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  "entity": "PersonalNews",
  "subtitle": "An eCorp Venture",
  "domain": "personalnews.net",
  "vertical": "Government & Civic",
  "count": 18,
  "generated_at": "2026-07-20T16:12:39.790Z",
  "articles": [
    {
      "title": "On this nearly deserted Alaska island, you pay to keep hundreds of empty buildings wired for internet",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/digital-government/2026/07/nearly-deserted-alaska-island-you-pay-keep-hundreds-empty-buildings-wired-internet/414874/",
      "summary": "U.S. phone customers pay more than $340,000 a year for an Anchorage company to keep homes and buildings on Alaska’s Adak Island wired for obsolete internet service. All but a few of them sit empty.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/07/20/20260720_Alaska_James_B_Williams_Photography/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "How NYC government is using AI",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/07/how-nyc-government-using-ai/414873/",
      "summary": "New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani may not use ChatGPT, but his agencies have adopted chatbots and other artificial intelligence.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/07/20/55331088878_7712cdfa00_o/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "GSA wants other agencies to borrow what's working on tech",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/technology/2026/07/gsa-wants-other-agencies-borrow-whats-working-tech/414870/",
      "summary": "After testing successful approaches internally, the agency is inviting federal employees across government to see how they can apply them in their own organizations.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Sun, 19 Jul 2026 11:59:52 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/07/19/071726GSANG/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "How a little-known Trump directive reshaped the government's counterterrorism approach",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/defense/2026/07/trump-directive-reshaped-governments-counterterrorism-approach/414869/",
      "summary": "COMMENTARY | A presidential national security memorandum has become the framework for investigations and prosecutions that critics say raise new questions about executive power and civil liberties.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Sun, 19 Jul 2026 11:37:33 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/07/19/GettyImages_2285733186/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "How California can turn workforce data into actionable steps",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/workforce/2026/07/how-california-can-turn-workforce-data-actionable-steps/414859/",
      "summary": "State leaders must consider how workforce-related data can identify not only pain points but also solutions, one expert says.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:31:24 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/07/17/GettyImages_2221494320/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "After months of debate, Virginia fails to pass data center clean energy requirements",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/07/after-months-debate-virginia-fails-pass-data-center-clean-energy-requirements/414848/",
      "summary": "The state will tax data center electricity but plans to reduce emissions at the facilities and secure environmental protections went nowhere.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/07/17/20260717_VA_Tom_Keeble/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Texas secretary of state raised concerns about the federal tool used to flag potential noncitizen voters",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/management/2026/07/texas-secretary-state-raised-concerns-about-federal-tool-used-flag-potential-noncitizen-voters/414845/",
      "summary": "Secretary of State Jane Nelson wrote a letter to federal immigration officials in April after the SAVE program incorrectly flagged U.S. citizens.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/07/17/GettyImages_2278327407/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "The new trust challenge facing state and local government",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/07/new-trust-challenge-facing-state-and-local-government/414847/",
      "summary": "COMMENTARY | Residents receive information through systems that sit between the publisher and public, like AI and search engines. Accountability, then, becomes harder to follow.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/07/17/20260717_OpEd_CHOLTICHA_KRANJUMNONG/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Labor nominee defends administration’s strategy for shifting Education Department work",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/07/labor-nominee-defends-administrations-strategy-shifting-education-department-work/414846/",
      "summary": "Keith Sonderling argued the Labor Department is providing administrative support, not taking over policy, as Democrats questioned whether moving education programs across agencies will improve outcomes.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:38:08 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/07/17/07172026SonderlingLabor/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Pentagon closes cyber apprenticeship applications early after receiving over 15,000",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/07/pentagon-closes-cyber-apprenticeship-applications-early-after-receiving-over-15000/414844/",
      "summary": "A Defense Department official told Nextgov/FCW that the agency is “rolling out additional apprenticeship positions over the next few weeks.”",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:22:46 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/07/17/071626PentagonNG/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Trump stretches declassified China intelligence into broader 2020 election claims",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/07/trump-stretches-declassified-china-intelligence-broader-2020-election-claims/414842/",
      "summary": "The records provide new details about Chinese intelligence collection on voters and internal analytic debates, but do not undercut longstanding findings on the 2020 election.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:20:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/07/17/071626TrumpNG/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "House GOP cancels VA overhaul vote again",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/07/house-gop-cancels-va-overhaul-vote-again/414828/",
      "summary": "House Republicans narrowly defeated a motion that would have sent the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act back to committee but has struggled to build support for its counter to a looming discharge petition to advance another bill aimed at increasing veterans’ benefits.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:24:41 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/07/16/GettyImages_2278934066/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "A year after State layoffs, ex-feds say U.S. is paying the price in Iran and Ebola crises",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/07/year-after-state-layoffs-exfeds-iran-ebola-crises/414822/",
      "summary": "Democratic lawmakers at a Thursday press conference also touted a new bill that would exempt foreign service officers who were pushed out by the Trump administration from being required to take the Foreign Service Officer Test if they wish to rejoin.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:35:33 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/07/16/071626_Getty_GovExec_CVH/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Why Social Security's uncertainty is becoming a federal workforce issue",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2026/07/why-social-securitys-uncertainty-becoming-federal-workforce-issue/414812/",
      "summary": "A bipartisan proposal would force Congress to confront Social Security's long-term finances, with significant implications for retirement planning under FERS.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/07/16/07162026retpl/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Ohio city launches digital platform for new participatory budgeting program",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/finance/2026/07/ohio-city-launches-digital-platform-new-participatory-budgeting-program/414816/",
      "summary": "Through the program, residents will have a direct say over how city officials invest taxpayer dollars for infrastructure improvements more effectively, one official says.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/07/16/GettyImages_1207350642/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Governors ban state employees from insider trading on prediction markets",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/people/2026/07/governors-ban-state-employees-insider-trading-prediction-markets/414811/",
      "summary": "More state leaders are either banning or severely curtailing workers from using nonpublic information to profit on the platforms amid worries of wagering on government actions.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/07/16/20260716_PMs_adventtr/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "DHS plans ‘all-out war’ on immigration scammers as fraud complaints double",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/07/dhs-plans-all-out-war-immigration-scammers-fraud-complaints-double/414818/",
      "summary": "The number of scammers trying to capitalize on immigrants’ fears by posing as lawyers and ICE agents has surged since Trump’s reelection, ProPublica found. Now, DHS says it is seeking to identify and find these fraudsters.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:51:35 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/07/16/07162026DHS/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Lee County residents demand pause on North Carolina data center, claiming deception",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/07/lee-county-residents-demand-pause-north-carolina-data-center-claiming-deception/414809/",
      "summary": "Lee County residents demand pause on proposed data center, citing noise pollution, environmental impacts and a lack of transparency.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/07/16/20260716_NC_MattGush/large.jpg"
    }
  ]
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