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    {"title" :"Crowdsourcing Toolkit for Federal Agencies","summary" : "What is a Challenge? In a challenge, a “seeker” challenges “solvers” to identify a solution to a particular problem, or rewards contestants for accomplishing a goal.","date" : "2014-03-05T12:01:06-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"andreanocesigritz" : "Andrea Sigritz"},"topics" : {
        
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