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    "title" : "DigitalGov Summit Recap: The Need for Change Agents, plus the Internet of Everything, from A to Z |Digital.gov",
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    {"title" :"DigitalGov Summit Recap: The Need for Change Agents, plus the Internet of Everything, from A to Z","summary" : "The Internet of Things is already here. How will we prepare for the Internet of Everything?","date" : "2015-08-26T10:00:11-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"awichman" : "Ashley Wichman"},"topics" : {
        
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