AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS (LZA) is a solution to automate the deployment of a secure cloud foundation on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This blog post provides technical guidance for UK organisations to implement their landing zone in-line with guidance from the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) using the LZA.

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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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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

AUGUST 13, 2024

The challenges facing real estate development today are well-known. A June 2024 survey of the nation’s largest developers found that two-thirds of multifamily projects in the pipeline are delayed because they are no longer economically feasible under current conditions. How have developers adapted to rising costs?

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NLC (National League of Cities)

JANUARY 16, 2024

NLC’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Development team helps cities meet their economic security needs by building robust and inclusive economies. In the […] Source

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

OCTOBER 3, 2024

State and local governments are exploring ways to take a more direct role in financing, preserving, and developing housing to address the nation’s housing shortage with an array of public development models, according to a new policy brief by the NYU Furman Center and its Housing Solutions Lab.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

CSS built and now operates the largest and most advanced mortgage securitization platform in the US, supporting Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae’s 70 percent market share of the industry with flexibility, scalability, and security at its core. CSS delivers an industry-critical function and is regulated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

However, with these benefits come challenges to meet regulatory and compliance requirements surrounding data privacy and security. We also explain how LZA for Healthcare codifies HIPAA controls and AWS Security Best Practices to accelerate the creation of an environment to run protective health information workloads in AWS.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

By leveraging AWS to develop the next generation of EdTech solutions, these startups aim to address education challenges such as student engagement, financial literacy, student health and well-being, upskilling, and operational inefficiencies. The platform houses the UK’s largest hub of support funds, scholarships, and grants for students.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In today’s digital age, security has an expanded definition. While physical security remains a critical focus, businesses and other public sector organizations are bolstering their security posture towards a less visible vulnerability: data and computer systems.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

OCTOBER 30, 2023

This blog post is the first in a regular series aimed at informing local government partners about current conditions facing private developers and development projects in their communities. In 2021, for example, a developer able to secure a $5 million loan with 3.5% link] [2] Source: National Multifamily Housing Council.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 12, 2024

It houses a vast, continuously growing dataset of biological, health, and lifestyle information. This led to the establishment and launch in 2021 of the secure, cloud-based UK Biobank Research Analysis Platform (RAP) , which is hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the Europe (London) Region and enabled by DNAnexus.

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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. Source: Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 23, 2023

Office to residential conversions are a once-in-a-generation opportunity to provide affordable housing in New York City. In their “ Making New York Work for Everyone ” plan, released in January, Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul expressed eagerness to build more housing in New York City’s business districts after COVID.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

Security and availability powered by AWS Working with colleges and universities to handle sensitive issues means that security and availability are both paramount, which is why ConcernCenter’s tech team chose to build the platform on AWS. Hundreds of colleges and universities rely on the AWS Cloud for security and scalability.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 16, 2024

LTA has set up EV-Electric Charging Pte Ltd (EVe) to manage the deployment of up to 12,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging points distributed across 2,000 Housing Development Board (HDB) carparks. The initial step involved calling up a comprehensive tender to establish a secure, scalable, and flexible data platform.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

Creating a cultural shift in the credit union industry Eager to preserve the high degree of trust that the community has for Columbia CU, we had to address key stakeholder concerns when choosing a cloud provider and developing a migration strategy. The result? Our team was excited to return to the office and innovate on behalf of our members.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The Open Source Creation of the Year Award celebrates government organizations that embody open government through the development of open source solutions. The Open Source Adaptation of the Year Award honors government organizations that have made great strides in reusing open source solutions.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The application offers a secure and private platform for surviving siblings to chronicle memories through storytelling, pictures, and videos. I decided to develop and deploy the SibsForever application on AWS for two main reasons. I relied heavily on documented best practices for building a resilient, secure, and scalable application.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Identifying causes of Alzheimer’s disease and developing diagnostics and potential cures for the condition requires multi-modal, multi-omics analysis. The data housed in NIAGADS represents some of these major advances and findings in the field.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Public sector organizations can use the AWS solution guide for legacy transformation to develop a structured plan to address legacy. This approach can be used by in-house technology leaders or jointly with outsourced service providers. The assessment provides input to the business case, and plan for modernisation.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

For that reason, we recommend organizations create data management strategies that will continuously improve the integrity, access, and security of their data. Organizations no longer need special hardware or in-house expertise to reap the benefits. Using cloud to improve citizen experiences.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This year’s winners of the Go Further, Faster award include: Crisis Text Line is developing applications based on large language models (LLMs), to enhance highly-nuanced crisis conversations at a level of depth and speed not attainable in the past, ultimately decreasing time to intervention for individuals at risk of harming themselves or others.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Once that is defined, we dive deep into considerations like model selection, secure and responsible use, and staffing. Costs stem from hosting requirements and technical headcounts to develop, deploy, and maintain each approach. This cost-free resource aims to support leaders as they grapple with implementation challenges.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 11, 2025

Knowledge and understanding of AI use against civil service/public sector organisations and the commission of serious and organised criminality is developing. Human analysts will always have a role in developing key findings and assessments, and human decision-makers will take action in response to analytical recommendations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This can pose security and operational continuity challenges and governments seek to address this challenge. Factors that shape legacy IT Whether in the private or public sector, legacy modernization is challenging for organizations that have a long operating history reliant on in-house systems and applications.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 3, 2024

Cloud technology makes it possible for every service to be simple, reliable, scalable, adaptable, and secure. We needed specialist suppliers to help us develop new services and train people to deliver them. The frameworks they developed became the GOV.UK Digital Marketplace. They reduced contracts from six years to nine months.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 28, 2025

It is incumbent on the technology industry and all potential adopters of AI and accelerated computing generally to ensure that secure, scalable, and completely sustainable infrastructure is available to deliver the maximum benefit of AI to all. We can bend the energy demand curve to decouple AI growth from energy consumption.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

North Carolina suffers from a lack of affordable housing options for low and moderate income households. In a May 2022 post , Tyler outlined many of the ways in which North Carolina’s local governments can aid the development of privately owned affordable housing.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2024

As lawmakers in Albany debate how to fix New York’s housing affordability crisis, a new research brief by the NYU Furman Center examines the possible effects of how a good cause eviction requirement might affect tenants, landlords, and the housing market.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The Digital Agency’s government cloud As the central command for Japan’s digital transformation, the Digital Agency began pursuing the development of a government cloud in 2021. Essentially, they are templates based on best practices and agreed-upon standards, akin to prefab walls used to build a house.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Ransomware attacks continue to be the most dominant threat to UK organisations and are having catastrophic consequences on critical national infrastructure The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of (GCHQ), recently released its annual review reflecting on the challenges and milestones across the cybersecurity industry.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

APRIL 25, 2025

Holding specialist expertise in-house is costly. This isnt without its challenges, but by engaging the right partner, selecting the right platform and up-skilling your team, you can enable seamless data integration, secure data collaboration, and advanced analytics. Melanie continues: Scalability and flexibility are essential.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

Customers also say that these challenges are often compounded by inflexible legacy systems, internal skill gaps, and anxiety with ensuring the security of sensitive data. With the AWS Cloud, you can securely move and store any amount of data at scale and low cost, and access that data seamlessly.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JANUARY 4, 2023

To attract, retain and expand businesses in today’s tight labor market, economic development organizations (EDOs) are becoming more involved than ever in partnerships to help meet employers’ talent pipeline and training needs. Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation in Pa.; What do those partnerships look like?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 22, 2024

It covers cloud security, cost savings, value beyond expenses, and cloud providers’ investments in Canada. Their world-class security experts ensure adherence to stringent compliance standards , with 143 third-party security accreditations and certifications, often exceeding the capabilities of individual organizations.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 12, 2023

Adopting low code to secure internal and external communications To address this issue, organisations can shift away from relying solely on emails for digital communication, as it’s not email itself that’s critical but the means of communication. This can be achieved by developing a low-code application.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 12, 2023

In San Diego County, California, for every 10 homeless people who found housing in the last year, 13 more people became homeless. Department of Housing and Urban Development Homeless Assessment Report found that there were 582,462 people experiencing homelessness on a single night in January 2022. The 2022 U.S.

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