Introduction

TECHNATION’s hackathon presented the challenge of answering the question “How can technology help businesses stay healthy during the pandemic?” The prompt was broad and required us to narrow our scope significantly in order to produce any practical results, particularly given our limited time frame. To make use of our diverse backgrounds, we decided to look at the project through political, economic, and software development lenses. We found that this challenge presented a unique opportunity to analyze how technology could be used to aid effective evidence-based policy making during Covid-19. Our goal is to reduce the gap between what businesses need and what government aid programs provide in order to ensure the best prioritization and utilization of resources.
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