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Bahrain’s cloud-first success story

AWS Public Sector Blog

The Bahrain Economic Development Board and the Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) have helped establish policies and infrastructure that encourage both public and private-sector cloud adoption. Moving government workloads to the cloud has enhanced service delivery, increased agility, and reduced operational costs.

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Islands of innovation: Creating smart and sustainable European marinas and ports

AWS Public Sector Blog

As part of Naxos’s Smart Island Innovation Hub, the island will use cloud technologies and upgrade the local marina through internet of things (IoT) solutions and smart infrastructure management systems. A common cloud-based data platform is a foundational step toward improving operations.

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Meet the featured customer speakers for the Worldwide Public Sector Innovation Talk at re:Invent 2023

AWS Public Sector Blog

Karen Johnson provides executive leadership for Administrative Services, Financial Management, and Information Technology at Covered California. There, she managed and directed day-to-day operations and formulated and implemented policies to achieve the department’s mission.

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Creating intelligent city streets in Philadelphia Navy Yard with AWS Partner Rekor Systems

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2022, the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) initiated a pilot project to analyze traffic patterns and provide analytics within the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The PIDC is Philadelphia’s public-private economic development corporation and master developer of the historic shipyard, which is now a thriving, mixed-use campus.

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Using the cloud to advance collaborative water stewardship

AWS Public Sector Blog

A lack of available water quality data makes it difficult to provide decision support in water-related sectors such as food production, energy security, health, economic development, and climate change resilience. This means AWS will be returning more water to communities where we operate than we use in our direct operations.

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10 ways that governments incentivize cloud use to accelerate digital transformation

AWS Public Sector Blog

Examples of successful government partnerships for transformation also include the development of cloud procurement agreements, cloud-first policies, and digital marketplaces. Open data initiatives Governments release public datasets and APIs to promote transparency, innovation, and economic development.

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A Policy View of Sea and Airport Operations

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

In this podcast Ryan Calkins, Port Commissioner for the Port of Seattle shares information on the role of port commissioners , but also the scale of the operation in running both a maritime port and the major airport in the Pacific Northwest, SeaTac Airport. These facilities are critical infrastructure and key to future economic development!