AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 17, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is top of mind in the technology industry and beyond. Many public sector organizations are wondering: how can they access and use generative AI to support their missions? And most of all, how can this and other tech be used for good? Dominic Delmolino, vice president of field technology and engineering for Amazon Web Services (AWS) worldwide public sector (WWPS), has spent his career blazing new frontiers in public sector technology.

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FedTech Magazine

JULY 17, 2023

Cyberattacks against government agencies have risen significantly since the introduction of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Such attacks increased 95 percent in the second half of 2022 compared with the same time period in 2021, according to CloudSEK. The U.S. was the second-most targeted country in 2022.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JULY 17, 2023

As Nigeria’s vast network of small and medium-size enterprises increasingly look to digitalize payments, merchant acquiring is offering increasingly attractive prospects to banks and fintechs alike.

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Google Public Sector

JULY 17, 2023

Now in its third year, the Google Cloud Research Innovators program has invited 37 new participants to work with each other and Google experts to accelerate their most promising projects. The program offers select researchers expanded technical and networking support from Google professionals, access to Google’s latest cloud technologies, and additional Google Cloud research credits.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JULY 17, 2023

Psychological safety is the absence of interpersonal fear. Feeling psychologically safe allows people to perform their best at home, school, and work.

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Disaster Zone blog

JULY 17, 2023

It is up to each state to decide if, when and how.

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Super Library Marketing

JULY 17, 2023

Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library When Mary Short was little, the local public library was just a block from her school and regular childhood destination. “My favorite memory is going to the library with my best friend, Nancy, and being able to pick out whatever books I wanted. I felt so grown up,” recalled Mary. Now Mary is grown up, and working for that same organization, the Grosse Pointe Public Library , as Marketing and Programming Coordinator.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JULY 17, 2023

Stop thinking of middle management as a way station. Instead, make it a destination.

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Disaster Zone blog

JULY 17, 2023

Evidently, no where.

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State Tech Magazine

JULY 17, 2023

Editor’s Note: Learn more about the NACo 2023 Annual Conference in Austin, Texas, on July 21-24. In early 2020, the National Association of Counties created its Tech Xchange, a network designed to bring together county IT leaders and staff to engage in idea sharing, problem-solving and discussions around technology. This network has grown to over 1,000 IT professionals and provides NACo with feedback and input for national discussions and representation.

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JULY 17, 2023

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 17, 2023

Have you ever felt like you’re navigating a complicated maze when it comes to grant writing? You’re not alone. The process can often involve hours of understanding the application requirements, brainstorming, drafting, and then revising—only to face potential rejection at the end. Maybe you’ve considered enlisting a professional to help, but the cost seems prohibitive.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

JULY 17, 2023

The Public Finance Authority (PFA) was formed By Local Government, For Local Government ™ to be another tool in the toolbox of local governments to help finance public benefit projects that are important to local communities without any risk to taxpayers.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JULY 17, 2023

Some of the world’s wealthiest venture capital investors call the region home, but it has not been a hot spot for start-ups. Now powerful trends are shifting this dynamic.

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Google Public Sector

JULY 17, 2023

Now in its third year, the Google Cloud Research Innovators program has invited 37 new participants to work with each other and Google experts to accelerate their most promising projects. The program offers select researchers expanded technical and networking support from Google professionals, access to Google’s latest cloud technologies, and additional Google Cloud research credits.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JULY 17, 2023

The head of the continent’s largest mobile operator talks about technology’s role in fostering sustainable growth and how his company’s delayering strategy can help accelerate that transformation.

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CarahCast

JULY 17, 2023

In this podcast, Jen Racine, Director of Sales Consulting at Entrust, and Andrew Sheedy, Enterprise Sales Director at Entrust, discuss the importance of managing SSL/TLS certificates and how agencies can maintain TLS encryption with Entrust Certificate Services (ECS). Listen to the podcast to discover how Entrust ECS can support your organization with SSL/TLS management to secure online communication, meet compliance requirements, advance Zero Trust initiatives and much more.

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Partnership for Public Service

JULY 17, 2023

Almost every American will interact with the Social Security Administration at some point in their lives—from receiving a Social Security number at birth to accessing Social Security as retirement nears. However, when the pandemic forced SSA to close its field offices, a user-friendly website became more essential than ever. That’s why the agency launched a redesigned website in December 2022 to better meet customer needs and expectations.

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A Library Writer's Blog

JULY 17, 2023

Call for Papers Nonprofits, Public Policy, and Migration Crises Guest Editors: Anna Domaradzka, University of Warsaw Shawn Flanigan, San Diego State University Tania Haddad, American University of Beirut Nonprofit Policy Forum invites papers for a special issue on Nonprofits, Public Policy, and Migration Crises. Crises of migration draw attention in many parts of the world, but are overlooked with dire consequences in others.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 17, 2023

There may be use cases where customers must orchestrate actions spanning AWS GovCloud (US) and standard AWS partitions. The common reasons customers may need to invoke Amazon Web Services (AWS) services in a standard account from an AWS GovCloud (US) account (or vice versa) include: cross-domain applications, feature parity, and if the AWS service doesn’t exist in AWS GovCloud (US).

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GovLoop

JULY 17, 2023

Many government agencies have come to rely on Twitter to get information out — especially time-dependent notices, from snow days and street closings to flood warnings and Amber alerts. But recent changes in Twitter policies, as well as the platform’s technical stability, have left some agencies looking for alternatives, such as Mastodon and Bluesky , and leaning more heavily on old standbys like Facebook and Instagram.

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GovLoop

JULY 17, 2023

Cloud can be the foundation to simplify and accelerate digital transformation for an agency. In a recent AWS Marketplace/GovLoop survey, 48% of respondents said they expect cloud software investments for their organization to increase in the next two years. As more and more agencies plan on boosting their spending to move more of their data to cloud, they’re discovering that navigating the tech buying process can be overwhelming.

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