Category: Government

Cloud computing, automation, and AI are driving a new wave of modernization in public services. They’re helping to make them more accessible, responsive, and cost-effective. The Kingdom of Bahrain shows how this can be done. In this blog, we explore how, through a cloud-first strategy, the country has modernized its public services, boosted economic growth, and developed a culture of innovation.

As European institutions race to meet ambitious digital transformation goals for 2024-2029, workforce skills development has become critical. AWS is addressing this challenge head-on with specialized learning solutions designed specifically for EU government professionals. In this post, we explore how AWS Skill Builder is helping create the digitally skilled workforce Europe needs.

In this post, we explore how AWS Ground Station public sector organizations with on-demand access to AWS-managed antennas that are available as shared or dedicated resources, scaling to the unique requirements of the mission. By adding resource capacity and redundancy with AWS-managed antenna systems, government customers can rapidly increase, differentiate, and distribute their ground segment capabilities. This enables a more flexible and resilient space architecture that can dynamically adapt to changing mission demands.

In this post, we explore an innovative solution—developed by Booz Allen, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier Services Partner—that uses Amazon Bedrock-powered generative artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the decision-making process for system changes.

U.S. State and Local Government (SLG) organizations often have requirements to host regulated workloads with distinct compliance requirements. Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides U.S. SLG customers with an approach to meet compliance needs by using AWS GovCloud (US) regions or AWS U.S. commercial regions. In this post, we will explain how some U.S. SLG regulated workloads can be hosted in the AWS U.S. commercial regions.

Learn how to build an AI coding assistant that meets stringent security requirements for federal customers. This technical guide demonstrates how to combine AWS AI services, open source development tools, and secure infrastructure to accelerate software development while maintaining complete control over model selection and architectural decisions in both AWS GovCloud (US) and commercial AWS Regions.

The Metropolitan Police Department of Washington DC (DC-MPD) is one of the ten largest police agencies in the United States, serving as the primary law enforcement entity for the District of Columbia. Embracing cutting-edge technology provided by AWS, DC-MPD has integrated evidence analysis techniques with state-of-the-art information technology to advance crime-mapping, real-time crime statistics dashboards, and summary statistics for a holistic view of crime dynamics.

At AWS re:Invent 2024, 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. In this post, we highlight the key takeaways from AWS re:Invent 2024 for government agencies.

Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Public Digital announced the recipients of the Future of Government Awards 2025. This year’s awards saw a surge in nominations for digital public infrastructure (DPI) initiatives, evidence of the increased focus and importance it is playing in societies worldwide. Read this post to learn about the winners and honorary mentions.

In this post, we explore how AWS enables the automation of deploying a DPI-based solution stack. We highlight Sunbird RC (Registry and Credentials) as a real-world digital public goods (DPG) building block. The following example provides an overview and execution of the packaging available in the Sunbird community GitHub repository for provisioning required AWS services and deploying Sunbird RC services.