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AWS investment in South Africa results in economic ripple effect

AWS Public Sector Blog

This origin story traces back to the founding of the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud ( Amazon EC2 ) service in 2004, which is now regarded as one of the fundamental pieces of cloud computing technology. Learn more about how organizations in South Africa are using AWS to innovate for their communities.

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Google Ad Grants Improve Your Library’s Chances of Being Found in Search: How To Apply and Manage This Incredible Opportunity

Super Library Marketing

Many libraries have taken advantage of this program since it was launched in 2004. S ubscribe to this blog and you’ll receive an email whenever I post. Thousands of nonprofits use the program. You apply once, and the grant continues indefinitely.

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Social urbanism and Israel

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Since the MetroCable system was built in 2004 and the library in 2007, things have changed, Palomino says. The police wouldn't even dare come," he says, lounging under a leafy tree next to the España Library with a small group of secondary school students, lulled by the steady hum of cable cars and the heat of the day.

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Career reflections from an evidence leader: An interview with Naomi Goldstein, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Episode #200

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

She will retire from federal service this week after a 21-year tenure at ACF, including becoming Director of the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) in 2004 and Deputy Assistant Secretary in 2015. Learn more: Recent OPRE blog post by Dr. Goldstein: “ How Do I Love My Job?

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How AWS supports the 10th anniversary of National Voter Registration Day with digital tools for civic engagement

AWS Public Sector Blog

Since 2004 HeadCount has supported the registration of over one million voters. Subscribe to the AWS Public Sector Blog newsletter to get the latest in AWS tools, solutions, and innovations from the public sector delivered to your inbox, or contact us. and Jay Z, Leon Bridges, Trixie Mattel, and Princess Nokia.

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Interesting study on litter focuses on the brand of the trash

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

One of my earliest blog entries was on litter, as a result of those efforts. When I was involved in the early days of H Street Main Street, a commercial district revitalization initiative for the H Street corridor in Northeast DC, one of the activities my committee did was a monthly litter cleanup. 700 block of H Street NE.

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Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation uses AWS to advance cutting-edge pediatric cancer research worldwide

AWS Public Sector Blog

She held yearly lemonade stands, and her story inspired others to do the same, and in the course of her life, she raised more than $1 million before she passed away in 2004. Her first lemonade stand raised $2,000. Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) emerged from her commitment to finding cures for childhood cancer.