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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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Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., speaks to reporters following in front of the House Oversight Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 18, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

House bill wants CIOs, agency heads to hit the gas on legacy IT phase-outs

Modernization

An exterior of one of two Department of Treasury Bureau of Fiscal Services on Feb. 12, 2025 in Parkersburg, W.Va. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

DOGE duo ducked security rules during Treasury stint, GAO finds

Data

Taylor Stockton, the Department of Labor’s chief innovation officer, speaks during a panel discussion at the FedScoop-produced Workday Federal Forum on April 28, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)

Labor Department nears launch of AI workforce hub

AI

IRS CEO Frank Bisignano, center, talks with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., right, in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 4, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House passes two bills to modernize IRS operations

Modernization

Federal employees rally in support of their jobs outside of the Kluczynski Federal Building on March 19, 2025, in Chicago. The rally was organized by the National Treasury Employees Union to voice concerns about the mass firing of federal workers by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Federal union projects to lose ‘tens of thousands’ of members, court filing shows

Workforce

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 2026. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Treasury canceled Booz contracts over vetting of IRS leaker, Bessent says

Federal

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins takes a question from the audience in her office on June 10, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Agriculture Department kicks off $300M Palantir deal on IT, national security work

Exclusive

Kevin Warsh, nominee for Federal Reserve chair, testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on April 21, 2026. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Fed needs to be proactive on cyber risks from AI models, nominee says

AI

Michael Selig, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, appears during a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Nov. 19, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

AI helping downsized CFTC run smoother than ever, chairman claims

Data