Hawaii ETS launches 10th annual code challenge with new deployment credits, strict open-source rules

Mikey Kleckner, time and attendance business analyst at the Department of Accounting and General Services’ Office of Enterprise Technology Services, opened the virtual kickoff for the tenth Hawaii Annual Code Challenge and outlined rules, deadlines and prize categories for the event.

The event is intended to “encourage folks to be engaged in Hawaii’s government and community by seeking innovative and creative ways to improve delivery of information and services,” Kleckner said. He stressed participants must join the event Slack workspace and remain present for prize drawings and workshops.

Organizers said work for the technical review must be posted to GitHub repositories created under the event organization (Hack25) and that all submissions will be treated as open source through the technical-review date. “If when the tech review judges go in there and they find something that says copyright, you're immediately eliminated,” said Thelma Elaine, the event’s lead organizer. Elaine went through rules for minors, team composition and…