AWS Public Sector Blog
Tag: government
FedRAMP-Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) Overlay Pilot Program
A new way of architecting the cloud to improve the accessibility, speed, and security for U.S. government users AWS is excited to announce that we’ve successfully completed the testing phase of the FedRAMP-Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) Overlay pilot program. We’ve been working with the FedRAMP Program Management Office (PMO), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) PMO, […]
Read MoreAsk Not What Your Things Can Do For You, Ask What Your Things Can Do For Your Country
At FedTalks late last year, one of the most significant thought leadership events in the federal market, Kyle Roche, General Manager of IoT at AWS spoke to the audience about the Internet of Things (IoT). The Internet of Things (IoT) is the ever-expanding network of physical “things” that can connect to the Internet along with […]
Read MoreNGA’s Open Collaboration and Public-Private Partnership
With a drastically changing technology landscape, Sue Gordon, Deputy Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), explained during the customer spotlight at AWS’s re:Invent conference how we must all adapt to execute our missions. In recent issues of this blog, we have heard from a nonprofit (Quorum), government-funded not-for-profit corporation in Canada (MPAC), and NGA rounds out […]
Read MoreFighting crime with the cloud: Law enforcement + AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce that we recently signed a Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Addendum with the California Department of Justice (California DOJ). We know that security is a top priority for our customers, especially those in law enforcement. To help law enforcement customers comply with FBI standards for criminal […]
Read More(Big) Data Driven Politics: 800m Data Points
Earlier this week you heard MPAC’s journey to the cloud from the stage at AWS re:Invent, and today we are excited to share with you Quorum’s story. Think big data: everything political from bills, votes, tweets, letters, and more. With an election year coming up, politics are on the center stage. Whether you vote red […]
Read MoreWelcome to the AWS Innovating in the Public Sector Blog
A post by Teresa Carlson, Vice President of Amazon Web Services Worldwide Public Sector I am thrilled to welcome you to Amazon Web Services’ “Innovating in the Public Sector” blog! This blog is all about you, our public sector customers, and will be your place for all public sector-specific content. I’ve had the pleasure […]
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