AWS Public Sector Blog

Category: Best Practices

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How AWS helps public sector organizations successfully exit their data centers

Successfully managing a data center exit requires careful planning and experienced advisors. AWS can help you evaluate your current environment and assets, build a comprehensive business case, customize a migration strategy for your facilities, hardware, and IT workloads, maximize the value of your existing assets, and address other unique data center challenges. Read this post to learn more.

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Generative AI in EdTech: 5 pitfalls to avoid for long-term success

Today’s education technology (EdTech) leaders face intense pressure to “do something with AI.” Fear of missing out has created a mentality where companies rush out AI features without understanding what problems they’re solving for their users. At AWS, we work closely with EdTech leaders navigating the generative AI landscape, and we’ve seen these patterns emerge repeatedly. Based on our experience collaborating with EdTech organizations across the education spectrum, we’ve created a list of five common pitfalls that derail generative AI efforts and the strategic approaches we recommend to avoid them.

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Empowering educators: How Innovation Sandbox on AWS accelerates learning objectives through secure, cost-effective, and recyclable sandbox management

In this blog, we will explore how customers can use Innovation Sandbox on AWS to transform the management of temporary sandbox environments, so that they can focus on driving innovation, skill building, and developing the next big technological breakthrough.

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Delivering national digital identity systems with AWS Outposts

As governments worldwide seek to modernize their services, secure and scalable digital identity systems are becoming essential infrastructure. Through a combination of AWS Outposts, digital identity solutions like Modular Open Source Identity Platform (MOSIP), and innovative architectures that couple cloud capabilities with data residency requirements, governments can build digital identity systems that are reliable, resilient, and ready for the future. Read this post to learn more.

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Benchmarking PacBio whole genome sequencing variant pipeline analysis with AWS HealthOmics workflows

This post demonstrates PacBio’s whole genome sequencing variant pipeline implementation on AWS HealthOmics, offering performance optimization insights and evidence-based recommendations for cost-effective deployment at scale based on extensive benchmarking.

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Six key considerations for procuring cloud-based contact center solutions in the public sector

The shift to cloud-based Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) solutions offers significant opportunities for public sector organizations to transform their operations, reduce costs, and improve citizen services. Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides innovative cloud technologies like Amazon Connect that can help organizations achieve these goals. However, traditional procurement approaches may not be well-suited for acquiring these modern cloud technologies. To help organizations navigate this transition, we’ve identified six key considerations when procuring a CCaaS solution like Amazon Connect.

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Proactive strategies for cyber resilience and business continuity on AWS

AWS recommends that organizations prepare to recover workloads in case of cybersecurity incidents or business continuity events such as technical or natural disasters. In this post, we offer guidance and strategies for public sector organizations to use AWS infrastructure to operate resilient systems in the cloud.

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Building an AI-powered scientific meeting transcription platform with AWS

In this post, we explore how to build a sophisticated meeting transcription and analysis platform using AWS services, designed specifically for the scientific community. Our solution combines the power of AWS Transcribe, Amazon Bedrock, and other Amazon Web Services (AWS) services to create an intelligent tool that transforms how researchers document and analyze their discussions.

Pearson at AWS DC Summit 2025: Transforming education through AI-powered learning solutions

During the 2025 AWS Summit in Washington, DC keynote address, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Pearson showcased the strength of their expanded collaboration to accelerate the development of AI-powered, personalized learning solutions.

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Building resilient healthcare systems through cloud computing

A newly released guide by AWS titled “Resilient Healthcare through Cloud: A Strategy and Policy Guide” provides a comprehensive framework for enhancing healthcare resilience through cloud computing while meeting regulatory requirements and improving patient outcomes. Read this post to learn more.