AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

The implementation also provides more than 99.999 percent availability for voice calls, end-to-end security, and data storage in a secure cloud, enabling simple relocation of the team if needed. A cost-effective and secure step forward Beyond just technological advancement, the county has experienced significant cost advantages.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

Lastly, the PIDC wanted to address public safety issues related to speeding and collisions, and decrease damage to their property. Some key examples of this include electric vehicle charge station placement, allocation of funds, and deployment of safety systems. After much research, PIDC employed Rekor Systems, Inc.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Level 1 CGIT engagements help determine the best strategy for building a secure landing zone, implementing control and governance mechanisms securing data, and establishing an architecture for continuous backup. Level 2: Pre-planned migration. Level 3: Active cloud standby.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 18, 2025

Imagine a hacker gaining control of a citys smart traffic system, energy distribution or even a schools security cameras the consequences extend beyond data loss to public safety. If these devices rely on the public internet, each becomes a potential entry point for hackers.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

When they buy technology, cities and counties will often face multiple issues, says Dean Cunningham , segment development manager, Public Safety at Axis Communications , a company that produces network cameras, access control systems, network audio devices and other IP networking solutions for physical security and video surveillance applications.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Since February 1968 , 911 centers have served as the first link in the public safety response chain, having a profound impact on the public safety system in the United States and inspiring replication internationally. In January 2023, we received 55,000 calls with 70% completed in under two minutes.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Solution: Implementing the Electronic Exhibits System on AWS To comply with the new Electronic Exhibits System (E-Exhibits System) rule, the Nebraska Judicial Branch needed a solution to automate manual processes and provide a secure, reliable, and scalable system for uploading, tracking, and storing exhibits.

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Google Public Sector

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

AI is positively transforming government operations and being used to support mission outcomes across a wide range of services, from improving patient care, enhancing learning and education, improving public safety, streamlining citizen services, and so much more. At Google Public Sector, were passionate about supporting your mission.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Forrester applied its Total Economic Impact (TEI) methodology to the public sector for this analysis and interviewed representatives from organizations that invested in, helped implement, or helped manage data integration initiatives. In Virginia, data integration helped battle opioid addiction.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Public safety agencies are deploying reliable and responsive applications for communication, resource allocation, and coordination—all essential in times of emergencies and disasters. Blueprints also helps you implement the relevant security controls needed to operate workloads from multiple teams in the same cluster.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 30, 2024

One way to get users familiar with the possibilities is to create a sandbox where they can test implementations without releasing them to the wider system or to the public, he advised. That helps agencies make more informed decisions and predictions, and better understand health, public safety, transportation and other issues.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

With the help of AWS Partner Unleash live , the Miami-Dade County Department of Transportation and Public Works harnessed data to adapt and enforce COVID-19 social distancing regulations, enhancing public safety. GWC can now create and deliver reports faster because it no longer relies on manual processes to prepare data.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Cybersecurity: A top priority I also moderated a fireside chat about implementing an impactful, large-scale cybersecurity strategy with Ryan Murray, chief information security officer of the State of Arizona, and Dr. Bianca Lochner, chief information officer of the City of Scottsdale.

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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. Amazon IVS allows us to spin up many channels quickly, and just as easily turn them off.”.

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GovLoop

MAY 25, 2023

Government Accountability Office notes that its auditors have made 712 recommendations to federal agencies since 2010, 21% of which have not been implemented. Until these are fully implemented, federal agencies will be more limited in their ability to protect private and sensitive data entrusted to them,” the report states.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

Refer to the documentation to implement this architectural pattern. Here is an example implementation of this architectural pattern. One option is Timestream which is a fast, scalable, fully managed, and purpose-built time-series database.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In South Korea, cafeterias implementing ZWZH reduced overall food waste by an average of 30%, while on-plate food waste was reduced by up to 42%. Improving public safety and innovating through voice and video technology: The latest from AWS CICs. Reducing waste to make an environmental impact.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 28, 2022

An interview with Brian Anderson, Practice Leader for Public Safety at Avaya. On many military bases and agency campuses, local public safety agencies face obstacles in providing a fundamental service: responding to 911 calls. A call from a cellphone will go to a cell tower outside the campus, and from there to a PSAP.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Police departments are increasingly leveraging AI to enhance public safety and operational efficiency. With two decades of dedicated service in law enforcement, Cunningham has honed his skills in investigations, technology implementation and team leadership.

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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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GovLoop

JANUARY 17, 2024

Officials say that Big Apple Connect will be the largest broadband subsidy implemented by any U.S. New York’s program is funded by $40 million previously budgeted for an ill-fated Wi-Fi network designed for NYC public safety agencies. This article appeared in our guide, “ State and Local: Making an Impact.”

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The solution includes the following AWS services: Amazon CloudFront – A content delivery network (CDN) service built for high performance, security, and developer convenience Amazon Cognito – A service that helps you implement customer identity and access management into your web and mobile applications Amazon EventBridge – A serverless event bus that (..)

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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. Failure to address problem properties, just like ignoring a leaking faucet, costs more in the long run and causes more harm over time.

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 29, 2023

The agency is implementing a statewide community air quality and greenhouse gas monitoring initiative in collaboration with Aclima and Google Cloud that involves the collection of billions of air quality and greenhouse gas measurements to screen for local sources of air pollution utilizing Aclima’s mobile monitoring fleet.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In critical moments when every second counts, justice and public safety ( JPS ) agencies need technology solutions that are secure, reliable, and fast. Breaking down data silos to mobilize agencies across jurisdictions Jurisdictional data silos are another common challenge for public safety agencies.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

For infrastructure resilience and public safety, we must ensure public sector software is not opening the front door to cyber risks. Another step organisations can take is implementing more regular and varied scans. One immediate step is dealing with the existing backlog of known flaws.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 31, 2024

For instance, if we observe an increased frequency of accidents at a particular type of junction during a rainy morning rush hour, we can decide to lower the speed limit at that location and implement automatic speed cameras equipped with license plate recognition technology to issue speeding tickets.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 24, 2022

In an emergency, for example, during damaging floods or even during this summer’s heat waves, the government benefits from receiving and processing data in real-time so that actions can be taken immediately to ensure public safety. Investments in machine learning and AI are being prioritised, and depend on usable data.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Addressing disorder is fundamental to public safety. Some of this has to do with public safety. charlie calls our attention to a report by the DC Chief Financial Officer, that outmigration of population during covid, especially of relatively young high earners, has cost the city $200 million per year in lost tax revenue.

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AccessE11

JANUARY 17, 2024

This article aims to dissect what it means to make decisions using data, unravel the complexities small municipalities face in implementing a data-centric culture, and explore the methodologies of data harnessing to address urban challenges. One of the primary obstacles is the scarcity of resources.

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GovLoop

JUNE 12, 2024

CISA released updates for its Public Safety Communications and Cyber Resiliency Toolkit and, with DHS, its Resiliency Fact Sheet. Last year, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and FEMA announced an additional $375 million for the second year of the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP).

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Google Public Sector

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Specifically, our Assured Workloads product implements a novel approach to help customers meet compliance and sovereignty requirements: a software-defined community cloud. Having created a physical community cloud in the past, Google sought a new way to provide the benefits above along with scalable and lasting compliance implementations.

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Partnership for Public Service

MAY 25, 2023

Since implementation of the Congressional Budget Act in 1977, this has happened 20 times. When Congress does not pass full-year funding by the start of a new fiscal year on Oct.1— 1— or at least pass short-term funding to tide agencies over while full-year funding is negotiated—a shutdown occurs.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This is especially vital in ensuring public safety and security. State of California: Implementing ServiceNow AIOps has empowered the state to proactively detect and respond to cybersecurity threats, bolstering its security posture.

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Let's Talk Parks

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Chris: So when I first started programming, I did utilize the more informal approach, and that was mainly because working in that smaller facility, I was the one that developed those programs and actually was the one who offered the programs and who implemented the programs. We love our public safety Department.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 26, 2022

Maintenance of public spaces is a key element of public safety. The whole concept of "broken windows theory" (" Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety ," Atlantic Magazine , 1982) is based on the findings that high quality maintenance in public spaces reduces the likelihood of disorder. So here goes.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 26, 2023

And property taxes fund basic community services like schools, roads, parks, sidewalks, and public safety—the things that enable families to live and build wealth in vibrant, secure neighborhoods. That consequence exists for a reason. Property has intrinsic and monetary value.

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