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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Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building — A view of the IRS building in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Stilted innovation, less efficiency: Former IRS executives explain the impact of DOGE cuts

Modernization

Scott Kupor, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be director of the Office of Personnel Management, is sworn in at a hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill on April 3, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

OPM nominee tells DOGE-concerned Democrats he’ll protect workers’ data

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IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig testifies before the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee on March 17, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

IRS doesn’t have the tech to ‘backfill the gaps’ created by cuts, ex-commissioner says

Workforce

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

IRS cuts about 50 IT executives, sources say

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Karen Evans, DOE — Karen Evans at the 2019 Cybersecurity Leadership Forum. (FedScoop)

Veteran federal IT official Karen Evans tapped for top DHS post

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

Social Security Administration swaps out one DOGE staffer at CIO for another

Workforce

Activists participate in a rally outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on March 24, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Activists held a rally to support federal workers affected by DOGE cuts. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Opening CFPB databases to Elon Musk is ‘deeply anticompetitive’

Tech

President Donald Trump looks on during a cabinet meeting in the White House on March 24, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump order pushes federal government toward electronic payment methods

Federal

Frank Bisignano, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration, appears at his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Social Security nominee vows to protect personal information amid DOGE data dives

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