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  "domain": "irsnews.com",
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  "generated_at": "2026-06-04T16:40:03.881Z",
  "articles": [
    {
      "title": "New York MTA seeks AI subway ‘track intrusion’ tech",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/06/new-york-mta-seeks-ai-subway-track-intrusion-tech/413965/",
      "summary": "New York’s underground attracts human and animal intruders, alongside debris and trash — resulting in 6% of all subway delays.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/06/04/20260604_MTA_aire_images/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "House lawmakers advance measure to tax digital advertising platforms",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/finance/2026/06/house-lawmakers-advance-measure-tax-digital-advertising-platforms/413966/",
      "summary": "Supporters say the legislation could generate hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue for the state.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/06/04/GettyImages_2245018087_headline/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "HHS wants states to use more predictive analytics in child welfare",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/06/hhs-wants-states-use-more-predictive-analytics-child-welfare/413964/",
      "summary": "The artificial intelligence push is part of the Trump administration’s agenda to modernize the child welfare system and address the shortage of foster homes across the U.S.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/06/04/060326childwelfareNG/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Lawsuit claims DOJ is retaliating against employees with disabilities who request telework",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/06/lawsuit-claims-doj-retaliating-against-employees-disabilities-who-request-telework/413955/",
      "summary": "Many agencies have instituted policies to more strictly scrutinize telework as a reasonable accommodation for workers with disabilities since the Trump administration’s return-to-office mandate.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:50:52 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/06/03/06032026DOJ/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "How agencies can balance AI’s potential and risks for cyber attacks",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/cybersecurity/2026/06/how-agencies-can-balance-ais-potential-and-risks-cyber-attacks/413954/",
      "summary": "Through adequate AI training and keeping humans in the loop of AI-driven solutions, governments can harness the technology to address increasing cyber threats to the public sector, speakers said during a recent event.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:19:51 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/06/03/0603_cyber/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Trump signs order moving thousands of federal employees into Schedule F",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/06/trump-federal-employees-schedule-f/413945/",
      "summary": "Roughly 8,000 career federal employees were stripped of their civil service protections Wednesday, making them effectively at-will employees.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:13:06 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/06/03/06032026SkedF/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Big Tech finds a foe in Texas’ robust consumer protection laws and AG Ken Paxton",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/management/2026/06/big-tech-finds-foe-texas-robust-consumer-protection-laws-and-ag-ken-paxton/413937/",
      "summary": "Paxton is banking on his recent lawsuits against tech and social media companies like Meta, WhatsApp and Discord to win a Senate seat, building on notable victories in years past.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/06/03/0604_paxton/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Colorado bill to ban surveillance prices, wages vetoed by Gov. Polis",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/digital-government/2026/06/colorado-bill-ban-surveillance-prices-wages-vetoed-gov-polis/413935/",
      "summary": "Colorado Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill that would have prohibited corporations from using someone's personal data to set individual wages and prices.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/06/03/20260603_CO_MirageC/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "AI agents will transform government services. Will we build a future of prosperity together?",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/06/ai-agents-will-transform-government-services-will-we-build-future-prosperity-together/413936/",
      "summary": "COMMENTARY | Countries elsewhere are already embracing agentic AI, and leaders here must act now and with intention if they are to be at the vanguard of this revolution.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/06/03/20260603_OpEd_Weiquan_Lin/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "GSA lays out step-by-step guide for agencies to cut, streamline and automate work",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/technology/2026/06/gsa-publish-elimination-optimization-and-automation-playbook-government-agencies/413931/",
      "summary": "The new framework from the General Services Administration pulls together internal lessons on process improvement and automation, with officials now looking to scale adoption across government through demos, showcases and shared tools.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/06/02/GettyImages_2272477494/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "OPM moves one step closer to HR system overhaul for 2 million federal workers",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/technology/2026/06/opm-closer-hr-system-overhaul/413922/",
      "summary": "With protests cleared, the Office of Personnel Management can now award a 10-year contract for a new governmentwide human capital platform.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/06/02/OPMHRWT20260606-1/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "What DOGE taught us about AI and federal workers",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/technology/2026/06/what-doge-taught-us-about-ai-and-federal-workers/413895/",
      "summary": "COMMENTARY | Mass layoffs have left thousands of federal workers unemployed and struggling to find their footing as AI accelerates disruption across the public sector.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/06/01/GettyImages_2198228055/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "OPM to set new requirements to ‘verify’ FEHBP enrollments",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2026/06/opm-new-requirements-verify-fehbp-enrollments/413925/",
      "summary": "Newly published regulations would implement a 2025 law enacted in response to a GAO report that found the government could spend up to $1 billion annually on health benefits for people who are no longer eligible to receive them.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:40:45 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/06/02/06022026OPM/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Weakening career staff while boosting political appointees at science agencies is causing ‘generational damage,’ nonprofit warns",
      "url": "https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/06/weakening-career-staff-while-boosting-political-appointees-science-agencies-causing-generational-damage-nonprofit-warns/413923/",
      "summary": "The Partnership for Public Service reported that the federal government is spending less on scientific research in a majority of states and congressional districts.",
      "source": "govexec.com",
      "published": "Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:03:13 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.govexec.com/media/img/cd/2026/06/02/060226_Getty_GovExec_Science/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Local Texas officials turn to AI to enhance flood management",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/06/local-texas-officials-turn-ai-enhance-flood-management/413924/",
      "summary": "The Galveston County Consolidated Drainage District launched a new data system to turn historical and real-time flooding data into predictive analytics.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:02:05 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/06/02/0602_texas/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Policies to close digital divide must pass ‘kitchen table test,’ nonprofits say",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/digital-government/2026/06/policies-close-digital-divide-must-pass-kitchen-table-test-nonprofits-say/413907/",
      "summary": "Several groups said communities that lack connectivity must be the ones to shape policies to benefit them, and they urged the federal government to step up with money and training.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/06/02/20260602_Equity_chriss_ns/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "ChatGPT creators knew product would cause harm, Florida argues in lawsuit",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/06/chatgpt-creators-knew-product-would-cause-harm-florida-argues-lawsuit/413905/",
      "summary": "Attorney General James Uthmeier says suit is a first in the nation.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/06/02/0602_chatgpt/large.jpg"
    },
    {
      "title": "Hackers are already laying groundwork to disrupt the 2026 midterms, research says",
      "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/cybersecurity/2026/06/hackers-are-already-laying-groundwork-disrupt-2026-midterms-research-says/413904/",
      "summary": "The report from cybersecurity firm Check Point lands as the Trump administration pushes new voting rules and intelligence officials face questions about how they are handling foreign election threats.",
      "source": "route-fifty.com",
      "published": "Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:00:00 -0400",
      "image": "https://cdn.route-fifty.com/media/img/cd/2026/06/02/GettyImages_2182438565/large.jpg"
    }
  ]
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