Matt Bracken

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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From left, Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Raphael Warnock of Georgia, and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island hold a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 17, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Democrats stump for labor representation on Fed’s AI task force

AI

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IT hiring at GAO lags watchdog’s own timeframes, OIG finds

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 systems were accessible to thousands of staffers on leave, watchdog finds

Workforce

A sign in front of the entrance of the Security Administration’s main campus on March 19, 2025 in Woodlawn, Md. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

SSA seeks direction for new enterprise AI strategy

AI

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‘Unlocking’ the Evidence Act: Ex-feds’ AI tool aims to bring policy docs to life

Data

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., questions former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi during her confirmation hearing to be the U.S. attorney general in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Jan. 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House-passed cyber bill for small businesses gets Senate companion

Policy

A view of the Internal Revenue Service headquarters building on March 24, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

IT cuts led to delays in IRS’s processing of paper returns, GAO finds

Modernization

Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Rand Paul, R-Ky., Gary Peters, D-Mich., and the rest of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hold a business meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on August 6, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Senate advances bill to eliminate education requirements in federal contracting jobs

Policy

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks during the Senate Republicans’ news conference in the U.S. Capitol on June 23, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Tom Cotton prods Treasury for tax code tweaks to modernize OT

Policy