AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The organizations responsible for those missions need technologies and solutions that solve challenges rapidly and securely. Our customers and partners are focusing on advancing the way they deliver critical services, improve the customer experience, build resilience into how they operate, and respond to disruptive events.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Discover how Amazon Web Services (AWS) empowers organizations across the public sector in the AWS Public Sector Leadership Session, on Tuesday November 29, from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Hear how the power of the AWS Cloud enables organizations to move with speed and agility while making sure mission-critical workloads stay secure.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

On Tuesday, November 29 at re:Invent 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Max Peterson, vice president of Amazon Web Services (AWS) worldwide public sector, spoke about how the transformative power of the cloud is enabling organizations to move with speed and agility while making sure mission-critical workloads stay secure and protected.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This is a guest post by Ari Jóhannesson, chief executive officer of Andes, a cloud infrastructure and security company, in collaboration with the AWS Institute from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Andes was selected as an expert team in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, security, and compliance. This was expected to be a six-month project.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Government Transformation team (GTT) runs an executive education program for senior operational leaders in the public sector in association with some of the leading business schools worldwide. Find more AWS Institute thought leadership for public service leaders.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This includes keynotes, leadership discussions, technical sessions, training opportunities, and more. Karen Johnson provides executive leadership for Administrative Services, Financial Management, and Information Technology at Covered California. Louis University. She is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant in California.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

Their stories demonstrate technical excellence, leadership, collaboration, and mentorship – values that create an inclusive culture where all can thrive. She understands that elevating women into positions of leadership transforms outdated social norms and inspires women and girls to achieve their full potential.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Public sector organizations around the world share a common concern: how can they make sure their digital transformation maintains data security? These leaders are often surprised to hear that security can be a digital transformation enabler—even an accelerator—once they demonstrate that modern technology can be safer than legacy IT.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 8, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) works with higher education institutions, research labs, and researchers around the world to offer cost-effective, scalable, and secure compute, storage, and database capabilities to accelerate time to science. To adapt, some institutions are adopting more agile operating models to support research.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In this post, we explore how Peraton used AWS to migrate and build out a virtual data center in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions within a six-month time frame with an advanced and secure end-state architecture. Despite the challenges and complexity, leadership sponsored the initiative with a focus on cost savings.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This can pose security and operational continuity challenges and governments seek to address this challenge. Factors that shape legacy IT Whether in the private or public sector, legacy modernization is challenging for organizations that have a long operating history reliant on in-house systems and applications.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

In Virginia, the Commonwealth Data Trust is the legal framework that facilitates data sharing between public and private organizations through contractual agreements that define the responsibilities of data trust users to keep trust provided data assets secure, private, and confidential. Not everyone has a secure environment at all times.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

A fine at even a fraction of these costs could spell serious trouble for many companies’ financial futures, which only underlines the importance of a strong cyber security suite. The latest Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report revealed the priorities of companies looking to increase their cyber security. References. [1] 1] [link]. [2]

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 25, 2025

Interconnected challenges demanding integrated solutions Cyber-resilience gaps in legacy systems pose significant risks to government operations. Addressing these vulnerabilities requires careful modernisation that minimises service disruption while adapting to evolving security threats.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

APRIL 1, 2025

The key is understanding the sectors needs, current operations, and existing solutions before introducing new technology. This means ensuring that data is interoperable, high-quality, and secure and that governance is in place to manage it. Strong and accountable leadership that asked the right questions from the outset.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Security: Controlled use of data Any IT system, including those with ML–based capabilities, will only ever be as good as the data it’s fed. Preferably on a secure, cloud-hosted platform). Operations: Create feedback loops ML models are likely to degrade over time.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 1, 2024

While security cameras have been around for decades, the advent of analytics capable of quickly and accurately recognizing colors, categorizing vehicles, or reading license plates has changed the game significantly. This allows a smaller number of officers to cover a wide area more effectively, providing the necessary level of security.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Analysis completed by the AWS Public Sector Cloud Economics (PS CE) team finds that organizations can reduce the annual operating cost of mainframe environments by up to 90 percent post-migration. Many mainframe systems are so old that they are no longer supported by their vendors, creating security exposures and additional costs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 10, 2024

The AWS CMA consists of 77 questions that measure capabilities across six perspectives (business, people, governance, platform, operations, and security). Your leadership team then prioritizes against business objectives and identifies target outcomes, next steps, and timelines for implementation.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2024

In this podcast Pete Gaynor, the immediate past Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security shares what he knows about how the national disaster response system functions. The roles and responsibilities of local, state and the federal government. Major Endorsements: !Rescheduled

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Google Public Sector

JUNE 26, 2024

We'll explore the ways our AI solutions are adaptive, secure, responsible, and intelligent – enabling agencies to serve constituents better than ever before. Explore our thought leadership hub to explore innovative ideas for public service. Security is paramount for public sector organizations. Secure AI: What does it mean?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 12, 2024

To help a limited number of teachers and administrators operate more efficiently and spend time on tasks that contribute directly to student success, cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) solutions can reduce burdensome administrative tasks like data entry and back-office functions.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

For that reason, we recommend organizations create data management strategies that will continuously improve the integrity, access, and security of their data. For example, AWS IoT TwinMaker is a service that allows customers to build operational digital twins of physical and digital systems. Using cloud to improve citizen experiences.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 11, 2024

There is no cost to attend; register now to secure your spot. Discover how the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is exploring AI and machine learning (ML) technologies to enhance operational efficiency, improve response times, safeguard frontline personnel, and more. Register for AWS IMAGINE now Feeling excited?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Keeping IT infrastructure, software, and security measures up-to-date with a (usually) small IT department can be challenging. Having a cohesive leadership team that is trusting and open-minded enables faster rates of change. To make changes, the process begins with the business decision-makers and IT leadership.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Public health agencies know that modernizing their technology infrastructure is necessary to avoid disruptions to program operations and create new opportunities to serve their constituents. The State of Arizona’s WIC migration journey with AWS AZDHS leadership recognized the need to begin their WIC modernization journey by migrating to AWS.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Dave will be joined onstage by La’Naia Jones, CIO at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Scott Fear, CIO at the National Security Agency (NSA), and other guest speakers from across the public sector. Don’t miss the augmented reality demo Operation Global Guardian. Can’t make it in-person?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

The customer controls how their data is shared and used while remaining protected, secure, and private during the process. Inputs and chat responses are securely stored and accessible to only those who have been granted access.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JUNE 5, 2024

Morgan Wright, Chief Security Advisor at SentinelOne , walks us through fighting the fog of war with data and AI in this U.S. These include logistics, finance, healthcare, research and development, testing and evaluation, operations and maintenance, construction, etc. Military campaigns and operations occur here.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Organizations can realize significant benefits when migrating their enterprise resource planning (ERP) and student information systems (SIS) to Amazon Web Services (AWS), including reduced costs, fewer security incidents, and improved agility. Since 2019, two separate hurricanes forced their data centers offline.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

We were working against an ideology, one pervasive in our industry, that for data to be secure and accessible, it must be housed in on-premises servers that our IT staff could see and touch. Ultimately, we decided to adopt AWS based on a few factors.

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Google Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

As a woman, the leadership skills I gained in the Navy proved invaluable in navigating industries with underrepresented groups. Research confirms that veterans, despite their qualifications and strong leadership abilities, are often undervalued in the civilian workforce.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Dunkin, who has served in IT leadership positions in both the public and private sectors for more than two decades, argues that not every legacy system needs to be modernized. We just need to protect that stuff and make sure its safe and secure. But maybe theres an element of legacy thinking in that mindset. Modernize little by little.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 17, 2023

This is a guest post by Rikesh Shah, outgoing head of open innovation at Transport for London, on behalf of the AWS Institute from Amazon Web Services (AWS), a thought leadership and executive education program to accelerate digital transformation for public sector executives.

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Google Public Sector

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Navy requires secure collaboration between teams across countries and time zones. NAVSEA is using Google Workspace, which harnesses Google’s threat protection and zero trust capabilities, to enable effective, secure, and compliant collaboration between the SRF-JRMC and Navy stakeholders around the world.

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Government Technology Insider

MARCH 27, 2025

Agency leaders are both optimistic and cautious about AIs impact on their organizations: AI solutions can streamline agency operations and enhance human capabilities but implementing them adds myriad considerations to agency IT modernization strategies.

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Google Public Sector

JULY 31, 2023

And now, with generative AI, we are at an inflection point of how quickly government can advance their operations and mission outcomes. Google has been a pioneer in AI , investing in research for years to support a trusted, proven application of AI to change citizen experience, employee effectiveness and operational efficiency at scale.

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