Matt Bracken

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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Small Business Administration headquarters. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier)

Auditors find problems with SBA’s information security program

Cyber

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., questions Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during a House Armed Services Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on April 29, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

House bill would enlist OPM in federal biotech workforce assessment

Policy

Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 19, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Acting Labor secretary eyes big budget boost for ID verification systems

Federal

Advocates gather in Washington, D.C., to call out tax prep companies like Intuit TurboTax and H&R Block for blocking simplified filing and to support IRS exploration of alternative free tax filing on April 17, 2023. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project)

Senators seek GAO probe of IRS’s Free File program

Federal

Construction work continues at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 30, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Financial regulatory agencies have fallen behind on joint data standards

Data

Robert Newlen, acting Librarian of Congress, speaks at the National Book Festival Opening Celebration at the Library of Congress on Sept. 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Shannon Finney/Getty Images)

Acting Librarian of Congress seeks funding boost for enterprise AI platform

AI

GAO, Government Accountability Office — The entrance to the Government Accountability Office building on H Street NW in Washington, D.C. (Joe Warminsky / Scoop News Group)

GAO IDs up to $251 billion in cost savings across agencies

Federal

A view of the Department of Housing and Urban Development on Dec. 12, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

DOGE pitched AI-fueled ‘regulation extermination’ tool to HUD

AI

A view of the North Lawn of the White House on Sept. 10, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Education IT chief Thomas Flagg hired for deputy federal CIO role

Workforce