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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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Activists participate in a rally outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on March 24, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Activists held a rally to support federal workers affected by DOGE cuts. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Opening CFPB databases to Elon Musk is ‘deeply anticompetitive’

Tech

President Donald Trump looks on during a cabinet meeting in the White House on March 24, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump order pushes federal government toward electronic payment methods

Federal

Frank Bisignano, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration, appears at his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Social Security nominee vows to protect personal information amid DOGE data dives

Transition

Elon Musk walks to the White House after landing in Marine One on the South Lawn with President Donald Trump (not pictured) on March 9, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Judge says Treasury, Education, OPM can’t share personal information with DOGE

Transition

David Weinberg, staff director for Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, speaks during the FedScoop-produced Elastic Public Sector Summit in Washington, D.C., on March 19, 2025. (EPNAC / Photos by Sergey Kolupaev)

Senate panel, with plans for AI-fueled efficiencies, waits on DOGE to call

Policy

The IRS headquarters in Washington D.C.. (Getty Images)

IRS misspent Inflation Reduction Act modernization funds on legacy IT, watchdog says

Modernization

A Department of Homeland Security logo is seen inside a press conference room on May 11, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

DHS picks Marine, intelligence veteran as new CIO

Transition

Agency IT shouldn’t be siloed, former Trump federal CIO says

Federal

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., holds a hearing March 12, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Screenshot)

GOP lawmakers brush back inquiries on DOGE access to Treasury, SSA systems

Policy