024 AI and Cyber Summit in Washington, D.C.,

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SoftwareOne boosts developer efficiency and streamlines code reviews using Amazon Bedrock

AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 30, 2024

SoftwareOne developed SummarAIze, which is software for automatic generation of GitHub pull request descriptions that is driven by AI. SummarAIze accelerates code reviews, reduces development cycles, and optimizes resource allocation. Developed as a NodeJS AWS Lambda function , the application’s source code is scripted in TypeScript.

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Are Citizen Developers the Future of Agencies’ Digital Transformations?

FedTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Citizen development of low-code/no-code applications offers agencies a digital transformation vehicle as they mull what to do with legacy software that is less secure and lacks interoperability.

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Empowering federal agencies with a more secure and efficient developer experience

Google Public Sector

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Security-first development with Google Cloud Google Cloud offers a suite of developer tools to streamline your workflow and enhance security: Cloud Workstations : Enables secure, cloud-based workstations for remote work without compromising security.

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Enhance productivity with Amazon Bedrock Agents and Powertools for AWS Lambda

AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

When combined with Powertools for AWS Lambda (Python), a developer toolkit that implements serverless best practices, agencies can significantly increase their development velocity while maintaining high security and compliance standards. Example Amazon CloudWatch log events.

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From engines to algorithms: Gen AI in automotive software development

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JANUARY 3, 2025

As the automotive and industrial sectors undergo major technological advancements, gen AIdriven operating models can allow companies to develop software more easily, safely, and innovatively.

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NASCIO: AI,gov and Cybersecurity Are Federal Advocacy Priorities in 2025

State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

States have forged ahead with strategies for AI governance and implementation without waiting for federal action, according to NASCIO, and Congress and federal agencies must remain mindful of efforts at the state level if and when they develop federal AI policies. In doing so, we can ensure that the federal governments AI

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AWS supports ARPA-H Sprint for Women’s Health to advance crucial research and solutions

AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

“Support from AWS allows us to efficiently identify cancer markers that predict which patients benefit the most from this novel treatment and ultimately can help us develop a next generation drug that works even better,” said Jill Kolesar, Dean and Professor at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. The Aspira Women’s Health lab team.

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The evolution of fraud and the importance of continuous professional development and learning

Open Access Government - Technology News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This article looks at how fraud has evolved, why continuous professional development (CPD) is crucial for fraud investigators, and some practical ways to stay sharp in the fight against fraud Fraud isnt new; humans have been conning each other since the first trade deals. But in todays hyper-connected world, the game has changed.

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From engines to algorithms: Gen AI in automotive software development

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JANUARY 10, 2025

As the automotive and industrial sectors undergo major technological advancements, gen AIdriven operating models can allow companies to develop software more easily, safely, and innovatively.

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Working backwards from generative AI business value in the public sector

AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In addition to matching generative AI development priorities to business needs, leaders and technologists must sufficiently understand the capabilities of generative AI in order to validate if it is the right tool for the job. Develop the foundational capabilities that enable this journey.

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Announcing the Generative AI for Geospatial Challenge, which awards $1M in AWS credits to innovators

AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Award announcements are expected in mid-December, followed by a project development period culminating in April 2025. AWS, with its comprehensive cloud services, is at the forefront of empowering customers to develop and scale cloud-centered geospatial solutions. Submissions will remain open until November 29, 2024.

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Harnessing cloud solutions to tackle water challenges

AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Floodmapp, an Australian startup, has developed a real-time flood mapping and monitoring platform that uses AWS services such as AWS Batch and Amazon Elastic Container Service to provide accurate, location-specific flood data. This collaborative approach is crucial in addressing the complex, broad-reaching nature of water challenges.

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Introducing the Amazon Trusted AI Challenge

AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

University students will compete in a tournament-style challenge as either model developer teams or red teams to enhance the AI user experience, prevent misuse, and enable users to build more secure code. Model developer teams will create code-generating models to enhance security, identify threats, and prevent unintended behavior.

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State AI Roadmaps Must Mitigate Risks and Build Competent Workforces

State Tech Magazine

MARCH 19, 2025

NASCIO has recommended considerations for state CIOs developing AI roadmaps, and Robinson revisited three of those: Establish governance and oversight processes. Address data quality and sourcing. Expand AI workforce expertise and training.

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Disaster response and risk management using PNNL’s Aether framework on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

Characterizing disaster risk and developing strategies for resilience and response to natural event hazards is core to the mission of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). PNNL developed Aether as a reusable framework for sharing data and analytics with sponsors and stakeholders.

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A tech pipeline for rural communities: West Virginia joins AWS Tech Alliance

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 20 AWS Partners and customers have committed to the Egypt alliance.

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AWS Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance expands to Texas

AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 23, 2024

The tech industry in the state of Texas is booming, with a growing demand for skilled workers in cloud, information technology (IT), software development, and data analytics roles. AWS has a long history of collaborating with organizations in Texas to advance workforce development and skills attainment initiatives.

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Highlights from the AWS re:Invent 2024 Public Sector Innovation Session

AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Take a few minutes to read this post and learn more about the transformative initiatives, inspiring customer stories, and technological developments that help AWS public sector customers improve life on Earth. The goal is to accelerate research and development efforts to improve health outcomes for women.

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New survey: Public sector poised for generative AI revolution

AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Almost half of respondents (43 percent) are interested in using generative AI to improve operational efficiency, followed by enhancing communications (29 percent), education and workforce development (28 percent), and enhancing citizen services (21 percent).

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Empowering the public sector with secure, governed generative AI experimentation

AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Additionally, the ability to share developed assets (prompts, apps, functions, knowledge bases) across departments promotes collaboration and efficiency, ensuring that successful AI applications can be replicated and scaled throughout the organization.

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Empowering public sector innovation: How AWS Partners are accelerating their generative AI adoption

AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

These one-on-one consulting engagements have covered topics such as developing a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) and maximizing profitability with AWS in public sector. These solutions included summarization, information extraction, sentiment analysis, topic classification, and data visualization.

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AWS announces $50 million Generative AI Impact Initiative for public sector organizations

AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

Credit issuance determinations will be based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to the customer’s experience developing new technology solutions, the maturity of the project idea, evidence of future solution adoption, and the customer’s breadth of generative AI skills.

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Coming to a city near you: AWS State, Local, and Education Learning Days

AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 11, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) skills are among the most in-demand, but a variety of cloud skills like architecture, data management and storage, and software development are among the top 10 needed IT skills. A key highlight of AWS Learning Days is the diverse range of session formats.

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Republic of Armenia’s Ministry of High-Tech Industry and AWS sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

To increase national competitiveness, the MoU will drive a wide range of educational initiatives to develop Armenia’s workforce and prepare Armenian workers for the jobs of the future. With this Memorandum, we have laid the foundation for a new collaboration.

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State and Local Government IT Influencers Worth a Follow in 2024

State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2024

IT infrastructure modernization, cloud optimization, smarter cybersecurity and agile software development will rapidly facilitate a truly modern citizen experience, one that can more closely mirror the private sector’s status quo. Based on their myriad accomplishments and stated…

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How SSEs Boost Cloud-Native Application Security

State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

But 9 times out of 10, what we’re really talking about is Software as a Service, especially among state and local government agencies that don’t necessarily have the in-house staff to develop, manage and secure their own apps in the cloud.

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Embrace the ABCs to Close Government Talent Gaps

State Tech Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2023

While the American economy remains on solid footing as it navigates challenging headwinds, today’s workforce development ecosystem is struggling to keep pace. These simultaneous dilemmas pose significant workforce development challenges for many…

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In Philly’s Chinatown, a Community Workshop Envisions Alternatives to Sixers Arena

Next City

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Chinatown residents are working on new proposals for the downtown strip where developers are planning a new basketball arena.

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Why Business Licensing Is More Than Just Paperwork

OpenGov

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Business licensing is more than just an administrative necessityits a critical gateway to economic growth, steady compliance, and consistent community development.

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Shadow AI: Shining Light on a Growing Security Threat

FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2025

Click the banner below to begin developing a comprehensive cyber resilience strategy. Microsoft and LinkedIn found 78% of AI users bring their own tools to work, and 52% are reluctant to admit using it, according to the 2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report. This is the reality of shadow AI: Many workers already use the technology covertly.

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Mapping litter and plastic pollution with citizen science

AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The database is also developing a community by encouraging people to come together to respond to the pollution problem; OpenLitterMap supports weekly meetups with live open source coding sessions. To date, almost 7,000 people from 92 countries have uploaded almost 365,000 geolocated images, which have been applied with almost 600,000 tags.

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More Older Adults are Homeless—What Can Be Done to Help this Vulnerable Population with Unique Needs

GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

JANUARY 16, 2025

reached a record high in 2024, according to a new annual point-in-time count released in December by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Homelessness in the U.S. More than 770,000 people experienced homelessness on a single night.

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AWS accelerates digital public infrastructure adoption with automation

AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 18, 2025

The Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) is a multi-stakeholder United Nations (UN) endorsed initiative that facilitates the discovery and deployment of open source technologies, bringing together countries and organizations to create a thriving global ecosystem for digital public goods and helping to achieve sustainable development goals.

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Educause launches generative AI readiness assessment tool for higher education with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 8, 2024

In response, Amazon Web Services (AWS) helped Educause develop a Higher Education Generative AI Readiness Assessment grounded in responsible use. Educause is a nonprofit membership association committed to advancing the strategic use of technology and data to further the promise of higher education.

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A Pioneering Program Paying NYC’s Low-Income Youth to Learn to Swim

Next City

AUGUST 20, 2024

The NYCHA Swim Corps program brings swimming lessons to youth in New York's public housing developments. It’s harder than it sounds.

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CreatorUp harnesses AWS AI tools to scale digital content development

FEDRAMP High Development in the Cloud: Code with Cloud Workstations

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How Penn State built an all-in-one campus resource app on Modo Labs’ development platform using AWS

How Agencies Can Help Employees Develop Soft Skills

Empower Digital Government: Strategic Workbook for Modern Transformation

Low-Code Development Offers Fast Relief for Strained State and Local Agencies

U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) Reauthorized

Philly Chinatown Residents Don’t Trust the Arena Development Process

Local Governments Are Developing Early AI Use Cases, CIOs Say

SoftwareOne boosts developer efficiency and streamlines code reviews using Amazon Bedrock

Are Citizen Developers the Future of Agencies’ Digital Transformations?

Empowering federal agencies with a more secure and efficient developer experience

Enhance productivity with Amazon Bedrock Agents and Powertools for AWS Lambda

From engines to algorithms: Gen AI in automotive software development

NASCIO: AI,gov and Cybersecurity Are Federal Advocacy Priorities in 2025

AWS supports ARPA-H Sprint for Women’s Health to advance crucial research and solutions

The evolution of fraud and the importance of continuous professional development and learning

From engines to algorithms: Gen AI in automotive software development

Working backwards from generative AI business value in the public sector

Announcing the Generative AI for Geospatial Challenge, which awards $1M in AWS credits to innovators

Harnessing cloud solutions to tackle water challenges

Introducing the Amazon Trusted AI Challenge

State AI Roadmaps Must Mitigate Risks and Build Competent Workforces

Disaster response and risk management using PNNL’s Aether framework on AWS

A tech pipeline for rural communities: West Virginia joins AWS Tech Alliance

AWS Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance expands to Texas

Highlights from the AWS re:Invent 2024 Public Sector Innovation Session

New survey: Public sector poised for generative AI revolution

Empowering the public sector with secure, governed generative AI experimentation

Empowering public sector innovation: How AWS Partners are accelerating their generative AI adoption

AWS announces $50 million Generative AI Impact Initiative for public sector organizations

Coming to a city near you: AWS State, Local, and Education Learning Days

Republic of Armenia’s Ministry of High-Tech Industry and AWS sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

State and Local Government IT Influencers Worth a Follow in 2024

How SSEs Boost Cloud-Native Application Security

Embrace the ABCs to Close Government Talent Gaps

In Philly’s Chinatown, a Community Workshop Envisions Alternatives to Sixers Arena

Why Business Licensing Is More Than Just Paperwork

Shadow AI: Shining Light on a Growing Security Threat

Mapping litter and plastic pollution with citizen science

More Older Adults are Homeless—What Can Be Done to Help this Vulnerable Population with Unique Needs

AWS accelerates digital public infrastructure adoption with automation

Educause launches generative AI readiness assessment tool for higher education with AWS

A Pioneering Program Paying NYC’s Low-Income Youth to Learn to Swim

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