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              <h1 class="uk-article-title">About OpenNebraska</h1>
              <p class="uk-article-lead">Civic engagement through technology</p>
              <h2>Our Mission</h2>
              <p>Open Nebraska is a civic innovation organization that leads the development of tools to solve problems in Nebraska communities. Its goal is to help citizens interact with local government by providing the information needed to make better decisions.</p>
              <h2>Projects</h2>
              <h3>Civic Hacking</h3>
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			    <li>Create original products to increase access to local information.</li>
			    <li>Tailor existing resources provided by Code for America Brigades using state and local data</li>
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              <h3>Education</h3>
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			    <li>Working with schools to get coding classes introduced in elementary, middle, and high schools, statewide</li>
			    <li>Creating a resource library and meetups for non-coders to get started with programming.</li>
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              <h3>State and Local Government</h3>
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			    <li>Educate politicians about the importance of open gov and open data.</li>
			    <li>Influence legislation to support open data</li>
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