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    {"title" :"Federal Leadership and Professional Development","summary" : "Providing federal employees with seminars on leadership, professional development, and strategy.","deck" : "Providing federal employees with seminars on leadership, professional development, and strategy.","date" : "2020-03-10T16:00:00-05:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","topics" : {
        
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