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Tab for access: How New York City is increasing participation and access to government contracts

Open Contracting Partnership

For example, over the last several years, the City has transitioned to PASSPort , an end-to-end online procurement system that creates additional transparency and efficiencies in the procurement process. Its important for us to be accountable to them and understand they are the end user and beneficiary of our procurement.

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NASA balks on timeline to incorporate cyber into spacecraft acquisition policies

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The Government Accountability Office is concerned that NASA still hasn’t incorporated cybersecurity practices into required agency policies, particularly for its major spacecraft projects. The space agency said that it had systems in place for dealing with the risks of space.

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Disaster response and risk management using PNNL’s Aether framework on AWS

AWS Public Sector

RADR involves end-to-end satellite data processing and an early alert system for monitoring flooding and wildfire, using satellite imagery to generate analytics for structural damage, rubble and debris, downed vegetation, flooding, wildfire, and more.

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Strengthening public safety collaboration with AWS Wickr and the Android Team Awareness Kit

AWS Public Sector

Wickr is an end-to-end encrypted messaging and collaboration service with features designed to help keep communications secure, private, and compliant. ATAK users, referred to as operators , can view the location of other operators and potential hazards—a major advantage over relying on hand-held radio transmissions.

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Building high-throughput satellite data downlink architectures with AWS Ground Station WideBand DigIF and Amphinicy Blink SDR

AWS Public Sector

Users can deploy the proof-of-concept in their own AWS accounts, and use it as a baseline for the implementation of ground segment architectures to communicate with their own satellites. To deploy the solution in your AWS account, request the onboarding of SNPP and follow these instructions in the GitHub repository.

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The Benefits of Procure-to-Pay

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Paying ad hoc is inefficient; it always takes longer and allows cash – that could be earning interest – out of an account sooner than it needs to go. Solution: Automate end-to-end processes. Solution: Implement end-to-end solution to gain visibility into spend and manage supplier risk.

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Deploying AWS CloudWatch canaries at scale to elevate monitoring, observability and reliability

AWS Public Sector

Monitoring with CloudWatch canaries Let’s explore the capabilities of proactive monitoring, end-to-end visibility, customizable scripts, and alerting/notification features provided by CloudWatch canaries. Canaries are deployed to run at specified intervals, monitoring key functionalities and workflows of an application.