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Developing the US cybersecurity workforce with CISA

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Jen Easterly, United States Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency since 2021, poses for a portrait with Amazon Chief Security Officer Steve Schmidt, ahead of an event on business cyber security initiatives at Amazon on September 29, 2022 in Seattle. Photo by Daniel Berman/Amazon. 29, 2022 in Seattle.

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AWS selects 13 startups to innovate public safety solutions through the GovTech Accelerator

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the Accelerator supports government technology (GovTech) startups as they develop innovative solutions enabling justice and public safety agencies to better serve their communities. The program will culminate with the 2023 AWS GovTech Accelerator demo day at the State of GovTech conference on November 14.

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How Virginia unleashed the power of data

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Rivero, now an executive government advisor at AWS, has experience making data work for government. His first order of business was to create a data governance framework. Participation in the data governance framework helps keep data safe and prevents it from being misused.

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Deloitte’s Smart Factory Believers Program empowers next-generation STEM learning at District of Columbia Public Schools with support from AWS

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The Believers program intends to facilitate equitable access to STEM education and drive interest in STEM careers—particularly those in manufacturing. There is a continuing global shortage of STEM talent and many communities in the US do not have equal access to high-quality STEM education.

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AWS and Mountain Empire Community College bring no-cost skills course and career event to Southwest Virginia

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The event was followed by a career networking session, allowing participants to meet employers in the fiber optic industry, including local companies Scott County Telephone Cooperative, Penn Line, and Lambert’s Cable Splicing and national fiber optic cable installer Team Fishel.

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Driving people-centered digital transformation in public safety with AWS

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Colonel Lamar Davis of the Louisiana State Police (LSP), recently summed up the law enforcement landscape, saying, “When you look at crime today, it’s not just a public safety or law enforcement problem—it’s a social problem.” Now working with Mark43, LSP state troopers have instant access to these previously disparate data sources.

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4 global skills trends shaping workforce development

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This is a guest post by Kevin Mills, head of government partnerships at Coursera. In June 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Coursera launched the annual Global Skills Report , an in-depth look at the state of skills globally. Countries in the developing world had the highest rate of learner growth.