AWS Public Sector Blog
Author: Christian Hoff
Christian Hoff is director of global civilian government, AWS, Christian Hoff is a senior leader whose experience driving and supporting technology innovation includes the intelligence community, defense, and civilian government. A retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, he currently serves on the Washington Executive and Potomac Officers Club Civilian Councils and on the board of the George C. Marshall International Center.
AI-powered customs duties classification, assessment, and collection for international mail shipments to the United States
Learn how CBP has selected Amazon PreDepart as a trade solutions candidate under the Commercial Solutions Opening Pilot (CSOP) program. As part of this selection, CBP also approved Amazon Customs and Trade (ACT) as a Qualified Party, an entity authorized to collect and remit customs duties on behalf of shippers – for international mail shipments to the United States.
Delivering on the Promise of OneGov: Federal Agencies Modernize with OneGov — and AWS Expands its Program to ISV Partners
In August 2025, Amazon Web Services (AWS) secured a OneGov agreement with GSA, to provide up to $1 billion in savings to accelerate cloud adoption, modernization, and training across the federal government. Less than a year later, agencies and partners are leveraging this program to make meaningful progress on cybersecurity and cloud migrations.
How AI technologies transform national meteorological services delivery
Innovative AI technologies can drive a profound transformation in meteorological services as this new Amazon Web Services (AWS) short report describes. AI, generative AI, and agentic AI offer opportunities to transform meteorological services and their business models. The new methods complement traditional physics-based Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models. They collect and analyze vast datasets rapidly. […]
AWS supports ARPA-H Sprint for Women’s Health to advance crucial research and solutions
At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we believe in the power of cloud technology to transform healthcare and improve lives. Because of this, at AWS re:Invent 2024 we announced a commitment of up to $2 million in AWS credits to help four Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Sprint for Women’s Health launchpad awardees address critical unmet challenges in women’s health.