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    {"title" :"How ABMC Got Started with Mobile App Development","summary" : "The MobileGov Community of Practice put together six Mobile User Experience Guidelines to help keep mobile users in love with their apps. DigitalGov University hosted a webinar in which the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) highlighted two of these guidelines.","date" : "2015-12-31T10:00:12-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jenny-johnson" : "Jennifer Johnson"},"topics" : {
        
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