Handbook

Welcome to the GovHack Handbook!

If you’re participating, make sure you take a look at the Event Roadmap before you get started and check out our video editing tips to prepare for a perfect GovHack submission.

Check out the toolkit section if you’re looking at our top picks for exploring and analysing datasets, creating and hosting web apps, or exploring maps!

General Competition Information

• Event Roadmap
• Prepare Your Video
• People and Wellbeing
• Receiving Awards
• Digital Competitors

Competition Hacks + Information

• Submitting Your Entry
• Earning Badges
• Getting Help, Mentors, and Facilitators
• What Can I Submit as a Hack?
• What Data Do I Use?
• What to Bring?

Toolkit

• Anatomy of a Project
• Data Science
• Data Visualisation
• Geographic Data
• Graph Databases
• Kids Who Code

Data and Project Tips

• Making Maps
• Mobile Dev
• Project Hosting
• Scraping
• Unstructured Data
• Working with Tabular Data