AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

The West Virginia Tech Alliance launches with support from the West Virginia Governor’s Office , the West Virginia Department of Commerce , Senate President Craig Blair , Speaker of the House Roger Hanshaw and a delegation of state legislators.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

Across the country, more than 5 million low-income Americans rely on housing choice vouchers to help cover their housing costs. Vouchers significantly reduce rent burden and provide stability for households that might otherwise be vulnerable to facing severe rent burden, housing instability, and homelessness.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

With their in-house software development expertise, they decided to build it themselves. The resulting membership platform was built on Amazon Web Services (AWS) using serverless technologies and event-driven architecture to help scale to meet demand, improve reliability, and reduce overall cost.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 10, 2023

Canton’s public safety, traffic management, parks and recreations, libraries, community centers, city hall, and housing authority have all benefited from a unique user experience. Today, the city is nearly there.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The UMBS makes up 70 percent of the total MBS market in the US and was established in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to provide stability, liquidity, and resiliency in the US housing market. CSS delivers an industry-critical function and is regulated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Prior to migrating the ILS to AWS, fully operationalizing the system after planned upgrades or unanticipated events could take up to twelve minutes. In our experience, in-house technical resources, whether permanent IT staff members or consultants, is important for any public library undertaking a similar project,” said Mark.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

According to the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), as of October 11, 2022, the US has sustained 15 weather/climate disaster events, with losses exceeding $1 billion each, the deaths of 342 people, and significant economic effects on the areas impacted.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

JANUARY 26, 2023

Resilient housing, homes that are built or retrofitted to be energy efficient and withstand extreme weather events, have numerous benefits. Resiliency upgrades to housing increase long-term housing stability, improve human health, benefit the local economy, and are essential to ensuring the long-term stability of our communities.

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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. Amazon S3 event notifications trigger Step Functions executions whenever new data lands.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 16, 2021

On June 15, the NYU Furman Center launched the Housing Solutions Lab. The Lab, led by an interdisciplinary team from the NYU Furman Center with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, works with small and midsize cities to plan, implement, and evaluate promising local housing policies that advance equity and opportunity.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In terms of marketing promotion, I am a big proponent of " Open Doors/Doors Open " events for: Museums Architecture, and Historic Preservation. They are weekend or all week events where historic sites, buildings, museums, etc., Commercial districts and the arts.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 31, 2022

This year’s cohort brought forward innovative ideas that will improve access to care, provide actionable health equity data, expand access to medical transport, and help people without a home reach housing and health goals. Register here to attend or receive virtual access post-event.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

APRIL 28, 2023

Housing and climate change are inseparable. We only need to read the news to understand climate change’s profound impact on housing from Hurricane Ian, which caused $112.9 Often climate events necessitate some level of resident relocation or rehousing—either temporarily […] Source

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

We were working against an ideology, one pervasive in our industry, that for data to be secure and accessible, it must be housed in on-premises servers that our IT staff could see and touch. An important lesson we learned was how to distinguish between disaster recovery and business continuity – we were treating them as the same strategy.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 25, 2023

NYU Furman Center Releases State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods in 2022 We are thrilled to announce the release of the comprehensive report the State of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods in 2022. The event will be held in person, although attendees can also join via zoom.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 13, 2023

Using AWS edge compute for space station data transmission solutions The ISS JEM, Kibo, houses research facilities in which astronauts conduct various experiments focused on space medicine, biology, Earth observations, material production, biotechnology, and communications research.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Amazon Simple Storage Service ( Amazon S3 ) acts as extensible and robust storage for housing user-uploaded photos and videos, user-entered stories, and journal entries persisted by the application. There are three primary AWS services behind the SibsForever application.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Floods are one of the most devastating events to strike a community—costly in terms of lives lost, damaged or destroyed homes, economic disruption, and damage to critical infrastructure. annual chance (500-year) flood events based on historic data. Current extreme rainfall events are often beyond the 1% or 0.2% The 1% and 0.2%

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 23, 2023

-- High rates and prices make it less affordable to own a home in Canada , Royal Bank of Canada In some markets, 80% to 102% of median income is required to own and maintain a house. One group can't afford housing at today's prices. OTOH, in the US the Wall Street Journal reports on " The Rise of the Forever Renters."

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GovCast

JUNE 17, 2022

Staff Writer Katherine MacPhail joins Senior Researcher Kate Macri to unpack top takeaways from the AI Gov: Data virtual event. Featured perspectives include leadership from the White House, National Science Foundation and the departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the Playhouse Square Development Corporation, and Jubilee Housing of Baltimore (focused on live work housing) are particularly good examples. Housing market, venture capital and single family housing as rentals. Two examples of serendipity come from Bilbao. that's done it — and it's risky.

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GovLoop

JUNE 19, 2023

CDC Data Maps Illustrate Threat Impacts It’s often impossible to confine environmental and public health events to a specific jurisdiction, agency or area of responsibility. Open data resources that include community reporting of otherwise unreported events could be the key to reducing such tragic numbers.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

While this might not be dense for a much bigger city, Sugar House is becoming the densest SLC neighborhood outside of downtown, especially along the Trax light rail line. Sugar House has some on Highland Drive, by Fairmont Park on 900 East, is adding more cycle tracks on 1300 East and other streets.

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Super Library Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The 11 Best Conferences in 2024 for Library Marketing and Promotions Computers in Libraries 2024 In-person event, March 12-14, 2024, in Arlington, Virginia Price: Ranges from $249 to $929 depending on how many days you wish to attend and whether you want to participate in workshops. The Communities track is marketing and outreach-focused.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 11, 2024

nd building awareness and interest in the institution and the community (" House of Art(s) to open at the Springfield Art Museum ," Springfield News-Leader ), " Drury Students to help with De-Installation of Springfield Art Museum Exhibit ," Ozarks First, " Space as event as ouevre ," Gerard Nadeau). Photo: Tom Loonan/Project 1.

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Center for Community Progress

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Louis this week, Community Progress took a moment to ask three of our top sponsors—JPMorganChase, Missouri Foundation for Health, and Wells Fargo Foundation—what they were looking forward to at the event, and how philanthropy plays a critical role in supporting community revitalization.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

How about a month long "Doors Open" event during Black History Month. The Toronto Star even publishes an event guide. 2011 Doors Open Toronto Guide ) But Open House New York Weekend is increasingly a big deal. Just think how much stronger and more powerful these trails could be linked up as part of a broader system.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 17, 2024

Read related stories on the AWS Public Sector Blog: The transformative power of generative artificial intelligence for the public sector White House officials, tech leaders across government discuss responsible AI at AWS Gov2Gov event Powering the generative AI era: What you missed at the AWS Public Sector Symposium Brussels

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

By most accounts, the need for affordable housing across North Carolina is massive. According to 2019 census data, over a million North Carolina households are “cost burdened,” meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on housing. What can local governments do to address the need for more affordable housing ?

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 31, 2023

Can you imagine communities without food banks, battered women shelters, free primary care clinics, after-school care, animal shelters, substance abuse resources, housing assistance, and the extensive list of services made available because a nonprofit exists? Instead, they fund nonprofits that align with their mission.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In June 2024, two cloud engineers from the Digital Agency, Kazuma Takeda and Shinichi Nishihata, shared their process and learnings at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit Japan , the largest AWS learning event in the country. For those who were unable to attend or watch virtually, this post summarizes their presentation.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 27, 2025

An interesting article in Crain's about "the inner suburbs" makes an indirect point about the "old housing stock." We argue about house flippers--most do a bad job. But houses do need to be refreshed every few decades. People downtown for events associated with NFL Draft Day.

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Peak Proposals

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

To generate enough unrestricted funding to cover general operating costs, most nonprofits conduct some kind of fundraising, such as holding fundraising events, soliciting cash donations, or both. Generating Funds through Fundraising Fundraisers such as community events, raffles, and auctions are tried and true methods of raising funds.

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Super Library Marketing

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Settle on a general answer to these questions: Age range Income Education level Living situation (Married, single, living with multiple generations in one house, living in an apartment, unhoused, etc.) Values community engagement and local events. Networking events to connect with local entrepreneurs and mentors.

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Super Library Marketing

AUGUST 8, 2022

Now, what if I told you that the reason this horrifying clown was roaming the streets was to promote a library event? And that’s how people found out about the event. Events, renovations, new services, and additions to your collection cost money. Ask open-ended questions like, “Why did you sponsor this event?”

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 15, 2023

A community land trust is a nonprofit that owns and provides permanent community control of land and affordable housing through “ground leases.” Promote lasting affordability : Many land banks are looking for ways to use vacant and abandoned properties to address housing affordability.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Examples include storing constituent profile information, whether or not a donor attended a fundraising event, communication preferences, and donation records. Leveraging Amazon AppFlow, you can ingest CRM data from Blackbaud Razor’s Edge NXT, Salesforce , Hubspot, and Zoho CRM.

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