Category: Government

AWS provides infrastructure that enables mission and program teams to build and manage their own digital engineering environments with secure, scalable computing resources and tools. This resource supplier relationship delivers value through cost efficiency, simplified management, reliable failover, and streamlined infrastructure operations. In this post, we provide a detailed walkthrough for building a secure and scalable digital engineering environment on AWS.

This is a guest post from the Belgian Ministry of Finance, AWS customer The Belgian Ministry of Finance has successfully deployed a cost-effective, real-time digital tax monitoring system using Amazon Web Services (AWS). The system helps fight fraud and is expected to bring an estimated €156 million additional annual value-added tax (VAT) returns. The Belgian […]

AWS GovCloud (US) is an innovative cloud solution that includes a pair of AWS Regions providing a cloud computing environment designed specifically for government agencies, contractors, and organizations that handle sensitive, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)-controlled data and require US citizenship or entity status. AWS GovCloud (US) regions exist as a separate partition from […]

At AWS re:Invent 2025, which took place last December in Las Vegas, Amazon Web Services (AWS) unveiled an array of cutting-edge innovations during a week of keynotes, innovation talks, breakout sessions, product launches, interactive demos, and networking opportunities. For stakeholders in the public sector, the conference offered a whole host of important announcements, compelling themes, […]

Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced two federal credit programs totaling up to $100 million to accelerate innovation in support of America’s most critical national security and scientific missions. The AWS Warfighter Capability Accelerator Initiative and AWS Genesis Accelerator Initiative will each provide up to $50 million in AWS credits over three years (2026-2028) to […]

Working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and AWS Partner Allwyn, the city of Virginia Beach launched a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered conversational search assistant on its public website that helps residents and visitors find answers in plain language, without having to hunt through search results.

As it supports government authorities with their digital identity programs, Thales recognized that Amazon Web Services (AWS) managed services can help address these challenges. The company built a production-grade verifiable credentials issuance platform on AWS that serves government customers worldwide, supporting over 300 national digital identity programs. Read this post to learn more.

Justice and Public Safety organizations require access to the latest foundation models (FMs) available through Amazon Bedrock for mission-critical AI implementations. This post aids with your evaluation of important CJIS compliance considerations that JPS organizations must address when implementing these architectures.

At the 2025 Amazon Web Services (AWS) Federal AI Conference in Virginia, Paras Malik, the Chief AI Officer at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, joined AWS Global Head of Financial Innovation Michael Greenwald to share how Treasury is taking a human-centered approach to the use of AI tools. Their conversation highlighted lessons other agencies can apply as they explore promoting AI leadership at scale.

Organizations operating in AWS GovCloud (US) might require alternative architectural approaches, depending on service availability in their target Region. This post presents an architecture that’s deployable on AWS GovCloud (US) for secure generative AI experimentation using Amazon SageMaker AI, AWS Lake Formation, and Amazon Bedrock.