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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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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

Former federal CIO Suzette Kent, center, speaks during the Workday-sponsored FedScoop Federal Forum in Washington, D.C., on March 13, 2025. (Scoop News Group photo)

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

Transition

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

Border fence looking from Nogales Arizona into Nogales in Sonora Mexico. (Getty Images)

Border technology bill passes the House

AI

Elon Musk, who oversees the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), wears a “Tech Support” t-shirt as he speaks during the first cabinet meeting of Trump’s second term, on Feb. 26, 2025. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

DOGE must comply with expedited request to release records, judge rules

Transition

Office of Personnel Management, OPM — OPM’s Washington, D.C., headquarters. (Billy Mitchell)

OPM inspector general will examine DOGE access to IT systems

Transition

Howard Lutnick delivers remarks before being sworn in as Commerce secretary in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

NIST cuts would put US behind AI eightball, tech groups warn Commerce secretary

AI

President Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room flanked by Masayoshi Son, chairman and CEO of SoftBank, Larry Ellison, executive charmain of Oracle, and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at the White House on Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Agency AI use case inventories must stay, groups tell Trump officials

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