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Matt Bracken

Matt Bracken is the managing editor of FedScoop and CyberScoop, overseeing coverage of federal government technology policy and cybersecurity.

Before joining Scoop News Group in 2023, Matt was a senior editor at Morning Consult, leading data-driven coverage of tech, finance, health and energy. He previously worked in various editorial roles at The Baltimore Sun and the Arizona Daily Star.

You can reach him at matt.bracken@scoopnewsgroup.com.

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Elon Musk, co-chair of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), arrives on Capitol Hill on Dec. 5, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

DOGE’s IT modernization work could start with GAO report

Modernization

Russell Vought testifies before the Senate Budget Committee on his nomination to be director of the Office of Management and Budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 22, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Would Schedule F scrap due process rights for federal workers? OMB nominee won’t say

Workforce

President Joe Biden signs proclamations in the East Room at the White House on Jan. 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

From AI to FedRAMP: 5 agency takeaways from Biden’s cyber executive order

Policy

Russell Vought testifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on his second nomination to be OMB director, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2025. (Photo by JEMAL COUNTESS/AFP via Getty Images)

OMB nominee Russell Vought dodges Schedule F question

Workforce

Commerce Secreatry Gina Raimondo speaks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 19, 2024. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden administration unveils export controls on AI models, chips

CFPB Director Rohit Chopra speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on June 13, 2023. (Photo by Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images)

CFPB signs off on standard-setting body’s application for open-banking rule

Federal

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks during a news conference following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 10, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Senate bill would track computer usage of agency teleworkers

Workforce

Erin M. Collins, National Taxpayer Advocate for the Taxpayer Advocate Service, attends a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on Oct. 7, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/Getty Images)

National Taxpayer Advocate calls on Congress to boost IRS modernization funds

Modernization

GSA, General Services Administration — GSA headquarters. (18F photo)

Top acquisition agencies want cyber workforce changes in federal contracting rules

Acquisition