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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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A view of the Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, headquarters of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is pictured in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images)

HUD picks former EV engineering exec Eric Sidle as CIO

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Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins gives opening remarks at a roundtable with the SEC’s Crypto Task Force at agency headquarters on April 25, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

SEC chair says DOGE found $90M in cost savings, but public receipts don’t add up

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Former Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Internal Revenue Service commissioner, speaks during a Senate Finance Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill on May 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Billy Long wants IRS to take ‘clues from private sector’ on IT modernization

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A view of the National Credit Union Administration in Alexandria, Va. (Photo via Google street view)

National Credit Union’s AI regulatory oversight is limited in guidance, authority, GAO finds

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DOGE leader Elon Musk wears a shirt that says “Tech Support” as he speaks during a cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 26, 2025. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

GAO thwarts attempt by DOGE to set up a team within the watchdog

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Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., questions U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer during a Senate Finance Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 8, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

DOGE could scrap identity protections for those impacted by OPM breach, senator warns

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A view of the IRS building in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)

House Democrats want Treasury watchdog probe following DOGE’s IRS ‘hackathon’

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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 to withdraw rule targeting data brokers

Policy

Gene Dodaro, comptroller general of the Government Accountability Office, center, testifies during a Legislative Branch Subcommittee hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 29, 2025. (Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)

Watchdog identifies $100B in potential government cost savings

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