AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Moving digital assets to the cloud is one of the first steps governments can take to secure their public services against large-scale disruptions. Enable members of your organization with the policies and tools to take ownership for implementing and launching your continuity plan. The same goes for instructors and partners.

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Google Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

To keep information relevant and timely, government users and call center practitioners need to establish a governance process for content management. Specifically, agency leaders need a governance process that can manage workflow approvals and change tracking across large bodies of content at scale.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 28, 2024

For Medicaid agency call centers, there aren’t enough agents to support communication in all the languages requested by a state government. Relying on manual methods to record and create content in different languages can hinder the timeliness of implementation. Amazon Polly is used to create a voice file for the translated text.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

How can we use real-time data platforms to improve the cybersecurity skills gap crisis in government and the public sector? There is a crisis in cybersecurity skills , and the public sector, including government agencies, will be feeling the cumulative impact this year. How common are security breaches in government?

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FedHeads

MAY 9, 2022

FedHeads Robert Shea and guest host Doug Criscitello welcome authors Richard Beck and John O'Brien to discuss key lessons in driving performance improvement in government. You can find their book "Engaging the Organization in Effective Performance Management: Translating Vision into Results" on Amazon.

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Partnership for Public Service

APRIL 2, 2024

The Partnership for Public Service, in collaboration with the IBM Center for the Business of Government , convened federal service delivery leaders for a roundtable conversation on ethical artificial intelligence and benefits delivery. AI is an impact multiplier AI’s most immediate government use cases are a matter of scale and speed.

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Google Public Sector

APRIL 21, 2023

If there is one thing that the government has a lot of, it’s paper. Every year, the federal government processes more than 106 billion paper forms from 10,000 unique templates. billion hours on government paperwork at an estimated cost of $117 billion to the public and nearly $39 billion to the federal government.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Recently commissioned research from RM Technology reveals that over two thirds of school students are using the technology frequently, with some using it to solve mathematics problems, write English essays, translate texts in foreign languages, and more. Teachers, parents, and the private all have an important role to play.

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Google Public Sector

MARCH 3, 2023

Building more responsive and accessible government services For example, to better serve Dearborn’s diverse population, the city will provide access to core citizen-services in multiple languages online – 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The emerging workforce in Dearborn needs the technical skills required to thrive in this workplace.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Summary Highly regulated enterprises and government agencies still maintain critical applications operating on legacy mainframe systems. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a 2023 report identifying critical federal IT legacy systems in need of modernization that were written in older languages, such as COBOL.

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 3, 2024

In the public sector, these capabilities can improve citizen services, empower government employees, and drive data-driven decision-making for greater efficiency and mission impact. By providing translated information and support, Dearborn is ensuring that its diverse community of over 100,000 residents has equal access to essential services.

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Center for Community Progress

MARCH 24, 2023

Understanding the true and complete costs of blighted properties is critically important in building the case to reform the broken status quo and implement more equitable, effective, and efficient solutions. This translates into lost property tax revenues of $1 million to $2.7 million annually.

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Google Public Sector

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Recently, we’ve made significant advances in our security and compliance offerings and capabilities in order to better enable government and government supply chain customers to adopt Google Cloud. Most community clouds to-date have relied on physical separation as the primary means of establishing a security perimeter.

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Social Pinpoint

APRIL 11, 2023

An effective community engagement strategy helps local governments to make more informed decisions. In local government, it should provide individuals, stakeholders, and community groups the opportunity to understand and contribute to projects and policies. So, how can local governments get community engagement right?

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Google Public Sector

JUNE 22, 2023

Agencies at all levels of government are looking to technology in order to scale their efforts, respond quickly and provide critical services to the community. Responding to the need Implementing a successful technology solution to provide efficient case adjudication and distribute funding requires states to work with a vendor they can trust.

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Social Pinpoint

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Rebuilding Trust Through Community Engagement Rebuilding trust between governments and their communities will be a central theme in 2025. Governments can foster trust by prioritizing inclusivity and demonstrating a commitment to addressing community needs through transparency, accountability, and ongoing dialogue.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

These issues compound for sharing data outside the organization, as this requires organizations to address several rules and regulations that govern the access and sharing of data. These data producers can create meaningful data products that they can share across the organization using a decentralized governance framework.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Translation: Solving the problems of yesterday will not prepare your organization to thrive in the face of future challenges. Digital transformation of back-office operations Modernizing at any level of government requires vision and a long-term strategy. When seeking a cloud-based ERP solution, security is paramount.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

To make hearings visible to the public, even when in-person attendance is limited, state and local governments are beginning to mandate many court proceedings be live streamed, often with a very short window to do so. Read more about AWS for state and local government: Working backwards from Vision Zero to improve road safety.

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Government Technology Insider

JULY 11, 2023

The rapid advancement of 5G technology is bringing transformative opportunities to various government agencies, including the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DoD). Watch 5G in Government Webinar Rob Beutel, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Air Force It should come as no surprise that the U.S.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Data can improve traffic congestion, enhance delivery of critical government services, and save millions of dollars, according to a recent study by Forrester Consulting. Our goal with this study is to help even more public sector organizations worldwide understand the potential benefits that data integration can have on their end missions.”

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Recognising their pivotal role in advancing technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing and achieving net zero goals, the UK government has earmarked semiconductors as one of the top five proprietary technologies. million investment appeared first on Open Access Government. Innovate UK has allocated £4.8

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 29, 2023

This year’s winners of the Google Cloud Customer Award in government and education include eight organizations from across the country. Google Cloud Customer Award Winners: Government Winner: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). However, an abundance of data doesn't inherently translate into increased scientific insights.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The DFS on AWS solution delivers to customers a secure identity aggregation, data access, and data governance-at-scale solution which is optimal for large-to-enterprise use cases. Automated containerized deployment: DFS on AWS provides an automated, turnkey deployment of identity unification, data access, and governance capabilities.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

As government organizations transition to Amazon Web Services (AWS), they often seek to maintain operational continuity by using their existing on-premises firewall solutions. This post will explore best practices for implementing GWLB to facilitate centralized traffic inspection for both east-west and north-south traffic flows.

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Microsoft Public Sector

MARCH 5, 2024

Microsoft Copilot for Security and NIST 800-171: Access Control Microsoft Copilot for Security in Microsoft’s US Gov cloud offerings (Microsoft 365 GCC/GCC High and Azure Government) is currently unavailable and does not have an ETA for availability. Future updates will be published to the public roadmap here.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JUNE 4, 2024

While it is possible to secure devices using Carrier-Grade NAT to translate from a private to a public IP address, this is only really suitable where a device initiates the transmission and not where remote access is required for management and updates. In this case, a public IP address is needed, which then leaves the device open to attack.

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Partnership for Public Service

MAY 3, 2024

Nevertheless, these leaders stressed the need to translate best practices into robust AI governance frameworks that improve health equity and outcomes as agencies integrate this emerging technology into their work. Domain experts, program managers and leaders need training on AI equity and implementation.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Next steps and enhancements Current enhancement plans include transcription of non-English audiovisual files with the capability of translating the transcribed content to English. Future enhancements will provide the option to translate documents from another language into English.

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Government Technology Insider

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation are transformative technologies for state and local government agencies as they look to improve service delivery and citizen and worker experience. Government Technology Insider (GTI): What does it mean to quantify the benefits of AI and automation?

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Partnership for Public Service

JULY 16, 2024

When Congress passes and the President signs major legislation, federal agencies must translate it into practical action to ensure its goals are realized. Our work to date The Partnership for Public Service has developed resources – detailed below – to help leaders implement these laws for maximum impact.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 8, 2024

With that in mind, Kindervag has developed a five-step process for implementing zero trust: Determine the protect surface, which includes data, applications, assets and services (DAAS). Once you understand how the network works, create the zero-trust architecture, implementing the controls to safeguard your protect surface.

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GovLoop

APRIL 29, 2024

But for tax agencies, it may be easier to pinpoint: Any solutions that help employees work more effectively and quickly will translate into more revenue and/or less fraud. Additionally, more modern systems would make it easier to implement tax code changes that affect revenue, the report states. CASE IN POINT: Oklahoma Gov.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Utilising ICS.AI’s pre-built local government language model, the service was trained in over 1,000 council services. This tech advancement has translated into tangible fiscal benefits, saving the board £200,000 against their budget plan. AI-driven solutions are revolutionising government operations at every level.

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Government Technology Insider

AUGUST 6, 2024

Since the COVID-19 pandemic revealed long-standing systemic challenges facing state unemployment insurance (UI) programs, UI technology reform has become a priority for both state workforce agencies and the federal government. Automation : Automation can take many forms in a forever modern UI system.

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Government Technology Insider

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The New York City DOT grappled with a challenge familiar to many government agencies – limited access to critical data , hindering swift and efficient service delivery. Download the eBook Initiatives like this are instrumental in addressing the pressing need for government agencies to modernize outdated and inefficient systems.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Chatbots can even respond in multiple languages or translate speech to text using services like Amazon Transcribe. Cloud technology can support speed and confidence in government decision-making with intelligent search capabilities, improving forecasting with predictive analytics, or detecting anomalies in data. Invest in training.

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