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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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IRS, Internal Revenue Service — A view of the IRS headquarters. (Photo by Karen Bleier/AFP via Getty Images)

IRS’s AI system to flag returns for audit may include unintended bias, report finds

AI

OPM CISO James Saunders, right, and Interior CISO Stan Lowe, left, take part in a panel discussion on zero trust at the Amazon Web Services Innovate Day on May 15, 2024. (Scoop News Group photo)

Agency CISOs aren’t sweating a looming zero trust deadline

Cyber

Rep. Troy Carter, D-La., speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 8, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

House bill calls on CISA to form AI task force

AI

Federal CISO Chris DeRusha speaks at CyberTalks, presented by CyberScoop. (Pixelme Studios)

DeRusha stepping down from federal CISO role

Workforce

Department of Labor CISO Paul Blahusch, center, and NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Director Cherilyn Pascoe, right, participate in a CyberTalks panel on Nov. 16, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)

Federal cyber leaders proceed with caution on AI as a defensive tool

Cyber

Internal Revenue Service building — A view of the Internal Revenue Service building. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

IRS lays out modernization priorities, sounds alarm on funding shortfall

Modernization

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks to members of the press at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 4, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

NSF would award millions in AI prizes under bipartisan Senate bill

AI

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How often do law enforcement agencies use high-risk AI? Presidential advisers want answers

AI

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)

IRS touts Direct File usage, while mulling the future of the program

Modernization