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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Vice President Kamala Harris looks on as President Joe Biden signs an executive order on artificial intelligence, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 30, 2023. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

How federal IT officials are navigating the post-AI executive order ‘hype cycle’

AI

Gulam Shakir, the chief technology officer at the National Archives & Records Administration, participates in a panel discussion at the Google Public Sector Summit on Oct. 16, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)

National Archives getting a big boost from AI to transform its search capabilities

AI

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Bill to modernize federal cloud procurement gets backing of leading trade group

Modernization

Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 9, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Labor Department’s AI roadmap geared toward ‘worker empowerment’

AI

Scale AI founder and CEO Alexandr Wang testifies during a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies and Innovation hearing about artificial intelligence on July 18, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Scale AI pushes Congress to take action on AI data, safety issues this year

AI

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Black Hawk helicopter is pictured on Sept. 28, 2024 in San Diego. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

For Customs and Border Protection, AI has been a ‘game-changer’

AI

A view of a Social Security Administration building in Burbank, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2020. (Photo by Valerie Macon /AFP via Getty Images)

SSA database to flag synthetic identity fraud has cost issues, GAO finds

Tech

A selection of U.S. government websites are pictured on Oct. 7, 2013. (Getty Images)

Government websites aren’t created equal. GSA’s 10x program aims to change that

Tech

CISA Chief AI Officer Lisa Einstein speaks during a panel discussion at the NVIDIA AI Summit in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 9, 2024. (Screenshot)

CISA official: AI tools ‘need to have a human in the loop’

AI