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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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In this photo illustration, the DeepSeek app is displayed on an iPhone screen on Jan. 27, 2025 in San Anselmo, Calif. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

House bill would ban DeepSeek on agency workers’ devices

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The US Treasury building in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2022. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images).

Trump DOJ seeks reversal of judge’s order to block access to Treasury systems

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Protestors of Elon Musk and DOGE gather outside the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 4, 2025. (Scoop News Group photo by Madison Alder)

Musk, DOGE access to Treasury systems targeted in House Democrats’ bill

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Office of Management and Budget director nominee Russell Vought is sworn in for a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Senate confirms Russell Vought to lead OMB in party-line vote

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A U.S. Border Patrol officer deploys on the Rio Grande on a patrol of the U.S.-Mexico border at Eagle Pass, Texas, on Jan. 24, 2025. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

House lawmakers take another swing at border technology bill

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A demonstrator holds up a sign during a rally in front of the Treasury Department in protest of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency on Feb. 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

Federal judge partially blocks DOGE’s access to Treasury financial systems

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House bill would protect telework, remote work for military spouses at agencies

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Treasury sued by union groups over systems access given to Musk, DOGE

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The Office of Personnel Management headquarters on Dec. 21, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Michael A. McCoy/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

OPM memo claims some agency telework policies are ‘unlawful’

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