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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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’

Workforce

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Trump signed a range of executive orders pertaining to issues including artificial intelligence. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Presidential AI advisers sign off on 10 priority recommendations for Trump

Policy

U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

OPM presents federal workers with ‘deferred resignation offer’

Transition

Scenes from outside the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 2019. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

OPM, OMB memo sets deadline for agency leaders’ return-to-office plans

Transition

Elon Musk, co-chair of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), arrives on Capitol Hill on Dec. 5, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

DOGE’s IT modernization work could start with GAO report

Modernization

Russell Vought testifies before the Senate Budget Committee on his nomination to be director of the Office of Management and Budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 22, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Would Schedule F scrap due process rights for federal workers? OMB nominee won’t say

Workforce

President Joe Biden signs proclamations in the East Room at the White House on Jan. 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

From AI to FedRAMP: 5 agency takeaways from Biden’s cyber executive order

Policy

Russell Vought testifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on his second nomination to be OMB director, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2025. (Photo by JEMAL COUNTESS/AFP via Getty Images)

OMB nominee Russell Vought dodges Schedule F question

Workforce

Commerce Secreatry Gina Raimondo speaks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 19, 2024. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden administration unveils export controls on AI models, chips

AI