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  "entity": "PersonnelNews",
  "subtitle": "An eCorp Venture",
  "domain": "personnelnews.com",
  "vertical": "Government & Civic",
  "count": 18,
  "generated_at": "2026-10-12T07:22:34.326Z",
  "articles": [
    {
      "title": "State Department appeals board, now with limited authority, gains new members",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/10/state-department-appeals-board-now-new-members/416401/",
      "summary": "The Trump administration recently limited the board’s authority to challenge employee removals and other adverse personnel actions, asserting that the secretary of state has final say on these decisions.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:39:40 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/10/02/rubio/large.png"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Pentagon gave $350 million in contracts to a firm closely tied to a senior Defense Department official",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/defense/2026/10/pentagon-gave-350-million-contracts-firm-closely-tied-senior-defense-department-official/416537/",
      "summary": "The contracts raise questions about whether personal and professional ties to senior defense officials gave the firm an advantage in securing Pentagon business.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:16:32 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/10/09/10082026pentagon/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "8 midterm races for federal employees to watch",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/10/8-midterm-races-federal-employees-watch/416535/",
      "summary": "Several high-profile races, including Senate elections in Maine, Georgia and Texas, could impact civil servants.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:51:59 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/10/09/100926_Getty_GovExec_Collins/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "How state and local governments are celebrating Digital Inclusion Week",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/digital-government/2026/10/how-state-and-local-governments-are-celebrating-digital-inclusion-week/416534/",
      "summary": "Artificial intelligence is emerging as a critical pillar in governments’ efforts to improve digital equity, access and literacy among residents.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:54:48 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/10/09/GettyImages_2259064670/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Utah tech leader reflects on his dual HR role and modernization",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/digital-government/2026/10/utah-tech-leader-reflects-his-dual-hr-role-and-modernization/416531/",
      "summary": "Brock Arnold manages both human resources and IT for Roosevelt in the northeast of the state, and took “antiquated” systems that reduced payroll from a three-day task to three hours.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/10/09/20261009_Utah_Divya_Kulkarni/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Kristen Gonzalez and the fight to regulate AI",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/10/kristen-gonzalez-and-fight-regulate-ai/416526/",
      "summary": "In a Q&A, the New York state senator talks about touring data centers all over the state.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/10/09/55571806326_7134d005a9_o_headline/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "New Mexico cybersecurity leader calls for quantum safeguards while state inks deal with major player",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/emerging-tech/2026/10/new-mexico-cybersecurity-leader-calls-quantum-safeguards-while-state-inks-deal-major-player/416527/",
      "summary": "A partnership with Japanese corporation Fujitsu is expected to help build capacity for quantum computing hardware, train scientists and engineers.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/10/09/GettyImages_2258841672/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "HHS scraps disability accommodations over missing paperwork. Employees say they have receipts",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/10/hhs-disability-accommodations-missing-paperwork/416519/",
      "summary": "A union leader for CDC headquarters employees said the Health and Human Services Department closing out these accommodation requests was “a deliberate choice to clear the backlog.\"",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:41:50 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/10/08/HHS_bldg/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Watchdog to examine summertime hack of DHS information network, other incidents",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2026/10/watchdog-examine-summertime-hack-dhs-information-network-other-incidents/416518/",
      "summary": "The Government Accountability Office is expected to flag that the Homeland Security Department delayed in notifying Congress of the incidents, according to a person familiar with the review.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/10/08/GettyImages_2261486882-1/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Bureau of Prisons re-terminates union contracts despite court order",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/10/bureau-prisons-reterminates-union-contracts-despite-court-order/416515/",
      "summary": "Attorneys for the Trump administration said there is nothing in U.S. District Judge Vernon Oliver’s preliminary injunction preventing BOP from canceling its collective bargaining agreements a second time.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:22:57 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/10/08/GettyImages_2265581704/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "VA rolls out CLEAR login option and in-person identity verification pilot",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/technology/2026/10/va-rolls-out-clear-login-option-and-person-identity-verification-pilot/416516/",
      "summary": "The new offering will allow participating veterans to use facial recognition to access their VA.gov accounts.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:20:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/10/08/100726VANG/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Some former federal employees are still struggling to find the right fit",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/10/some-former-federal-employees-are-still-struggling-find-right-fit/416513/",
      "summary": "Workforce officials and lawmakers say some of the employees pushed out of government last year are still struggling to find work that matches their skills.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:12:21 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/10/08/IMG_5320/large.mpo"
    },
    {
      "title": "Don’t let 5% become your TSP retirement strategy",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2026/10/dont-let-5-become-your-tsp-retirement-strategy/416504/",
      "summary": "Getting the full agency match is a good baseline, but if retirement is around the corner there’s more to consider before deciding what to do with the rest of your paycheck.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/10/08/10082026retpl/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Florida region’s ‘digital ecosystem’ looks to help it compete in economic development",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/people/2026/10/florida-regions-digital-ecosystem-looks-help-it-compete-economic-development/416494/",
      "summary": "Tallahassee has struggled in recent times to tell its story, the head of its chamber of commerce said, and various online portals will help it seize control of the narrative.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/10/08/20261008_FL_Alex_Potemkin/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "A construction ban on data centers would be better for Ohio than the status quo, study says",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/infrastructure/2026/10/construction-ban-data-centers-would-be-better-ohio-status-quo-study-says/416491/",
      "summary": "Forcing AI companies to generate 90% of the power through renewables would be best, according to the study.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/10/08/GettyImages_2226519693/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Southaven Police Department took millions from Musk-backed companies. It wanted drones and Flock cameras.",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/public-safety/2026/10/southaven-police-department-took-millions-musk-backed-companies-it-wanted-drones-and-flock-cameras/416493/",
      "summary": "City officials in Mississippi were negotiating details related to a massive data center proposed by Space XAI when they were invited to apply for grants to support police operations",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/10/08/20261008_MS_Richard_Newstead/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "License plate readers offer a lesson for police AI: Verify before acting",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/public-safety/2026/10/license-plate-readers-offer-lesson-police-ai-verify-acting/416492/",
      "summary": "COMMENTARY | Compliance, training and verification should be the floor, not the finish line, as law enforcement seeks to use new technologies.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/10/08/20261008_OpEd_James_Leynse/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Union demands federal prison leaders be held in contempt after agency ‘openly defies’ court order",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/10/union-federal-prison-leaders-contempt-agency-defies-court-order/416483/",
      "summary": "The U.S. Bureau of Prisons director reportedly said in a meeting shortly before an injunction required him to restore the agency’s union contracts, “I don’t take directives from the court. I take my orders from the president.”",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:23:08 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/10/07/GettyImages_2267829449/large.jpg"
    }
  ]
}