State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2024

The cloud is a mainstay in the public sector. Most agencies have stood up some sort of cloud instance, whether it’s public, private or hybrid. Agencies at the local level are aggressively scaling their cloud footprint, as bids pertaining to cloud scaling were up by 39% in fiscal year 2023 among state and local governments.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Advancements in generative artificial intelligence (AI) for public sector customers We unveiled an array of products and services centered around generative AI, ranging from Amazon Q , an AI-powered chatbot, to the latest generative AI enhancements in Amazon Connect , and a multitude of others. Watch a recording of this session.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

State and local government organizations have faced numerous threats, from man-made and climate-related risks to third-party breaches and incidents. As we enter the holiday season and look ahead to 2025, its crucial for state and local government organizations to maintain heightened vigilance against cyber threats.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

At AWS re:Invent 2022, I connected with inspiring customers around the world who are using the cloud to drive innovation in government, education, nonprofit, space, and healthcare. These reasons are still important, but public sector organizations are realizing additional benefits and potential.

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Google Public Sector

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Here are some of the latest AI innovations from Google that I am most proud of, that will help improve government services, enhance decision-making, and ultimately create a more efficient and effective public sector.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 1, 2025

State and Local Government (SLG) organizations often have requirements to host regulated workloads with distinct compliance requirements. Innovations in FBI CJIS compliance allow agencies and their government technology partners to implement stringent, least-privilege access controls as required by the CJIS Security Policy.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

Many organizations within state and local government (SLG) and education must build digital environments and services that meet a variety of dynamic security and compliance considerations, such as StateRAMP and Federal Information Security Management Act ( FISMA ).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

State and local government (SLG) agencies now have procurement questions to ask and decisions to make to maximize governance and security, simplify vendor management, and accelerate the overall process within a heavily regulated procurement environment.

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OpenGov

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

With the technology and cybersecurity challenges of state and local government increasing, we know it’s more important than ever to bring resilient, secure, and performant cloud technology to the public sector. appeared first on OpenGov.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Welcome to the frontier of public sector innovation, where artificial intelligence (AI) is not just a buzzword but a tool for transformative change. As citizens’ expectations evolve and the need for rapid, accurate information becomes more pronounced, state and local governments seek smarter ways to keep pace.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 21, 2023

In government, AI solutions are expected to grow at a compound annual rate of more than 33% through 2024. As investments and adoption of AI and ML continue to rise, there is tremendous potential for improved citizen experiences in the public sector. This type of digital transformation does not happen overnight, though.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

So how can public sector organizations help address this skills gap? To discuss this, Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently hosted a webinar, Rethink how to hire and retain top performing talent , which assembled a panel of government officials and workforce planning experts. I think there’s two aspects to [digital equity].

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Many public sector organizations are seeking to integrate solutions deployed in their on-premises environments with new cloud applications and technologies as they modernize their organizations. Despite the rapid growth of software marketplace usage in recent years, some state and local government (SLG) purchasers are holding back.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

For stakeholders in the public sector, the conference offered a whole host of important announcements, compelling themes, and inspiring customer stories. In this post, we highlight the key takeaways from AWS re:Invent 2024 for government agencies.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Dave Levy, vice president of worldwide public sector at AWS, delivers his Innovation Talk. Dave Levy, vice president of AWS worldwide public sector, delivered his talk, “ Empowering citizens through digital innovation ,” on Monday, November 27.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 12, 2023

Millions of Americans rely on state and local government technology systems every day. From drivers licenses to marriage certificates, every day interactions with government depend on technology. Behind that technology is a cadre of public sector experts making sure things work.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2022

For any partners who weren’t able to attend on-site, I want to share what the worldwide public sector partners team is working on to better serve partners. AWS ProServe Ready now available in Australia , Japan, New Zealand, and Singapore for public sector customer engagements. Public Sector Partners of the Year announced.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Government organizations face challenges that include tight budgets and rapidly evolving citizen demands. In the UK, 44 local government bodies—called councils—use an open approach to share expertise and pool resources to transform their web publishing platforms using LocalGov Drupal. website, launched in 2012.

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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2023

Artificial intelligence technologies, such as machine learning, speech recognition and computer vision, are becoming common building blocks for applications in the public sector. Here are answers to some common questions. Can AI improve citizen services? AI absolutely is a valuable tool.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

Today’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) Worldwide Public Sector Symposium Canberra keynote explored generative artificial intelligence (AI) innovation in Australia and New Zealand. Dave Levy , vice president of Worldwide Public Sector at Amazon Web Services (AWS), followed Rouse on stage and delivered the keynote speech.

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Careers in Government

MARCH 23, 2024

In the government sector, AI is rapidly transforming traditional recruitment practices, offering unique solutions tailored to the complexities of public service hiring. The post Revolutionizing Local Government Recruitment: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence appeared first on Careers in Government.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2024

For our public sector pioneers, tailored sessions and activations will amplify your re:Invent experience, and this post will help you to start charting your personalized agenda today. Join this session to explore how cutting-edge artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) solutions are revolutionizing the public sector.

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Google Public Sector

APRIL 1, 2025

Rice University and Google Public Sector are partnering to launch the Rice AI Venture Accelerator (RAVA) , designed to drive early-stage AI innovation and commercialization. Google Public Sector will also provide dedicated training to RAVA startups and supporting teams to maximize their AI literacy and industry adoption.

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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. And the refresh cycle in the public sector is around five years.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The Icelandic Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs launched an ambitious initiative to accelerate the digital transformation of public services in Iceland in 2019. Though Iceland is a small country, it now ranks fifth in the UN’s global E-Government Survey from 19th when the project started.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 11, 2025

This skills gap is even wider in the public sector, where 60 percent of IT professionals reported in a 2024 Salesforce survey that their biggest challenge in implementing AI solutions is lack of knowledge. Building on the programs success, AWS will bring AWS Learning Days to new cities in 2025.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

These are only a handful of the challenges the justice and public safety industry is seeking to solve thorough innovative technology solutions. Eligible startups must seek to address challenges and deliver data-driven solutions that help improve outcomes in justice and public safety.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Citizens expect governments to continue to operate despite floods or heat waves endangering data centers, malicious actions taken against IT infrastructure, or power grid failures. CGIT gives public sector bodies the ability to leverage globally distributed IT infrastructure to underpin their continuity plans. Introducing CGIT.

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State Tech Magazine

MARCH 7, 2024

To streamline application development in support of everything from back-end business processes to constituent-facing services, state and local governments have embraced DevSecOps. This combination of development, security and operations helps to streamline and speed the development pipeline.

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OpenGov

MARCH 28, 2023

How are public sector leaders and teams doing right now? For the third year in […] The post The 2023 State of Local Government: Key Findings from Our Annual Survey appeared first on OpenGov. What are the biggest challenges they face, and how do they plan to tackle them?

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

State and local governments employed 20.5 Job openings in September 2024 in state and local governments in the U.S. So, if local governments need to hire qualified workers to replace those leaving, where can they turn to when recruiting? million as of October 2024, according to the U.S.

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Google Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

We recently announced the launch of Google Public Sector , a new Google subsidiary focused on helping U.S. federal, state, and local governments, and educational institutions accelerate their digital transformations. In just the few months since the introduction of Google Public Sector, we’ve seen continued momentum.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

the Accelerator supports government technology (GovTech) startups as they develop innovative solutions enabling justice and public safety agencies to better serve their communities. The selected startups are focused on a wide range of solutions for first responders, emergency services, corrections, and other public safety agencies.

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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2024

From the perspective of the public sector in particular, Jerry Dotson, vice president of public sector at Avaya, wrote that due to an “uncertain economic climate, shrinking… In fact, 40 percent of server hardware deployed at company data centers is more than 3 years old.

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 18, 2023

David Knox is the group vice president for Oracle Public Sector. Knox is a leader at Oracle and in the public sector technology community, so StateTech asked him to forecast trends in state and local government for the coming years.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 22, 2025

This is the accepted model in the public sector nownot just to add more servers, but to deploy innovative new capabilities at speed. We chose to work with AWS, because it has infrastructure thats fully compliant with public-sector specifications (such as local data hosting) and is well-proven in a government and judicial context.

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Barrett & Greene

DECEMBER 2, 2024

We were involved in a meeting the other day, in which a couple of participants were talking about agile government. That set us to thinking about the many words that gain currency in the public sector but are understood differently, depending on the speaker and circumstances. We don’t think these distinctions are trivial.

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