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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. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., talk before the start of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Feb. 24, 2015. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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The Internal Revenue Service building on Feb. 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Annabelle Gordon for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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A view of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 10, 2025. (Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images)

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An entrance to the National Security Agency headquarters is seen at the visitor’s entrance of the facility in Fort Meade, Md., on Feb. 14, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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People walk past the headquarters of the Small Business Administration in the Southwest Federal Center area on March 24, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Pair of AI-focused SBA bills advance in the House

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Government services, tech earn high marks from public in pre-shutdown survey

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A view of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission building on May 18, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Senate Dems to FERC: Prevent ‘unreasonable rate hikes’ from AI data centers

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The U.S. Department of Energy building is seen behind a sign marking the location of the agency’s headquarters on March 18, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J.David Ake/Getty Images)

Energy eyes new data-curation org for science and engineering AI models

AI

ICE agents conduct operations in the Little Village neighborhood, a predominantly Mexican-American community in Chicago, on Nov. 8, 2025. (Photo by Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Dem governors unwittingly share DMV data with ICE, lawmakers warn

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