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Lessons in leadership: Using data to drive public-health decisions

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Mehnaz Mustafa spearheaded the creation of an innovative public-health data and analytics hub to inform New Jersey’s COVID-19 response, advance health equity, and tackle public-health challenges.

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Embracing the Amazon Leadership Principles in the public sector

AWS Public Sector Blog

Embracing the Amazon Leadership Principles fosters a culture of customer obsession, ownership, and experimentation. Doing so has supported my capabilities and success delivered on behalf of my public sector customers, who I’ve witnessed embracing the Leadership Principles.

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Legal Issues for Volunteers Responding to Disasters

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

Elizabeth Van Nostrand is an associate professor in the Department of Health Services Administration and Policy at the Temple University College of Public Health. She is the co-author of three public health emergency law bench books for health departments in the District of Columbia, Louisiana and Pennsylvania.

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AWS re:Invent 2024 recap for government agencies

AWS Public Sector Blog

Supercharge your growth with AWS services, solutions, and partners AWS public sector customers are accelerating their time to value and mission impact by leveraging specialized skills and solutions from AWS and the AWS Partner Network.

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Migrating and modernizing state WIC applications with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

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. AZDHS elected to migrate over a dozen essential WIC services and databases onto AWS. AZDHS later added AWS microservices to enhance functionality.

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Building a resilient AI infrastructure: Protecting national security in the digital age

Open Access Government - Technology News

The NIH can also provide insights into AI’s impact on healthcare and public health. American leadership in controlling and utilising AI The TRAINS Taskforce plays a key role in maintaining American leadership in AI innovation while protecting national security interests.

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Lessons in leadership: Leaning into ambiguity

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Judith Persichilli was confirmed as New Jersey’s Commissioner of Health shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic. She recently sat down with McKinsey to share her insights on leading through crisis and ambiguity.