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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 speaks during 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: Government should ‘get out of the way’ to fuel AI race

Policy

Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., speaks at the rally at the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Fair Share America)

Bipartisan Senate bill calls for Energy, NIST team-up on AI evaluations

Policy

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the House Appropriations Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on May 6, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

‘AI boom’ will make up for IRS workforce cuts, Treasury secretary says

A bronze sign marking the entrance to the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters building is framed in the flowering trees on Sept. 15, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

EPA system for water, air and toxics data is vulnerable to threats

Cyber

A Social Security Administration office in Washington, D.C., is pictured March 26, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump administration wants SCOTUS to weigh in on DOGE Social Security access

Transition

The Department of Veterans Affairs building is seen in Washington, D.C., on July 22, 2019. (Photo by Alastair Pike / AFP)

Trump budget offers big increase to VA’s EHR effort, cuts to agency IT systems

Modernization

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)

GSA changes TMF repayment model with ‘longevity’ in mind

Modernization

A view of a Social Security Administration building in Burbank, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2020. (Photo by Valerie Macon /AFP via Getty Images)

Appeals court upholds block on DOGE access to Social Security systems

Transition

Rodney Scott, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on April 30, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News)

Customs and Border Protection’s AI investments won’t erase need for officers, nominee says

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