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    "title" : "Next SocialGov Summit: Challenge and Prize Competitions |Digital.gov",
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    {"title" :"Next SocialGov Summit: Challenge and Prize Competitions","summary" : "A public prize spurred Charles Lindbergh to fly across the Atlantic, and this week social media managers across government will help a new generation of prize competitions take flight. These sessions aren’t just for social media managers who have held a challenge or are","date" : "2013-11-19T09:39:30-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jherman" : "Justin Herman"},"topics" : {
        
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