{"id":45565,"date":"2021-09-27T16:22:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T20:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/?p=45565"},"modified":"2021-09-27T16:22:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T20:22:04","slug":"aws-executive-predicts-shift-toward-workforce-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/aws-executive-predicts-shift-toward-workforce-development\/","title":{"rendered":"AWS executive predicts shift toward workforce development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After more than a year-and-a-half of state and local government IT agencies racing to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic by dramatically \u2014 and often rapidly \u2014 scaling up their use of cloud computing, the head of Amazon Web Services&#8217; state, local and education practice said Monday that there&#8217;s been a permanent shift in how government is approaching service delivery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was never a question of &#8216;if we should go to the cloud&#8217; but &#8216;when?'&#8221; Kim Majerus, AWS&#8217; vice president of U.S. public sector for the state, local and education markets, said in an interview with StateScoop. &#8220;COVID accelerated it across the board.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The pandemic&#8217;s impact on state and local governments moving off traditional IT systems and into cloud environments <a href=\"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/digital-services-states-covid-transformation\/\">has been well-documented<\/a>, as programs like unemployment insurance and nutrition assistance had to be rapidly expanded, and entire workforces needed to be configured for remote work. It also highlighted the <a href=\"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/digital-services-states-covid-transformation\/\">fragility of mainframes<\/a> \u2014 some of which are nearing 50 years old \u2014 that still power some states&#8217; critical services.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The last 18 months have changed perspectives,&#8221; Majerus said. &#8220;You look at the technical debt CIOs had to deal with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Majerus&#8217; comments came the day before Amazon Web Services holds its first in-person conference in nearly two years in Washington. In addition to the conference&#8217;s programming for the federal and commercial sectors, Majerus said there will be sessions offering a glimpse of where state IT is headed after the pandemic recedes. One area where AWS is already working with several states is on workforce redevelopment platforms, Majerus said, citing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2019\/04\/skills-jobs-investing-in-people-inclusive-growth\/\">2019 World Economic Forum report<\/a> that found that 54% of all workers worldwide will need reskilling or upskilling by 2022.<\/p>\n<p>She said AWS is working with the governments of Utah and at least seven other states to promote retraining in areas like <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/blogs\/publicsector\/building-cloud-ready-workforce-utah-train-certify-5000-residents-cloud-computing\/\">cloud computing<\/a>. One session Tuesday will feature Scott Jensen, the former director of the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training \u2014 which over the course of the pandemic has been building a new cloud-based unemployment platform modeled after the <a href=\"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/why-government-technologists-love-dominos-pizza-tracker\/\">Domino&#8217;s pizza tracker<\/a> \u2014 who now leads Research Improving People\u2019s Lives, a nonprofit that promotes the use of data science and technology in social policy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The needs of citizens are changing,&#8221; Majerus said. &#8220;What citizens needed 20 years ago will be different than what they need 20 years in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kim Majerus, the head of Amazon Web Services&#8217; SLED practice, said several states are building job retraining programs to develop skills needed during the 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