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    {"title" :"Social Media, Web-Based Interactive Technologies, and the Paperwork Reduction Act","summary" : "This memo clarifies when and how the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA) applies to federal agency use of social media and web-based interactive technologies.","date" : "2015-11-23T01:24:51-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","topics" : {
        
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      "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/resources/social-media-web-based-interactive-technologies-and-the-paperwork-reduction-act.md",
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