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.

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

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

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

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

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