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How using cloud technology can help your organization meet sustainability goals

AWS Public Sector Blog

We lead this drive with the following aims: Match all of our electricity used in our operations with 100 percent renewable energy by 2025, five years ahead of our original 2030 target. AWS will become water positive by 2030 , returning more water to communities than we use in our direct operations. million European homes.

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Working backwards from Vision Zero to improve road safety

AWS Public Sector Blog

In January 2022, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) unveiled the National Roadway Safety Strategy , and Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that includes a new Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program. W ork ing B ackwards to Vision Zero.

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Innovating for a more sustainable future: Practical examples from two Nordic organizations

AWS Public Sector Blog

Creating fossil-free postal transport and logistics In 2021, Posti Group , the leading postal and logistics service company in Finland, signed the Climate Pledge , co-founded by Amazon, and committed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across their business operations by 2040.

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How to improve security with an employee emphasis

Open Access Government - Technology News

How can the public sector improve security While public sector entities spanning education, healthcare, and transport are critical to our society’s successful day-to-day functioning, their significance makes them very attractive targets for malicious actors. The statistics speak for themselves.

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New report: The economic impact of the new AWS Region in the Middle East

AWS Public Sector Blog

The EIS details how AWS plans to invest in the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region during 2022-2036, including both capital and operating expenditures associated with establishing and operating this new Region. The company is now on a path to achieve this milestone by 2025, five years ahead of the initial 2030 target.

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Revisiting yet again the Capital Crescent Trail underground tunnel debacle: Bethesda/Purple Line light rail

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

That would delay its opening until at least late 2030, four years after the adjacent light-rail Purple Line is scheduled to begin carrying passengers in late 2026. Under Elrich’s proposal, an expected 2½ years of tunnel construction would start sometime after mid-2028, beyond the county’s six-year capital spending plan.

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Using Online Community Engagement to Empower Older Adults

Social Pinpoint

Although older adults previously trailed behind younger generations in online engagement, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) , “Internet use for 65-to 74-year-olds’ has increased from 71% in 2019 (before COVID-19) to 98% in 2022. of the population in Banyule is aged 60 and above.