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Get prepared for re:Invent 2022: A public sector guide

AWS Public Sector Blog

Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent returns to Las Vegas, Nevada for 2022, from November 28 through December 2. The session is Tuesday, November 29, 2022, from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PST); reservations are required. Also scope out the AWS Disaster Response Rolling Lab at the Caesars Forum Plaza.

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How AWS is supporting nonprofits, governments, and communities impacted by Hurricane Ian

AWS Public Sector Blog

On September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall in Southwest Florida. In the wake of severe storms such as Hurricane Ian, the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Disaster Preparedness and Response team leverages the AWS Cloud to help communities more efficiently prepare for and respond to disasters globally.

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VDEM Region 4 receives ‘Response Program of the Year’ award at VEMS

VDEM (Virgina Department of Emergency Management)

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) Region 4 team and response partners received the Response Program of the Year award at the 2023 Virginia Emergency Management Symposium (VEMS). The Response Program of the Year award recognizes a program that has shown excellence in responding to an emergency or disaster situation.

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ARPA SLFRF Update: Interim Final Rule Expands Eligible Uses

Center for Community Progress

In December 2022, Congress passed an appropriations package that included statutory provisions allowing for additional eligible uses for the American Rescue Plan Act State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (ARPA SLFRF). To quote Treasury directly, “ (T)he existing eligible uses, as discussed in the 2022 final rule, remain unchanged.

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Defining Open Data

GovLoop

EJI and similar resources can help agencies with disaster response and guide them during normal operations when they’re designing future projects, evaluating risks or speaking with a community. In December 2022, the White House launched a similar nationwide project, the Nonfatal Opioid Overdose Dashboard.

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Your cloud, your way: Google Distributed Cloud Hosted is generally available

Google Public Sector

Use Vision AI to optimize natural disaster response, analyze infectious diseases, or detect fraud. Additionally, governments around the world can benefit in the following ways: Analyze and translate sensitive documents containing personal identifiable information (PII) using our optical character recognition (OCR) service.

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How Livingston Parish prepares for natural disasters by improving resiliency in the cloud

AWS Public Sector Blog

Natural disasters are devastating, often resulting in loss of life and massive property damage. Varnado said that since deploying their new cloud-native TBS CAD in May 2022, Livingston Parish experienced no service interruptions, and seamless mobile access from patrol vehicles, fire trucks, and other mobile units.