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Connected Citizens: Re-imagine How Government Works</h2><div class="byline" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:proxima-nova;line-height:17px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="font-family:alternate-gothic-no-3-d;line-height:22px">Pre-register today: gameplay begins on January 22 at 12pm PST! ( 20.00 GMT )</span></div><div class="byline" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:proxima-nova;line-height:17px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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What if we could re-program government together?</h4><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:13px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:proxima-nova;line-height:17px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
What bugs would you fix? What would be the killer app? How would you combine citizen and government data to improve services and quality of life in your community?</p><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br></div><div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv8Xn7PUcI4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv8Xn7PUcI4</a></div>
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</div><div><i><span style="line-height:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">On January 22nd and 23rd, join us for a global conversation about how new civic technologies could transform the relationship between citizens and governments, and how government services will be designed and delivered in the future.</span></i></div>
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