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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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Aerial shot of a data center for cryptocurrency mining, cloud services and AI computing in a large, temperature controlled warehouse in a remote location in Stutsman County, North Dakota. (Getty Images)

House bill targets rising rural utility costs from AI data centers

Policy

Republican John Curtis of Utah is seen in the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 19, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Congress ramps up push to arm consumer product regulators with AI tools

Policy

Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Md., conducts a news conference with freshmen women during the House Democrats 2025 Issues Conference at the Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Va., on March 13, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

House Democrats seek block on DOGE access to Agriculture Department data

Policy

Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on July 8, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Court taps brakes on IRS’s data-sharing pact with ICE

Tech

The Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters is seen on April 25, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

SEC’s IT shop inadvertently deleted a year’s worth of texts from ex-chair’s phone

Tech

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Cyber contractor workforce details a mystery to most agencies, GAO finds

Workforce

Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, speaks during a news conference following a House Republican conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 6, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

House Small Business leaders eye short-term fix to fund tech programs

Policy

The entrance to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California on June 12, 2023. (Getty Images)

Nuclear weapons risk analysis, procurement and more: How two national labs are going ‘all in’ on AI

AI

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Federal IT leaders paying off ‘technical debt’ to meet Trump’s data goals

Tech