AWS Government Competency Partners
Drive innovation and unlock greater business value with AWS Specialization Partners that have deep technical knowledge and proven customer success
Government agencies around the world are balancing agility, security, compliance, and reliability. At the same time, they are focused on modernizing aging infrastructures and improving operational productivity.
AWS Government Competency Partners have demonstrated experience in delivering quality solutions to help agencies meet mandates, reduce costs, drive efficiencies, and increase innovation across civilian agencies, national defense and intelligence communities, and state and local governments.
AWS Competency: The AWS Competency Program is designed to identify, validate, and promote AWS Partners with demonstrated AWS technical expertise and proven customer success. These AWS Partners have passed a rigorous technical validation to ensure they are following AWS best practices.
AWS Government Competency Partners by Categories
Citizen Services
Flexible and economical cloud infrastructure for citizen services, transportation, smart cities, and more.
Defense & National Security
The world's most demanding customers choose AWS for a complete platform that meets strict security and compliance standards.
Public Safety
Leverage AWS cloud technology to prepare for, respond to, and recover from various types of natural or man-made disasters and public safety emergencies globally.
Connect with AWS Government Competency Partners
Drive innovation, meet business objectives, and get the most out of your AWS services by partnering with technically validated AWS Partners.
“By becoming an AWS Government Competency Partner, we validated our technical expertise and proven success, helping us succeed with the UK Government’s Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and other public sector agencies.” - Andrew Campbell, UK director of delivery and management at BJSS. Read case study here
Next Steps
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Step 1: Join the AWS Partner Network
Upon joining the AWS Partner Network (APN), enroll in the Partner Path(s) based on your customer offering. The APN is a global community of partners that leverages programs, expertise, and resources to build, market, and sell customer solutions. Whether you are starting your business or looking to expand, join the APN at no cost and utilize enablement resources, well-architected tools, and more.
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Step 2: Enroll in the AWS Partner Path(s)
For organizations that develop software that runs on or is integrated with AWS, enroll in the Software Path and meet the minimum validation criteria i.e. successfully complete the AWS Foundational Technical Review (FTR). Learn more about AWS FTR
For organizations that leverage AWS to deliver consulting, professional, managed, and resale services, enroll in the Services Path and meet the minimum validation criteria i.e. achieve AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner. Learn more about AWS Partner Tier requirements
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Step 3: Choose the government competency Program
- Under the “Industries” tab on the AWS Competency page, find ‘Government’ and select the competency requirements outlined in the Validation Checklist that aligns best with your AWS Partner Path (Services of Software).
- Start with the AWS Competency Navigate Track, available in Partner Central, for prescriptive guidance to grow your expertise and meet the AWS Competency requirements faster.
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Step 4: Obtain the Government Competency and unlock benefits!
Upon achieving the Government Competency award, your alliance leader will receive a welcome email outlining the benefits your company can take advantage of, including your AWS Partner Badge. This email and our benefits guide will help you make the most of the go to market benefits, recognition, early access, AWS expert engagement, financial incentives, and ways to upskill on AWS that you gain through the program.
Additional Resources
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Public Sector Resources
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Allison Guse, 03/07/2025As the primary agency of the US government responsible for biomedical and public health research, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is one of the leading medical research centers in the world. The NIH Office of Portfolio Analysis (OPA) is tasked with helping NIH prioritize its research. OPA wanted to find a better way to optimize its cloud costs as its analytical research demands continued to grow. That need led OPA to work with AWS Partner Govplace, a systems integrator and solution provider for the public sector. Read this post to learn more about how OPA reduced research costs and scaled on demand.
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David Appel, 02/21/2025Across NATO’s 32 member states, today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape requires continuous modernization of advanced technology solutions, underscoring the strategic importance of the alliance’s digital transformation. This modernization effort demands speed, scale, security, and global innovation capabilities to stay ahead. Collaborating with technology leaders like Amazon Web Services (AWS) can accelerate innovation and NATO’s ability to deliver mission-ready solutions to counter known and emerging threats.
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JT Mundi, Justin Thomas, KJ Lian, 02/19/2025In the age of generative artificial intelligence (AI), data isn’t just king—it’s the entire kingdom. Our previous blog post, Anduril unleashes the power of RAG with enterprise search chatbot Alfred on AWS, highlighted how Anduril Industries revolutionized enterprise search with Alfred, their innovative chat-based assistant powered by Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture. In this post, we examine the technical intricacies that make this system possible.
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Dave Levy, 02/13/2025Global leaders are convening in Germany this week at the annual Munich Security Conference (MSC) to discuss key foreign policy and security challenges. Amid these discussions, one thing is clear: global leadership increasingly hinges on technological progress. In particular, the rapid progress of artificial intelligence (AI) presents an extraordinary opportunity for transformative innovation. For the U.S. government, this moment marks a crucial inflection point: embrace bold modernization of digital infrastructure and AI investment or risk being outpaced by global competitors.
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Kiran Dongara, Bill Screen, 02/12/2025Public sector organizations face stringent compliance requirements, and any unauthorized access to protected health information (PHI) or personal identifiable information (PII) can result in legal penalties and reputational damage. This post aims to demonstrate how public sector customers can develop a fine-grained authorization module using Amazon Web Services (AWS) identity services, extending beyond the capabilities of traditional role-based access control (RBAC), so they can achieve compliance objectives.
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