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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. The surge in online activity creates more opportunities for scams and attacks.

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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. The application and code management was built using native tools in AWS GovCloud (US), which is designed to host sensitive data, regulated workloads, and address the most stringent U.S. government security and compliance requirements.

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Powering the generative AI era: What you missed at the AWS Public Sector Symposium Brussels

AWS Public Sector Blog

Yaara Tam, head of multinational organizations, and Barbara Baeyens, head of Benelux, announced the launch of new AWS learning plans for civil servants , specifically designed for European Union (EU) government agencies to help government employees build cloud skills and accelerate digital transformation.

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February Online Training Opportunities

GovLoop

Identifying Your Modernization Objectives Streamlining processes, updating old technology, keeping up with best practices, and meeting mandates and compliance regulations the drivers for modernization are plentiful. Well send you a recording after the event to watch, learn from, and share with your colleagues.

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Building AI leadership with the AI Center for Government™

Partnership for Public Service

With founding support from Microsoft and Google.org , were expanding our Center into the nation’s hub for empowering public sector leaders as effective users and smart regulators of AI. Next Steps: Stay connected Now more than ever, government employees need a trusted partner to help move the needle on AI adoption.

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Collaborating effectively in government with Google Workspace

Google Public Sector

Workspace allows employees to shift their time and attention to the things that matter most, boosting their productivity by 14%. Just ask Lynn Martin, who recently emphasized that collaboration tools can help government employees retain top talent and drive mission success.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In response to that growing criticism plus how much has changed in markets, legislation, and regulation during the 90-plus years of the FHLBanks’ existence, its regulator – the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) – announced in 2022 that it would undertake a review of the entire System.