AWS Public Sector

MAY 22, 2024

The COVID-tracking and health data system built for the district during the COVID-19 pandemic had become clunky, difficult to customize, and expensive to maintain. Because the district’s data contained sensitive student health information and images, the data had to be encrypted during transit and migrated securely.

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GovLoop

AUGUST 3, 2023

As soon as agencies started thinking in terms of enterprise-level data initiatives, their existing data solutions became legacy systems. The problem is the necessary data is scattered across the organization and stored in siloed systems both on premises and in the cloud or, more likely, in a multi-cloud environment.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 12, 2023

That’s why Netsmart, an industry leader in electronic health records (EHRs) for human services and post-acute care, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) joined forces to advance artificial intelligence (AI) for community-based care providers, through the development of an AI Data Lab.

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FedScoop

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Similar to USAID’s application of the technology, the partnership will focus on using generative AI to reduce administrative burdens and increase efficiency, experimenting with using the technology to improve access to internal resources and basic coding, for instance. government. leadership in this field.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 26, 2024

A publicly available tool, ACT Ai aggregates data on over 31 million public procurement projects, linking them with company registration data to detect potential fraud and corruption. For example, Thailand’s procurement data could be improved by releasing planning data and ensuring a more timely publication.

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 11, 2023

But effective implementation of these plans is being hampered by a lack of reliable, factual and understandable information sources for citizens and civil society to monitor the operations of state-owned mining companies for efficiency and corruption risks. Enter Data Club This is where our work at the Mongolian Data Club comes in.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Data and AI-driven tools can increase visibility into, and lessons learned from hiring, onboarding, and turnover, but understanding the significance of those findings and their impact on the workforce and overall mission success is key to realizing the full potential of HR modernization.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Data-driven monitoring enables citizens to submit high-quality complaints to authorities. Formal guidelines have been introduced in several regions to ensure data-driven audits are conducted to a high standard. Results: The reform has led to significant improvements, particularly in audits triggered by public complaints.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The government both creates and runs on data. Given that agencies spend hundreds of billions of dollars on goods and services the more procurement data it has, the better it can understand trends and ‘manage’ procurement. That’s the idea behind a data source effort known as Hi-Def. Tom Temin: Right.

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GovLoop

JUNE 9, 2023

Discussions about the value of an enterprise approach to data governance often miss an important point: The difference it actually makes to anyone outside the IT department or the chief data officer’s (CDO) team. I thought about that while listening to a recent GovLoop virtual event on data virtualization.

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AWS Public Sector

JULY 16, 2024

EVe’s transformation journey Since its inception, EVe recognized the pivotal role of data and has become a data-driven organization. The initial step involved calling up a comprehensive tender to establish a secure, scalable, and flexible data platform.

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Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Procurement analytics is quickly becoming a core practice for efficient operations and effective sourcing in today’s rapidly changing business environment. Data-driven decision-making enables procurement teams to improve performance and align with wider organisational goals including corporate social responsibility and risk management.

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GovLoop

MAY 6, 2024

With the rise of remote work and the explosion of the Internet of Things (IoT) generating large volumes of data in the field, agencies want to provide staff the ability to analyze and use that data in the field as well. But there’s a catch: They also need to secure that data. This is the concept of edge computing. The solution?

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In today’s world of siloed and scattered data, agencies often have an incomplete picture of their constituents. But adopting an integrated, digital data platform can vastly improve how agencies do business and interact with the public. But agencies that look more deeply can greatly impact lives.

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FedScoop

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Semantic search is intended to essentially meet head-on NARA’s unstructured data challenges by streamlining and making the search process more efficient for the public as well as researchers and historians. We’re just trying all of it all at once, because we just want to know … what works best for our mission,” Shakir said.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Enter Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and large language models (LLMs)—the dynamic duo powering the next wave of efficient state and local government services. Why we need to talk about RAG and LLMs With the digital era in full swing, staying informed and leveraging current data is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

This means faster and more error-free processing and better service for our customers, who deserve a government that meets their needs efficiently and effectively.” The post SSA shifting to digital signatures for many of its most-used forms appeared first on FedScoop.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 12, 2024

Nearly two years after launching its bureau chief data officer program, the Department of State is seeing success and aiming to almost quadruple the size of its current cohort, Farakh Khan, director of communications, culture and training at the agency’s Center for Analytics, told FedScoop in a recent interview.

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FedInsider

JULY 12, 2024

Tuesday, August 20, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE As agencies face unprecedented data volumes and velocity, managing the speed and size of the data flow efficiently becomes a significant challenge , especially with the growing use of AI-based analytics. He also serves as a Professor of Data Science at Regis University.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This blog summarizes some of the benefits of cloud-based ground segment architectures, and demonstrates how users can build a proof-of-concept using AWS Ground Station’s capability to transport and deliver Wideband Digital Intermediate Frequency (DigIF) data , along with the software-defined radio Blink, built by the AWS Partner Amphinicy.

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AWS Public Sector

JULY 2, 2024

Data sovereignty refers to a concept where individuals, organizations, or governments have control over their own data and infrastructure, ensuring independence, privacy, and security. This post walks through how data sovereignty can be achieved leveraging edge AI with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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AWS Public Sector

JULY 30, 2024

Efficient code review processes are vital across all customer segments, both commercial and public sector, where strict regulations, data security, and service excellence are paramount. Streamlined code reviews maintain software quality, mitigate security risks, and enhance operational efficiency.

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FedScoop

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Werfel acknowledged Washington Post photos of an IRS cafeteria in Austin, Texas , that was flooded with paper tax return files, while stumping for the agency’s paperless future, which he said would improve data security and efficiency. During the ACT-IAC/DCI CX Summit in Arlington, Va.,

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Federal News Network

JUNE 24, 2024

Data management tools, like pricing algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI), are playing an ever-larger role in Federal procurement as agencies look to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and improve contract outcomes. Coalition members generally support the use of these new data management technologies.

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FedInsider

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Federal agencies collect vast amounts of data that often goes untapped because unlocking its full value is complex. Dan Tucker × Dan Tucker Senior Vice President Dan Tucker is a senior leader focused on cloud and data engineering solutions in Booz Allen’s citizen services business.

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FedScoop

AUGUST 8, 2024

Most experts agree that the long-term potential of artificial intelligence (AI) depends on building a solid foundation of reliable, readily available, high-quality data. One area where data quality and readiness play a particularly crucial role for federal, state, and local government agencies is identity management.

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AWS Public Sector

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Re-architecting with AWS With the support of the AWS IMAGINE Grant , in the fall of 2023 our engineering team re-architected our solution using several AWS services which provide efficiency and scalability: AWS Control Tower – Secured our service partitioning. Achieving our new mission has not been without challenges.

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FedScoop

JUNE 28, 2024

Five years into its existence, the federal organization charged with helping agencies establish best practices for the use, protection and dissemination of data is a year away from sunsetting and still waiting on the release of White House guidance critical to its advisory mission. 28, 2023, but the senator never received a response. “At

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

By migrating to the cloud, customers are able to move away from having to buy, own, and maintain physical data centers and servers. By migrating to the cloud, customers are able to move away from having to buy, own, and maintain physical data centers and servers.

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 22, 2024

Additionally, they prioritized seamless observability through comprehensive logging and monitoring, to leverage valuable data-driven insights and drive continuous improvements in system performance. Introduction Application owners are committed to developing new applications and enhancing existing ones rapidly as a top business priority.

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FedInsider

OCTOBER 11, 2024

As Americans’ expectations of government services continues to grow, harnessing generative AI (GenAI) provides leaders with opportunities to improve delivery through streamlined software development, enhanced workforce efficiency, and strategic decision-making.

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AWS Public Sector

MARCH 15, 2024

Business considerations: Appoint a cross-functional team A cross-functional team will be best able to balance AI skills with knowledge of the target business process(es) and considerations around the source data and what happens to it. If your use case means you need to train a bespoke machine learning (ML) model, then you’ll need data.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Heather MacLeod So one of their key data systems missile, for example, is well known to have challenges, even, you know, getting the most basic information out of it. And so it makes it hard to be able to really analyze what the Coast Guard is doing in an efficient way. Is that about right? Heather MacLeod Correct.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Technology helps agencies work more efficiently and effectively, and AI tools, in particular, are uniquely powerful. It will make it a lot more personalized, a lot more efficient overall.” But the foundation of AI is data — high-quality, accessible and secure. Everything below is data and data management.

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Federal News Network

JULY 11, 2024

Keith Jordan, the product manager for Tactical Cyber and NetOps, in the Army’s Program Executive Office Command Control Communications-Tactical (PEO-C3T) said will bring efficiency, ease of use and, most importantly, meet the needs of commanders more readily. There’s a time component of how long it takes to make the network operate.

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FedScoop

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A bipartisan bill that aims to enhance the Congressional Research Service’s access to executive branch data was passed by the House of Representatives Monday via voice vote as lawmakers seek to assist their support agencies. The Modernizing the Congressional Research Service’s Access to Data Act ( H.R. CRS is a case-in-point,” Rep.

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AWS Public Sector

MAY 31, 2024

It references an authoritative knowledge base outside of its training data sources before generating a response. It can further integrate individual data with the extensive general knowledge of the FM to personalize chatbot interactions. Architecture diagram of loading data into the vector store.

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