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

Senate bill seeks more AI support for SBA development centers

AI

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Watchdog IDs anti-fraud measures some federal programs still need to adopt

Federal

Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on Dec. 14, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

House Democrats demand answers on IRS’s AI use to manage taxpayer data

AI

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr speaks at a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee oversight hearing in the U.S. Capitol Building on Dec. 17, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Brendan Carr says FCC will be ‘open-minded’ on Trump order to ban state AI laws

Policy

Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office Gene L. Dodaro testifies during a congressional budget hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C on April 29, 2025. (Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)

Outgoing GAO chief warns of ‘taking our foot off the gas’ at CISA

Cyber

Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, speaks at a Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) press conference in Washington D.C., on Feb. 7, 2025. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

House passes agency software-buying bill, waits on Senate again

Policy

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin testifies before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment in the Rayburn House Office Building on May 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

EPA webpage maps out path for data-center developers around air rules

Emerging Tech

Treasury Department, IT, QSMO, financial — The Treasury Department building in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)

Treasury hub for financial management services has room to grow, GAO says

Modernization

Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., speaks onstage at the 2024 CARE International Women’s Day Dinner at National Museum of the American Indian on March 13, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for CARE)

New bill aims to narrow AI hiring gap between government and industry

AI