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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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Jennifer Franks, director of the GAO’s Center for Enhanced Cybersecurity, speaks during the Elastic Public Sector Summit on March 19, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)

GAO cyber chief eyes workforce investments as watchdog does more with less

Cyber

A demonstrator holds an anti-Elon Musk sign in front of the Supreme Court on April 2, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Supreme Court to decide if DOGE records will stay hidden

Federal

Demonstrators rally outside Department of Labor headquarters on April 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C., in protest of DOGE workforce cuts to the agency’s Women’s Bureau, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Disability Employment Policy, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Employee Benefits Security Administration and Bureau of International Labor Affairs. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House Dems want DOL’s benefits agency to answer for ‘drastic’ enforcement cuts

Exclusive

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SSA to tighten up service to identity theft victims under new law

Policy

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CIOs often underestimated investment risks on IT dashboard, GAO says

Federal

Demonstrators raise signs and posters outside Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters on Feb. 10, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn)

CFPB can’t say if it secured IT assets at regional offices it vacated, OIG 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)

Watchdog: IRS skipped step meant to prevent ‘unnecessary spending’ on procurement hub

Acquisition

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., attends a House Oversight subcommittee hearing on June 30, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Bill to scrap education requirements in federal contracting jobs heads to Trump’s desk

Workforce

The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington, D.C., on March 15, 2026. (Photo by Annabelle GORDON / AFP via Getty Images)

Fed employee repeatedly removed sensitive files, watchdog finds

Cyber