New Date - Geocent Hackathon 2016: Defending the Homeland

Defending the Homeland


CHALLENGE

Your task for this challenge will require you to develop an app that helps to safeguard the American people, our homeland, and our values from all threats. The following are some of the specific interests of the Department of Homeland Security:

* Ensure Resilience to Disasters

* Prevent Terrorism and Enhance Security

* Safeguard and Secure Cyberspace

* Secure and Manage Our Borders

The following are some useful sites for reference:

https://www.dhs.gov/topics

Data.gov (Homeland Security) - http://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=dhs-gov&_tags_limit=0&_organization_limit=0

Data.gov (Department of Justice) - http://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=doj-gov&_tags_limit=0&_organization_limit=0

http://open.gsa.gov/data/


WHO

Anyone with a desire to demonstrate their design, solutioning, or coding talent!


TECHNOLOGY

Whatever technology you choose as long as the app works on iPhone or Android devices.


PRIZES

FIRST PLACE - $1000 CASH

SECOND PLACE - $750 CASH

DOOR PRIZES!!


PRE-EVENT PREP

Feel free to familiarize yourself with any of the tools you want to use on the day of the hackathon. Make sure to bring any hardware you will need during the event.


LOGISTICS

Parking - Free

Metro - Spring Hill off the Silver Line


REGISTRATION

MAXIMUM 6 TEAMS TOTAL & 5 PEOPLE MAX PER TEAM

The following fields are required on the registration page: First name, last name, and email address.

Specific details on the event agenda, parking, metro, logistics, etc. will be provided after you register.


Dinner will be provided on Friday night. Breakfast, lunch, snacks and beverages throughout the day on Saturday.


MORE QUESTIONS - CONTACT:

geohack@geocent.com

Dates

From 23rd September 2016 - 06:00 PM
to 24th September 2016 - 06:00 PM

Prizes

FIRST PLACE - $1000 CASH
SECOND PLACE - $750 CASH