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4 steps to launching a successful data literacy program for public sector employees

AWS Public Sector Blog

Public sector agencies today require digital skills to deliver the functions citizens expect, and the innovations necessary to speed up processes and address gaps and inequity. However, digital transformation can only be achieved when workers have the data literacy skills to read, interpret, communicate, and reason with this data.

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

AWS Public Sector Blog

The awards champion practitioners, teams, and leaders who transform people’s lives by applying digital solutions and leveraging technology to reform the public sector for those it serves. This diversity is apparent in the awardees who represent a broad array of sectors from healthcare to public service to education to agriculture.

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AWS announces Australia and New Zealand startups selected for AWS Healthcare Accelerator for Aged Care and Digital Health

AWS Public Sector Blog

between 2000 and 2020, with the over 65 group projected to increase more rapidly over the next decade. The 11 startups selected to the Accelerator are: Brenna is a mobile app that streamlines communication between registered nurses (RNs) and family members of residents in aged care facilities.

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AWS and Mountain Empire Community College bring no-cost skills course and career event to Southwest Virginia

AWS Public Sector Blog

The Fiber Optic Fusion Splicing Certificate Course is designed to equip individuals from the community with the skills they need to enter the fiber optic industry and learn the fusion splicing skill. These high-demand skills are increasingly needed to build out the world’s data and communication networks like 5G as well as data centers. “On

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Open the Doors to the People You Need

GovLoop

It makes it easier for us to find people who can be good communicators and also have the tech practitioner abilities.” It’s also established a program that trains people who are interested in working in IT — and the public sector. The program started with two trainees in 2020 and has graduated 42 so far.

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Omnichannel Customer Service Helps Agencies Adapt to New Demands

GovLoop

An interview with Kate Boronkay, Marketing Manager, Public Sector, Zendesk. “All these moving parts make for a very complex program that depends on careful coordination and essential, time-sensitive communication,” Boronkay said. Managing Multiple Channels.

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Risk, resilience, and security – the three key functions of public safety technology

Open Access Government - Technology News

Ensuring emergencies are dealt with effectively requires adopting public safety technology that can facilitate the operational management of a crisis quickly and effectively to limit its potential damage. 88% say they want to see public safety transformed through the use of public safety technology.