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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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Edward Forst, nominee for GSA administrator, testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Screenshot)

GSA nominee open to reviewing Grok AI selection process

AI

(Design/Illustration by Shanima Parker / Scoop News Group)

DOGE went ‘slash and burn’ on EPA grants. Scientists fear ‘grave’ impacts

Tech

Demonstrators protest against President Donald Trump and DOGE’s plan to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in front of the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 10, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Consumer group warns against changes to CFPB rule on personal financial data

Policy

(Handout photo courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Energy seeks proposals for AI data centers at Oak Ridge

AI

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State, DHS sued by union groups over AI-fueled surveillance programs

AI

Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on Oct. 6, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Lawmakers to Energy secretary: Canceled projects won’t help AI data center demands

AI

Rep. Nanette Barragán, D-Calif., speaks during a press conference in Washington D.C., on Nov. 15, 2024. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

House Democrats eye DOE-led push on marine energy technologies

Policy

The statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin stands in front of the north wing of the U.S. Treasury Department building on April 24, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

NDAA calls for Treasury-led report on AI to fight money laundering

Policy

The Environmental Protection Agency flag flies outside the EPA headquarters in Washington on Aug. 7, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

EPA nominee says chemical reviews won’t be compromised for AI data centers

AI