How the Georgia Data and Analytics Center uses AWS cloud services to drive improved outcomes for constituents

This article describes how the Georgia Data and Analytics Center (GDAC) leverages AWS cloud services to transform siloed state agency data into actionable cross-government insights.

• GDAC evolved from a failed platform-as-a-service model to a secure, scalable analytics environment supporting 35+ agencies
• AWS Data Lab partnership enabled rapid deployment from concept to production in four months with 10 use cases launched
• Two-environment architecture: data lakehouse using Medallion architecture and All-Payer Claims Database built on OHDSI open-source stack
• AWS services include Glue, Lambda, Redshift, Athena, DynamoDB, Control Tower, and WorkSpaces for data ingestion, transformation, and analysis
• GDAC maintains 70+ dashboards and 100+ data-sharing agreements enabling salary benchmarking, purchase order visibility, healthcare analytics, and education funding modeling
• Future expansion includes PeopleSoft data migration and AI experimentation for anomaly detection and automated analysis

GDAC demonstrates how cloud-based data governance and analytics platforms enable state governments to solve complex cross-agency problems previously considered impossible.