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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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Defining Open Data

GovLoop

One is the National Interagency Fire Center ArcGIS Online Organization, which pools mapping and evacuation data to help guide wildfire responses among state, local, tribal and national agencies. Local research groups and community organizations have initiated programs to fill that information gap.

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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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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. After a major flood in 2016 knocked out their 911 system, they decided to use the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud to become resilient against disaster, reducing service interruptions and improving response times.

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Understanding wildfire risk in a changing climate with open data and AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

The First Street Foundation (First Street) , a nonprofit research and technology group, is committed to making climate risk information accessible, simple to understand, and actionable for individuals, governments, and industry. Linking wildfire risk and climate science.

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

Google Public Sector

GDC Hosted brings much-needed innovation to a broad range of regulated industries, such as: Financial Services : GDC Hosted provides a flexible option for financial services firms to meet regional regulatory requirements and protect sensitive financial information. Train ML models on sensitive economic datasets.

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The Primacy of Social Capital for Community Resilience

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

They explain that “individual and community social capital networks provide access to various resources in disaster situations, including information, aid, financial resources, and child care along with emotional and psychological support” (p. 1377-80).

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