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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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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 Department would host AI risk program under Senate bill

Policy

Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, takes her seat for a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on June 12, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Federal software buying bill is back in play in the House

Acquisition

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Federal leaders see IT asset management as crucial to cost savings

Modernization

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 to begin phasing out paper refund checks next week

Federal

U.S. Postal Service CIO Pritha Mehra speaks during FedTalks on Sept. 18, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)

How the Postal Service is putting data at the core of its ‘always on’ tech work

Tech

The entrance of the National Science Foundation seen on July 8, 2025 in Alexandria, Va. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

House lawmakers seek bigger NSF role in AI education

Policy

The facade of the Internal Revenue Service building is seen in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (Photo by Wesley Lapointe/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

After timeout on modernization, IRS eyes new IT plans to ‘align’ with Trump admin

Modernization

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 has workforce issues in IT contracting space, GAO says

Acquisition

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

Trump nominee for SBA IG doesn’t rule out security probe of DOGE

Federal