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Matt Bracken

Matt Bracken is the editor in chief of FedScoop. Before joining Scoop News Group in 2023, Matt worked in various editing, reporting and digital roles at Morning Consult, The Baltimore Sun and the Arizona Daily Star. You can reach him on Signal at MattBracken.33 or email him at matt.bracken@scoopnewsgroup.com.

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The Frances Perkins Department of Labor Building is seen on Aug. 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Lawmakers renew push for Labor Department-backed cyber apprenticeship grants

Policy

A sign masks the location of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) headquarters building on Aug. 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Lawmakers want FTC to take on ‘black box’ AI foundation models

AI

The seal for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seen in the Commission’s briefing room during a meeting at FCC headquarters on Feb. 18, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

FCC picks FDA, Army alum to lead its IT shop

Workforce

A sign marks the location of the Office of Personnel Management headquarters building on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

OPM isn’t using its own dashboard for cyber workforce planning

Workforce

ICE agents patrol Dulles International Airport on March 24, 2026 in Dulles, Virginia. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

IRS-ICE data-sharing agreement sidesteps Congress’s authority, amicus brief argues

Data

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OMB’s AI guidance falls short on privacy, watchdog says

Data

The Internal Revenue Service building on Feb. 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Annabelle Gordon for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

IRS cuts may mean agency’s ‘AI efforts will not succeed,’ GAO says

AI

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a press conference on Social Security in front of the U.S. Capitol on May 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Democratic members of Congress spoke about how President Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts are impacting Social Security. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Lawsuit seeks release of SSA records on DOGE’s voter data agreement

Data

A view of an IRS Direct File promotional sign at the Internal Revenue Service Building on April 5, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project)

IRS overestimated Direct File costs last year by $45 million

Federal