Johnson Congratulates Congressional App Challenge Winner from Brookings Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) congratulated Congressional App Challenge winner, Samyok Nepal, a student from Brookings High School. Nepal designed an app called Bobcat Notify, which alerts students on school closures for snow days. “Technology is a part of our daily lives,” said Johnson. “This congressional app competition was created to capture the interest of students toward a growing field and my office received several outstanding app creations. Samyok’s idea and app design were far beyond his years and I’m proud South Dakota is home to such talented young coders and developers.”