AWS Public Sector Blog

Mark your calendars for June 10-11, 2025, when the AWS Summit Washington, DC will return to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. This flagship event is the largest AWS Summit in North America and the only one tailored exclusively for the public sector community. In this post, we explain what to expect at this year’s AWS Summit Washington, DC and highlight the key reasons why you should attend the event.

In this post, we discuss the crucial factors public safety agencies should consider when choosing a generative AI provider and explain how AWS can enable a secure, protected system.

HSR.health, a pioneer in geospatial health risk prediction, has partnered with AWS to launch a pilot project testing the performance, process, and pricing of fine-tuning the newly announced Amazon Nova foundation model for advanced health risk prediction. Read this post to learn more.

California Credit Union successfully used AWS to enhance its disaster recovery and backup capabilities for its core banking system, Fiserv DNA. This post explores how the credit union overcame challenges, improved its resilience, and set the stage for future innovations in financial services.

In this blog post, we will show you how to stream the Common AWIPS Visualization Environment (CAVE) application using Amazon AppStream 2.0—a managed application streaming service that enables users to stream desktop applications from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to any device without additional hardware or software.

In this post, we demonstrate how to use the generative AI capabilities of Amazon Bedrock to streamline the creation of AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS) experiments.

Forward-thinking higher education leaders are using AI and automation from AWS to transform their operations while reducing costs. These institutions aren’t just adopting new technology—they’re reimagining core processes to create ongoing improvements that enhance both operational efficiency and the student experience. Read this post to learn more.

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently uncovered how a structure known as low-density lipoprotein (LDL), which transports “bad” cholesterol through the bloodstream, interacts with its receptor molecule to enter cells—information that has eluded researchers for decades. The findings could lead to more personalized treatments for cardiovascular disease and were enabled by cutting-edge high performance computing (HPC) infrastructure from AWS. Read this post to learn more.

AWS is heading to Berlin for GITEX Europe 2025 on May 21-23. GITEX Europe is Europe’s premier technology event, attracting more than 60,000 professionals and 2,500 exhibitors from over 100 countries. Read this blog to learn more.

Many government agencies rely on critical applications running on legacy systems, which is highlighted in a 2023 report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). These applications are typically monolithic, built on outdated technologies that necessitate workarounds, lack scalability, and incur escalating operational costs. The GAO report identified numerous federal IT legacy systems in urgent need of modernization. To address these challenges, Booz Allen Hamilton, an AWS Partner, offers innovative solutions using multi-tenant architectures. This post delves into one such mission-critical application developed for a large-scale federal agency, showcasing how modern cloud technologies can transform legacy government systems.