AWS Public Sector Blog
Category: Public Sector
Educating for a greener future: Saving the Earth one migration at a time with AWS
To understand how migrating to AWS can help educational institutions meet their sustainability goals, we first need to unpack the environmental impact of IT operations. That means examining the actual carbon math behind IT and where emissions really come from.
Change.org’s Ray-based recommender on Amazon EKS increases petition signatures by 30%
Read this post to learn how Change.org built a next-generation recommender on AWS that turned more awareness into action—boosting petition signatures by 30 percent.
AWS Professional Services collaborates with NOAA and GAMA-1 Technologies to expand NESDIS Common Cloud Framework capabilities
AWS Professional Services has partnered with the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), alongside GAMA-1 Technologies to broaden the scope and capabilities of the NESDIS Common Cloud Framework (NCCF). This work supports NOAA’s ability to ingest, manage, process, and disseminate critical environmental data. Read this post to learn more.
North Carolina Division of Employment Security modernizes customer services with generative AI on AWS
Building on an eight-year cloud transformation journey with AWS, The North Carolina Department of Commerce’s Division of Employment Security (NCDES) is launched one of the first generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, public-facing solutions in the state: an intelligent virtual assistant that helps individuals navigate the unemployment insurance claim application process. Read this blog post to learn more.
AWS achieves U.S. Department of Defense’s CMMC Level 2 certification for Controlled Working Environment
AWS has achieved the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2 certification for the Controlled Working Environment (CWE). This certification enhances our DoD contract support capabilities and demonstrates our cybersecurity commitment.
Efficient large-scale serverless data processing for slow downstream systems
This post demonstrates how to build serverless workflows on AWS that process such data using AWS Step Functions and integrate with downstream systems that have concurrency limitations.
How the Republic of Singapore’s Air Force has redefined airspace management
In this blog post, we’ll share how the Republic of Singapore’s Air Force, with the support of AWS, responded to a specific challenge: how to operate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) in a crowded, complex airspace.
Navigating financial turbulence: How Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union used AWS AI/ML to enhance forecasting and decision-making
Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union (MHVFCU) needed to automate their tools and develop advanced forecasting capabilities to make informed decisions for deposit management and growth to maximize benefit for their members. For this purpose, MHVFCU leadership sought a solution that would not only save time in data preparation and analysis but also provide accurate forecasts for balances across four key deposit products: savings, checking, certificate deposits (CDs), and money market. Read this post to learn about the solution they built with AWS.
Discover how nonprofits can utilize no-code machine learning with Amazon SageMaker Canvas
In this post, we explore how Amazon SageMaker Canvas can make machine learning accessible and actionable for nonprofit organizations. We highlight key features that allow your nonprofit to harness the power of machine learning without data science expertise or dedicated engineering teams.
Greenwood Genetic Center transforms genomic medicine on AWS
The Greenwood Genetic Center (GGC) is a nonprofit institute organized to provide clinical genetic services, diagnostic laboratory testing, educational programs and resources, and research in the field of medical genetics. To make its medical records accessible to providers, the GGC created a data warehouse to serve as a single repository for its data, where clinicians have access to an all-encompassing view of patients’ records. Read this post to learn more.