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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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Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks during a hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill on May 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Bill to overhaul federal software buying gets another shot in the Senate

Policy

A sign marks the location of the General Services Administration headquarters building on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Login.gov has one lingering data-security priority to address, watchdog says

Tech

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management headquarters is pictured on Dec. 21, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Michael A. McCoy/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

DOGE took credit for his team’s work. Now, an OPM alum fights to get his job back

Transition

The Treasury Department building is seen in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Treasury seeks public input tied to Trump’s order on electronic payments

Federal

Protesters rally outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on Feb. 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

OPM outlines merit hiring plan, new SES process ahead of hiring freeze end

Workforce

Palantir CEO Alex Karp speaks on a panel titled “Power, Purpose, and the New American Century” at the Hill and Valley Forum at the U.S. Capitol on April 30, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Fannie Mae partners with Palantir on mortgage fraud detection tech

Tech

An exterior of one of two Department of Treasury Bureau of Fiscal Services on Feb. 12, 2025 in Parkersburg, W.Va. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Judge OKs DOGE access to Treasury payment systems

Transition

SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 30, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

DOGE receipts for SBA fall billions short of administrator’s cost-savings claim

Federal

A CBP Border Patrol vehicle drives past recently installed concertina wire on a section of border wall fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border between San Diego and Tijuana in San Diego on April 24, 2025. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Senate border technology bill would empower CBP innovation team

Policy