AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Courts and other public safety organizations are being targeted by a rising number of cyber events,” said Kim Majerus, vice president of global education and US state and local government at AWS. The AWS GovTech Accelerator was created to support the development of technologies that can address these challenges.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The undeniable fiscal constraints associated with local governance has challenged contemporary public administrators to achieve more with less. Budgets are stretched thin, and local government managers face increasingly complex service delivery demands from an electorate that loathes the idea of paying higher taxes.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

WVLSC operates as the statewide land bank for VAD properties, including those that have known or suspected environmental issues, and takes title to those properties to prepare them for redevelopment. TB: Currently no local land bank in West Virginia has a dedicated full-time staff.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which includes $10 billion in grants that primarily flow through states, is just one of the funding sources. Many local governments lack the resources in expertise, tools and personnel to comply with EPA’s 2024 PFAS drinking water standard. Understandably, municipalities are hesitant.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

AUGUST 18, 2022

The National League of Cities and the Harvard Cyber Law Clinic released a joint case study report titled, Bus Innovation Playbook for City Leaders. This report describes how local governments are using technology to improve bus safety and efficiency.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 15, 2022

And for local governments engaged in business location incentive negotiations with private employers, the prospect of remote or hybrid workers must now be explicitly addressed. Local government elected officials and all attorneys have sworn an oath to uphold the state constitution, which is the supreme law of the land.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 3, 2024

This incident, which took city services offline for weeks, is a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities many local governments face in an increasingly hostile cyber landscape. The attack caused operational chaos and raised concerns about the potential exposure of sensitive personal information. This summer, Flint, Mich.,

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zencity

MAY 3, 2023

We’ve welcomed numerous new partner communities across the world, rolled out cutting-edge new features, including the first-ever use case of ChatGPT in local government , and re-launched as the best full-service community engagement platform available for government today. Welcome to the team, Maurice!

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In a May 2022 post , Tyler outlined many of the ways in which North Carolina’s local governments can aid the development of privately owned affordable housing. 2] In these cases, a local government is both an “issuer” (i.e., Therefore, a state or local governmental entity (e.g., 26 U.S.C. §

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AccessE11

JANUARY 2, 2024

As we begin our new year, we can reflect on the important moments in the municipal government space with our municipal year in review. The world of local government is constantly changing. Laws, technology, and citizen demands ensure that their municipalities continue to keep their finger on the pulse of progress.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 10, 2023

Wi-Fiber custom builds hardware, software, and networks, outfitting them with optical and internet of things (IoT) sensors that allow municipal entities to capture and visualize data to improve operational efficiency, deliver real-time outcomes, and promote enhanced community safety. Learn more about Wi-Fiber.

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GovLoop

JUNE 21, 2023

Cybersecurity for state and local governments is just as important as efforts at the federal level, and frequently, they lack the resources, technical know-how, and situational awareness to secure their systems, or respond in the event of an attack,” said former Sen. In February 2022, New York Gov.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 9, 2022

CLTs provide a community ownership approach to providing affordable housing, trying to balance the homeowner desire to build equity with the community and societal desire to maintain an affordable housing stock and the desire of local governments and other funders to sustain housing intervention funding. Davis, John E. Decker, Andrew.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 5, 2022

And whether that involves helping people pay their water bills or allowing law enforcement to preserve crime data, the cost of IT security is worth it, she believes. Here are her suggestions to keep government agencies cyber-secure. In August 2019, 23 local governments, from one end of Texas to another, were hit by ransomware.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Delivery of healthcare solutions in the cloud When the ACA was signed into law, many states raced to help their residents find and enroll in health insurance. Save costs and improve operations, efficiency, and resiliency CalHEERS is a complex solution. The entire system handles more than 450 terabytes of information every year.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 10, 2023

Public officials and employees for electoral candidates, political committees, and political action committees (PACs) must publicly disclose their campaign finances in accordance with different state campaign finance disclosure laws. Plus, Civix worked with AWS to design the Ethics API with AWS serverless technologies.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

US state and local government and education customers can get in-person no-cost training, hands-on help, and more at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) State and Local Learning Days. AWS will offer one-on-one support and more at two AWS State and Local Learning Days events. Reach out to the AWS Public Sector Team today.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

State and local governments need a robust and holistic approach in order to effectively protect their digital assets and critical data. What is defense in depth for state and local government? The biggest challenge in the state and local community is resourcing. Let’s start with a definition.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Such was the case for the 911 system in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, an agency that dispatches for 21 public safety agencies including law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services, and averages over 325 calls for service per day. How data-driven technology helps law enforcement agencies improve constituent outcomes.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

Rivero, now an executive government advisor at AWS, has experience making data work for government. They also agree to actively participate in the data governance framework, providing oversight of the chief data officer’s data sharing operations as a designated Trustee. The solution involved multiple AWS services. “We

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Despite the central role of tax agencies in supporting state economies and local communities, many are challenged with legacy systems that lack flexibility and functionality. Improving government operations. Intelligent document processing and quality control can also optimize government operations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

“At AWS, we’re inspired every day by our public sector customers who are leveraging data to deliver enhanced citizen services and make more informed decisions,” said Kim Majerus, vice president of global education and US state and local government at AWS. In Virginia, data integration helped battle opioid addiction.

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Barrett & Greene

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

For the past two and a half years, times have not been good for state and local governments or the millions of the people they are -- or, once were -- responsible for serving. When one of two factories operated by , one of the four U.S. When one of two factories operated by , one of the four U.S.

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The CIO Council

MAY 10, 2023

This handbook provides a general approach to the comprehensive management of an agency’s IT portfolio, including an overview of foundational elements and principles to establish and maintain reliable, secure, and effective IT operations and services. We encourage you to take a look today!

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The majority are subject to Federal Records Act (FRA) and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) regulations that require them to collect, store, and manage federal records that are created, received, and used in daily operations. Building confidence with AWS Wickr.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Flexibility – With microservices, changes and updates can be made to individual components without affecting the entire system, making it easier to adapt the system to new laws, regulations, or business requirements. This can help handle spikes in volume more effectively during high unemployment or increased usage during tax season.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 17, 2022

As I’ve written before , both our state constitution and the Machinery Act (the collection of state statutes that govern property taxes) require that all local governments across North Carolina play by the same property tax rules. See this blog post for more on local acts.)

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

You can demonstrate compliance with the FedRAMP High Impact Level in both Azure Commercial and Azure Government. Azure Commercial and Azure Government each have a Provisional Authorization to Operate (P-ATO/PA) from the FedRAMP Program Management Office (PMO). See below for more details in the GCC section.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In the world of law enforcement and justice, every piece of evidence has a significant impact. From recorded testimonies to jail cell conversations, audiovisual files can play an important role in accurately documenting evidence that can make or break a case.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 10, 2024

North Carolina property tax law, nicknamed the Machinery Act, contains many dozens of full or partial exemptions for property as diverse as free drug samples, uranium 233, and Loyal Order of the Moose clubhouses. Government property ( G.S. See this post for more on our state constitution’s uniformity clause. Brownfields ( G.S.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Traditionally, IT departments have used general titles, such as Computer Operator 1 or Support Specialist, but those kinds of titles don’t capture the essence of the work. Recently, many state and local governments have been working toward centralizing IT management, rather than leaving it to individual agencies.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

The deployment and results SOMA is a leading technology partner providing critical response and operating software solutions for law enforcement, first responder, and government agencies. Read on to learn how the NPD found a successful partnership with SOMA Global in their time of need.

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Public Policy Blog

AUGUST 1, 2013

Scott Bomboy of the Constitution Center mentions that “the concept of nullification–that states can overrule federal laws–predated the Civil War by decades, and the ultimate issue of nullification (secession) was settled in the 1860s. 1257 courtesy of Cornell Law Institute). If that law is federal, then the U.S. 482, 488 (1976).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Introduction The Nebraska Judicial Branch is a vital component of the state’s government for interpreting and applying the law to resolve disputes and uphold justice. The Nebraska Judicial Branch operates under the administrative direction of the state’s Supreme Court, which consists of a Chief Justice and six associate justices.

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AccessE11

JUNE 10, 2022

In terms of job function, we received feedback from users involved in customer service, operations, finance, administration, and IT, as well as from elected officials. The results are an interesting source of information for any small to mid sized municipality embarking on a digital transformation journey of their own.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 19, 2022

The plan focused on action steps and funding approaches that could be taken by local government entities and partners. Rental inspections became law in Bethlehem, and the Borough of Bangor partnered with Northampton County to redevelop a set of properties from the tax repository into affordable housing.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Simon Chassar, CRO at Claroty, discusses why cyber-physical systems security is so integral to government in the modern era Digital transformation allows state and local government agencies to better and more efficiently serve the public. What is the impact of an attack on public services?

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