AWS Public Sector Blog
Category: Public Sector
Enhancing decision making for system changes with generative AI
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.
Unlocking multilingual accessibility: Worldreader’s generative AI journey to expand reach using Amazon Bedrock
In today’s digital age, access to engaging educational content remains a critical challenge globally. Worldreader, a pioneering nonprofit organization, is tackling this challenge head-on. In this post, we explore how combining cloud computing capabilities with generative AI on AWS has enabled Worldreader to scale their impact while maintaining the quality and educational value of their content.
University of Luxembourg and AWS collaborate to improve educational experiences
AWS and the University of Luxembourg have signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance education through the use of cutting-edge cloud technology. The MoU aims to strengthen the collaboration in cloud computing, focusing on skills development, research, and artificial intelligence (AI) integration. Read this post to learn more.
Empowering bacterial genomics education with Amazon WorkSpaces
When Siriraj Medical Research Center planned their “Nanopore workshop: bacterial genome bioinformatics series” for more than 60 researchers, they faced a common challenge: how to provide consistent, high-performance computing environments for complex genomic analyses. AWS offered the solution through Amazon WorkSpaces, transforming how Siriraj Medical Research Center delivers hands-on bacterial genomics training.
Cal Poly seeks to transform procurement process with generative AI-powered scope of work generation
In today’s complex procurement landscape, creating comprehensive and accurate statements of work scopes can present a challenge for university procurement teams. To address this growing challenge, the Digital Transformation Hub (DxHub) at Cal Poly—powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and part of the AWS Cloud Innovation Centers (CIC) program—took action. The DxHub collaborated with the university’s Strategic Business Services department to create “Scope Builder,” a generative AI-powered application that aims to revolutionize how procurement specialists develop work scopes for university requests for proposals (RFPs) and contracts.
Hosting regulated U.S. State and Local Government Workloads in AWS
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.
UTHealth Houston’s iDFax revolutionizes medical fax management with Amazon Bedrock
In this post, we will discuss how MSBMI and CDHI joined forces to address UTHealth Houston’s reliance on faxing. The MSBMI and CDHI team—supported by UTHealth Houston Information Technology and Amazon Web Services (AWS)—built, deployed, and migrated a new solution called iDFax.
Building an AI coding assistant on AWS: A guide for federal agencies
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.
Defining organizational roles with a RACI matrix
This post is part four of a four-part series that addresses how a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCOE) can be a viable solution to address the challenges of digital transformation. In this post, we discuss a framework for defining organizational areas of responsibility.
AWS transforms DC police department’s data processing system by utilizing Spark on Lambda
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.