AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Learn more about how other state and local governments innovate with AWS. Use Migration Evaluator in protected or regulated environments by anonymizing sensitive network data. How Rockdale County improved operations and security with the cloud. Learn more about public sector migrations on AWS.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

This post will explain how healthcare authorities can leverage this wealth of data to enhance their decision-making processes within business operations by using AWS. Organizations should also conduct their own risk assessments and audits to ensure full compliance with regulations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 10, 2023

Civix built the Ethics API in the AWS GovCloud (US) Region, which is designed to host sensitive data and regulated workloads and address the most stringent US government security and compliance requirements. Plus, Civix worked with AWS to design the Ethics API with AWS serverless technologies.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 10, 2023

When used in coordination with services such as AWS Control Tower , the LZA provides a comprehensive no-code solution across more than 35 AWS services and features to manage and govern a multi-account environment. The LZA is built to support customers with regulated workloads and compliance requirements.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

With this solution, customers with highly-regulated workloads and complex compliance requirements can better manage and govern their multi-account environment. This will help organisations think about the organisational change and operating model needed to be successful in the cloud.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 27, 2025

Building on a strong history of public sector partnerships, Crowns continued inclusion on G-Cloud 14 ensures that organisations can benefit from streamlined procurement processes, reduced administrative burdens and compliance with government procurement standards.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 21, 2024

“It’s important to note that local governments have developed a reputation over the years for having lackluster cybersecurity; and not without good reason. Boateng lists the following IT weaknesses that are sometimes found in local government technology departments: Weak authentication. Lack of monitoring and auditing.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Don’t miss the augmented reality demo Operation Global Guardian. With hundreds of breakouts dedicated to the public sector, there is something for everyone. Join Yohei Nakayama, CTO, Degas Ltd. Experience first-hand cutting-edge aerospace technology applications powered by generative AI on AWS.

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GCN

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Despite challenges from budget cycles, regulations and outdated procurement processes, state and local government agencies urgently need cyber solutions that improve operations and cut costs, a recent report says.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The firm offers solutions for cities , other governments and corrections. Local governments face issues that range from balancing public safety and individual privacy rights to managing vast amounts of data securely and efficiently. Cunningham says governments need to conform to public sector rules as they shop for new systems.

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Government Technology Insider

MARCH 27, 2025

Highlighting findings from NASCIO 2024 Mid-Year Conference and a study on AI implementation, this article looks at the opportunities and challenges AI presents for government leaders. Despite initial concerns about how generative AI will impact state and local technology workers, a recent report from NASCIO and McKinsey & Co.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS solution AWS built the LZA solution to significantly reduce the time it takes for customers to set-up a landing zone designed to align with compliance goals in highly regulated industries. The AWS Shared Responsibility Model including landing zone responsibilities.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

The new emergency amendment requires that impacted TSA-regulated entities develop an approved implementation plan that describes measures they are taking to improve their cybersecurity resilience and prevent disruption and degradation to their infrastructure. It automates security tools that have built-in governance.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Digital government and services Digital government and modernized service delivery remain the second highest priority for state technology leaders in the 2023 report. Citizens expect to engage with their local government in the same fast, digital manner that they communicate in their daily lives.

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 29, 2022

While the digitization of government services and operations has helped enhance the constituent experience, it has also increased the cyber threat surface for governments of all sizes. In 2020, 79 ransomware attacks hit government organizations, amounting to nearly $19 billion in downtime and recovery costs 1.

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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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Microsoft Public Sector

MAY 2, 2023

Designing and implementing a hybrid work model in the public sector comes with added nuances such as security and privacy concerns, limited technology resources, cultural changes, managing employee performance, and compliance with regulations. Another challenge that organizations are facing is the phenomenon of "quiet quitting."

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GovPilot

JANUARY 30, 2024

The role of local government officials may be one of the most heavily scrutinized positions that a person can take. It may feel like a challenge for local officials to meet the standards and expectations that their constituents have for them.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

OCTOBER 3, 2024

State and local governments are exploring ways to take a more direct role in financing, preserving, and developing housing to address the nation’s housing shortage with an array of public development models, according to a new policy brief by the NYU Furman Center and its Housing Solutions Lab.

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Government Technology Insider

JUNE 13, 2024

State and local government agencies quickly have begun to include artificial intelligence (AI) and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in IT modernization plans. Despite initial concerns about how generative AI will impact state and local technology workers, a recent report from NASCIO and McKinsey & Co.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The Digital Agency’s government cloud As the central command for Japan’s digital transformation, the Digital Agency began pursuing the development of a government cloud in 2021. The RAs are organized into general administrative, operational blocks and nonfunctional blocks, which are combined to create model system patterns.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

This is a guest post by Stephen Saunders, the managing director of EASE Airport Operations, LLC. CVG’s Innovation Center , a living laboratory to test technology and improve processes, designed EASE to help airports solve operational obstacles before they become problems.

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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. Reliability – If one microservice fails, it does not bring down the entire system.

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

September 2024 Update Microsoft 365 Commercial + Azure Commercial FedRAMP in Azure The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services. US persons in US locations).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

Watch Getting Started with Amazon Connect Outbound Campaigns : With Amazon Connect Outbound Campaigns, SMAs can proactively communicate across voice, SMS, and email to quickly serve their members and improve agent productivity, while supporting compliance with local regulations. See more Health and Human Services Cloud Resources here.

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Driving effective security operations Building on Google Cloud services that have achieved a FedRAMP High designation, we are pleased to announce today that Google Security Operations is now authorized for operation in FedRAMP High environments. Read about all of the details below.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

AWS Snowblade meets US Military Ruggedization Standards, enabling defense customers to run their operations and manage demanding workloads in edge locations that can be subject to extreme operating conditions. federal, state, or local government security and compliance requirements. Learn more about AWS Snowblade.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

s geospatial big data analyses provide detailed diagnoses of each rural property’s environmental compliance in relation to Brazil’s Forest Code , the applicable Brazilian regulation governing conservation of the rain forest. SeloVerde 2.1’s The vision behind SeloVerde and CAR 2.0 [the

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 11, 2022

In transportation, it means that private parking resources are usually not addressed in parking planning (" Testimony on parking policy in DC ," 2012), private sector operators aren't addressed in planning for various modes. In solid waste, it means that the agency only plans wrt residential waste pickup for houses of 1-4 units.

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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. AWS GovCloud (US) is an AWS Region designed to host sensitive data, regulated workloads, and address the most stringent U.S.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

Due to a lack of recycling infrastructure, many countries deal with e-waste by exporting large amounts to developing regions that lack proper waste management systems and regulations. These agreements also make sustainable purchasing easier for smaller organizations, including local governments and school districts.”

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 12, 2022

Achieving ATO is essential to public sector operations. Since the signing of the framework agreement, AWS has developed an open source solution to automate the deployment of security controls into these accounts, which can reduce the time it takes to achieve an Authority to Operate (ATO).

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 9, 2024

A funding roadmap While funding for water systems to better understand how to achieve compliance with recent EPA PFAS regulations is available, time is of the essence. Many local governments lack the resources in expertise, tools and personnel to comply with EPA’s 2024 PFAS drinking water standard.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 12, 2024

Most state and local governments struggle with limited resources. Networks and infrastructure are getting more complex, and a local government may have thousands of devices that need to be patched, secured and configured. Plus, they need to stay compliant with ever-changing regulations.

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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. The most significant development in city governments is the application of generative AI.

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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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Death and Taxes

MAY 26, 2022

accounts payable and notes payable) to ensure smooth operations. The purpose is to maintain cash flows for liquidity to meet short-term operating expenses and obligations. The legal allowance and authorization can be recognized through a formal policy created to govern practices.

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