AWS Public Sector Blog
Purdue University democratizes geospatial data through AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program
Research depends on access to vast amounts of data and the right tools to analyze it, but the sheer scale of geospatial information produced by researchers can create significant barriers to cross-disciplinary collaboration. Addressing this challenge is the mission of Purdue University’s Data to Science Initiative (D2S). With this program, researchers across disciplines can share […]
Introducing the AWS Australian public sector user guide for building responsible AI systems
Australian public sector agencies can now harness AI’s transformative potential while maintaining ethical, transparent, and compliant systems with new practical guidance from Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS is excited to announce that the AWS Australian Public Sector User Guide: Building Responsible AI systems with Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker AI is now available through AWS […]
AWS and UNC researcher build a prototype agentic AI tool to streamline grant funding
Federal funding cuts and fierce competition are forcing US researchers to look beyond their usual grant sources. To address this, Amazon Web Services (AWS) worked with a UNC researcher to develop the Grant Research Opportunity Wizard (GROW).
Practical digital sovereignty: Navigating the pillars of compliance, continuity, and control
In this series of blog posts, we will examine digital sovereignty and provide practical steps you can apply to your AWS workloads and environments to address the requirements of your business. This post is the first in the series and introduces the topic, exploring the concepts and explaining how you can practically implement them.
From cloud sprawl to strategic success: Cornell University’s cloud service transformation
Within a decade of moving to the cloud, Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, was managing 260 accounts—160 of them on Amazon Web Services (AWS)—at an annual spend of $4 million. As part of what they called a “cloudification initiative,” there had been a major push in the early days to capitalize on opportunities to […]
Enabling resilient hybrid edge architectures with AWS
Organizations operating in austere environments require robust, resilient architectures that maintain operations regardless of connectivity status. This post explores how to implement and deploy resilient hybrid edge architectures using Amazon Web Services (AWS), with a focus on network resilience, data synchronization, security, and configuration management. We’ll cover best practices for deploying and managing hybrid architectures […]
Framework for platform expansion to Europe, Middle East and beyond
In a previous post on the Public Sector Blog, we covered six key strategies in which Amazon Web Services (AWS) empowers AWS Partners to expand their platforms globally to reach more customers while meeting requirements such as data residency and sovereignty. These ranged from using AWS Global Infrastructure to AWS services that make it easier for […]
Accelerating GovTech development with Kiro
Government agencies, educational institutions, and GovTech vendors face a unique challenge: delivering AI-powered applications while navigating compliance requirements, limited budgets, and legacy constraints. A single accessibility remediation cycle can cost $50,000 or more. Audit preparation takes weeks. Security reviews delay citizen services by months. Small IT teams struggle to maintain expertise across Federal Risk and […]
AI, activism, and impact: What to expect at AWS Imagine for Nonprofits 2026
Can you imagine what’s possible when nonprofit organizations are empowered to harness today’s most advanced technology on behalf of people and the planet? On March 19, nonprofit leaders, technologists, and changemakers will gather at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, to celebrate a decade of impact and explore what’s next at the 10th […]
TIC 3.0 architecture migration for federal agencies using AWS Transit Gateway
Federal agencies operating in the cloud face a challenge with Trusted Internet Connection 2.0. All internet traffic must backhaul through on-premises infrastructure, creating bottlenecks that limit cloud adoption and degrade performance. The TIC 3.0 initiative addresses this by enabling agencies to implement security controls directly in the cloud, providing secure internet connectivity for federal workloads, […]









