hackathon Archives

The General Services Administration (GSA) Headquarters building. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

GSA announces AI-themed hackathon

The hackathon will offer a pool of $10,000 in prize money to winners of the competitions in Washington D.C., Atlanta and New York City.

Jul 3, 2024 By Caroline Nihill

The Daily Scoop Podcast

Using hackathons to ignite innovation in DOD

Air Force’s Stuart Wagner and Jimmy “Rev” Jones.

Feb 23, 2023 By FedScoop Staff

The Chief Digital Transformation Officer for the Air Force and Space Force Stuart Wagner, right, talks with members of Kessel Run at One Beacon, Boston, Mass., June 22, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Blumenstein)

Air Force to bring top-secret data into the mix in next weapons system hackathon

The next BRAVO hackthon will be run at three classification levels sometime this summer.

May 12, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

Staff Sgt. Alek Albrecht participates in a Network War Bridge Course at the 39th Information Operations Squadron Sept. 19, 2014, Hurlburt Field, Fla. Albrecht is practicing to hack into a simulated network to better understand what techniques real hackers may use when attempting to infiltrate Air Force networks. Air Force Space Command provides trained and ready cyber forces to the warfighter through 24th Air Force. Albrecht is a Air Force Network Operations and Security Center enterprise network technician. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Krystal Ardrey)

Air Force hackathon puts real data on open source code

The hackathon was the first of its kind. The broader goal is to "attack the ATO," the chief digital transformation officer said.

Feb 10, 2022 By Jackson Barnett

A soldier assigned to 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, takes the Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics as part of the 1st SBCT’s Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) at Fort Carson, Colorado, July 18, 2020. (U.S. Army / Capt. Daniel Parker)

Army launches ‘Hack the Army 3.0’ with more targets for cybersecurity researchers

White-hat hackers will have from mid-December to the end of January to find vulnerabilities in the army.mil domain and other areas specified by the Army.

Nov 9, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Bug bounty finds 54 flaws in Air Force’s new cloud system

The largest payout from the bug bounty totaled $20,000.

Aug 8, 2019 By Jackson Barnett

GSA is planning to host a customer experience hackathon

The June 19 event is scheduled to take place simultaneously at eight GSA locations across the county.

May 24, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Small Business Administration headquarters. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier)

SBA and Visa are bringing back the Small Business Week hackathon

The second annual event will focus on building tools to help small businesses recovering from natural disasters.

Apr 29, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

A mural at Eastern Foundry. (Courtesy photo)

Upcoming hackathon aims to make SBA grants more accessible

Organizers hope to eliminate, if only for a weekend, the "artificial" distinction between public sector tech talent and private sector tech talent.

Nov 21, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Guy Cavallo, CIO Maria Roat, Administrator Linda McMahon, G. Nagesh Rao and Michele Schimpp, all of the SBA, at the National Small Business Week Hackathon. (SBA)

SBA Small Business Week hackathon created ‘real substance’

The agency is "very interested" in building off this momentum going forward. Administrator Linda McMahon even showed up to give out the prizes.

May 2, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier