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Top 100 GovTech Influencers and Brands Creating the Operating System of Government!

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

“GovTech is the operating system of government!” With 89,000 + government entities at just the local level and 22 Million civil servants nationwide, the diversity of technology tools used to operate the “business” of government is extremely broad.

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How Government of Canada customers can use AWS to securely migrate data

AWS Public Sector Blog

CBSA was able to complete the transfer in less than half a day using Amazon S3 Batch Operations. Data encryption Encryption is an integral component of a defense-in-depth strategy, which is a security approach with a series of defensive mechanisms designed so that if one security mechanism fails, there’s at least one more still operating.

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Accelerating data processing for IRCC with Amazon EC2 instances

AWS Public Sector Blog

This initiative not only addressed a critical operational challenge but also set a new benchmark for what is achievable with cloud technology, completing in days what was once took months. Au départ, le projet pouvait se faire sur site et les jeux de données à traiter étaient beaucoup plus petits.

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County Legal Authority to Fund Non-Mandated Social Services Programs

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

153A-256 authorizes counties to establish, erect, acquire, lease, equip, support, operate, and maintain a county home for “aged and infirm persons.” Subject to certain conditions and limitations, G.S. 160A-492 authorizes a county to appropriate funds for “human relations, community action, and manpower development programs.”

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Fox Television station license being challenged in Philadelphia, on character grounds

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Now, the only license up for renewal until 2028, in Philadelphia, is being challenged by the Media and Democracy Project (" FCC allows for public comment on petition to deny Fox 29′s broadcast license ," Philadelphia Inquirer ). Public comments are being accepted, and I'm working on my submission. There isn't a final deadline date listed.

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Privatization of municipal utility systems (water mostly)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Towamencin Township residents organize a petition drive to create a November ballot measure to change the township's charter in response to the town's decision to sell its public sewer system for $115.3 They bid extranormally high, not on economic considerations, as a way to create a node for further operations.

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How public sector organizations use AWS to build sustainability solutions

AWS Public Sector Blog

With a goal to modernize, better understand consumption, and improve operating costs, Aguas Nuevas installed a fleet of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors to automate data collection. In Chile, Aguas Nuevas S.A. provides potable water and sanitation services throughout the country while minimizing environmental impact.