Duzon Bizon, NIA, Replit Hold Public Data AI Hackathon for Civil Servants
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Duzon Bizon, NIA, and Replit jointly hosted a "Public Data AI Makeathon" for civil servants.
The event was held on the 12th at Duzon Ulsan Tower in Jung-gu, Seoul, and was organized by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety as part of NIA's "AI Champion Training" program.
More than 30 civil servants from across the country took part in developing a platform using Public Data API for 3 hours.
Duzon Bizon, the National Information Society Agency (NIA), and Replit said they jointly hosted a "Public Data AI Makeathon" for civil servants. Duzon Bizon announced the event to help civil servants directly develop administrative services using public data and AI tools. The event was held on the 12th at Duzon Ulsan Tower in Jung-gu, Seoul, under the name "Duzon Bizon × NIA × Replit Makeathon."
The event was organized by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and was promoted as part of NIA's "AI Champion Training" program. More than 30 civil servants from across the country took part.
The competition was conducted as an individual contest. The theme was set as "Platform Development Using Public Data API." Participants completed the assignment using a Replit-based vibe coding environment.
Participants handled everything themselves, from calling public data APIs to building screens and deploying services. This makeathon focused on turning ideas from civil servants who understand problems in the administrative field into actual services.
Duzon Bizon and NIA provided a guide to using the public data portal and also supported sample APIs. They said the aim was to help even those without development experience connect public data to real services.
The event began with a Replit tutorial and topic presentations. After learning the basics, participants spent 3 hours developing services.
The presentation was delivered by Senior Consultant Lee Seong-jae of Duzon Bizon's AX Support Division. He introduced examples of enterprise AI adoption and their implications for public administration.
Judging was based on creativity, functionality, technical quality, and public utility. In the first round, officials from Duzon Bizon, NIA, and Replit selected the top 5 projects, and the final ranking was decided by QR voting from all participants.
The grand prize went to "Tax Right Away," submitted by Kim Yun-ji, a general administrative officer in Daejeon Metropolitan City. "Tax Right Away" is a local tax information service that uses public data and AI, and it was praised for its expected ability to reduce repeated civil complaints and improve convenience for taxpayers. It was selected as the grand prize winner because of its potential to reduce repetitive complaint inquiries and improve taxpayer convenience. The top prize for excellence went to "Gimhae Rainwater Guardian," submitted by Park Hyeong-ju, a general administrative officer in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province. The work presents a joint disaster response structure between the administration and citizens by allowing citizens to directly report and share flood-risk information.
An award-winning entry in the excellence category was "Guidance on Vaccination Through Analysis of National Immunization and Infectious Disease Incidence," submitted by Jeong Hui-su, a practical officer at the Public Procurement Service. Two encouragement awards went to "Public Project Similar Contract Search, Comparison, Storage, and Analysis Platform," submitted by Kim Seung-won, a general administrative officer at the Ministry of Personnel Management, and "Alley Captain-Startup Location Analysis," submitted by Lee Bu-gyeom, a police officer at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.
Duzon Bizon has experience building ERP and integrated work platforms for public institutions, and it is expanding support for AI transformation in the public sector based on that experience. This makeathon focused on strengthening the practical capabilities needed for civil servants to implement administrative services using AI tools.
Duzon Bizon Co-CEO Ji Yong-gu said that for public AX to gain speed, civil servants who know field problems well must directly come up with solutions. He also said the company would continue sharing technology and experience to support practical AI adoption in the public sector.
NIA President Kim Hyeong-cheol said this makeathon demonstrated that when public data is combined with AI tools, field civil servants can produce citizen-facing services in a short time. He also said the agency would expand civil servants' AI utilization capabilities and AI-based administrative innovation through private-sector collaboration.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
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