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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Internal Revenue Service building — (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

IRS dinged by GAO for subpar documentation of AI audit models

AI

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during the Financial Stability Oversight Council Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Financial Stability on June 6, 2024 in Washington, D.C. During her remarks Yellen spoke on the future impact of artificial intelligence on the economy. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Treasury seeks information on AI uses and risks in the financial sector

AI

A person promotes the Direct File pilot program at the Internal Revenue Service building on April 5, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project)

House Republicans aim to end IRS’s Direct File in 2025 appropriations bill

Tech

From left, GDIT’s Nisa Moore, the Treasury Department’s Sarah Nur, the State Department’s Gharun Lacy and Eileen Vidrine, formerly of the Air Force, participate in a panel discussion at a GDIT event on June 4, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)

AI fuels rise in attacks from ‘unsophisticated threat actors,’ federal cyber leaders say

Cyber

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

Federal

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