Members of this new cohort use cloud computing services from Amazon Web Services, one of the most important parts of the Amazon business — a business unit that continues to gain more ground in the public sector, including via the push to develop artificial intelligence.
Dubbed the AWS Champions program, the recognition focuses on people and groups that use the cloud “to improve outcomes, build resilience and accelerate progress in service of their respective missions, constituents and communities,” according to a blog post from Jan Day, a higher education alliance and community manager on the AWS Education, State and Local Government Executive Advisory Team.
This cohort includes these gov and ed tech providers:
- Acentra Health
- CentralSquare Technologies
- Ellucian
- Gaggle
- Mark43
- Pluralsight
- Rekor Systems
- Tyler Technologies
- Udemy
- Vocareum
The cohort also includes these governments and agencies that, in the words of Day, “are enhancing constituent services and government operations through the innovative use of cloud technology.”
- City of Miami Beach, Fla.
- City of San Diego
- County of Contra Costa, Calif., District Attorney's Office
- State of Arkansas, Administrative Office of the Courts
- State of Missouri, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
- State of North Carolina, Department of Health and Human Services
Finally, the group includes these educational groups and leaders credited with various forms of innovation:
- Gwinnett County Public Schools
- Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators
- Region 4 Education Service Center
- San Antonio Independent School District
- Dan Alig, University of Pennsylvania
- Sarah Christen, Cornell University
- Robert L. Grossman, University of Chicago
- Julian Mino, University of St. Thomas
- Shruthi Sreenivasa Murthy, Saint Louis University
- Elizabeth Reilley, Arizona State University
- David Schober, Northwestern University
- Jon Shaw, Vanderbilt University
CivStart plans to announce its latest gov tech cohort in the coming days.