AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 17, 2024

The public sector’s use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices is steadily growing, as these organizations learn how to implement and derive value from IoT solutions. 509 certificates and custom authentication, allowing for secure connectivity between AWS IoT and devices over a Transport Layer Security (TLS) connection.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

Enhancing visibility for the Navy Yard and the greater community Since implementing Rekor’s technology in January 2022, the Navy Yard has gained illuminating insights into what’s happening on their roadways. In turn, these insights have directly benefited the Navy Yard in their planning and daily operations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

The right cloud technology leads to more sustainable IT and business operations. As a foundation for innovation, the cloud supports the delivery of sustainable products, services, and business models, and gives organizations the opportunity to transform themselves with sustainability at the core of their operation.

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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. It can also be helpful in other scenarios like transportation networks, power grids, and water systems.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 23, 2024

In response to these consequences, the ASCE released the Sustainable Infrastructure Standard, ASCE 73-23, a tool that provides guidance for infrastructure owners to develop and implement sustainable solutions throughout a project’s entire life cycle. Nonetheless, America’s communities are at a crossroads.

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Google Public Sector

JUNE 25, 2024

The public sector's need for intelligent AI In the past year, generative AI has emerged as a focal point for innovation, offering the potential to transform how government agencies operate and serve their communities. Transforming Hawaii's infrastructure and the U.S.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 19, 2024

The ongoing consultancy fees and operating costs associated with continuing the established ways of doing things drain budgets and stop community leaders from identifying opportunities to stretch budgets and direct funding to where it’s needed most. Technical debt doesn’t just impact actual systems.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Improving public information services To better serve their community, a state agency uses an LLM-powered chatbot enhanced with RAG to provide real-time, accurate information on public transportation schedules, public health advisories, and more. With RAG and LLMs, the opportunity to redefine public service is at our doorstep.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Technologies we rely on every day — operational technology and industrial control systems (OT/ICS) — are tempting targets for cyber criminals. OT/ICS power our lights, provide municipal services, and run transportation systems. They operate our country’s weapon systems and make energy production possible. Get the guide.

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Google Public Sector

JUNE 7, 2023

For years, Google has been working with state and local governments to focus on the needs of the mission, using data to improve the constituent experience and offer more accessible digital services, while helping government workers operate more efficiently. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been core to helping agencies achieve these goals.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JUNE 22, 2023

AI can enhance customer engagement, streamline operations, and provide a competitive advantage when implemented effectively, but, without ethical systems, could result in serious challenges of bias. This includes identifying potential sources of bias in data and algorithms and implementing measures to mitigate their impact.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Satellite communications systems provide the DoD with critical capabilities—from delivering satellite imagery to enabling communications—that support military users operating around the globe. Whether on land, in air, or at sea, having connectivity and access to information in the field is critical for the US Department of Defense (DoD).

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

3] Consequently, most UK businesses accept operating within a defined level of cyber risk. 4] The importance of risk mitigation Against this backdrop, it therefore becomes imperative to implement a strong cyber resilience strategy to ensure organisations are thoroughly prepared for a potential cyberattack.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

The fiscal cliff can lead to a range of negative outcomes that diminish community quality of life, strain household finances and stifle economic growth, including: Reduced services: Local governments may be forced to cut essential services, including public safety, education, transportation and social services.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Some of those same local leaders are responding with a plan of their own: Convince the federal government, whose workforce is Metro’s largest customer base, to subsidize the system’s operational costs. It's best to line up support and funding, when you're wildly successful. It's really hard when you're failing. Good luck with that.

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Partnership for Public Service

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Breaking down s ilo s : Whether it’s by implementing a shared service hub, unifying systems across agencies or carving paths across functional lines, collaborative coalitions are key to driving innovation across the federal enterprise.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JULY 3, 2024

economy and often serve in vital front-line occupations related to childcare, food service, retail, personal services, transportation, and agriculture. Despite having some overlapping and complementary goals, economic development and workforce development tend to operate in their respective silos. Low wage workers are core to the U.S.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Another example is the taxi collectif program of the STM transit system in Montreal , which operates at end of line stations. Although I did here, " Tysons (Corner) 10 Years after the plan to make it more walkable: the necessity of implementation mechanisms " (2020).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

It's not in operation because of covid but there is a miniature railroad park, S&S Shoreline Railroad, abutting the trail in Farmington. That's because with the way we've designed the transportation system for automobility, you can get away with minimal pre-planning, unless you're going to an out of the way place.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Note: This solution was developed and implemented by Spatial Front, Inc. FMCSA is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) whose mission is to prevent commercial motor vehicle-related fatalities and injuries. SFI has been providing application sustainment operations to FMCSA since April 2021.

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Partnership for Public Service

MAY 25, 2023

Debt limit breach By statute, Congress limits the amount of money the Treasury may borrow to fund government operations even as it mandates that agencies spend more money than the government takes in. Since implementation of the Congressional Budget Act in 1977, this has happened 20 times.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 4, 2023

Typically, biopsy specimens need to be transported by porters, processed and prepped by the lab technicians for microscopic examination, and finally interpreted by pathologists. The DPS has been implemented in some medical centers in the Asia Pacific region to enable research collaborations at the national level.

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Partnership for Public Service

AUGUST 29, 2023

Agencies have an opportunity to change these perceptions by implementing this new legislation effectively. Who are the federal employees working to upgrade our nation’s transportation infrastructure, create broadband access and develop greater climate resiliency? Use plain language on your website and in agency communications.

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Google Public Sector

JUNE 23, 2022

With these data-driven insights, public sector agencies and researchers can improve their response time to climate disasters, make more accurate predictions, and implement disaster-response plans with greater confidence.

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GovLoop

MARCH 14, 2024

The order calls for guidelines in specific areas of government concern, including national security, intelligence, defense, justice and law enforcement, energy, health care, and transportation. AI could improve government operations and services, but it also poses risks. Following is what the EO envisions.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Both this entry and the previous one on White's Ferry ("R evisiting the need for comprehensive transportation planning at the metropolitan and regional scales | For profit services, and White's Ferry, Montgomery and Loudoun Counties ") involve protest and advocacy as a way to get better policy outcomes. It's a rare positive example.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The City of Kenmore, Washington was the second organization to implement PBB, along with the City of Bainbridge Island , and both have been practitioners since 2013. Where Kenmore particularly stands out, is in their commitment to apply PBB not only to their ongoing operations, but to their capital projects as well.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

United States federal agencies, such as the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Transportation Security Administration (TSA), are increasing their emphasis on cybersecurity. Recently, the TSA issued a new cybersecurity amendment in response to persistent cybersecurity threats.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Why using old procurement methods is a problem Cloud computing presents a difficult choice for organizations: adopt and shift operating models to take advantage of its benefits or maintain the status quo and miss out. Many recognize the value of the cloud but are hesitant to abandon familiar legacy systems. So how should we procure resources?

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Google Public Sector

JUNE 15, 2022

Winner: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC). The State of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) was in search of a cloud-based solution to reduce server maintenance, increase access to data, and shorten response times. Oklahoma, like many states, is focused on responding to the ongoing opioid crisis.

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 29, 2023

Operating 24/7, the SBSD features virtual agents that manage around 1,200 calls daily. Google Cloud Customer Award Winners: Social Change Award Winner: Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT). A key aspect of this mission involves ensuring that constituents can readily access answers to their questions.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

MAY 6, 2024

Mami Mizotori, the Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) stated in the mid-term report of the Sendai Framework that "progress [in implementing the SFDRR] has stalled and, in some cases, reversed". The United Kingdom does not lack talent and expertise in civil protection. that are pertinent to the field.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Additionally, EL1 requires that operating system (OS) and application logs be captured and stored. AWS Shield: With AWS Shield Standard, you get always-on heuristics-based network flow monitoring and inline mitigation against common, most frequently occurring network and transport layer distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Build and migrate Customers need the skills and expertise from their partners to implement the plan and design, as well as for building cloud environments and migrating legacy data. Repeatable solutions Creating solutions suitable for multiple customers reduces operational complexity and increases profitability.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 29, 2023

How can the public sector improve security While public sector entities spanning education, healthcare, and transport are critical to our society’s successful day-to-day functioning, their significance makes them very attractive targets for malicious actors. The statistics speak for themselves.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 10, 2023

The State Department of Transportation, which probably should be called the Utah Department of Cars and Trucks, has a proposal to widen I-15 through Salt Lake City to Farmington in Davis County to 6 lanes in each direction--it's four lanes now. Transportation demand management as a priority. I was talking with Suzanne about this and 1.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

Neighborhood groups had to come together to come up with and implement a program of community improvements. Using money from TIF bonds, funds were provided to neighborhood groups to work with the school system, parks board, and other agencies.

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