AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

In todays digital landscape, federal agencies face unprecedented challenges in securing their complex information technology (IT) infrastructure. Les insights underscore the complexity of implementing zero trust in an organization as vast and diverse as the DoD.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 1, 2025

The implementation of an operational data store (ODS) presents a viable solution. As states continue to transition towards more modular architectures and look for efficiencies, adopting an ODS is vital in maintaining cohesive and effective data management. Consider a legacy MMIS like the one shown in the following figure.

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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. Consequently, these organizations must implement systems with fine-grained access controls to make sure that only authorized individuals can view the data they are permitted to access.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 1, 2025

Information on hosting workloads in AWS GovCloud (US) is available on this webpage. This architectural diagram shows the architecture for six accounts: the organization management account, accounts for security tooling, log archive, network, shared services, and application. You can find guidance on making this choice in this article.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

This post discusses the management of AWS in higher education institutions, emphasizing governance to securely foster innovation without compromising security and detailing policies and responsibilities for managing AWS accounts across projects and research. These OUs help apply management controls like service control policies (SCPs).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

For example, agencies stood up new solutions, augmented their epidemiologic data with other data sources, or looked to their local Health information Exchange (HIE) for support. CyncHealth’s expertise in managing these types of clinical data accelerated the implementation process.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The recent Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy update contains important cloud computing language that aligns with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) approach to building CJIS compliant solutions. The cloud-based encryption key management language was also updated.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 6, 2025

AWS third-party audit attestation documents are used to determine inherited controls and what required controls may be remaining for customers to implement in their environment. Using LZA on AWS, customers with highly regulated workloads and complex compliance requirements can better manage and govern their multi-account environment.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Worst still, critical information, from course changes to school closure announcements, often failed to reach the colleges 140,000 credit and non-credit students in a timely manner. If a student had called before, their contact information automatically populated, allowing agents to focus entirely on addressing the students needs.

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State Tech Magazine

JULY 15, 2024

“This budget allocation will allow the city to continue its efforts to lead the GovAI Coalition with the founding agencies and help other cities implement safe and responsible AI solutions,” says Chelsea Palacio, public information manager for the San Jose Information Technology Department.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 10, 2025

Organizations can share Outposts and their associated resources across multiple AWS accounts in the same organization in AWS Organization s using AWS Resource Access Manager ( AWS RAM ). The built-in sharing capabilities provide a solid foundation for multi-account resource management.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

As these solutions are built, AWS’s innovative features and security controls can help customers comply with the latest Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy updates , and align with CJIS compliance not only in AWS GovCloud (US), but also in AWS (US) Commercial regions.

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Google Public Sector

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In terms of their key drivers for implementing AI, 62% of federal agencies surveyed identified strengthening cybersecurity as a top motivator, and 40% of federal agencies stated that protecting critical infrastructure is a key driver of their AI investments 1. said Kevin Cornish, Chief Information Officer, Covered California.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 28, 2025

Embracing cutting-edge technology, DC-MPD has integrated evidence analysis techniques with state-of-the-art information technology to advance crime-mapping, real-time crime statistics dashboards, and summary statistics for a holistic view of crime dynamics. Data processing workflow architecture.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 14, 2025

The Bahrain Economic Development Board and the Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) have helped establish policies and infrastructure that encourage both public and private-sector cloud adoption. With scalable infrastructure, departments can adjust capacity based on demand, which prevents system overloads and minimizes downtime.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 22, 2025

Everyday frustrations included hours spent redacting personally identifiable information from evidence submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) as well as collating and analyzing data to build a case. Humans set the parameters for the redaction tool, specifying what information it is to detect and redact.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 12, 2025

In this post, we discuss how organizations can effectively identify opportunities to use Spot Instances and Amazon Q Business , a generative AI powered assistant that can answer questions and provide summaries based on data and information in your enterprise systems, to develop an enhanced Spot Instance analysis.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The data deluge: Challenges of managing and analyzing information In the modern law enforcement landscape, the emergence of real-time crime centers has opened possibilities and presented significant challenges. On the other hand, managing and analyzing this vast array of data poses significant complexities.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 15, 2024

Sometimes, there is no single owner responsible for the end-to-end citizen experience, which results in a disconnect and makes it difficult to find information. While helping customers, agents typically switch between numerous applications, such as their contact center platform, CRM, ticketing, and knowledge management systems.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Integrated chat assistants can also provide real-time claim information through the IVR without agent assistance. Demo by Greg Smith) Strategies for reducing call volume and improving self-service Over a dozen states have implemented Amazon Connect to support their unemployment contact centers.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Handling approximately 285,000 legal cases annually means that the Nebraska Judicial Branch manages hundreds of thousands of paper documents, audio and video files, and various forms of evidence every year. If you’re interested in learning more about this TTM, please speak to your AWS Partner Development Manager or contact AWS.

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

“The best thing to learn from is making mistakes,” acknowledged Hanks, now senior director of cybersecurity advisory services for the Center for Internet Security (CIS), addressing the midyear conference of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers. Some years ago in Montana, a partner organization was struck with…

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

What do Amazon Web Services (AWS) public sector customers need to know about the State Risk and Authorization Management Program ( StateRAMP) and how can you use AWS to help meeting StateRAMP requirements? What is StateRAMP? In both StateRAMP and FedRAMP there is a “Ready Status.”

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

It’s also important to get information about the types of support that the vendor provides so you will know what to expect from the support experience when you need to turn to the technology provider for help in the future.” He says local government managers should ask what training the technology provider offers.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

As customers move more data to the cloud, it becomes increasingly important to take necessary precautions and measures to prevent sensitive information from unauthorized access or use. Monitor and manage your landing zone – Monitor and manage your landing zone using AWS services such as AWS CloudTrail , AWS Config, and Amazon CloudWatch.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

Managing donors, members, and constituents is essential to the success of most nonprofits. Customer relationship management (CRM) systems are an important part of this process. For this reason, CiviCRM typically advises new users to work with an implementation partner to deploy it. To deploy this solution 1.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 15, 2023

Navigating the investment landscape can be challenging for anyone responsible for managing pension funds. However, traditional investment processes can be slow and outdated, posing obstacles when it comes to managing large sums of money on behalf of workers. What if there was a transformative solution for managing pension funds?

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

In a forthcoming book, I define performance management as a continuous and cyclical process of making data-informed decisions to improve organizational outcomes. Over the last few decades, these systems have become ubiquitous in almost every aspect of local government management.

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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. At the state and federal levels, programs are funded to support these efforts.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Because of the urgent need for decarbonization and reducing climate change, local government fleet managers are facing several major trends. But as these fleet managers begin to pivot towards electric vehicles, they face a dual challenge. “On On the other hand, a more daunting task lies in the build-out of charging infrastructure.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

It gives doctors rapid access to up-to-date health records and test results so that they have better information and more time for patient care. Doctors needed a standardized EMR system to access accurate patient information instantly. The hospital also needed a more efficient method to manage test results and pharmacy billing.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Over the past decade, billions of federal dollars have been invested in reshaping how hospitals and clinics manage their health records. We’ve started with a digital assistant powered by generative AI that automates patient history reviews, a routine and time-consuming process that’s a leading cause of provider burnout.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 24, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) develops innovative solutions to address challenging digital engineering requirements for US government customers. Unfortunately, current cybersecurity practices and tools are often disconnected from IT infrastructure.

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 8, 2024

However, they soon realized that they needed to remove sensitive information from these devices and implement security controls, says Aaron Rose, security architect manager for vertical solutions at Check Point Software Technologies. Today, the DaaS concept involves procurement and management of devices, he says.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

We also provide tips for accelerating procurement and maintaining visibility over rapidly implemented workloads. In another instance, the North Carolina legislature tasked the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) with launching a managed care model with encounter processing capability in just one year.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 15, 2025

Weve pictured a scenario for fleet management where a temperature sensor is sending data to the vehicles onboard computer, which is aggregating and condensing the data for relevancy, then transmitting to the cloud. AWS IoT Core is the backbone of the AWS IoT family, providing a secure and scalable service for managing connected devices.

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