AWS Public Sector Blog
Government efficiency through AI-driven IT modernization with AFS and AWS partnership
Federal agencies are at a pivotal juncture in their technological evolution. Legacy systems, some dating back to the 1960s and 1970s, continue to power essential government services while facing a challenge: the retirement of the workforce that understands and maintains them. Rebecca Wetherly, director of worldwide public sector global system integrator partners at AWS recently sat down with Denise Zheng, chief AI officer at Accenture Federal Services (AFS), to discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) and modernization can help agencies navigate this transition while improving service delivery to citizens.
Unlocking AI models in Standard AWS Regions from AWS GovCloud (US): Cross-partition access with Amazon Bedrock
In this post, we walk through three solutions that allow AWS GovCloud (US) workloads to securely connect into Standard AWS Regions to perform inference with Amazon Bedrock.
Accelerating mission success through digital engineering innovation with SAIC
Federal agencies use AWS and the AWS Partner Network to deliver complex systems efficiently and effectively. Digital engineering (DE) has emerged as a game-changing approach to addressing these challenges. We recently sat down with Christopher G. Finlay, VP of engineering at the Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Innovation Factory, to discuss how digital engineering is transforming the federal space and accelerating mission success.
Building zero trust for the Department of Defense: Insights from Les Call, Director of the DoD CIO ZT PfMO
In today’s digital landscape, federal agencies face unprecedented challenges in securing their complex information technology (IT) infrastructure. Traditional security models require more capability, which is why departments like the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are mandating zero trust architectures across their agencies. Renzo Rodriguez, managing director of US Federal Solutions Architecture at Amazon Web Services (AWS), sat down with Les Call, director of the Department of Defense CIO Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office, in a recent episode of “Mission Innovation, powered by AWS,” to explore the challenges and strategies of implementing zero trust within the DoD. Read this post for a recap of their conversation.



