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Challenge.gov Celebrates First Birthday, $38 Million in Prizes to Date

September 7, 2011

Challenge.gov celebrates its first birthday with a video featuring past challenge winners and federal open government leaders sharing their participation experiences.

Statistics from the program:

Agencies participating in challenges: 36
Solutions submitted to Challenge.gov: 1,515
Prize money awarded: $38 million
Challenge submitted by agencies to date: 115
Twitter tweets: More than 50,000
Facebook shares: 50,000

Video:

Source: YouTube

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