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Future of Government Awards 2023 celebrate use of technology to transform people’s lives

AWS Public Sector Blog

This diversity is apparent in the awardees who represent a broad array of sectors from healthcare to public service to education to agriculture. This blog post highlights the 2023 awardees. She served as executive director from its formation until 2020.

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Looking Back at the 2020-21 Community Revitalization Fellowship: Creative Placemaking by Community Leaders from Three Cities

Center for Community Progress

The 2020-2021 CRF Cycle The 2020-2021 Community Revitalization Fellowship included grassroots community leaders from Fitchburg, Massachusetts; Montgomery, Alabama; and Reading, Pennsylvania. Event at Lucky’s Lane in 2023, following the cohort and community’s revitalization efforts.

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Five need-to-know facts about using the AWS Cloud for K12 cyber-resiliency

AWS Public Sector Blog

Recently, AWS joined the White House, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Education—among other leaders in the government and education community—to commit to improving the cybersecurity resilience of K12 education. Education is also part of the ongoing effort by AWS to help schools stay safe.

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2022 Research Innovators celebrate achievements as applications open for 2023

Google Public Sector

In 2020, Google Cloud launched the Research Innovators program to encourage scientific breakthroughs with the latest cloud technologies. To apply to join the 2023 cohort, complete the application by January 29th. By identifying key predictors of language test scores, his research makes language tests more equitable and accessible.

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Nominate for the GSV Cup 50 - celebrating innovative EdTech companies

Google Public Sector

Over the past few years, as the education sector has gone through transformative change, EdTech startups rose to meet new learner demands and helped address some of the biggest challenges in education. The mission of the GSV Cup has been to highlight and support the most innovative startups in the global education and workforce sector.

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How National University worked with AWS Partner ConcernCenter to provide scalable, customizable mental health support

AWS Public Sector Blog

In May 2020, Maakestad began looking for a solution to support NU’s students through this crisis and beyond. Erin Halligan-Avery, president of ConcernCenter, founded the company to fill the vast demand for student services that she witnessed firsthand working as a case manager in higher education.

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Improving software security in the public sector

Open Access Government - Technology News

Attacks like the SolarWinds hack in 2020, whose Orion IT software used by thousands of government agencies worldwide was infected with malicious software, raised the alarm for state actors worldwide about the need for strong nation-level cybersecurity strategies.