AWS Public Sector Blog
Author: Betsy Baker
Betsy is the national SLG integrated eligibility and Medicaid leader for AWS' state and local government team. In this role, she engages with health and human services agencies across the US to invent new ways to leverage technology to improve the constituent experience in government social programs and be more prepared to respond to workforce challenges, constituent engagement, and public emergencies. Betsy holds her Masters in Public Health from the University of Colorado, with an emphasis in health systems management and policy.
5 ways AWS empowers GovTech innovation in 2025
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been a trusted collaborator and advisor to GovTechs for years, providing the tools, expertise, and support they need to build and grow their solutions effectively. In this blog post, we discuss five key ways AWS supports GovTechs in their mission to serve government agencies and citizens.
Migrating and modernizing state WIC applications with AWS
Public health agencies know that modernizing their technology infrastructure is necessary to avoid disruptions to program operations and create new opportunities to serve their constituents. To this end, the Arizona Department of Health Services (AZDHS) migrated their Women, Infants and Children (WIC) solution to AWS to increase resiliency so essential services are available to WIC beneficiaries, and to provide a more seamless WIC program experience overall. This makes the State of Arizona the first in the nation to run their WIC program in a multi-Region cloud environment with robust disaster recovery capabilities. Learn how the State of Arizona migrated and modernized its WIC program with AWS, and find out more about how public health agencies can adopt a similar solution to take a measured approach to modernization.
Enabling public-private collaborations to innovate on behalf of those facing food insecurity
Reducing food insecurity and increasing access to healthy foods is a major priority for state and federal agencies. Accelerating this work requires action and collaboration from state and local governments, the private sector, and more. AWS, Amazon Access, and state and local agencies are teaming up to rethink how to make eating healthy simple, nutritious, and cost-effective.