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Continuous monitoring and governance: AWS best practices for keeping your data secure during the holidays

AWS Public Sector Blog

Several factors contribute to the increased cybersecurity risk during the holiday season, including: Organizations experience reduced staffing as government employees take well-deserved time off. They continuously monitor workloads and engagement in anticipation of critical incidents. Prepare for incidents.

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Unified Communications Boosts Productivity for Government Employees

State Tech Magazine

Cisco’s unified communications platform has been key to keeping employees productive and engaged. “It In Jefferson County, N.Y., It helps tremendously with the ability to work remotely,” says IT Director Sean Vincent. You can sit at a home office and see who’s available, just like you’re in the office.

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How EdTech and workforce development companies drive business success through AWS Marketplace

AWS Public Sector Blog

Worldwide, more than 550 governments and 3,100 higher education institutions use Coursera’s enterprise learning platform to equip their students, citizens, and government employees with in-demand skills and prepare them for job success.

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The Right Conferencing Tools Can Promote Meeting Equity

State Tech Magazine

Cisco recently published the results of a hybrid work survey that found 88 percent of federal, state and local government employees are very or somewhat satisfied with hybrid work arrangements. As Lucid notes, “Meeting equity means that every participant has the opportunity to participate and engage in a meeting.

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What Makes a Good Government Employee?

GovLoop

Do you know what will differentiate you from being just an employee to a good employee? What makes a good government employee isn’t that different from what makes a good employee, period. Q: How can we help coach government employees who are feeling burnt out? The answer is both simple and complex.

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Mastering Local Government Employee Performance Reviews 2022 | GovPilot

GovPilot

Oftentimes, these types of government employees are the ones who want insight into how they can improve at their roles and grow within your local government. Public officials that make the greatest impact on their communities are the ones that genuinely care about their jobs and how to improve the lives of those around them.

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How the US DOJ Tax Division built a remote telework application in six weeks with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Helping government employees choose where they work, securely. As they had minimal experience in the agile framework, and serverless and container technologies, the team engaged with AWS Professional Services (AWS ProServe) and AWS Partner Favor TechConsulting, LLC (FTC), who built a wireframe proof-of-concept of the application.