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Matt Bracken

Matt Bracken is the managing editor of FedScoop and CyberScoop, overseeing coverage of federal government technology policy and cybersecurity.

Before joining Scoop News Group in 2023, Matt was a senior editor at Morning Consult, leading data-driven coverage of tech, finance, health and energy. He previously worked in various editorial roles at The Baltimore Sun and the Arizona Daily Star.

You can reach him at matt.bracken@scoopnewsgroup.com.

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Energy Secretary Chris Wright testifies at a House subcommittee hearing on the department’s budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 2025. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Energy secretary signals reversal of some cuts to national labs

Tech

A view of the headquarters of Palantir, in Palo Alto, Calif., on Aug. 25, 2016. (Photo via Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).

Democrats push Palantir for answers on reports of IRS ‘mega-database’

Tech

A view of the IRS building in Washington, D.C., on April 17, 2023. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)

Watchdog pushes IRS on stronger oversight of identity-proofing program

Tech

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 12, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Treasury secretary backs tougher IRS leaker penalties amid lingering DOGE data questions

Transition

Kelly Loeffler is sworn-in during her Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee confirmation hearing in the Russell Senate Office Building on Jan. 29, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

SBA sticks to DOGE cost-savings claims, though details — and math — remain fuzzy

Policy

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Sept. 29, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images)

Senate Democrats seek audit of DOGE access to Social Security systems

Policy

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought testifies before the House Appropriations Committee at the U.S. Capitol on June 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Russell Vought: DOGE will ‘be far more institutionalized’ at agencies

Transition

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks during a hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill on May 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Bill to overhaul federal software buying gets another shot in the Senate

Acquisition

A sign marks the location of the General Services Administration headquarters building on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Login.gov has one lingering data-security priority to address, watchdog says

Tech