AWS Public Sector Blog
Transforming government application systems using intelligent document processing on AWS
Government agencies handle vast volumes of bureaucratic documents daily, ranging from tax forms to medical records. This document-heavy workflow, often reliant on manual processing, can result in delays, errors, and increased operational inefficiencies, causing frustration among both employees and stakeholders. This post explores how intelligent document processing (IDP) solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS) can modernize bureaucratic workflows, improve efficiency, and enhance service delivery within government agencies.
Enhance productivity with Amazon Bedrock Agents and Powertools for AWS Lambda
In this post, you will discover the key challenges public sector agencies face when it comes to real-time data access, and how Amazon Bedrock Agents and Powertools for AWS Lambda work together to address these challenges. The post also includes real-world use cases demonstrating practical applications in the public sector and technical implementation details and best practices.
Securing the future of healthcare in the age of generative AI and connected care
The healthcare industry is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the adoption of generative artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and connected care devices. This digital revolution promises to improve patient outcomes, reduce costs, and enhance the overall healthcare experience. However, it also introduces new challenges in terms of cybersecurity, privacy, and regulatory compliance. To navigate this complex landscape, healthcare organizations are turning to scalable, affordable, and highly available cloud infrastructures such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build resilient, secure, and innovative solutions.
AWS launches £5 million cyber education grant to boost security in the UK
Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced the launch of its first AWS UK Cyber Education Grant Program, a £5 million initiative aimed at strengthening the cybersecurity capabilities of educational institutions across the United Kingdom. Read this post to learn more about the program.
Building belonging in digital student communities with AI on AWS
In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, fostering a sense of belonging and engagement is crucial to student success and retention. An August 2024 report by the Institute for Higher Education Policy found that attending to students’ experience and degree of belonging improves academic performance and retention, especially for first-year students from historically underrepresented groups in […]
AWS helps empower small businesses at annual TribalNet conference
TribalNet is an industry group that connects IT leaders, executives, and technology vendors at Native American tribes and tribal enterprises. Founded in 1999, the organization’s mission is Bringing Technology and Tribes Together. AWS fully supports TribalNet and its mission.
Rapidly develop fully functional web applications with AWS App Studio
AWS App Studio is a low-code development platform for users to build, deploy, and manage applications without extensive coding knowledge. It is designed to streamline the application development process, making it more accessible to a wider range of users, including business users, IT professionals, and startups that don’t have large specialized IT teams. This post guides you through the process of creating a user-friendly create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) application to efficiently manage birth certificate applications using AWS App Studio.
Strengthen foundation model queries through Amazon Bedrock-Amazon Alexa integration
Today, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is at the core of many of the decisions and technologies businesses across the globe are implementing. The linchpin to ensuring that generative AI is effective depends on the foundation models (FMs) storing the data. To make sure that those FMs are pulling the correct data, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has developed a solution through Amazon Bedrock to generate SQL to answer user questions about the data. The solution was developed to support the Federal Institute of São Paulo (IFSP) and has optimized their decision-making.
Boosting career readiness in new technologies for diverse learners through the AWS Tech Alliance India
Amazon Web Services launched the India Tech Alliance in February 2024 to boost career readiness for learners and modernize tech programs of study through various applied learning activities. Since launch, participating members in the Tech Alliance have collaborated to deliver more than 50 events that have connected 29,000 learners to employers in India. Read this post to learn more.
Embracing generative AI to power mission innovation: Insights from AWS US Federal Vice President David Appel
David Appel, vice president of United States (US) Federal Sales at Amazon Web Services (AWS) Worldwide Public Sector (WWPS), is a determined and inspirational trailblazer who has built a service-based, customer obsessed career focused on making communities around the US and world a better place. In the 11th episode of AWS Behind the Cloud, he shared how mission innovation powered by AWS can help federal agencies solve complex problems and address mission-critical needs. Learn about this and much more by watching the latest episode.