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The AWS Imagine for education, state, and local government conference—taking place on July 29-30 in Chicago—is designed for decision-makers eager to explore practical cloud and AI strategies that can help them better provide for their beneficiaries and staff. Whether you’re looking to improve student success, enhance civic initiatives, or accelerate research, this two-day, no-cost event will deliver real-world knowledge and connections to help you turn ideas into impact. In this post, we highlight what you can expect at the conference.

In this blog post, we explore the AI for Teaching & Learning Framework on AWS, and discuss how it is addressing the evolving needs of higher education in the digital age.

As European institutions race to meet ambitious digital transformation goals for 2024-2029, workforce skills development has become critical. AWS is addressing this challenge head-on with specialized learning solutions designed specifically for EU government professionals. In this post, we explore how AWS Skill Builder is helping create the digitally skilled workforce Europe needs.

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.

Today, HAQM Web Services (AWS) launched the 2025 AWS Imagine Grant cycle in six countries. The AWS Imagine Grant is a public grant opportunity open to registered nonprofit organizations who are using cloud technology to accelerate their missions. Now in its eighth year, the AWS Imagine Grant is expanding to nonprofits beyond the US, UK, and Ireland, adding Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Today, HAQM Web Services (AWS), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Public Digital announced the recipients of the Future of Government Awards 2025. This year’s awards saw a surge in nominations for digital public infrastructure (DPI) initiatives, evidence of the increased focus and importance it is playing in societies worldwide. Read this post to learn about the winners and honorary mentions.

HAQM Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce that AWS Marketplace has received “Awardable” status in the Department of Defense (DoD) Platform One (P1) Solutions Marketplace. This designation enables DoD organizations to readily access and procure solutions through AWS Marketplace using established acquisition pathways.

By 2026, more than 90 percent of organizations worldwide will face challenges related to an IT skills shortage. Artificial intelligence skills are among the most in-demand, but a variety of cloud skills like architecture, data management and storage, and software development are among the top 10 needed IT skills. To address these needs, HAQM Web Services hosts AWS State, Local, and Education Learning Days, a series of no-cost in-person events nationwide. These one-day events provide IT professionals and business executives in state and local government (SLG) and education with hands-on learning opportunities to grow their cloud skills. Read this post to learn more.

HAQM Web Services today announced the launch of the Federal Addendum to the Standard Contract for AWS Marketplace (SCMP). This novel approach to contracting can help streamline government approvals of software procurement and speed up the government’s access to third-party software solutions using AWS Marketplace by offering a pre-negotiated and consistent end-user license agreement (EULA) for each purchase. Read this post to learn more.

The AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program makes high-value, cloud-optimized datasets publicly available on HAQM Web Services (AWS). AWS works with data providers to democratize access to data by making it available to the public for analysis on AWS; develop new cloud-based techniques, formats, and tools that lower the cost of working with data; and encourage the development of communities that benefit from access to shared datasets. The full list of publicly available datasets are on the Registry of Open Data on AWS and are now also discoverable on AWS Data Exchange. This quarter, AWS released 53 new or updated datasets and you can learn more about them in this post.