{"id":9303,"date":"2011-12-30T12:56:32","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T17:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/12\/committ-ee---the-value-of-committees.html"},"modified":"2011-12-30T12:56:32","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T17:56:32","slug":"committ-ee-the-value-of-committees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/12\/committ-ee-the-value-of-committees\/","title":{"rendered":"Committ-ee! &#8211; The Value of Committees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been on committees over the years and I must say that the value of them is suspect. 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