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Matt Bracken

Matt Bracken is editor in chief of FedScoop and the former managing editor of CyberScoop. 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 at matt.bracken@scoopnewsgroup.com.

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Energy seeks proposals for AI data centers at Oak Ridge

AI

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State, DHS sued by union groups over AI-fueled surveillance programs

AI

Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on Oct. 6, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Lawmakers to Energy secretary: Canceled projects won’t help AI data center demands

AI

Rep. Nanette Barragán, D-Calif., speaks during a press conference in Washington D.C., on Nov. 15, 2024. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

House Democrats eye DOE-led push on marine energy technologies

Policy

The statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin stands in front of the north wing of the U.S. Treasury Department building on April 24, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

NDAA calls for Treasury-led report on AI to fight money laundering

AI

The Environmental Protection Agency flag flies outside the EPA headquarters in Washington on Aug. 7, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

EPA nominee says chemical reviews won’t be compromised for AI data centers

AI

The headquarters of the Securities and Exchange Commission is seen in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 28, 2021. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

GOP lawmakers engaged with SEC watchdog on IT shop’s deletion of texts

Tech

Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano speaks as President Donald Trump looks on prior to signing a presidential proclamation in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 14, 2025. (Mandel NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

IRS taps familiar face as new CEO: SSA’s Frank Bisignano

Workforce

A National Park Service sign indicating that the Washington Monument is closed due to the government shutdown, on Oct. 1, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)

How agency IT operations will play out during the shutdown

Tech