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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Joe Hong, director of CMS’s Division of Program and Data Management within its Financial Management Systems Group, speaks during the Scoop News Group-produced UiPath On Tour: Public Sector Event in Washington, D.C., on April 17, 2024. (Scoop News Group photo)

CMS’s financial office is using LLM pilot to combat loss of institutional knowledge

AI

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GAO budget request puts premium on modernization efforts

Modernization

Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Gary Peters, D-Mich., right, and ranking member Rand Paul, R-Ky., participate in a hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 18, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Federal cloud modernization bill passes through Senate panel

Modernization

A person promotes the Direct File pilot program at the Internal Revenue Service building on April 5, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project)

Cost estimates for IRS’s Direct File program were incomplete, GAO says

Tech

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., listens during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Feb. 1, 2022, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Bonnie Cash/Getty Images)

Bipartisan Senate bill pushes agencies on stronger telework oversight

Workforce

Rep. Lou Correa, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee, speaks during a hearing on July 18, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Bipartisan House bill calls on DHS to leverage AI for border security

Emerging Tech

A view of Department of Energy headquarters on Feb. 9, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

AI won’t replace cybersecurity workforce, agency leaders say

Cyber

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New FedRAMP roadmap details imminent plans for modernization

Modernization

General Services Administration Administrator Robin Carnahan testifies before a House Oversight and Accountability Committee oversight hearing on the GSA in the Rayburn House Office Building on Nov. 14, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

GSA’s latest 10x projects have notable AI bent

AI