AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Improving public information services To better serve their community, a state agency uses an LLM-powered chatbot enhanced with RAG to provide real-time, accurate information on public transportation schedules, public health advisories, and more.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Multi-channel communication is the process of tailoring multiple mediums of messaging to engage with your intended audience. Furthermore, studies show that 72% of consumers find it simpler to remain engaged with brands that have a multi-channel presence. When you work back from there, you can understand how best to communicate.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

According to the guidance from the Community Services Preventive Task Force, park and recreation and public health professionals play a role in ensuring all community members have equitable opportunities to get active. And, local parks and recreation provides so many opportunities for experiencing the benefits of physical activity.

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The City Fix

AUGUST 25, 2021

Suddenly, housing was a public health concern – which, of course, it always had been. When the world shut down last March, the urban housing conversation took on a radically different hue. Where you live, and under what conditions, appeared. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 29, 2024

The environmental benefits of EV adoption are clear—lower emissions mean cleaner air, which in turn leads to better public health outcomes and a reduction in health-care costs associated with pollution-related illnesses. EVs represent a critical component of their strategy.

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The City Fix

JANUARY 3, 2023

When India’s federal government announced a public health lockdown on March 24, 2022 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it generated desperate scenes. Economic activity ground to a halt. Millions of migrant workers traveled back to their home states.

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Policy Chats

JULY 31, 2020

About Aerika Loyd: Dr. Aerika Brittian Loyd is an interdisciplinary, community-engaged developmental scientist, who employs psychology, human development, and prevention science theories to understand how intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, and identity inform health and development for youth and young adults of color (e.g.,

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Policy Chats

JULY 31, 2020

About Aerika Loyd: Dr. Aerika Brittian Loyd is an interdisciplinary, community-engaged developmental scientist, who employs psychology, human development, and prevention science theories to understand how intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, and identity inform health and development for youth and young adults of color (e.g.,

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Policy Chats

JULY 31, 2020

About Aerika Loyd: Dr. Aerika Brittian Loyd is an interdisciplinary, community-engaged developmental scientist, who employs psychology, human development, and prevention science theories to understand how intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, and identity inform health and development for youth and young adults of color (e.g.,

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 10, 2023

With the support of low-code technology, local councils can easily improve citizen engagement and cost-effectively protect their health and environment These days, local governments and councils are under more pressure than ever to keep up with the growing needs of their citizens.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This person will push the envelope to find innovative ways to share their message while keeping employees and stakeholders engaged. 2023 Award Winners: Jennifer Parisien, Policy Advisor, Office of Tribal and Native Affairs, U.S. 2023 Award Winners: Wendy Bowerman, Quality Assurance Specialist, U.S.

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Data.gov

OCTOBER 2, 2011

We’re excited by the response from the community, but not surprised after people from around the country already submitted almost 100 ideas for apps and created 38 final products that both use EPA data and promote public health.

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Center for Community Progress

OCTOBER 12, 2023

4 Acquire, rehabilitate, and sell or reuse properties; develop plans; and other CDBG-eligible activities. 7 We encourage communities to consider Treasury’s advice to categorize any projects eligible under the pre-existing ARPA SLFRF public health and negative economic impacts eligible use category as such.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 30, 2023

If we’re going to have societal impact,” he said, “we have to be engaged in the communities and help them achieve their desires and dreams.” providing high quality people spaces within a hospital complex becomes very difficult (" Penn’s new hospital belatedly recognizes pedestrian space is a public health issue ").

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Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 25, 2022

In this chapter, John O’Callaghan , president and CEO of the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership (ANDP), and Mandy Eidson , senior manager of the ANDP Loan Fund, share how ANDP is innovatively meeting affordable single-family housing needs in Atlanta. Since its inception in 1991, the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc.

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Partnership for Public Service

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

But today’s biggest issues, whether artificial intelligence, public health or geopolitics, ignore these lines. Almost 400 such leaders gathered last week at the 2024 Senior Executive Leadership Summit , co-hosted by the Senior Executives Association and the Partnership for Public Service. It is not just where you work, but how.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 11, 2023

Urban heat, stormwater runoff, and increasingly destructive storms all require places to engage in “climate adaptation planning” to respond to these threats to community health and well-being. By Erin Kelly Communities across the country are battling the effects of climate change.

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Bang the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

In the last few years, there’s been an understandable reassignment of many key communication staff to booster public health campaigns, with few able to prioritize the essential task of updating (now painfully old) policy. More on the trends changing community engagement here. Make use of available funding.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

From a business perspective, it leads to additional benefits like cost savings and more engaged customers. For the public sector, a transparent and stakeholder-focused sustainability strategy leads to an increased likelihood of citizen behavioural change, with resulting societal benefits.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The article explores how the COVID-19 pandemic could become the tipping point for connecting biodiversity with human health, and we’re thrilled to be joined by the author of the article and one of her colleagues to talk a little bit more about it. Why a public space should meet the specific needs of the community.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the 11 participants chosen for the AWS Healthcare Accelerator Australia/New Zealand for Aged Care and Digital Health. It also supports public health services, workplace health providers, and pharmacies in delivery of community, school, workplace, aged care, and disability care vaccinations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

For more than a year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has supported SMAs with in-house Medicaid expertise to identify unwinding issues and develop solutions to address them. The top four concerns that SMAs have shared are outreach and engagement, staffing shortages, returned mail, and reporting capabilities.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

It uses CDC Foundation funding to provide a real-time crisis monitoring system and educational resources for public health practitioners. Internal conversations: CDC components have hosted webinars and training related to defining and pursuing health equity, Hall said. “We

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 15, 2023

Increase health and wellbeing : Addressing problem properties can help reduce crime and improve personal and public health. State laws gives land banks their unique powers. By taking care of and eventually transferring a property to a new owner, land banks help reduce municipal service costs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

For nearly a year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has supported SMAs with in-house Medicaid expertise to identify unwinding issues and develop solutions to address them. The top four concerns that SMAs have shared are in approaching outreach and engagement, staffing shortages, returned mail, and reporting capabilities.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

APRIL 21, 2022

Tune in to the full episode below to learn more about Tara, how she got into the field of parks and recreation, and why making water safety programs more equitable and inclusive is so important.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 28, 2024

Shifts in Funding Priorities Donors and grant-making institutions may shift their funding priorities in response to global and local challenges, such as disaster relief, public health issues, or social justice movements. Engage with potential donors well before you submit a grant proposal.

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Peak Proposals

APRIL 30, 2023

For more senior-level jobs, the job description might list “lead the development and submission of grant applications to relevant foundations, government agencies, and corporations in collaboration with business development and executive staff.” Subject-matter experts can assist with a proposal’s development in several ways.

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zencity

JANUARY 3, 2022

Our team has a sweet spot for the Golden State, and picturesque Monterey, California , certainly hits the top of our list of places we’d like to go—for professional development and growth, of course! But more than that, this conference is a pivotal event that brings together city managers from across the State.

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Google Public Sector

JUNE 29, 2020

Our Rapid Response Virtual Agent program can help agencies quickly develop and implement customized Contact Center AI virtual agents to respond to customers’ questions over chat, voice, and social channels—and deliver that information 24/7.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

India has one of the largest developer user bases in the world and the third largest startup network. This network is augmented and supported by large scale government programs like the National Skills Development Center ( NSDC ). And, in 2022 alone, AWS created 1,000 jobs in Singapore.

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GovPilot

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Yet, if your parks and recreation department isn’t using modern workflows, things like field rentals, park infrastructure maintenance, and the building, maintenance, and use of new recreation infrastructure can be slow moving and hinder the local quality of life and economic development.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

Trees as Nature-Based “Shade Sails” ," American Journal of Public Health ). Plus, most state and local sites don't do a very good job of putting their documents online to begin with One of my ideas is to develop an online database of such historical documents. for interpretation.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

As the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) begins to wind down, starting April 1, 2023, state Medicaid agencies (SMAs) will have one year to “unwind” temporary COVID-era changes and return to pre-pandemic ways of working. See more Health and Human Services Cloud Resources here.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Policy and practice in public space management depending on the revitalization health of a community. For example, emerging and distressed commercial districts aren't likely ready for street furniture, and need more assistance in developing organizational capacity, compared to healthy districts, or those in later stages of transition.

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The City Fix

JULY 29, 2020

When was the last time you walked through the market without being conscious about other people walking close to you or the last time you took a stroll to a neighborhood park without thinking about the hygiene around? The COVID-19. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

APRIL 14, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a disruptive new normal for everyone through shelter-in-place orders and social distancing guidelines. But for the billions of urban poor, these guidelines aren’t just burdensome; they’re essentially impossible. Social distancing is a critically important response. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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