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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 Eccles Building of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and of the Federal Open Market Committee is pictured June 2, 2016 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Brooks Kraft/ Getty Images)

Fed, SEC need more consistent blockchain coordination, GAO says

Tech

A view of an IRS Direct File promotional sign at the Internal Revenue Service Building on April 5, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project)

IRS makes Direct File permanent, with plans for expansion

Tech

Interior Department — The Interior Department building in Washington. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier / FedScoop)

Interior awards $2 billion cloud hosting contract to 7 vendors

Acquisition

The Environmental Protection Agency’s logo is displayed on a door at its headquarters on March 16, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

EPA says it’s ‘on target’ to complete process for cybersecurity risk assessment

Cyber

NIST Director Laurie Locascio testifies during a House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearing on May 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

NIST would ‘have to consider’ workforce reductions if appropriations cut goes through

AI

IRS, Internal Revenue Service — A view of the IRS headquarters. (Photo by Karen Bleier/AFP via Getty Images)

IRS’s AI system to flag returns for audit may include unintended bias, report finds

AI

OPM CISO James Saunders, right, and Interior CISO Stan Lowe, left, take part in a panel discussion on zero trust at the Amazon Web Services Innovate Day on May 15, 2024. (Scoop News Group photo)

Agency CISOs aren’t sweating a looming zero trust deadline

Cyber

Rep. Troy Carter, D-La., speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 8, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

House bill calls on CISA to form AI task force

AI

Federal CISO Chris DeRusha speaks at CyberTalks, presented by CyberScoop. (Pixelme Studios)

DeRusha stepping down from federal CISO role

Workforce