Managing Editor

Matt Bracken

Scoop News Group

Matt Bracken is editor in chief of FedScoop and the former managing editor of CyberScoop. 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 at matt.bracken@scoopnewsgroup.com.

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

Policy

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Bill to study national security risks in routers passes House committee

Policy

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., speaks during a hearing with the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Capitol Hill on June 12, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Senators re-up bill to expand Secret Service’s financial cybercrime authorities

Policy

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Water utilities would get cybersecurity boost under bipartisan Senate bill

Government

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

Policy

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