AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2024

One of our biggest challenges was not having enough people to answer phones, says Steve Glick, Dallas Colleges associate director of IT, who is responsible for student engagement platforms. However, as enrollment swelled over the years, Dallas Colleges legacy call center struggled to keep pace. with scalable contact center solutions

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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 10-week Accelerator program kicks off this week at Amazon’s Headquarters in Seattle.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

By leveraging AWS to develop the next generation of GovTech technology, the startups aim to address justice and public safety challenges, such as increasing community engagement, deterring crime, and reducing recidivism. 911 call centers are facing unprecedented challenges, with high call volumes, legacy technology, and short staffing.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

This year, the Intelligent Transportation Society (ITS) World Congress brought together more than 6,000 industry professionals from 64 countries to discuss ways to advance the deployment of intelligent transportation technologies to save lives, improve mobility, promote sustainability, and increase access to communities across the globe.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 8, 2024

To adapt, some institutions are adopting more agile operating models to support research. Historically, universities have operated in an open model with less direct governance as compared with private entities. How do we make sure that our cloud adoption strategy is financially sustainable? However, this is changing.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

Sustainable government procurement is the process of acquiring goods and services that meet the government entity’s needs while minimizing environmental and social impacts. How they carry out that duty, therefore, can affect whether they can achieve their sustainable development goals.” Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Data Friendly Space is creating a generative AI-powered virtual assistant for humanitarian staff operating in fast-paced, rapidly changing environments. This will improve audience engagement with the Institute and with each other to collaborate and solve real problems facing their communities and the world.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Analysis completed by the AWS Public Sector Cloud Economics (PS CE) team finds that organizations can reduce the annual operating cost of mainframe environments by up to 90 percent post-migration. In an infrastructure service-based AWS deployment, the customer organization is responsible for the operating system to the application and data.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

To delight our members and sustain our growth, we knew we needed to modernize to distinguish Columbia CU as a premier service provider within the industry. Like most financial institutions, Columbia CU offers standard financial services, such as checking and savings accounts, loans, investments, and financial planning.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Global Lighthouse Network members show that Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies help to deliver better workforce engagement, improved sustainability, and increased productivity.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Why using old procurement methods is a problem Cloud computing presents a difficult choice for organizations: adopt and shift operating models to take advantage of its benefits or maintain the status quo and miss out. Figure 2 shows the AWS Cloud Value Framework: cost, productivity, resilience, agility, sustainability.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JUNE 25, 2024

One of the most pivotal areas is enhancing ESG and sustainability goals, cited by over 80% of respondents. It’s clear to see the big impact that technology is having on the wider property market in helping to improve operational efficiency and enhancing data collection.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

Imagine you are an observer in an operating theatre. We need improved productivity through innovation to help ensure the sustainability of our world-class health system. Stewarding and operating My Health Record is one way we do this. With a look at focused intensity, the surgeon turns to the nurse and says, ‘hemostat clamp.’

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Partnership for Public Service

JANUARY 8, 2025

Maintain team morale and motivation Recognizing and celebrating accomplishmentsno matter how smallcan help sustain morale. Providing space for open conversations and encouraging employees to speak up about challenges or burnout can also improve employee engagement and satisfaction.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

On the surface, the value proposition associated with cloud migration—trading up-front hardware expenses and ongoing operation and maintenance of on-premises infrastructure for on-demand, pay-as-you-go cloud computing—seems like it would be very compelling to a CFO. Sustainability, agility, and security certainly matter to them.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 30, 2023

How can data centres become more sustainable in an age when our digital lives demand increasing volumes of energy ? Data centre operators have embraced renewable energy sources for several years and striven to make major efficiencies in areas like power and cooling – as well as committing to green building practices for the long term.”

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The first round of awards helped five land banks launch creative initiatives to address problem properties, supporting work that would not normally occur within regular land bank operations. Residents have been engaged at every step of the project, offering feedback and advocating for funding alongside the land bank.

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Social Pinpoint

APRIL 16, 2024

So, join us as we explore five inspiring placemaking project examples that empower community engagement. To further engage residents, Kalgoorlie has included a Call to Action button, prompting community members to subscribe and stay updated on the project’s progress. Wyndham City Coast County | Neighbourhood Activity Centre 2.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

These new TTMs, available now, provide topic-specific workshops designed to complement standard PTP engagement. Cloud Enablement Engine (CEE) When businesses undergo a major change in operations, they need a plan.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Government employees don’t operate in a vacuum. It takes teamwork — and a lot of it — to keep agencies operating, meeting missions and providing for constituents. At AmeriCorps, that meant embedding DEIA in human resources and strategic plans and engaging with all stakeholders. “We

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 15, 2024

EBA is a transformation methodology using hands-on, agile, and immersive engagements to speed up cloud migration and modernization. The EBA engagement combined the strengths of IU group and AWS together. “In To learn more about IU and its work with AWS, you can read how IU is securing data and advancing sustainability on AWS.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 21, 2024

They apply that frugal approach to IT: they build and operate only what they need to pursue their mission, and constantly innovate both to meet mission objectives and optimize cost. To expand their reach, they often collaborate with academia and other nonprofits, and they engage early-career talent. Going over budget is not an option.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Fleet operators are under pressure to transition to greener business models. A strategic approach can help ensure that they optimize costs and engage effectively with new technologies.

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Google Public Sector

JUNE 23, 2022

Building on top of GEE, Google Cloud, and CARTO , these insights enable planners, policy analysts, operations staff, and executives to access data for their decision making through an intuitive and easy to use location intelligence platform. Click here to learn more about Google Cloud sustainability. Read Article.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

With over 37 years of experience operating in the fight against poverty and hunger, Share Our Strength knew they had valuable data that could be better leveraged. As we started to work together on this project, silos were broken down between the IT team, the donor operations team, and the direct response team.

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Partnership for Public Service

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Supreme Court moved toward its decision on race-conscious admissions in higher education, many of the federal leaders we work with sought to bake diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility principles into agencywide operations to ensure DEIA functions have sufficient authority and seniority to promote their work and make a sustainable impact.

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Google Public Sector

MARCH 21, 2023

In 2020, Google Cloud introduced a digital sovereignty vision that included three distinct pillars: data sovereignty, operational sovereignty, and software sovereignty. GDC Hosted includes the hardware, software, local control plane, and operational tooling necessary to deploy, operate, scale, and secure a complete managed cloud.

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Our event will offer over 30 various breakout sessions to engage and explore critical topics such as security and resilience, practical applications of artificial intelligence (AI), collaborative work, and building cultures of innovation and belonging. We can’t wait to see you live in 3D! No advance preparation or prerequisites are required.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

Recommendations for city governments In the face of looming fiscal challenges, city governments must adopt strategic measures to ensure financial stability and sustainability. Regularly updating financial models and engaging in long-term fiscal strategy development can provide a clearer roadmap for sustainability.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The FEC granted special permission for DDC to operate under this model, providing all eligible party and candidate committees—regardless of party—with the support they need within the limits of campaign finance law. Elections and sustainable trucking: The Fix This podcast March round up.

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The CIO Council

JUNE 9, 2022

GSA is partnering with agencies to develop new models and practices, while sustaining modernization by scaling shared services to carry out the long tail of transformation. As we look ahead, OMB will continue to engage agencies to ensure all IT investments – not only those made via ITOR, TMF, and FCSF – are set up for success.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

APRIL 30, 2025

The shift towards AI at the Core means integrating AI into the very fabric of public service operations. Enhancing citizen engagement AI-driven virtual assistants and chatbots can respond instantly to citizen queries. Initiatives like GOV.UK Chat aim to simplify information retrieval from more than 700,000 pages of content.

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Google Public Sector

APRIL 9, 2024

Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office (RSO) is using Google Cloud technology for aircraft maintenance. This openness includes support for managed open source services operated by our partners that are tightly integrated into the platform, providing a seamless user experience across management, billing, and support.

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Center for Community Progress

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The National Land Bank Network (NLBN) at the Center for Community Progress is a community of practice to unite and support the over 300 land banks operating throughout the country. 64 percent of all respondents operate at a county-level and 24 percent operate at a municipal-level.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MARCH 4, 2025

Currently, two EDA University Centers operate in North Carolina: one at Fayetteville State University and another at UNC-Chapel Hill. workforce development and sustainability programs, and efforts to ensure disadvantaged communities have access to on-site jobs. The Economic Development Reauthorization Act of 2024 (S.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 16, 2022

These initiatives help governments save lives, provide critical citizen services, and support learner outcomes – ultimately changing the way society engages, educates, and does business for good. At AWS, we are highly sensitive to the security needs of our customers in every location in which we operate. Staying secure with the cloud.

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A Library Writer's Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

Academic Libraries Creating Global Community: Operating Outside of Traditional Roles and Spaces To support our students and faculty as global citizens, academic libraries are increasingly engaging with broader community efforts to affect positive change.

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