Category: Government

Teams from AWS, working with Sentient Industries, brought the power of AI directly into Excel spreadsheets. Logistics officers can now type the device description in Excel and have the power specs retrieved from a knowledge base in Amazon Bedrock. Unlike a chat-based solution, the AI directly loads the data into spreadsheet cells, creating a streamlined and efficient user workflow. The AI meets the users where they are, and this capability is now being commercialized by Sentient. Read this post to learn more.

Read this post to learn how the City of Virginia Beach worked with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to modernize its Emergency Communications and Citizen Services (ECCS) using Amazon Connect, introducing AI capabilities that help serve citizens faster and reduce dispatcher workloads.

It’s a challenge to modernize vast public datasets to meet new and evolving uses. Epimorphics, an AWS Partner, supports government agencies to deliver big data projects efficiently. Government data underpins many important public policy decisions and private sector investments. For example, house price indices influence mortgage lending, and river flow measurements guide flood planning. The data for this vital work must be authoritative, accessible, and available digitally.

This week, the Department of Energy recognized AWS as a supporter of the Genesis Mission, highlighting our work with Idaho National Laboratory (INL) on civil nuclear innovation. AWS had the privilege of joining US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and national laboratory directors at a roundtable discussion at the White House’s Eisenhower Executive Office Building to discuss this transformational initiative. It’s a recognition of a collaboration already underway—and a validation of the infrastructure and approach America needs to win the race for AI-powered scientific leadership.

In this post, we explore how the combination of a modern AWS Cloud architecture, streaming media, and AI technologies are evolving the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) landscape, establishing a new era of enhanced mission system capabilities.

This post examines real-world examples of successful national AI programs, explores the hidden economics that make AWS Cloud infrastructure essential, and discusses why cultural sovereignty matters as much as technical capability. Whether you’re planning a national AI strategy or evaluating infrastructure options, these lessons from global leaders will help you avoid common pitfalls and focus resources where they matter most.

Cisco ThousandEyes for Government is a network intelligence platform, hosted on AWS GovCloud (US), that is in process for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Moderate authorization. It will give government organizations a unified view of network paths, application performance, and service dependencies. By correlating network conditions, cloud architecture, and external factors, the platform will help teams identify and resolve performance issues across hybrid and cloud environments—saving time and effort for internal and external IT staff support. Read this post to learn more.

The US federal procurement landscape is undergoing its most dramatic transformation in decades. This reform aims to usher in a new era of streamlined, commercial-first procurement. At the heart of this transformation is a bold vision: Federal procurement should be as agile and efficient as modern commerce. Enter AWS Marketplace—an offering that can help federal customers navigate this new age of federal procurement.

The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office partnered with AWS and CC Tech Digital, an AWS Advanced Tier Partner, to modernize its subpoena handling process using a cloud-native, serverless solution on AWS. Read this post to learn more.

Cloud computing has emerged as a critical enabler of national security and defense capabilities across Europe. A new report from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), which AWS supported, shows the ways that four European nations leverage hyperscale cloud infrastructure to strengthen their defense posture and protect national interests in an increasingly complex threat landscape.