AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

The pandemic also accelerated government agencies’ adoption of new technologies to support team collaboration and more flexible work environments, including chat, video conferencing, and document sharing. Today, electronic messaging systems, are subject to the same role-based approach to managing communications records as email.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2024

They’re not easy to remember or manage, especially for state and local agencies that lack access to password managers or single sign-on technologies. Passwords get a lot of hate, and most of it is warranted.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

But 9 times out of 10, what we’re really talking about is Software as a Service, especially among state and local government agencies that don’t necessarily have the in-house staff to develop, manage and secure their own apps in the cloud.

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State Tech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The age of digital transformation is upon us, and hybrid cloud solutions are taking center stage in managing state and local government agency operations. But does a hybrid cloud really benefit state and local governments? Does it aid in sharing information and analyzing data as it claims to do?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As talent shortages grow, job vacancies are commonplace across governmental agencies. Add the challenge of retaining existing talent and government agencies face a perfect storm. Due to a technology called intelligent document processing (IDP), agencies can accomplish their missions faster—even as vacancies mount.

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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2025

Minnesotas Office of Enterprise Sustainability works to reduce energy and asset waste among the states government agencies. Established in 2017 and reaffirmed recently by Gov. Tim Walz, the office concentrates on supporting sustainability in six focus areas, one of which is procurement. Many companies have an environmental,

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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2025

IT staffing continues to challenge rural government agencies, often making it difficult to execute on new technology initiatives. Click the banner for information about managed services that can fill staff shortages. Asking these five questions can improve matters.

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State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In 2020 and 2021, many state and local government agencies invested in new PC fleets to accommodate pandemic-induced remote working conditions. We were just starting to get on Teams and Zoom all day long, Jen Larson, general manager for the commercial clients segment at Intel, tells StateTech.

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State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

State and local government agencies carry the heavy burden of collecting and managing large amounts of sensitive data to bring essential services to citizens. Naturally, they want to be on the cutting edge of cybersecurity, which is where the zero-trust security model comes in.

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State Tech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

State and local governments increasingly have technologies at their disposal that make it easier to manage the reams of data they collect. The emerging data management design known as data fabric allows agencies to link disparate information repositories. And cloud-based tools can help governments automate data analysis.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

For example, a smart home water monitoring solution deployed in the city of Cape Town, South Africa , uses AWS IoT , analytics, and visualization services to help homeowners understand their water usage patterns, detect leaks, and contribute to more sustainable water management practices.

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State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

In North Dakota, CISO Michael Gregg is running a security operations center that benefits his state and local government agency partners in several ways. Agencies often have trouble hiring qualified cybersecurity staff, Gregg says.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 3, 2025

At California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly), procurement specialists manage over $190 million in annual spending across diverse commodity areas, many requiring detailed work scopes. The scale of this challenge is substantial.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 28, 2025

Government agencies handle vast volumes of bureaucratic documents daily, ranging from tax forms to medical records. By integrating human review into the artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) workflow, government agencies maintain quality control.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Meanwhile, identity fraud has become a serious problem for local agencies. Many states have turned to digital solutions such as identity and access management (IAM) to vet applicants and combat threats. For example, in theory, a person could apply for a job at the local…

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Digital Identity Ecosystems: Government agencies could play a vital role in the development of systems for managing the use of digital identities across the public and private sectors.

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State Tech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

States, for example, often have requirements that specify records series commonly found in local government offices, provide an assessment of their value and indicate when (or if) those records can be destroyed.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Moving sensitive US government data to the cloud requires the meticulous application of a proven migration methodology, skilled resources, a robust solution, and a mature logistics model. This was the first time the government agency and Booz Allen used MAP. AWS MAP accelerates migration timetable and reduces cost.

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Google Public Sector

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The complexity of scaling teams, managing infrastructure, and ensuring consistent development environments can quickly become overwhelming. In the demanding world of federal software development, teams are constantly challenged to deliver innovative solutions while upholding the highest security standards.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Public sector organizations operate in an increasingly complex environment, managing diverse workloads and maintaining a high level of security. Although authentication is often managed through external identity providers (IdPs) such as Amazon Cognito , authorization logic is usually implemented within the application code.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 10, 2025

It enables government agencies, educational institutions, and healthcare providers to modernize their IT infrastructure while adhering to strict data sovereignty, security, and compliance requirements. The built-in sharing capabilities provide a solid foundation for multi-account resource management.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Building modern applications with containers Containers are lightweight, versatile, and portable units that are revolutionizing the way modern applications are built, deployed, and managed. Running containerized on-premises or self-managed workloads involves significant overhead to manage operational resources.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Today, more than 7,500 government agencies run a wide array of workloads on AWS, demonstrating how cloud technology can drive efficiency and agility across the public sector. Last September, AWS announced an investment of 8 billion over five years to build, operate, and maintain data centers in the UK.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

To support the swift exchange of critical health information across public health laboratories, governments, and organizations, APHL teamed up with Ruvos, a consulting firm and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner that specializes in health informatics and information technology, to create a secure messaging platform on AWS.

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Google Public Sector

MAY 25, 2023

Rather than building new applications, APIs can enable government leaders to gather data-driven insights within their existing technical environments. With the help of APIs, agencies can bring application-based information together to support their objectives. API protection is a core principle to implement Zero Trust architecture.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 20, 2024

As government agencies seek to modernize their operations and deliver enhanced services to citizens, the role of small businesses becomes increasingly pivotal. The solution involved using eVai in conjunction with AWS Cloud services for secure data storage and management.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 7, 2024

As demand and usage grew, ASTERRA faced limitations when needing to process and manage increasingly large volumes of data efficiently and to provide timely and dependable results to their customers. By relying on managed services, ASTERRA can reduce the operational overhead and focus on their innovation efforts.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 22, 2024

Today, these projects involve more emerging technology than ever, and its importance continues to grow as the public expects a high level of service delivery from government agencies. Once the new automated system is in place, employees and case managers will no longer need to rely on manual workarounds.

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Google Public Sector

APRIL 7, 2023

Government organizations around the world such as Hawaii's Department of Human Services and Italy's Veneto Region use APIs to modernize their legacy systems, create interoperability between departments and municipalities, and strengthen their own security posture. However, this security shouldn’t come at the cost of inaccessibility.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Talent management is a highly effective, strategic approach to organizational culture. Bureaucratic practices often hinder local government agencies from using newer, more […] Source. Bureaucratic practices often hinder local government agencies from using newer, more […] Source.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 24, 2024

However, the use of consumer-grade messaging applications poses significant security and sovereignty risks for Australian government agencies, making it difficult to meet governmental information management obligations. Wickr federation between the AWS Sydney, London, Tokyo, and Northern Virginia Regions.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Agencies use asset management software and services to monitor, maintain, and control these types of operational assets and equipment. Asset management software can help agencies optimize the quality and utilization of assets throughout their lifecycle, increase productive uptime, and reduce operational costs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In this post, I would like to share how two AWS Partners, Ness and CloudThat , used the Generative AI TTM to drive innovation and accelerate their generative AI journeys, benefiting government agencies and education customers. I hope these examples provide you with inspiration as you plan your generative AI roadmap.

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Google Public Sector

MARCH 17, 2025

Unlike other providers that offer dedicated Gov Clouds, Workspace delivers a secure and reliable cloud infrastructure for all customers, ensuring that government agencies receive the same benefits, capacity, and features at the same pace as commercial customers while supporting compliance requirements.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In the government sector , digital twins can be particularly useful in optimizing the performance of essential infrastructure, such as transportation networks, power grids, and water systems. Besides traffic management, digital twins can also be used in other areas of government operations, such as asset management and emergency response.

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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 28, 2024

Hyperconverged infrastructure is popular among state and local government agencies seeking to simplify management of their data centers. Hyperconverged infrastructure is a software-defined approach that unifies key components, including storage, computing, networking and management. HCI and cloud…

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FedTech Magazine

JULY 17, 2023

Cyberattacks against government agencies have risen significantly since the introduction of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Such attacks increased 95 percent in the second half of 2022 compared with the same time period in 2021, according to CloudSEK.

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