AWS Public Sector Blog
Author: Stuart Venzke
State & Local Health & Human Services Executive Stuart Venzke is a state & local government health & human services expert at Amazon Web Services (AWS), focused on labor, workforce, and human services. Before joining AWS, Stuart led the state and local government health and human services business for a global system integrator, and before that the chief operating officer of a large, integrated public sector health and human services agency. He has more than 25 years of experience as a health and human services executive or consultant, always working to provide more effective, more efficient, and more responsive services.
Using the cloud to help labor, workforce, and human services agencies cope with increased demand for services
State government labor and workforce development agencies are wrestling with an unprecedented surge in demand for services. In one week, 6.6 million Americans filed for initial unemployment insurance (UI) claims, nearly double the previous week. Many states are straining to meet this increase for demand in services. The cloud can help labor and agencies quickly scale and shift to meet constituent needs.