Managing Editor

Matt Bracken

Scoop News Group

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.

Articles by Author

The Herbert C. Hoover Federal Building, which houses the Department of Commerce, is seen from the Washington Monument on June 3, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

House lawmakers seek better tech for Commerce in fight against foreign powers

Policy

A sign marks the location of the headquarters of the Department of Commerce, home of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, on April 30, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

House passes bill to formalize NTIA’s cyber role following Salt Typhoon attacks

Policy

Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, questions Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 2, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Financial deepfake scams targeted in bipartisan Senate bill

Policy

Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla., left, and Mark Warner, D-Va., head for votes at the Capitol on Feb. 18, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Senators take another swing at vulnerability disclosure policy bill for federal contractors

Government

Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, gets into a heated exchange with U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. during a hearing of the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump at the Rayburn House Office Building on Dec. 5, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Federal cyber workforce training institute eyed in bipartisan House bill

Workforce

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., questions U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer during a Senate Finance Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 8, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

DOGE could scrap identity protections for those impacted by OPM breach, senator warns

Government

Demonstrators raise signs and posters outside Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters on Feb. 10, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn)

CFPB to withdraw rule targeting data brokers

Government

House passes bill to study routers’ national security risks

Policy

House bill seeks better tech to combat financial fraud scams against elderly

Policy