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Madison Alder

Madison Alder is a reporter for FedScoop in Washington, D.C., covering government technology. Her reporting has included tracking government uses of artificial intelligence and monitoring changes in federal contracting. She’s broadly interested in issues involving health, law, and data. Before joining FedScoop, Madison was a reporter at Bloomberg Law where she covered several beats, including the federal judiciary, health policy, and employee benefits. A west-coaster at heart, Madison is originally from Seattle and is a graduate of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

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Clark Minor on his way out as Health and Human Services’ IT chief

Workforce

Scenes from outside the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 2019. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Governmentwide HR system in the clear on post-award GAO bid protests

Acquisition

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 14: White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios testifies before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. Kratsios answered questions from members of the Research and Technology Subcommittee during the hearing, titled “Assessing America’s AI Action Plan.” (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

CAISI would benefit from more resources, OSTP director tells lawmakers

AI

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios testifies before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Jan. 14, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

OSTP’s Kratsios denies White House influence over NSF grants decisions

Federal

The circular Department of Commerce seal appears on a white flag attached to the front of the agency's federal-style building. The flag blows in the wind, displaying a majority of the seal. — A flag with the Department of Commerce seal is pictured outside of the agency’s headquarters in Washington in June 2025. (Madison Alder/FedScoop)

Commerce selects six Tech Hubs winners for re-awarded funds

Emerging Tech

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 28: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base on January 28, 2024 in Lompoc, California. (Photo by Kirby Lee/Getty Images)

Space commerce official says TraCSS work continues despite budget uncertainty

Emerging Tech

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NIH taps former data chief Kristen Honey as first partnerships officer

Workforce

Ajay Mehta, the director of the National Weather Service’s Office of Systems speaks at the agency’s first industry day for Radar Next, a program that would replace the nation’s aging radar infrastructure. (Madison Alder/FedScoop)

NWS wants to accelerate a radar infrastructure overhaul. It’s seeking industry help.

Modernization

Teresa Carlson, AWS — Teresa Carlson speaks during the keynote at the 2018 AWS Public Sector Summit. (Amazon Web Services)

Anthropic taps Microsoft, AWS alum Teresa Carlson to lead public sector work

AI