AWS Cloud for State and Local Governments

Power more efficient and connected operations to better serve constituents

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Build a more connected government

State and local governments are making a difference with cost-effective, scalable, secure, and flexible Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud infrastructure.

With AWS, organizations of all sizes can benefit from the fastest pace of innovation, the broadest and deepest functionality, the most secure computing environment, and proven operational expertise.

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Whether you serve a community of hundreds or millions, AWS can help you manage IT costs, enhance data security, and modernize with the power of cloud computing. Learn how to get started on your first workload today.

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How AWS can help

Quickly transform data into actionable insights

With the most complete data management platform and 100+ partner solutions, AWS can help optimize the entire lifecycle of data while reducing costs.

Sophisticated capabilities include:

  • Data collection, processing, analytics, short-term storage, warehousing, and archiving
  • Real-time streaming and analytics support
  • Business intelligence and machine learning tools
Modernize open source and Microsoft applications

Modernize open source and Microsoft applications

Customers have been running Windows- and Linux-based IT workloads on AWS for over a decade—longer than any other cloud provider.

Customers choose AWS for:

  • Higher performance, capability, and reliability
  • Greater security and identity services
  • Comprehensive migration support
  • Lower total cost of ownership and flexible licensing options
How the state of Georgia saved $5M

Engage your citizens with Amazon-created and tested technology

Amazon built technology to engage our customers in a personal and dynamic way across contact centers and through mobile and email messaging. Now, state and local government professionals can use this same technology to create the best possible constituent experience.

  • Access new IT resources in minutes
  • Create exciting new user experiences with machine learning and voice-recognition capabilities
  • Increase your organization's agility with reduced cost and time to experiment and develop
How Alameda County increased call center accessibility

For security and compliance, governments choose AWS

AWS supports more security standards and compliance certifications than any other offering, including PCI-DSS, HIPAA/HITECH, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140-2, and NIST 800-171. We work to help customers satisfy compliance requirements for virtually every regulatory agency around the globe.

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Featured case study

San Francisco 511.org provides customer support even during usage spikes

"We can support more than double the number of users every day during morning and afternoon traffic spikes by running on AWS."

⁠— Alysha Nachtigall
Website and Communications Project Manager, MTC 511

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    3 ways the public sector can hire, train and retain skilled digital transformation teams

    The UK Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is one of the largest government departments in the UK, with more than 90,000 employees in more than 800 locations. It’s responsible for making $266 billion in payments each year. The DWP is carrying out a large-scale digital transformation to improve its services and the way it interacts with citizens. Read this blog post to discover three lessons that DWP learned about hiring, training, and retaining while reshaping its digital approach.
    April 2024
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    Best practice for government cloud first policies

    A cloud-first policy directs or requires public sector agencies to use cloud technology as the primary enabler for IT procurement and digital transformation projects. This paper explores common elements of successful measures to support public service transformation.
    April 2024
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    UK Biobank enables medical research worldwide through vast database

    UK Biobank, the world’s most comprehensive source of health data used for research, needed a purpose-built data platform with compute and data-storage capabilities that provided analysis tools in a centralized environment and the flexibility to manage increasing quantities of data. Read this post to learn more about UK Biobank’s journey to becoming a globally accessible dataset for health researchers.
    April 2024
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Meet the executive advisory team

Our executive advisors strive to help AWS customers achieve their business outcomes by leveraging the richness of the cloud computing platform to drive the right business solutions, enable the technology ecosystem supporting government, and address changing industry needs.

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Take the next step

There are several ways to get started with AWS. Contact us for personalized guidance. Or, explore any of the resources below.

1

Learn how to buy AWS

Discover the acquisition steps and best practices you need to start your journey to cloud. Then explore our guide to procurement and contracts.

2

Find a solution in the AWS Marketplace

AWS Marketplace is a curated digital catalog that makes it easy for organizations to discover, procure, entitle, provision, and govern third-party software. 

3

Cloud Adoption Readiness Tool

Assess your organization’s cloud migration readiness and set a path for cloud adoption success.

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