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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The IRS Service Building on Constitution Avenue in Washington DC. (Image credit: iStock / Getty Images).

IRS should bring back Technology Retirement Office, watchdog says

Modernization

A logo sits illuminated at the Microsoft booth in the Mobile World Congress 2024 on Feb. 26, 2024, in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Xavi Torrent/Getty Images)

Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service lands FedRAMP High authorization

AI

Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Dec. 5, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

New FCC rules would require AI disclosures from robocallers

AI

A view of the Microsoft corporate logo in front of the Microsoft Office building on 41st St. and 8th Ave. on July 19, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Craig T Fruchtman/Getty Images)

Microsoft, Palantir partner to make AI and data tools available for national security missions

Acquisition

Flags fly over the Federal Reserve Building on Dec. 16, 2008 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Financial agencies’ AI tests could get reprieve from enforcement

AI

A view of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 23, 2022. (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)

New guidance aims to make FedRAMP ‘a security-first program,’ OMB official says

Acquisition

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CISA names Lisa Einstein as its first chief AI officer

AI

The Internal Revenue Service building is seen late in the evening on May 18, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Tax watchdog says IRS has work to do on Login.gov security controls

Cyber

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., holds a hearing on AI in the financial and housing sectors on July 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Screenshot from livestream of hearing).

GOP lawmakers, financial leaders ‘leery’ of rushing AI rules on the sector

AI