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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.

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Water utilities would get cybersecurity boost under bipartisan Senate bill

Cybersecurity

The exterior of the Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 11, 2022. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Congress eyes bigger cyber role for NTIA amid telecom attacks

Government

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., speaks during a hearing with the House Oversight and Accountability committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on April 11, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

House passes bill requiring federal contractors to have vulnerability disclosure policies

Government

Jonathan McKernan, nominee for director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, testifies at a hearing of the Senate Banking Committee on Feb. 27, 2025 at the Dirksen Senate Building in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

CFPB nominee signals openness to continuing data-broker work

Government

Troy Edgar, left, nominee to be the next deputy secretary of Homeland Security, testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Feb. 25, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Purging cyber review board was ‘a great idea,’ DHS deputy secretary nominee says

Government

Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., talks to reporters as he heads to the floor of the Senate for a vote on Capitol Hill on Feb. 11, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Bipartisan Senate bill would strengthen cybercrime penalties

Policy

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., listens as FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell testifies during a House Oversight Committee Hearing at the Rayburn House Office Building on Nov. 19, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Bill requiring federal contractors to have vulnerability disclosure policies gets House redo

Government

Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, talks to reporters as House Republicans meet at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 12, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House bill aims to better protect financial institutions from ransomware attacks

Government

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National security risks in routers, modems targeted in bipartisan Senate bill

Policy