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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Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., speaks during the Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration hearing at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 10, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Senate takes up push to modernize environmental permitting process

Policy

Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., listens as Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol on May 15, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Lawmakers take another shot at NSF-run prizes for using AI to solve problems

AI

Federal immigration agents detain a man during an operation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Jan. 27, 2026. (Photo by Octavio JONES / AFP via Getty Images)

Federal judge blocks ICE from using IRS taxpayer data in enforcement

Federal

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Feb. 5, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Treasury pushing for ‘robust’ use of AI in banking, but in a ‘gradual’ way

AI

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and ranking member Robert Garcia, D-Calif., confer during a hearing at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 21, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Bills to fund TMF, overhaul IT procurement move forward in House

Policy

Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, speaks at a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus news conference on Capitol Hill on Feb. 25, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Bipartisan House duo wants Treasury-led push to fight identity theft, fraud

Policy

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks to reporters following a Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 9, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Senators demand answers from Treasury on IRS’s data-sharing deal with ICE

Federal

The front doors of the Internal Revenue Service building are seen in Washington, D.C., on May 18, 2025. (Photo by Wesley Lapointe/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

IRS ramps up AI use amid staff cuts, Treasury inventory shows

AI

Erin Collins, national taxpayer advocate, speaks during a subcommittee hearing on “Internal Revenue Service: Narrowing the Tax Gap and Improving Taxpayer Services,” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on May 19, 2021. (Photo by SARAH SILBIGER/AFP via Getty Images)

National Taxpayer Advocate pins some IRS modernization blame on procurement hurdles

Modernization