AWS Public Sector Blog
Author: Alexandre Levret
Alexandre Levret is an associate consultant within Amazon Web Services (AWS) focused on the public sector in Europe, Middle East, and Africa. With an engineering background, he enjoys interacting with different types of customers by developing strong cloud knowledge and initiating clients to its benefits.
Building a government update notification system
Now more than ever, citizens expect effective communications from government agencies in response to COVID-19. These state and local leaders are committed to serving their citizens with the latest news as fast as possible, but not all strategies reach citizens in real time. However, it takes time for the government to implement widely available communication services to provide timely, accurate information. One solution is to concentrate the delivery of information in a single communication channel: SMS text messages.