AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 16, 2025

The power of De Morgans laws in SCP design The core challenge was implementing complex logical conditions within SCPs while meeting strict security requirements. Heres where De Morgans laws come into play. Through De Morgans laws, organizations can implement complex logical conditions within SCP constraints.

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GCN

MAY 14, 2024

COMMENTARY| Laws that ban discrimination against voucher holders can push smaller landlords out of the low-income housing market, decreasing the amount of affordable housing.

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 23, 2023

The New Jersey law requires state agencies and their contractors, counties, K–12 schools, public colleges and universities, and law… New Jersey reportedly received 375 confirmed cyber incident reports in 2022. And just last month, a ransomware attack locked up police files in Camden County, N.J.

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Next City

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Advocates say the case shows how law enforcement are unprepared to deal with the crisis of Indigenous disappearances in urban areas. When an Indigenous girl disappeared near Seattle days after the Missing Indigenous Person Alert went into effect, local police decided not to issue an alert.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

And local governments may take many forms, as defined by the federal notice published for the grants: “Local governments are defined in the law as a county, municipality, city, town, township, local public authority, school district, special district, intrastate district, council of governments (regardless of whether the council of governments is incorporated (..)

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

JUNE 20, 2024

Equal opportunity laws and regulations are meant to ensure workplaces are free from discrimination. The federal government is our nation’s largest employer with more than 2 million workers. But investigations by analysts here at GAO and Office of.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Law enforcement agencies across the country are realizing the benefits of access to shared video streams from the private sector. While public-private partnerships are on the rise, it’s also imperative for law enforcement to leverage the shared use…

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GCN

MARCH 22, 2024

The new law lets municipalities know exactly how much affordable housing they have to build. It’s an approach that states are increasingly trying in an effort to pressure local governments to increase affordable options.

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GCN

JUNE 26, 2024

The high court’s conservatives ruled that a key anti-corruption law only applies to bribes and not to “gratuities” meant to reward officials for their service.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The ability to gather, store and analyze almost unlimited amounts of data has transformed almost every aspect of society, including law enforcement. On the one hand, it offers law enforcement agencies an unprecedented wealth of information that can be harnessed for situational awareness, safety, coordination of response times and more.

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GCN

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases challenging Florida and Texas laws designed to prevent the alleged censorship of conservative viewpoints on social media. Observers say the decision could shape the future of free speech on the internet.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 19, 2024

Impact on programmers Professor Holger Hermanns, a key figure in analysing the AI Act’s implications, highlighted a crucial concern among programmers: understanding their obligations under the new law without delving into its extensive text.

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GCN

MARCH 27, 2024

But opponents say Florida’s law still runs afoul of the First Amendment. It is the latest in a series of efforts by states to regulate social media in a way that protects minors and stands up to legal challenges.

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GCN

JULY 1, 2024

The justices left in place preliminary injunctions blocking the two laws but said the appeals courts must further study their First Amendment implications.

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GCN

JANUARY 31, 2024

A new analysis from the left-leaning Center for American Progress says there is a correlation between a state’s gun laws and its shooting homicides.

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 24, 2023

Counties play an essential role in managing certain services, including transportation, water systems, public health, law enforcement and infrastructure, which provide opportunities… Smart counties involve large-scale operations and have multiple jurisdictions, presenting unique smart technology challenges and opportunities.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Learn about the startups and the problems they aim to solve: 10-8 Systems Mission Viejo, CA 10-8 Systems offers advanced, cloud-native computer aided dispatch (CAD) and records management software (RMS) for law enforcement, emergency services, fire, and private security. Revir Technologies, Inc. Austin, TX Revir Technologies, Inc.,

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Next City

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

‘Bring them to Ride Free’: Leaders of one Kensington nonprofit say engaging with people who deal drugs is key to breaking up the neighborhood's open-air drug market, but city leaders have overlooked this population while creating new law enforcement strategies for the neighborhood

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Maintain security for ongoing compliance Upholding security during the holidays is not only about protecting against threats; its also about maintaining ongoing compliance with regulations such as HIPAA, FISMA, and state-specific data protection laws.

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GCN

JANUARY 25, 2024

Utah delayed its efforts for litigation purposes, while a judge blocked an Ohio law. But that hasn’t stopped other states, most recently Idaho and New York, from introducing their own restrictions to protect minors.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Co-authored by National League of Cities intern Jenna Spencer The Collaborative Reform Initiative Continuum of Technical Assistance Services program, offered by the Department of Justice through their Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), works with law enforcement agencies to help reform their organizations.

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Next City

AUGUST 23, 2022

New York’s recreational cannabis legalization law goes further than any other state's cannabis social equity program.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Van Nostrand is an expert in legal epidemiology—the study and application of law as an intervention to prevent disease and injury. She is the co-author of three public health emergency law bench books for health departments in the District of Columbia, Louisiana and Pennsylvania.

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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

This is especially true for state and local governments, law enforcement and public safety professionals. Over the past few years, collaborative technology that supports communication efforts across industries has been a must. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced the release of $62.5

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Regulatory compliance – Stringent regulations in areas such as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the data privacy and breach laws applicable to government and nonprofit sectors may constrain the permissible use cases for generative AI. Strict data governance protocols are typically required.

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Super Library Marketing

JUNE 12, 2023

Now Renee gets to spend every day surrounded by books (and other great services, of course) in her role as Library Education and Communications Coordinator for the Law Library Victoria. Their physical and digital collections are made up of legal databases, textbooks, legislation, journals, law reports, and research tools.

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GovPilot

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Back in June 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Assembly Bill 1145 into law. This bill requires local governments in the Garden state to leverage a digital platform for all construction related applications and permits.

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GCN

APRIL 2, 2024

It recommends how states can craft laws to combat the threat. The technology’s use in voter suppression cannot be underestimated, according to a report from the progressive group NewDEAL.

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State Tech Magazine

MARCH 8, 2023

The ability to analyze public safety data in real time has become critical to the success of law enforcement agencies. In a Verizon survey, 55 percent of first responders said the use of data for situational awareness has been one of the strongest areas of technological improvement in public safety over the past 20 years.

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NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

2d 351 (2024), the United States Supreme Court, in an unusual nearly unanimous 8-1 decision, upheld a 1994 federal criminal law, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8), against a challenge that the law violated the Second Amendment. Rahimi , 144 S. 1889, 219 L. Justice Thomas disagreed and wrote a dissenting opinion.

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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2022

Video surveillance is a critical tool that can help law enforcement protect the public. However, as first responders rely on video to scan an emergency, occlusions, or obstructions, may block their view.

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GCN

APRIL 25, 2024

Some states are considering rolling back these laws, saying the result has been too many unfounded reports that disproportionately harm families who are poor, Black, or Indigenous or have members with disabilities.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In September, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new bill that will require the California Department of Technology, which oversees state IT project approval and oversight, to examine potential barriers to expanding broadband capabilities to low-income and underserved communities.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 28, 2025

The Metropolitan Police Department of Washington DC (DC-MPD) is one of the ten largest police agencies in the United States, serving as the primary law enforcement entity for the District of Columbia. Cost optimization: Cost efficiency is a key advantage of the AWS-based ETL pipeline.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 15, 2025

They must take every feasible measure to safeguard against the omnipresent risk of fraud, in compliance with an extensive and complex set of laws and policies. Agencies find themselves in a tough spot when providing online services that require identity verification. Such measures are inarguably necessary.

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Disaster Zone blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Old measures and old laws are not made for climate impacts.

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GCN

AUGUST 18, 2022

A decentralized internet is an opportunity for criminals and terrorists to exploit an unregulated, anonymous and decentralized landscape.

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