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Meet the featured customer speakers for the Worldwide Public Sector Innovation Talk at re:Invent 2023

AWS Public Sector Blog

Karen Johnson provides executive leadership for Administrative Services, Financial Management, and Information Technology at Covered California. Johnson joined Covered California after serving as the chief deputy director at the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), California’s Medicaid agency, from 2007 to 2017.

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Why Grant Management is So Important

Grant Consulting Services, LLC

At a minimum, they should include governance, risk management, systems, continuous program monitoring and evaluation, and financial management. With proper grant management comes one of the key components: the people. The importance of communication is critical to the success of any relationship. 2023, August 15).

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It’s time to evolve IT procurement

AWS Public Sector Blog

Open communication across teams, considering each group’s perspectives and priorities, ensures decisions support overarching digital transformation goals, maintains organizational trust, and enables a smooth transition. In 2023, AWS announced that it had joined the FinOps Foundation as a premier member. What’s next?