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Nearly  200  Hawaii Annual Code Challenge (HACC) people attended the 2021 Kick Off held on Oct. 23. Tech enthusiasts at every level -  from high school students, amateurs, to professional coders and even the tech-at-heart attended the virtual event.  Industry...

HONOLULU -- Gov. David Ige has proclaimed October Cybersecurity Awareness Month in Hawaii in recognition of the state’s role in identifying, protecting its citizens from, and responding to cyber threats.  The governor also marked the occasion by announcing the state’s...

HONOLULU – There were 101,199 successful uploads to the Hawaii SMART Health Card application, from Friday, Sept. 10,  2 a.m., to Thursday, Sept. 16,  2 p.m. This is about 75% of all attempts to create a Hawaii SMART Health Card. ...

HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige and Doug Murdock, chief information officer, Office of Enterprise Technology Services today unveiled the state’s Hawaiʻi SMART Health Card. The card will enable individuals who received their COVID-19 vaccinations in Hawaiʻi to create a state-issued...

HONOLULU - Since the Safe Travels digital platform launched on Sept. 1, 2020, nearly 7 million travelers to Hawaii – both residents and visitors -- have used the application.  Since the Vaccine Exemption Program was implemented (June 15 for travelers...

  HONOLULU - Since the Safe Travels digital platform was officially launched on Sept. 1, 2020, it has welcomed more than 5.7 million travelers - both visitors and residents. This is good news for Hawaii's plan in reopening of the...

HONOLULU - Administrator Frank Pace of the Hawaiʻi Office of Homeland Security, released the following statement regarding recent cybersecurity events and President Biden’s Executive Order to improve our nation’s cybersecurity: “As stated yesterday by Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas of the...

HONOLULU - Since the Safe Travels Hawaii pre-travel testing program launched in October 2020, nearly 3 million travelers have used the digital platform.  The program allowed for reopening of the economy and the revival of the visitor industry.  "In our...

The Safe Travels Digital Platform marked a milestone by processing its 1 millionth traveler on Jan. 15, 2021, since the pre-travel testing program began in October 2020.  The system has assisted in paving the way for economic recovery.   “Economic activity...

HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige announced the state’s participation in the 2020 CyberStart-America Program, an innovative, online cybersecurity competition for high school students. “These competitions offer fun activities for young women and men to explore and learn about the high-tech, high-impact...