AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

Courts and other justice and public safety organizations are targeted by a rising number of cyber events , as the digitization of paper workloads increases the amount of sensitive data requiring secure storage. Discover how AWS helps reimagine and build digitally enabled justice and public safety services.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Justice and public safety agencies and their solution providers are building highly available, resilient, and secure applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS) at a rapid pace. When AWS launched these CJIS Security compliance innovations in early 2019, we did so with reference to our AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Public sector organizations operate in an increasingly complex environment, managing diverse workloads and maintaining a high level of security. Justice and public safety (JPS) agencies often need to manage access to sensitive case files, evidence, and emergency response systems.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 26, 2022

Carbyne , an Amazon Web Services (AWS) justice and public safety customer and partner, provides 911 call handling systems, offering a cloud-native software as a service (SaaS) platform with two main product offerings for public safety clients: Carbyne Universe and Carbyne APEX. How the City of Fort St.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Cybersecurity: A top priority I also moderated a fireside chat about implementing an impactful, large-scale cybersecurity strategy with Ryan Murray, chief information security officer of the State of Arizona, and Dr. Bianca Lochner, chief information officer of the City of Scottsdale. Watch a recording of this session.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 11, 2024

Leaders in education and state and local government know that technology is changing at a rapid pace. From July 23-24 in Austin, Texas , join more than 500 leaders across education and state and local government to learn how advancements in cloud technology are shaping the future of education and public services.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The number of available jobs in municipal government is growing and yet local governments continue to have difficulty filling these positions. Some municipalities struggle to retain municipal public safety employees and others struggle to secure qualified applicants to fill empty positions.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

At this level, the AWS Cloud is used to securely store critical datasets in one or more AWS Regions of our government customers’ choice. Essential services for emergency response, public safety, or national security can be designed in a way that allows for the smooth shift of operations between on-premises and the cloud.

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GovLoop

APRIL 15, 2025

In state and local government, some of the most valuable data is not found in traditional databases. Its found in the wide variety of content generated in employees day-to-day work: case notes, court filings, Word documents, Excel files, drone footage and PDF forms.

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Google Public Sector

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

AI is positively transforming government operations and being used to support mission outcomes across a wide range of services, from improving patient care, enhancing learning and education, improving public safety, streamlining citizen services, and so much more.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 22, 2025

We knew we wanted to host any future solutions in a secure, scalable cloud. This is the accepted model in the public sector nownot just to add more servers, but to deploy innovative new capabilities at speed. AWS quickly helped us to identify and deliver high-impact digital transformation solutions securely and at speed.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

AWS services supporting the APEX solution include: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) – Secure and resizable compute capacity. A cost-effective and secure step forward Beyond just technological advancement, the county has experienced significant cost advantages.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

It costs real money when the public sector gets hit with a ransomware assault. The average (mean) cost for state and local government organizations to recover from a ransomware attack was $2.83 This is a sample of the data in the “State of Ransomware in State and Local Government 2024 report.”

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It can be challenging to keep these exhibits secure, and physical space to store these documents is limited. The CIO determined the best approach for the Judicial Branch was to work with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and ScaleCapacity on a cloud-based solution to meet the requirements for a secure, efficient, and scalable system.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

When they buy technology, cities and counties will often face multiple issues, says Dean Cunningham , segment development manager, Public Safety at Axis Communications , a company that produces network cameras, access control systems, network audio devices and other IP networking solutions for physical security and video surveillance applications.

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GCN

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Federal, state and local government partners are providing air and infrastructure security, cybersecurity, threat assessments and real-time situational awareness.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

To revive them, NPD made the decision to go live on the SOMA public safety platform—six months ahead of the scheduled cutover date. These annual savings in time and materials come from processing case files through a cloud native information exchange with the local prosecutor’s office. Lifesaving services were down.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

Partners are playing a key role in the continued digital transformation of public sector organizations. Public sector customers are asking for ways to increase the speed, accessibility, security, and resiliency of their systems and data. One partner delivering resilient and secure cloud solutions is BJSS.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 27, 2023

Similarly, when adapting to new or emergency conditions, companies can become vulnerable and exposed to inadequate protections in an expanded and under-secured attack surface. As we look ahead, more organizations and local governments should consider rehearsing their responses through routine cyberattack simulation drills.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It will have the same security, availability, and performance that existing Regions provide our customers. Cheow Hoe and his team overcame challenges by working with AWS to define and build an AWS Dedicated Local Zone to meet stringent data isolation and security requirements.

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Government Technology Insider

JULY 9, 2024

Over the last few years, there’s been a marked shift among state and local governments to prioritize the launch of digitized services and adopt the kind of automation and digital transformation that’s been well-established across the private sector.

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 1, 2024

As a pioneer in AI , we have spent the last two decades leveraging AI to organize the world’s information, make it useful, and to bring commercial-grade data analytics, security and gen AI to the public sector. At Google Public Sector, many of our customers are already using AI to accelerate their missions and impact.

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Google Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

At Google Cloud Next , our global showcase for the latest technologies and customer success stories, public sector organizations shared their innovative work to support constituents. Cybrary will use AI to help overburdened security analysts screen, assess, and analyze data threats. At Mind the Air Gap, panelists from the U.S.

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GovLoop

MAY 25, 2023

Cyber experts often emphasize that there’s no silver bullet for improving the security of government systems. In 2021, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) debuted a catalog of nearly 300 known, exploited vulnerabilities; that list now stands at around 900. million workers, but that still leaves 3.4

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Center for Community Progress

MARCH 24, 2023

How Vacant and Abandoned Buildings Harm Public Finances Municipal revenue : Property taxes are typically the largest source of revenue for local governments. If you’re struggling with vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties in your community, check out our free online resources , webinars , and publications.

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 15, 2023

For those joining us from the public sector, there will be great opportunities to learn how our latest advances at the intersection of AI and security can advance the mission, improve operations, and enhance constituent services.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The CCC DA’s Office determined the best approach was to build a solution that is cloud-based and serverless and provided a secure, efficient, and scalable system with a user-friendly interface. The solution needed to be able to identify words with low confidence scores and specific words of interest on a case-by-case basis.

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 15, 2023

For those joining us from the public sector, there will be great opportunities to learn how our latest advances at the intersection of AI and security can advance the mission, improve operations, and enhance constituent services.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

Data insights and visualization – Finally, Amazon QuickSight is used to securely visualize the insights derived from the data. Refer to the “ Securely analyze your data with AWS Lake Formation and Amazon QuickSight ” blog post to learn more about this architecture pattern.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 26, 2023

And property taxes fund basic community services like schools, roads, parks, sidewalks, and public safety—the things that enable families to live and build wealth in vibrant, secure neighborhoods. Indeed, most local governments report that almost all owners pay their property taxes on time.

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Google Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

At Google Cloud Next , our global showcase for the latest technologies and customer success stories, public sector organizations shared their innovative work to support constituents. Cybrary will use AI to help overburdened security analysts screen, assess, and analyze data threats. At Mind the Air Gap, panelists from the U.S.

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GovLoop

JUNE 12, 2024

Local governments are a big target for cyberattacks and often don’t have the resources of federal agencies. Last year, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and FEMA announced an additional $375 million for the second year of the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP).

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

APRIL 25, 2023

From 2014-2016, he was a Deputy Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Merit is a first-of-its-kind, all-hazards, digital credentialing platform that equips emergency responders with innovative tools to securely manage their personnel on-site, no matter the situation.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 31, 2024

With deep visibility and the potential of AI/ML-powered business intelligence, they can conduct thorough analysis of actionable data patterns, ultimately making roads safer and more secure to navigate.

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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. Over $300 billion has been announced, targeting local governments for infrastructure development.

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 16, 2023

For those joining us from the public sector, there will be great opportunities to learn how our latest advances at the intersection of AI and security can advance the mission, improve operations, and enhance constituent services.

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