{"id":11108,"date":"2015-12-30T02:23:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T07:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/industry\/blog\/?p=11108"},"modified":"2023-05-31T16:34:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T23:34:34","slug":"empowering-the-public-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/government\/2015\/12\/30\/empowering-the-public-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering the public sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Microsoft, our major focus is on using technology to enable individuals and organizations around the world to achieve more. 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