AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

This year, the Intelligent Transportation Society (ITS) World Congress brought together more than 6,000 industry professionals from 64 countries to discuss ways to advance the deployment of intelligent transportation technologies to save lives, improve mobility, promote sustainability, and increase access to communities across the globe.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Besides traffic management, digital twins can also be used in other areas of government operations, such as asset management and emergency response. Overall, the use of digital twins in public sector operations can streamline process efficiencies, reduce operational costs, and improve service delivery to citizens.

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Google Public Sector

MARCH 16, 2023

The county recognizes that maintaining its data centers will increase operational expenditures for the next five years, a problem that would undermine its mission. To learn more about our solutions for state and local government, visit the Google Cloud for state and local government page. 1: [link] 2: [link]

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This helps local governments rehabilitate road infrastructures and connect underserved communities in countries like Mexico, Peru, and Tunisia. With 189 member countries, the World Bank is the largest multilateral development bank globally with a mission to reduce poverty and increase shared prosperity in a sustainable way.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 26, 2022

The United States’ 911 system has been operating for over a half-century, providing aid in case of emergencies. Read more about AWS for state and local governments : How the Port of Long Beach addresses supply chain challenges with AWS. John increased access to government services with AWS. How the City of Fort St.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

Sustainable government procurement is the process of acquiring goods and services that meet the government entity’s needs while minimizing environmental and social impacts. How they carry out that duty, therefore, can affect whether they can achieve their sustainable development goals.” Specifically, SDG 12.7

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Digital technologies have the potential to make mobility systems more sustainable, intelligent, and inclusive. Islands, like other communities, are working to create effective and sustainable transport linkages. The service provider has been able to scale significantly now operating in over 3,500 cities.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Amazon provides grant funding to accelerate sustainability research and innovation through the RNCF and the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative ’s (ASDI) Promotional Credit Program. that it deployed in the AWS Cloud in 2023. SeloVerde 2.1’s The vision behind SeloVerde and CAR 2.0 [the A SeloVerde 2.1 A SeloVerde 2.1

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

With cloud as the new operational foundation, governments can fully embrace innovation to revolutionize constituent services and operational effectiveness. Sustainability and renewable energy Levy shared how a recent study that was commissioned by AWS and conducted by Accenture estimates that AWS infrastructure is up to 4.1

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 25, 2022

The Port is listening to its customers, evaluating where investments should be made to improve operations, and leveraging best-in-class technology to develop resources and tools for supply chain leaders to deliver their cargo faster and more efficiently. Plus, you can dive deep on how other state and local governments innovate with AWS.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Agencies use asset management software and services to monitor, maintain, and control these types of operational assets and equipment. Asset management software can help agencies optimize the quality and utilization of assets throughout their lifecycle, increase productive uptime, and reduce operational costs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

State and local governments, academia, associations, and consultancies from across Canada have leveraged the DataStream platform as an input to regional and national-scale water assessments to inform research, decision making, and design of water monitoring programs.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 2, 2024

For more than 10 years Taylor has led daily operations at the firm, which helps consumers and fleet managers reduce their footprint on the environment with bio-based, eco-friendly and almost completely toxin-free products. One example of the firm’s sustainable products is Infinity Lube Super Spray which has been NSF-certified.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

At AWS, we are committed to supporting Japan’s digital transformation ambition by helping Japanese customers modernize IT and innovate securely at pace, driving sustainable economic growth. Accelerating innovation through collaboration with local governments.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 30, 2023

Islands can be testbeds for sustainable innovation that can help address these needs. Essential water operations on islands, including risk management, water treatment and recycling, pressure control and leakage detection, metering and consumption management, water quality and quality monitoring, and asset management.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Though originally a tech term used to describe the ability of technology components to connect together, composability increasingly refers to how the pieces of a government process that live in different departments can be designed and aligned to improve operational excellence through digital transformation.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

A fiscal cliff, a term that underscores the urgency and potential abruptness of the financial crisis, occurs when local governments experience a sudden and severe economic downturn due to declining revenues and increasing expenditures. Recent economic shifts have intensified these issues. What is a fiscal cliff?

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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

MARCH 17, 2023

City transport networks are data-rich, but often the data is locked into proprietary systems operated by different parts of the organization, and public sector leaders often find it difficult to get value from the data. To work backwards from citizen need, make sure that your organization has access to your own data.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 18, 2023

A significant benefit of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) for North Carolina CED professionals is the availability of funding for investment in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure though the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRS). Where and how is that local government money being invested?

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MARCH 4, 2025

Planning and Technical Assistance supports the short-term planning and longer-term strategy formation efforts of organizations within designated Economic Development Districts (EDDs) , states, local governments, sub-state planning regions, institutions of higher education, federally recognized tribal organizations, and other eligible entities.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

What can local governments do to address the need for more affordable housing ? One thing is certain: government alone does not have the resources to construct and operate the needed housing units. Accordingly, a preliminary step for a local government is to conduct an assessment of the local housing need.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Operating fire lookout towers can serve as a pilot for more rapid wildfire detection.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The FEC granted special permission for DDC to operate under this model, providing all eligible party and candidate committees—regardless of party—with the support they need within the limits of campaign finance law. Elections and sustainable trucking: The Fix This podcast March round up.

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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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Center for Community Progress

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The National Land Bank Network (NLBN) at the Center for Community Progress is a community of practice to unite and support the over 300 land banks operating throughout the country. 64 percent of all respondents operate at a county-level and 24 percent operate at a municipal-level.

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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.

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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. Photo courtesy of WVLSC.

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Barrett & Greene

AUGUST 9, 2022

To prevent a “climate catastrophe,” the focus of local, regional, national, and international government leaders has been to keep temperature rise in check – no more than 2.0°C Through this process, Pittsburgh freed up $23 million from its existing operating budget and identified another $18 million in revenue opportunities.

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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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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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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Although it is widely recognized that gender disparities are echoed in the design and operation of urban transportation systems, gender-responsive transportation planning is still in its early stages. Drawing from the TOPUK project, which stands for “Women Accessing Public Transport,”.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 22, 2023

Now that SNAP Express is operational with several national retail partners, AWS continues to support the program by assisting with site architecture, hosting, and business development. AWS’s goal is to identify innovative, scalable, and sustainable solutions for public health.

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AccessE11

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A survey by the Center for Digital Government involving 169 local government leaders highlights this trend, revealing a substantial 51% increase in constituent participation due to the implementation of digital tools for citizen engagement.

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AccessE11

JANUARY 17, 2024

Smaller cities often operate with limited budgets and manpower, which can hinder the adoption of advanced data collection and analysis technologies. Data Sources to be Used Local governments have a variety of data sources at their disposal, each offering unique insights and advantages.

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GovLoop

APRIL 29, 2024

Here’s what May has to offer: Zero Trust at the State and Local Level Many state and local agencies are turning to zero trust to beef up their security architectures. PT to hear from state and local government leaders about how to implement zero-trust principles. Join us online Wednesday, May 8 from 2-2:50 p.m.

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